Why did Kucinich drop out?

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited January 2008 in A Moving Train
Sounded like, as of two weeks ago he was going until the end (the convention or even November) but he suddenly dropped out.

Whats the story?

Was their a death in the family or some other emergency?
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  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    he's also running for re-election to the U.S. House and so he had to concentrate on winning the primary for that. i heard one of his Democratic challengers was like "Hey Dennis, why aren't you doing the job you were elected to do?", or something like that.
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    from the Washington Post:

    Kucinich Says Cleveland 'Corporate Interests' Behind Primary Challenge

    By Jonathan Weisman
    As if presidential dark horse Dennis Kucinich didn't have enough problems with his White House run, now he appears to be panicking over the spirited primary challengers seeking his seat in the House. Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman and North Olmstead Mayor Thomas O'Grady kicked off primary challenges last month, amid rising complaints that Kucinich's quest for higher office and his crusades to impeach Vice President Cheney have left the people of his district neglected. But in Kucinich land, the political landscape is never so simple.

    In an "urgent personal appeal" Wednesday to his campaign supporters sent out by e-mail and released on YouTube, Kucinich laid the blame for his political travails a the feet "corporate interests" -- particularly local Cleveland ones -- and described an urgent need for funds so he could run television ads.

    "I want to thank you for your support of our efforts to end the war, to create a not-for-profit healthcare system and take America in a new direction, so that we can have a government we can truly call our own. In connection with that, as you know, I'm running for re-election to the United States Congress and I need your help to make sure that I stay in Congress," he wrote. "Right now I'm under attack by corporate interests, most of them from the city of Cleveland, who have an agenda that has nothing to do with the people of my community, nor with most people in this country. And so what I'm asking you to do is to help me stay in Congress, so that I can continue to represent the people of my community, the state of Ohio and the United States of America."
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    Still it was nice to see his name still on the ballot in the voting booth here in South Florida.

    Peace
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    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    I heard he was called back home to the mother ship.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    I heard he was called back home to the mother ship.

    Parliament Funkadelic was playing that jam (mothership) how could he resist. :rolleyes:

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Because there is no way on earth he would have ever won.
    NERDS!
  • Bu2Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    but I heard it was because he wanted to concentrate on his responsibilities in his home state. I'm putting it politely because I like Dennis. Word has it on the blogs that he's fighting for his political career back home now, for those of you who like it dirty.
    Feels Good Inc.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    g under p wrote:
    Parliament Funkadelic was playing that jam (mothership) how could he resist. :rolleyes:

    Peace

    Actually, I think it was Starship. Kucinich had to investigate them for zoning violations, since rock n roll is no kind of material on which to build a city.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Kenny Olav wrote:
    he's also running for re-election to the U.S. House and so he had to concentrate on winning the primary for that. i heard one of his Democratic challengers was like "Hey Dennis, why aren't you doing the job you were elected to do?", or something like that.
    Why isn't anyone doing the job he/she was elected to do? That's the real question here.
  • Shirley Maclaine wrote in her latest book that he saw a UFO and got messages in his head on what to do...

    I shit you not

    She's some new-ager that thinks she a clairvoyant.

    She essentially killed his career. Nice going Shirley...you $%@ twit!
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • Shirley Maclaine wrote in her latest book that he saw a UFO and got messages in his head on what to do...

    I shit you not

    She's some new-ager that thinks she a clairvoyant.

    She essentially killed his career. Nice going Shirley...you $%@ twit!
    Well maybe it wouldn't have killed his career if the fucking aliens hadn't told him to drop out...
  • Well maybe it wouldn't have killed his career if the fucking aliens hadn't told him to drop out...


    Shirley probably saw it in her tea leaves one morning afer a long session of speaking to the dead on another planet..
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    Why isn't anyone doing the job he/she was elected to do? That's the real question here.

    Yes. Yes it is.
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