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Kucinich "Wake Up" call ignites Democratic Convention
It's been described as "electrifying" … "passionate" … "fiery"… "stirring"… "the most lively performance yet at this year's Democratic National Convention" and one that "caused delegates to jump out of their seats, wave their arms in the air and shout."
Congressman Dennis Kucinich's speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention – "Wake Up America" – had the delegates on their feet, roaring with approval. Even the usually dismissive media correspondents and commentators couldn't avoid taking grudging notice of the man they work so hard to ignore.
But, most importantly, if Dennis represents what you believe, it's crucial that you support his re-election campaign as generously as you can contribute and ask everyone you know to do the same. Only with your support will his voice continue to be heard. And only with your support, will your voice continue to be represented.
Contribute at kucinich.us
Congressman Dennis Kucinich's speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention – "Wake Up America" – had the delegates on their feet, roaring with approval. Even the usually dismissive media correspondents and commentators couldn't avoid taking grudging notice of the man they work so hard to ignore.
But, most importantly, if Dennis represents what you believe, it's crucial that you support his re-election campaign as generously as you can contribute and ask everyone you know to do the same. Only with your support will his voice continue to be heard. And only with your support, will your voice continue to be represented.
Contribute at kucinich.us
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Dennis Kucinich's speech transcript for the convention
(He will speak sometime between 6pm EST and 8pm EST)
It's Election Day 2008. We Democrats are giving America a wake-up call. Wake up, America. In 2001, the oil companies, the war contractors and the neo-con artists seized the economy and have added 4 trillion dollars of unproductive spending to the national debt. We now pay four times more for defense, three times more for gasoline and home heating oil and twice what we paid for health care.
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs, their homes, their health care, their pensions. Trillions of dollars for an unnecessary war paid with borrowed money. Tens of billions of dollars in cash and weapons disappeared into thin air, at the cost of the lives of our troops and innocent Iraqis, while all the president's oilmen are maneuvering to grab Iraq's oil.
Borrowed money to bomb bridges in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. No money to rebuild bridges in America. Money to start a hot war with Iran. Now we have another cold war with Russia, while the American economy has become a game of Russian roulette.
If there was an Olympics for misleading, mismanaging and misappropriating, this administration would take the gold. World records for violations of national and international laws. They want another four-year term to continue to alienate our allies, spend our children's inheritance and hollow out our economy.
We can't afford another Republican administration. Wake up, America. The insurance companies took over health care. Wake up, America. The pharmaceutical companies took over drug pricing.
Wake up, America. The speculators took over Wall Street. Wake up, America. They want to take your Social Security. Wake up, America. Multinational corporations took over our trade policies, factories are closing, good paying jobs lost.
Wake up, America. We went into Iraq for oil. The oil companies want more. War against Iran will mean $10-a-gallon gasoline. The oil administration wants to drill more, into your wallet. Wake up, America. Weapons contractors want more. An Iran war will cost 5 to 10 trillion dollars.
This administration can tap our phones. They can't tap our creative spirit. They can open our mail. They can't open economic opportunities. They can track our every move. They lost track of the economy while the cost of food, gasoline and electricity skyrockets. They skillfully played our post-9/11 fears and allowed the few to profit at the expense of the many. Every day we get the color orange, while the oil companies, the insurance companies, the speculators, the war contractors get the color green.
Wake up, America. This is not a call for you to take a new direction from right to left. This is call for you to go from down to up. Up with the rights of workers. Up with wages. Up with fair trade. Up with creating millions of good paying jobs, rebuilding our bridges, ports and water systems. Up with creating millions of sustainable energy jobs to lower the cost of energy, lower carbon emissions and protect the environment.
Up with health care for all. Up with education for all. Up with home ownership. Up with guaranteed retirement benefits. Up with peace. Up with prosperity. Up with the Democratic Party. Up with Obama-Biden.
Wake up, America. Wake up, America. Wake up, America.
It's Election Day 2008. We Democrats are giving America a wake-up call. Wake up, America. In 2001, the oil companies, the war contractors and the neo-con artists seized the economy and have added 4 trillion dollars of unproductive spending to the national debt. We now pay four times more for defense, three times more for gasoline and home heating oil and twice what we paid for health care.
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs, their homes, their health care, their pensions. Trillions of dollars for an unnecessary war paid with borrowed money. Tens of billions of dollars in cash and weapons disappeared into thin air, at the cost of the lives of our troops and innocent Iraqis, while all the president's oilmen are maneuvering to grab Iraq's oil.
