[PAA-Discuss] Kucinich: What Happened to the Soul of the Democratic Party?

[Bill Crosier]

In case you haven't visited his web site lately, Dennis Kucinich 
continues to speak up on things that matter.  Although he's just a 
Congressional candidate this year, the issues from his presidential 
campaign are still on his web site at http://kucinich.us/ along with 
links to his speeches, bills and resolutions of inquiry he has 
supported, and more.

One of his recent articles, that I really like, is "What Happened to 
the Soul of the Democratic Party?"  You can find it at 
http://tinyurl.com/zzmxg or on his home page at http://kucinich.us/ 
-- about 3/4 of the way down the right column.  (Only the first part 
of the article is there -- click on the "Continued" link to read the 
rest.)

Excerpts:
"The Democratic Party is struggling to rediscover its soul. Leading 
Congressional Democrats still support the war; still support 
corporate-run health care, still support trade without protections 
for workers' rights, human rights or the environment. Predictably, 
the corporate media which fueled our march to folly in Iraq still 
sides with the corporate wing of our party."

He also talks about standing up for values, and how this would 
strengthen Democratic candidates if they'd just do it: "Being a 
Democrat can no longer entail a laundry list of slightly less harmful 
policies than our opponents."

Read it and see what you think.

We need to help him continue to speak out for all of us.  We need to 
keep him in Congress.  He has both a primary opponent and a 
Republican opponent, and the main Cleveland newspaper seems to like 
both of them and doesn't mind misleading readers about which 
candidate really stands up for the people.

I still love Dennis.  He stands up for us, and I like standing up for 
him and helping him reach out to people, even if he's only running 
for Congress, not President.

I just sent him a campaign contribution.  I hope you'll consider 
doing that, too.

Bill
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