Sat Feb 03, 2007 at 08:22:05 PM EST
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| Having seen him run in 2004, no doubt you all already have your opinions of Representative Dennis Kuninich. As I recall, he was actually still on the ballot in June when we voted. I would say that the audience showed little interest in his speech, with many people wandering off and some have their own conversations in the aisles, to the point that I would call it disrespectful. He noted it too, calling out: "Can you hear me in the back? [pause] Cause I can hear you!" |
| Hopeful :: My view of the Presidential Speeches. Part V: Dennis Kucinich |
| Obviously no one regards him as a viable candidate, though I feel obliged to remark thtt this marginalized representative of the left has been shown to be right about the Iraq war. The initial part of the speech was struck me as weird, almost creepy, since he kept referring to what he would do when he is President. That came off as delusional rather than the usual political rallying call. One point is that he "will" establish a Department of Peace.
Then he went on to a long description of his visit to Lebanon and the devastation there caused by the recent Israeli war with Hezbollah. He opposed this war too, while observing that the Bush administration encouraged Israel's attack. He saw many bombed civilian targets. He movingly spoke of the visit to a village where a bomb had killed many families. He said that the people gathered around when they heard a U.S. Congressman was present, and that the people told them that they loved America, they just disagreed with our government's policies. He displayed a fragment of this bomb at his booth:
ps. I have described Kucinich's speech as I perceived it. I know that at some sites the mention of Israel or Palestine will spark a huge flamewar. Please let's leave that to national sites, since it is off topic here. On the other hand, please comment on Rep. Kucinich and the primaries.
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