Borrowed money to bomb bridges in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. No money to rebuild bridges in America. Money to start a hot war with Iran. Now we have another cold war with Russia, while the American economy has become a game of Russian roulette.
If there was an Olympics for misleading, mismanaging and misappropriating, this administration would take the gold. World records for violations of national and international laws. They want another four-year term to continue to alienate our allies, spend our children's inheritance and hollow out our economy.
We can't afford another Republican administration. Wake up, America. The insurance companies took over health care. Wake up, America. The pharmaceutical companies took over drug pricing.
Wake up, America. The speculators took over Wall Street. Wake up, America. They want to take your Social Security. Wake up, America. Multinational corporations took over our trade policies, factories are closing, good paying jobs lost.
Wake up, America. We went into Iraq for oil. The oil companies want more. War against Iran will mean $10-a-gallon gasoline. The oil administration wants to drill more, into your wallet. Wake up, America. Weapons contractors want more. An Iran war will cost 5 to 10 trillion dollars.
This administration can tap our phones. They can't tap our creative spirit. They can open our mail. They can't open economic opportunities. They can track our every move. They lost track of the economy while the cost of food, gasoline and electricity skyrockets. They skillfully played our post-9/11 fears and allowed the few to profit at the expense of the many. Every day we get the color orange, while the oil companies, the insurance companies, the speculators, the war contractors get the color green.
Wake up, America. This is not a call for you to take a new direction from right to left. This is call for you to go from down to up. Up with the rights of workers. Up with wages. Up with fair trade. Up with creating millions of good paying jobs, rebuilding our bridges, ports and water systems. Up with creating millions of sustainable energy jobs to lower the cost of energy, lower carbon emissions and protect the environment.
Up with health care for all. Up with education for all. Up with home ownership. Up with guaranteed retirement benefits. Up with peace. Up with prosperity. Up with the Democratic Party. Up with Obama-Biden.
Wake up, America. Wake up, America. Wake up, America.
URGENT! 17 DAYS left for SIGNATURE DRIVE for the OFFICIAL Kucinich IMPEACHMENT Petition!
I received this email from Mr. Kucinich at about 1 A.M. Tuesday Morning.
URGENT 17 DAYS left for SIGNATURE DRIVE for the
OFFICIAL Kucinich IMPEACHMENT Petition
Please continue to encourage your friends and family to sign the Official Kucinich Impeachment Petition, remember, aim to deliver 1 million signatures to the Speaker of the House on September 10: The Day Before the World Changed, A Day to Change the World!
Embed this link - http://kucinich.us - into your emails, your social network pages, etc and ask as many of your friends and family as possible to sign up.
At the beginning of the month I delivered 100,000 signatures to Speaker Pelosi.
We have 17 days to collect 900,000 more signatures! Your efforts can really make a difference! We still have time to take a stand for the Constitution and for integrity in government. Spread the word about this petition and ensure that future Administrations do not learn from this Administration and try to get away the illegal activities the current Administration believes it has already got away with!
We can hold this administration accountable for its offenses. Your engaging your with your friends and neighbors on this important matter of Democratic governance, to sign the petition, will demonstrate you’re your determination to stand up for the our, its people and our Constitution!
Dennis Kucinich
URGENT 17 DAYS left for SIGNATURE DRIVE for the
OFFICIAL Kucinich IMPEACHMENT Petition
Please continue to encourage your friends and family to sign the Official Kucinich Impeachment Petition, remember, aim to deliver 1 million signatures to the Speaker of the House on September 10: The Day Before the World Changed, A Day to Change the World!
Embed this link - http://kucinich.us - into your emails, your social network pages, etc and ask as many of your friends and family as possible to sign up.
At the beginning of the month I delivered 100,000 signatures to Speaker Pelosi.
We have 17 days to collect 900,000 more signatures! Your efforts can really make a difference! We still have time to take a stand for the Constitution and for integrity in government. Spread the word about this petition and ensure that future Administrations do not learn from this Administration and try to get away the illegal activities the current Administration believes it has already got away with!
We can hold this administration accountable for its offenses. Your engaging your with your friends and neighbors on this important matter of Democratic governance, to sign the petition, will demonstrate you’re your determination to stand up for the our, its people and our Constitution!
