Effort to remove Kucinich from Congress
Jeanwah
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I got this email today from the Kucinich campaign. While he's dropped out of the Presidential running, he's now at odds of losing his job as Congressmen by corporate interest groups.
Over the past several weeks, the alphabets of corporate media dug their heels in the court system and in the federal agency established to protect and advocate fairness on the public airwaves (FCC), to keep Dennis Kucinich from bringing his ideas – your ideas – to the Democratic Presidential debates: ABC ... NBC ... GE ... MSNBC ... CNN.
On Sunday, another major media corporation, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer newspaper, followed the lead established by the national media, and demanded that Dennis Kucinich should be removed from his office as Congressman in the 10th District of Ohio. Why? "his defiance" of Congressional go-along, get-along policies.
It's time fight back against the powers that are trying to steal your power as citizens of the United States of America.
So far, the corporate media have succeeded in setting the agenda. They have argued, for their own profit-driven and self-serving interests, that private corporations are exempt by the First Amendment from providing full and fair and non-pre-selected information to you, the people -- even though freedom of speech is your right under the U.S. Constitution.
They have manipulated the political and judicial process to ensure that private media corporations will decide what you can hear, what you can see, what you can read, and what you are allowed to know.
But, when media influence over news and information becomes media control of our government, it's time to rise up in protest in defense of ourselves.
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I find this article bizarre. What does this mean:
"They have argued, for their own profit-driven and self-serving interests, that private corporations are exempt by the First Amendment from providing full and fair and non-pre-selected information to you, the people -- even though freedom of speech is your right under the U.S. Constitution."
What the hell is "non-pre-selected" implying there?
Do you have the actual context of the Plain Dealer's article "demanding" that he be removed? And saying that they are following the lead of other big media in demanding this? Granted someone like Hannity could have said something, but I have never heard anyone on any station actually demand that he is removed from congress.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
I was curious about that myself. I love Kucinich, but I would like to see who is making these demands. If this is an exagerated version of people saying that he's not fit (thier right to say), then meh. Or if, like you said, it is some right-wing Fox News or AM radio hack, then it won't amount to anything.
http://www.cleveland.com/editorials/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1201339966221760.xml&coll=2
It's just an editorial endorsement of his opponent. Some people there say that he is more interested in his Presidential aspirations than representing Ohio's 10th District.
LOOK AT THE ALL THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE RUN THIS TIME.. THAN LOOK AT THEIR REPORT CARD... THAN LOOK AT THE LEADERS REPORT CARD.
THERE IS YOUR PROOF.
IF YOU KEEP VOTING FOR THESE PEOPLE NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE.
ITS A FRAUD!
how many times does thsi have to be said... are you aware what corporations did to ralph nader in 2004???
its ridiculous.
WAKE UP.. YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT SO STOP TALKING WHAT THE MEDIA IS SELLING
research!
I agree. But what can we as the public do to overcome the power of the corporations? Besides an ultimate revolution, how can we stop them from stopping the real people running for government?
This passage really disturbed me. It is a campaign spin which I can understand but it is railing against a newspaper for using the freedom of the press in their EDITORIAL section. I know he pushes a lot of peoples' buttons with the big buzzword (corporation) but it seems as though the campaign likes to selectively choose which parts of the Constitution best fit their client.
Ok, that makes more sense... The way the original quote sounded, was that there were journalists trying to get him removed by some sort of special election or whatever. This article just sounds like any other editorial endorsement in every newspaper across the country.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln