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March 17, 2010

Kucinich: Getting His Moment In The Sun On Health Care-No To Yes
— DrewM

History is calling, must deal with the bill as is, not as he'd like it to be.

He's been banging on this plan, saying, as recently as Sunday, it's a giveaway to the insurance companies.

Yeah, well that was then and this is now.

He's saying his vote might be the deciding one.

Relying on a health care socialist to derail ObamaCare was not going to be a winner for us.

Obviously every vote counts and loosing one is tough but this bit of theater may be a sign that Pelosi is short and needs to create some momentum. The question is how much cover will a leading progressive like Kucinich give to other liberal no switch to yes?

Now that we don't need Kucinich, we can stop pretending he's useful in the least, though in fairness, let's give the Devil his due.

He said his wife, pictured above, was instrumental in his decision to vote yes. I will fess up, I'd sell you all out to for her.

Posted by: DrewM at 06:11 AM | Comments (163)
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1 Told ya, Rahm threatened to revoke his membership in the Lollipop Guild, and the little bastard caved.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 17, 2010 06:14 AM (xGIqT)

2 Well, has he said yes or no?

Posted by: Vic at March 17, 2010 06:14 AM (QrA9E)

3 This was one that wasn't too shocking. They still don't have the votes.

Posted by: taylork at March 17, 2010 06:15 AM (0Hn5w)

4 First!

Posted by: The Asshole who always says "First!" but never is at March 17, 2010 06:15 AM (xGIqT)

5 F#ck.

Posted by: vai2112 at March 17, 2010 06:16 AM (Bkqsy)

6 He said he's voting yes.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 17, 2010 06:16 AM (xGIqT)

7 If this monstrosity passes, I want each and every one of these dung beetles destroyed.

Posted by: Warden at March 17, 2010 06:16 AM (TIGTh)

8 Never any doubt in my mind where this malignant dwarf would come down.Fuck him.

Posted by: steevy at March 17, 2010 06:16 AM (W+W/y)

9 There must've been some serious ass-lickin' on Air Force One.

Posted by: franksalterego at March 17, 2010 06:17 AM (+6fgE)

10 Are you kidding me? Not the bill i want? But hey, since I got to ride on AF1 and sit in the chair I really wanted to occupy, I will change my vote to yes. Barry promised we can modify it later. What harm could it do? The space ship I saw the other night told me to vote yes, so I am.

They also promised to make me less ugly and tuck my ears in so how could I lose?

What a piece of stinking filth.

Posted by: assclownspotter at March 17, 2010 06:17 AM (MmF0K)

11 Coerced!

Posted by: Señor Kookypants at March 17, 2010 06:17 AM (iJFuv)

12 Maybe Obama promised to fund SETI, so Dennis can contact his people and return to his planet.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 17, 2010 06:17 AM (xGIqT)

13 Beck's having fun with Kucinich on his radio show. it's a small salve to my bleeding wounds

Posted by: The Constitution at March 17, 2010 06:17 AM (Bkqsy)

14 Obama let the midget blow him on Air Force One - bet on it.

Posted by: oss at March 17, 2010 06:18 AM (1l2bp)

15 /sockpuppet

Posted by: vai2112 at March 17, 2010 06:18 AM (Bkqsy)

16 Little wee man will get the shit pounded out of him by the little green men.

Posted by: Stephana at March 17, 2010 06:18 AM (olUEe)

17 Will we find out what the bribe was?

Posted by: Vic at March 17, 2010 06:19 AM (QrA9E)

18 I bet they even let Dennis keep the booster seat he used on Air Force One so he could sit in a big-boy chair.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 17, 2010 06:19 AM (xGIqT)

19 this has been a painful fight. i rememeber being excited when Scott Brown won, now that election was almost meaningless. sure it delayed the passing of this bill, but it seems inevitable at this point

Posted by: Ben at March 17, 2010 06:19 AM (wuv1c)

20 The only liberals who might vote no are those members of the Hispanic caucus who want illegals covered, and they will probably be promised amnesty to get their votes. I am not surprised by Kucinich''s switch.

Posted by: Miss Marple at March 17, 2010 06:19 AM (4DwVn)

As dreary as this day started, what with shitty weather and this health care bill that refuses to die, you guys are seriously making me laugh out loud.

Oh and Happy St. Patty's Day!

Posted by: jewells at March 17, 2010 06:20 AM (l/N7H)

22 Y'all are just haters of folks like ME

Posted by: car dweller with crohn's disease at March 17, 2010 06:20 AM (677gh)

23 I bet they even let Dennis keep the booster seat he used on Air Force One so he could sit in a big-boy chair.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 17, 2010 10:19 AM (xGIqT)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHH!HHHH!!!!!!

Posted by: Dr. Amy Bishop at March 17, 2010 06:20 AM (iJFuv)

24 Easy Bake promised Dennis no one would take his lucky charms and assigned 100 Marines to guard them.

Posted by: eman at March 17, 2010 06:21 AM (xJwcz)

25 It's obvious what happened here. Obama told him on AF1 that this was the first step to single payer, there would be insurance caps, etc. All what the little alien wanted to hear.. The press conference is all theatre...trying to get fence sitters to think: "Well, if KUCINICH is voting for it...maybe I should?" Don't think they have the votes, and the aliens cover will be enough...