Dennis Kucinich
Monday, August 25, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Kucinich in 'NYT' this coming Sunday warns of Iran attack
In an interview to be published in The New York Times this Sunday, Rep. Dennis Kusinich continues to make the case for impeachment – especially amid the Russia/Georgia crisis – as well as arguing for Democrats to come together to back Obama.
Asked why he continues calling for impeachment, Kucinich responds, "This president is capable of taking us into war, in October, on the eve of an election, to try to change the outcome of the election...
"The events in Georgia are a premonition...of an attack on Iran. When Georgia moved against South Ossetia as the Olympics are starting, the Bush administration begins its own Olympics – the war Olympics."
Read more: Daily Kos
Asked why he continues calling for impeachment, Kucinich responds, "This president is capable of taking us into war, in October, on the eve of an election, to try to change the outcome of the election...
"The events in Georgia are a premonition...of an attack on Iran. When Georgia moved against South Ossetia as the Olympics are starting, the Bush administration begins its own Olympics – the war Olympics."
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Kucinich/Conyers health care plan gets attention
House Bill HR 676 IH
HR 676 is sponsored by Congressman John Conyers, Dennis Kucinich and several others. The bill would provide for a single payer medical system. Introduced in 2003, the bill now has 91 cosponsors. It is currently in the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health.
The bill, called the “United State Health Insurance Act” and sometimes referred to as “Improved Medicare for All Act”, covers all residents residing in the United States and territories. After filling out a form that shall not be longer than two pages, individuals will receive a card with a unique number that is different than their social security number.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
According to MSNBC Poll Voters Want Bush Impeached.
The poll results state out of 715,082 responses 89% believed President Bush's actions justify impeachment.
They chose the following answer.
-Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment.
Check Out the poll here here.
*Sign The Petition By Going To*
kucinich.us
Or By Clicking On This Button!
They chose the following answer.
-Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment.
Check Out the poll here here.
*Sign The Petition By Going To*
kucinich.us
Or By Clicking On This Button!
OpEdNews: "The Urgency of Impeachment"
OpEdNews: "The Urgency of Impeachment"
by Jeeni Criscenzo
Read more here.
by Jeeni Criscenzo
In the process of editing blogs for a book on the birth of the Progressive Movement, I’ve come to the sobering realization that all the marches, demonstrations, forums and protests I’ve written about in the past five years have failed to change anything of consequence. It’s as if no one ever warned, “If you attack Iraq, it will be a catastrophe.” It’s as if no one ever marched a million-strong, year after year, against the ongoing funding of the occupation of Iraq; as if no one ever contacted their congressperson or senator to voice their opposition to warrant-less wiretapping, torture, rendition or off-shore drilling; as if no one ever wrote against imprisoning Sami al Arian, denying habeas corpus to the Gtimo prisoners, or the shredding of our Constitution. It’s as if scientists never proved humans are causing global warming and no one ever called for universal, single-payer healthcare. And most upsetting of all, it’s as if all the Democratic candidates we worked so hard to get elected in Congress, have no idea why they were elected.
Even on a local level, I see the same issues I worked against when I was campaigning three years ago, still being fought – the Sunrise Powerlink, the LEAPS project, the Robertson’s Concrete Plant, the granite quarry in Temecula. I’m sure you have similar issues wherever you live, and have run up against the same brick wall...
Monday, August 18, 2008
A Million Man Electronic March on Congress
From today's OpEdNews:
Read the rest here.
Diary Entry by Dan K
What can we hope to accomplish? Kucinich sets the mark.
Dennis Kucinich has set a high mark calling for one million signatures to be delivered to the Judiciary Committee and Congress on Sept 10th. I only called for 200,000 myself, but as often happens, I didn't think big enough.
What kind of message can we send to America by reaching a million signatures? Will it really get him impeached? Probably not and that is why most won't sign it I'm sure. they'll say,"What would it accomplish? Nothing." Well, I think it can accomplish quite a bit actually. And the potential to do more is always there.
A Million signatures would be quite newsworthy I believe. I mean, 900,000 signatures in under a month to go with the 100,000 already delivered would be difficult to go unnoticed. With some momentum on that news, we could get the accountability issue into the debates. I for one wouldn't mind watching the candidates sweat a bit as they try to run from the issue.
The signatures would be delivered on the anniversary of Donald Rumsfeld's announcement of $2.3 TRILLION dollars, wandering aimlessly around the DoD. For those residing in the United States of Amnesia see here.
With the right wing sheeple and their sideshow...
