Mourning Kusinich

Yes, the man who built the final years of his Congressional career on opposing George Bush, undermining our national security, and fighting every urge of common sense, Dennis Kusinich was beat in his primary bid last night by an equally odious Democrat, Marcy Kaptur. The New York Times says it’s the geography what beat him;

The outcome was largely expected. Mr. Kucinich, an antiwar populist from Cleveland who has run for president twice, lost his district when state lawmakers redrew the electoral map after Ohio, whose population has been dwindling, lost two Congressional seats last year. The new district — a skinny strip of land that covers parts of five counties from Cleveland to Toledo — contained more of Ms. Kaptur’s old territory than Mr. Kucinich’s, and Mr. Kucinich had been struggling to win over voters in areas beyond his traditional stronghold of Cleveland.

Claymore, of course, went over to Democratic Underground to determine the climate amongst non-Ohioans who are only concerned with themselves and not constituents. They were sullen and in mourning.

You were willing to be unpopular, you spoke and still speak truth to power, when too many wanted that truth silenced, and you spoke for the poor and the workers when none of the leaders of our party wanted them mentioned.

You spoke for peace when no one else in Congress would. You spoke against torture and for openness when others didn’t have the courage. You were the only genuine progressive in TWO Democratic presidential campaigns, and huge amounts of money and media invective were used to stop you.

You were willing to look like a complete retard without a drop of common sense and succeeded magnificently, you ugly little troll. I wonder if his gorgeous wife will last much longer now that the bloom is off his rose.

Kucinich has a national following so he could easily pop up in another state and run for congress there. I’m not sure where every state is on their Democratic Party primaries and what their rules are regarding residency, but it may be possible for him to even run in this election cycle. At the very least I expect he will turn up somewhere else next election cycle.

The party of carpet baggers and political district shopping. I guess they don’t care if they’re represented by one of their own, someone who shares their trials and tribulations. The election is the only goal.

The lesson is; if you run your campaign against President Bush after he’s out of office, you’ll fail every time.

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