October 30, 2003
All the reasons not to vote for Kucinich, in one convenient place
Muslims for Kucinich is a blog in support of the Democratic candidate for President that, ironically, lists all the reasons not to vote for him. Here is just a sample of the recently posted reasons:
Why Muslims Should Support Dennis Kucinich for President: Kucinich is a pacifist who opposes the right of free countries to defend themselves against the Khilafi onslaught: he voted against the Patriot Act, and, should he be elected President, promised to repeal it; he is “the most vocal opponent” of the war in Iraq; and he is against Israel’s right to defend itself against the PLO.
What’s more, Kucinich advocates more government regulation of business. He is endorsed by CAIR [more about them here] and by the Greens [about them]. Etc, etc, etc. If you want to see more, visit the blog.
Posted by Alex at October 30, 2003 06:24 AMVoting against the Patriot Act is the very reason FOR supporting Kucinich. So is more gov’t regulation of business (hey, if businesses aren’t going to put people ahead of profits, it’s their own fault that gov’t gets involved).
Posted by: dan at October 30, 2003 09:52 AMEven without Kucinich’s interesting endorsements, he’s going to need something amazing to happen, otherwise his campaign is going to go the way of the dodo.
Posted by: JT at October 30, 2003 11:44 AMI find it ironic that people complain so much about Muslims not wanting to be a part of the American community, yet when Muslims get involved in the political process, they get denigrated like this.
Whatever its faults, CAIR is the most well-known Muslim organization in America and a candidate who wants to reach out to the Muslim community will start with CAIR.
If you don’t want candidates to reach out to the Muslim community, then don’t complain when Muslims aren’t interested in reaching back.
Posted by: LM at October 30, 2003 12:00 PMBusinesses are not supposed to put people ahead of profits, they are only not to interfere with other people while in pursuit of profits. As individuals, we do not put other people ahead of our own salaries (our personal profits), we merely try not to use our salaries or work to bother others. Same with business.
Posted by: matthew hogan at October 30, 2003 03:09 PMI linked through to read for myself the outrageous reasons the Muslim blog was giving for supporting Kucinich. I was disappointed. I did not read anywhere that he is opposed to the right of free countries to defend themselves against the Khilafi onslaught. He may be, but that’s not the reason that they gave. They simply said that he was opposed to the war in Iraq and remains a vocal opponent and wants to pull the troops out. While I find the idea of pulling the troops out now, or soon, to be absolutely ridiculous, it is his proposal and it was presented on the website pretty much the same way it was presented on his own website.
I guess I didn’t read anything about Kucinich that was more outrageous than what he already says about himself. He doesn’t really require any spin.
If you are in the mood to see what truly radical Muslims are saying, try looking here instead.
Posted by: Jason Erickson at October 30, 2003 11:04 PMDennis spoke on the floor of at House in a Donald Duck voice..nuff said.
Posted by: me at October 31, 2003 04:39 PMWell luckily he does not have a snowball chance in hell of going anywhere. We are probably going to see a Dean/Clark ticket in 2004. I think the Dean camp tolerates Kucinich because he goes after the DC insider Democrats who sided with Bush on the iraq oil war and tax cuts.
Posted by: Jake of 8bitjoystick.com at November 2, 2003 05:00 PMll you people against pacifism need to get from in front of your computer and head on down to Walter Reed and visit some of our wounded soldiers. There are plenty of them there. Better yet sign up and go over and defend this failed administation’s policy. I’ll die for my precious freedom when the people, through their representitives, declare a war to be necessary to preserve it and this great Republic. Die for the Freedom, not the Government.
Posted by: old man at November 4, 2003 07:46 PM