Iraq (Video From 2007)
An interesting video from 2007 about Dennis Kucinich's stand against the war in Iraq 2002-2004
Breaking: Conyers Calls Committee Back from Summer Recess to Investigate Suskind Allegations
From OpEdNews:
"The 110th Congress isn’t over. We’re starting our work, and then we’re doing it in a period where the Congress is in recess. I’m calling everybody back." -- John Conyers on DemocracyNow, Aug.14,2008
House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers has taken the highly unusual step of calling his committee back from summer recess in order to investigate allegations by Ron Suskind that the Bush administration forged a letter to buttress the links made between Saddam and 9/11, and Saddam and WMD. The congressional Authorization for the Use of Force Against Iraq, the ""War Resolution" which, as far short as it fell of a congressional declaration of war, gave the invasion its constitutional legal cover, and gave Bush the authorization to invade only after he had certified to congress the existence of these two critical links. If Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11, and if he did not possess WMD, the war was off.
The Authorization for the Use of Force stipulated:
Conyers' reconvening of his committee was the result of enormous public pressure, most poignantly that coming from military families wanting to know why their loved ones are dead. Despite the exquisite, shining clockwork political operation now in place at the Executive Branch, working hand in glove with the media spin machine, it's still not that easy to get 4100 Americans killed over lies. Bush knew Americans would not subject their troops to such an uncertain fiasco over 17 violated UN resolutions, or Saddam's brutal but by no means unique human rights record. If we attacked every country which violated UN resolutions, we'd be bombing Tel Aviv.
So Bush lied.
What is needed now is a full-court press by the public, especially those citizens up until now silent, to transform the Suskind investigation into true impeachment hearings. Public pressure, and only public pressure, resulted in the stunning but buried hearings of July 25, 2008. On that day only 17 out of hundreds of citizens from across the country who packed the hallway outside the Judiciary chambers were allowed into the room. As people chanted "Shame!" it was explained by Judiciary staff that the rest of the seats were taken by the media. The joke turned out to be on you, the public. Media packed the room, but not one American newspaper, not one network news station, reported the dramatic six-hour testimony which outlined some of the most serious charges which can be made against a U.S. president.
This country is now learning what many already know: that democracy is not given. It is demanded. Few politicians are interested in your right to freedom from search and seizure without a warrant, or your right to a jury trial even if George Bush thinks you are an "enemy combatant." They already belong to a class of the powerful who will merit special consideration. Some, with good reason, may argue that we already have a two-tier system of justice, for the rich, and for the poor. But like the movie says, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Read the rest here.
"The 110th Congress isn’t over. We’re starting our work, and then we’re doing it in a period where the Congress is in recess. I’m calling everybody back." -- John Conyers on DemocracyNow, Aug.14,2008
House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers has taken the highly unusual step of calling his committee back from summer recess in order to investigate allegations by Ron Suskind that the Bush administration forged a letter to buttress the links made between Saddam and 9/11, and Saddam and WMD. The congressional Authorization for the Use of Force Against Iraq, the ""War Resolution" which, as far short as it fell of a congressional declaration of war, gave the invasion its constitutional legal cover, and gave Bush the authorization to invade only after he had certified to congress the existence of these two critical links. If Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11, and if he did not possess WMD, the war was off.
The Authorization for the Use of Force stipulated:
Conyers' reconvening of his committee was the result of enormous public pressure, most poignantly that coming from military families wanting to know why their loved ones are dead. Despite the exquisite, shining clockwork political operation now in place at the Executive Branch, working hand in glove with the media spin machine, it's still not that easy to get 4100 Americans killed over lies. Bush knew Americans would not subject their troops to such an uncertain fiasco over 17 violated UN resolutions, or Saddam's brutal but by no means unique human rights record. If we attacked every country which violated UN resolutions, we'd be bombing Tel Aviv.
So Bush lied.
What is needed now is a full-court press by the public, especially those citizens up until now silent, to transform the Suskind investigation into true impeachment hearings. Public pressure, and only public pressure, resulted in the stunning but buried hearings of July 25, 2008. On that day only 17 out of hundreds of citizens from across the country who packed the hallway outside the Judiciary chambers were allowed into the room. As people chanted "Shame!" it was explained by Judiciary staff that the rest of the seats were taken by the media. The joke turned out to be on you, the public. Media packed the room, but not one American newspaper, not one network news station, reported the dramatic six-hour testimony which outlined some of the most serious charges which can be made against a U.S. president.
