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That's the United States for people who don't have a lot of money. This is really two countries, one for the rich and the professionals, and one for the "other people." It occurs to me that John Edwards said something similar during his presidential race - but then he got busted having an affair and was drummed out of existence. Anyway, it's July 4th, so God Bless America.

And nowhere else.

Kucinich was, is, and always will be nice. His entire political career is without blemish, as far as I can tell. Some people would blame him for bankrupting Cleveland, but I see that as a positive thing. He did it to keep Cleveland's public utility owned by the community, rather than by the banks. To do so, he literally put his life at risk- at one point, the mafia had a contract on his life. But Kucinich stood firm, refused the blackmail, bankrupted his city, and kept Municipal Light public. He then withdrew from politics and embarked on a spiritual search, reporting his income in 1982 as just $38 for the entire year. The city of Cleveland later recognized him for his role in keeping electricity affordable by saving the public utility and awarded him for his actions.

Gravel, on the other hand, went down the toilet in my eyes when he defected to the "Libertarian" party upon realizing that his Democratic bid was going nowhere. Gravel was initially promising but his endorsement of the Libertarians did him in for me. He has since announced his retirement from politics and will not be seen or heard from again on the national stage. He is no Kucinich.



If there is any reason to celebrate the existence of this country today, it is that individuals such as Dennis Kucinich have appeared to represent it.

No, I don't think it was drug policy. I really do think that above all, Gravel saw them as lending his candidacy some "legitimacy" where it was getting none in the Democratic race. As I recall, he placed third in the Libertarian primaries and was taken quite seriously in their circles - whereas he was not taken seriously as a Democratic candidate. We all have an ego and Gravel's was clearly a factor. He wanted to be surrounded by people who considered him a "real presidential candidate" and that wasn't happening in the Democratic party, so he jumped ship and got involved with people who would treat him as if he were significant.

But yeah, when I learned of this, I yanked all support for him and hit his channels/sites with disendorsement messages as well.

How did you do it for that long? Anytime I start regularly exceeding about a 6-pack per day I start having all kinds of health problems. It's beyond me how people can drink huge quantities every day.