I was an early Kucinich supporter and volunteered for his campaign. It was great. I was glad to see such a progressive in it. Then he lost and was weeded out early on. Maybe the media shut him down. Maybe it was statements like Ron Paul being his VP. Maybe it was that he changed his Pro-Life stance just prior to running. I don't know. But can you imagine if he had won and was President? It would have been, as his predecessor was fond of saying, awesome.
We'd have told Wall Street to go pound salt and it would have collapsed. That would have been a sight to see, especially now since the markets are now the highest they've been in several years. And poor old Gram and Gramps trying to salvage pennies from their destroyed 401Ks would be taken care of by the Kucinich Administration. Those millions of people trying to get by on nothing would certainly have had public housing to go to in the great Kucinich vision of America. I'm just wondering where these places would have gone? Maybe a repopulation of New Orleans? Those retired people would just be happy to have a place to live and levy breaks only happen with Cat 5 Hurricanes.
Then Kucinich would in no way have let the Corporate-owned members of Congress draft a Health Care Reform Bill. He would have written it for them. But before that, he would have signed a Presidential Order abolishing Insurance Companies from the land. Meanwhile Hospitals and Doctors would have to rack up massive amount of debt on the credit companies which no longer exist just in order to cover operating costs. Wait. Er. Oh yeah! This would have FORCED Congress to act quickly you see and pass Kucinich's Single Payer Health Care system. They could no longer delay and there would have been no insurance companies to lobby against the law because they had all been abolished. I'm sure Congress would have passed HR 676 in just a day, without reading it, like they did the Patriot Act. Little did Congress notice that in Kucinich's version he wrote as President, he slipped in the Stupak Amendment (he reverted on his pro-choice stance he held just for running for President).
And all this talk of impeaching Kucinich for destroying the economy and bypassing the Constitution to destroy an entire industry (which by the way forced tens of thousands more into unemployment), would quickly subside as soon as Congress took up the matter with a hearing (they don't like being forced to sign laws under duress you see). Because Health Care passed so quickly, Kucinich could refocus his efforts back to the elderly he shipped off to New Orleans and work on strengthening the levy. But if we're fixing global warming, why would we need a levy? Oh right, because Kucinich opposes global climate change legislature. But he's taking that stance because it's good for the economy that would have collapsed under him.
Damn, I knew I should have stayed beside Kucinich. It would have been a perfect world with him as President. The people here have truly opened my eyes to the great progressive he is. Thanks all.