This country is now learning what many already know: that democracy is not given. It is demanded. Few politicians are interested in your right to freedom from search and seizure without a warrant, or your right to a jury trial even if George Bush thinks you are an "enemy combatant." They already belong to a class of the powerful who will merit special consideration. Some, with good reason, may argue that we already have a two-tier system of justice, for the rich, and for the poor. But like the movie says, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Read the rest here.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Ani Difranco talks about Kucinich
I found a cool video from 2004 with Ani Difranco talking about Kucinich.
Please Sign Kucinich’s Petition to Impeach Bush/Cheney
Dear Friends,
On August 1st, I delivered to Speaker Nancy Pelosi; a petition bearing the names of over 100,000 Americans that, like us, feel that the President must be held accountable for abusing executive power and disregarding his Constitutional obligations.
Your voices have been heard and your support continues to send a powerful message to lawmakers. That is why I call on you again to help us in a new effort to deliver 1 Million signatures to Speaker Pelosi on September 10, 2008.
Together we can:
* Urge real Congressional action to hold President Bush accountable now
* Reinstate the authority of our Constitution
* Document crimes committed by President Bush for historical account
* Facilitate post-Administration law enforcement and prosecution
* Reset the standard for the incoming and future administrations
* Demand justice for the over 3,000 who died on 9/11and whose deaths were tragically exploited to take us into an illegal war in Iraq
* Demand justice for the estimated 30,324 U.S. military personnel who have been injured/wounded
* Demand justice for the estimated 4,138 U.S. military personnel who have been killed or died
* Demand justice for the 1 Million innocent Iraqis who have died*
* Avert another illegitimate looming war – this time against Iran
We need your active participation to deliver 1 Million signatures to Congress by September 10, 2008.
Please give at least ten of your friends the opportunity to stand up for our country - the way you and I have, by inviting them to sign the impeachment petition online at www.Kucinich.us. Send your friends an email invitation to sign the petition by clicking here.
Together we can make September 10, the day before the world changed, a day we change the world!
http://kucinich.us
On August 1st, I delivered to Speaker Nancy Pelosi; a petition bearing the names of over 100,000 Americans that, like us, feel that the President must be held accountable for abusing executive power and disregarding his Constitutional obligations.
Your voices have been heard and your support continues to send a powerful message to lawmakers. That is why I call on you again to help us in a new effort to deliver 1 Million signatures to Speaker Pelosi on September 10, 2008.
Together we can:
* Urge real Congressional action to hold President Bush accountable now
* Reinstate the authority of our Constitution
* Document crimes committed by President Bush for historical account
* Facilitate post-Administration law enforcement and prosecution
* Reset the standard for the incoming and future administrations
* Demand justice for the over 3,000 who died on 9/11and whose deaths were tragically exploited to take us into an illegal war in Iraq
* Demand justice for the estimated 30,324 U.S. military personnel who have been injured/wounded
* Demand justice for the estimated 4,138 U.S. military personnel who have been killed or died
* Demand justice for the 1 Million innocent Iraqis who have died*
* Avert another illegitimate looming war – this time against Iran
We need your active participation to deliver 1 Million signatures to Congress by September 10, 2008.
Please give at least ten of your friends the opportunity to stand up for our country - the way you and I have, by inviting them to sign the impeachment petition online at www.Kucinich.us. Send your friends an email invitation to sign the petition by clicking here.
Together we can make September 10, the day before the world changed, a day we change the world!
http://kucinich.us
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Kucinich submits 100,000 signatures, Let's Make it 200,000.
Call to all citizens to exercise their rights and duties to hold elected officials accountable.sign the petition at *http://kucinich.us*
read more | digg story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUuhKJYFUfg
If you haven't heard by now, evidence of complicit forgery was authorized by the white house to support the case of an Iraq/Al-Qaeda connection. What more can possibly be next? Can this finally be the last straw or do we have to wait for a darkened filtered interview with "Mr. X" who confesses he helped wire the Trade Center. Since that isn't going to happen, let's not wait to find out. Go ahead, go to www.kucinich.us and sign the official impeachment petition. You know you want to. Let your voice be heard, you'll feel better after you do, I know I did. Another 100,000 signatures before September would be a statement from the American people on a grand scale. We can still prevent him from pardoning all his cronies and immunizing them from justice. Lets take our country back.
