There's Still Plenty of Room

Sometimes, it gets lonely here on the Dennis Kucinich bandwagon, but I have a feeling I'm about to have a lot of company.

Kucinich irked Democratic leadership yesterday when he introduced a resolution to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. Democratic leadership irked me by moving to table the resolution. Republican leadership then irked Democratic leadership again by voting against the motion to table, which would have led to a mandatory hour of debate. The irking came to a conclusion when the house finally voted to have the resolution sent to the Judiciary committee, where it will be ignored almost as intensely as the American people ignore Kucinich himself.

I actually watched all this on CSPAN. Let me tell you, it was a rousing couple of hours of parliamentary procedural maneuvering. There were yeahs and nays being flung about willy nilly.

Science has already shown that I identify closely with Kucinich's politics, but this little maneuver has really impressed me. See, Dennis doesn't seem to be all that politically savvy. This isn't the first time he's kowtowed to the clearly expressed desires of the American people in open opposition to his colleagues in Congress. Unlike Hillary or Barack, who won't even blow their noses without conducting an in depth poll, Kucinich just let this resolution fly, even though it probably wasn't going to pass! But this time, he obviously chose to play the system a bit and build off of my lukewarm endorsement in order to gain some momentum for his campaign.

So I'm going to keep it rolling too, Dennis. I'm upping my Kucinich '08 enthusiasm from "acknowledgement of a congruence of thought" to "general acceptance of political principals." Keep this up, though, and I'm willing to go as high as "wish political realities did not exclude you from being a viable candidate."

Apparently, I'm Dennis Kucinich's Biggest Supporter

By dutifully following the links on Daily Kos, I came upon a website that purports to "connect you to the presidential candidate that represents your beliefs the best."

I would have taken Obama, but I suspected I'd come up with Hillary. Wrong on both counts.

Kucinich. I got Kucinich. Not only did I get Kucinich, but I was about a 94% match. By my estimation, I'm a better political match with Dennis Kucinich than I am a personality match with my fiance. Fortunately, Dennis and I are only a .02% love match.

I should have seen it coming when I spent a quarter of my points on health care. Hillary, Obama, and Edwards have put together proposals for universal coverage, but the systems they envision will probably do more for the insurance companies than for American citizens. That might be an exaggeration, but these plans will likely need to be reworked in 10-15 years to look a lot like what Kucinich is putting on the table today, which is single-payer, "socialist" health care.

But that is a story for another day. Today, I'll just dream of a magical world where tiny people can be leaders, not just dreamers faced with an impossible task.

Actually, that sounds a lot like Middle Earth.

Frodo in '08