09/02/2008
"It's important that I do what I know to be the right thing"
Someday - if we're very, very, good, and work very, very hard - Dennis Kucinich will be president.
This is excerpted from a short Q & A the NY Times ran recently:
Are you saying the Bush administration is likely to declare war soon just to help Republican candidates pick up some votes?
Well, you know, they increased the funding to Georgia a while back for military purposes.
You think President Saakashvili of Georgia was encouraged, possibly by the American government, to cry victim?
Look. Saakashvili had an American lobbyist who is now part of the McCain campaign, and I am sure he was given advice. The idea of striking during the Olympics would have to come out of Madison Avenue. We have to be able to see through this. And the one thing I have shown an ability to do is to cut through the b.s.
Chris points towards Kucinich's speeech at the Democratic convention, and thanks very much:
A tad stiff on the stump, perhaps, but I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.