Pass this along. If you decide to sign, bring along just one more person, a family member, friend, or colleague. Post the link to the petition on your blogs, etters to editor, anywhere you can be heard. We can do it America. We still have a voice!
read more | digg story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUuhKJYFUfg
If you haven't heard by now, evidence of complicit forgery was authorized by the white house to support the case of an Iraq/Al-Qaeda connection. What more can possibly be next? Can this finally be the last straw or do we have to wait for a darkened filtered interview with "Mr. X" who confesses he helped wire the Trade Center. Since that isn't going to happen, let's not wait to find out. Go ahead, go to www.kucinich.us and sign the official impeachment petition. You know you want to. Let your voice be heard, you'll feel better after you do, I know I did. Another 100,000 signatures before September would be a statement from the American people on a grand scale. We can still prevent him from pardoning all his cronies and immunizing them from justice. Lets take our country back.
Pass this along. If you decide to sign, bring along just one more person, a family member, friend, or colleague. Post the link to the petition on your blogs, etters to editor, anywhere you can be heard. We can do it America. We still have a voice!
Congress to 'Review' Charges CIA Prepared Forged Iraq, 9/11 Letter
The House Judiciary Committee will “review” allegations contained in a book published last week by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind that the Bush administration in late 2006 ordered the CIA to prepare a forged letter showing a link between Iraq, al-Qaeda and 9/11 to justify the U.S. invasion and ignored credible intelligence reports that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction.
continued at http://www.pubrecord.org/politics/252.html?task=view
continued at http://www.pubrecord.org/politics/252.html?task=view
Monday, August 11, 2008
Kucinich: Eliminate Medicare Part D drug program
Former presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) last week introduced legislation that would get rid of the Medicare Part D drug program.
Under H.R. 6800, the Medicare Drugs for Seniors Act, Medicare beneficiaries could purchase drugs from approved foreign countries where drugs are significantly cheaper. The bill would also permit Medicare to negotiate drug price reductions with the pharmaceutical industry. Kucinich also advocates the elimination of co-pays, premiums and deductibles for Medicare beneficiaries.
Privatized drug plans under Medicare Part D have been given their chance and failed, Kucinich believes. He and his camp cite a recent report that finds that drugs cost up to 30% more under the privatized Part D than they do under the government administered Medicaid program (McKnight's 7/28).
Under H.R. 6800, the Medicare Drugs for Seniors Act, Medicare beneficiaries could purchase drugs from approved foreign countries where drugs are significantly cheaper. The bill would also permit Medicare to negotiate drug price reductions with the pharmaceutical industry. Kucinich also advocates the elimination of co-pays, premiums and deductibles for Medicare beneficiaries.
Privatized drug plans under Medicare Part D have been given their chance and failed, Kucinich believes. He and his camp cite a recent report that finds that drugs cost up to 30% more under the privatized Part D than they do under the government administered Medicaid program (McKnight's 7/28).
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
USPS cuts impede ‘We Deliver’ promise
Due to the intervention of Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kucinich, the post office has agreed not to close retail operations employing about 20 workers at the airport.
New Book Says Bush Committed Impeachable Offense
An explosive new book by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist alleges President George W. Bush committed an impeachable offense by ordering the CIA to create a forged document showing a link between Saddam Hussein and the terrorist organization al-Qaeda to create a "false pretense" for war.
One Week Later: Kucinich, Judiciary, Franks and the Whitehouse Silent
One week after the House Judiciary Committee hearings on the "Imperial Presidency," where many congressional members and expert witnesses called out for the immediate impeachment of President George Bush, none of the offices of three of the congressional major players in the hearings, Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Conyers (D-MI), or Trent Franks (R-AZ) has issued any public statements on the results or public response.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Kucinich inspires peace rally in Cleveland
Congressman Dennis Kucinich, featured speaker at a peace rally in downtown Cleveland, urges the wildly receptive crowd to "Stand up for what's right about America." Support health care, jobs, home ownership, education, civil liberties, and the Constitution, he urged. Continue to oppose the war in Iraq and the threatened war against Iran.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Federal Judge: WH Aides Must Testify; Pelosi: What Bush Crimes?
The Brad Blog did a piece on how Nancy Pelosi went on The View and said that Impeachment would be "a different story" if someone could present the President's crimes (shortly before quickly shifting the audience's attention to crowd-pleasing issues like equal pay). The article features the video in which the clip from The View is featured, and Kucinich's rebuttal.
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