Posted by: AeroFANatic at March 17, 2010 06:21 AM (tYDOJ)

26 Good to see we're all so centered.

Posted by: Intrepid at March 17, 2010 06:21 AM (92zkk)

27
Ramesh says:

"We learned what Rep. Kucinich was made of years ago, when getting slammed in The Nation moved him to abandon a consistent pro-life voting record. (Among the political triumphs this enabled was Ani DiFranco's endorsement of his presidential bid.) This flip-flop is small change."

hoy! The man is a push-over for the hard left. Puppets and marionette stings and all...

What I don't get? A few months ago people like Howard Dean wanted to kill the bill. Now - they love it!

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at March 17, 2010 06:21 AM (0fzsA)

This is a sad reminder of the intellectual decadence that characterizes our times.

"Losing" was never misspelled before the Internet.

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at March 17, 2010 06:21 AM (2QFX4)

29 What a world, where a munchkin like that can become a significant player in our precarious future. Sad, Sad Sad.

Posted by: JamesLee at March 17, 2010 06:22 AM (am3BG)

30 Heh - all the comments were centered just a minute ago.....

Posted by: Intrepid at March 17, 2010 06:22 AM (92zkk)

31 WTF is that fine Amazon doing with that dwarf anyway!!Makes me think of deals with the devil....

Posted by: steevy at March 17, 2010 06:22 AM (W+W/y)

32 Personally, I'm just about done. I dont' really think I can take much more. It is just about time to disappear into the woods.

Posted by: ArmedGeek at March 17, 2010 06:22 AM (Yf8V2)

33 "He's saying his vote might be the deciding one."

Kucinich is just doing his part to further the "inevitability meme." This moron is a perfect example of an unprincipled politician who pretends to be a principled politician but can bought with attention and rhetoric from Democratic leaders. Only days ago he said he was a firm "No" vote, now he does a 180 to support. He's a piece of crap as a person and politician, and is a perfect example of what's wrong with our politicians and political system. Oh, it's easy to have supposed principles when it's for his ideas that will NEVER be adopted (e.g., his plans for cutting the defense budget to virtually nothing, Department of Peace, etc.), but on an actual issue in which he actually had influence, he threw out his principles because he was flattered by the attention. Kucinich knows where he can stick that peace sign he's always flashing to the cameras.

Posted by: Slappy at March 17, 2010 06:23 AM (ljvjO)

34 Happened to be tuned into Beck and heard the announce with their live commentary. Made it worth hearing. Very funny actually.

Posted by: BA at March 17, 2010 06:23 AM (GkYyh)

35 This is why overall it is a good thing Massa got run out of the House. He would have flipped to "yes" at the last minute just like Kookcinich did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2010 06:23 AM (T1boi)

36 The hope is that Kucinich's pathetic performance and contrived attempt to assure people that this isn't a socialization of health care will knock some sense into whatever sane people are left in the dem party. I don't know if there are enough sane dems ... but we'll see.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at March 17, 2010 06:23 AM (A46hP)

37 Total Global Economic Collapse will nullify this latest legislative POS.

Posted by: eman at March 17, 2010 06:24 AM (xJwcz)

I will fess up, I'd sell you all out to for her.

Then she'd ditch you for somebody like that, and then where would you be?

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at March 17, 2010 06:24 AM (2QFX4)

39
Slaughter wanted to "kill the bill" - now - she loves it! She'll slaughter the constitution and the prospects of democrats winning election in the future for it.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at March 17, 2010 06:25 AM (0fzsA)

40 Good to see we're all so centered.

Posted by: Intrepid at March 17, 2010 10:21 AM (92zkk)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Guy Who Refreshed Two Seconds Later at March 17, 2010 06:25 AM (iJFuv)

41 He said his wife, pictured above, was instrumental in his decision to vote yes. I will fess up, I'd sell you all out to for her. Your bar is set pretty low, then. First of all, she's not tall - he's just that short. Second, she has a stick-thin, boobless, pale, pasty, sickly, underfed vegetarian body topped off with a Rocky Dennis head that looks like it's one vigorous nod away from snapping her twig neck. Fuck both of them with the White Hot Chainsaw of Rage.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 17, 2010 06:25 AM (xGIqT)

42
Kucinich hated the bill.. Now - He loves it!

So glad we have principled democrats leading us down the economic toilet.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at March 17, 2010 06:26 AM (0fzsA)

43 This is worthy of a full on Blago Flaming Skull. Bring it.

Posted by: dczombie at March 17, 2010 06:26 AM (nF4Jh)

44 "I will fess up, I'd sell you all out to for her."

Seriously, Drew - would you really sell out your peeps for someone who would, with her own free will, marry Dennis Kucinich?

Posted by: Intrepid at March 17, 2010 06:27 AM (92zkk)

45
The Republicans need to vacate Washington right now and go back to their constituencies and hold 'emergency' town hall meetings.

Posted by: This is Carlton, the doorman at March 17, 2010 06:27 AM (F2qjY)

46 Bambi called up his hot redhead wife and told her to withhold her amazon lovin' from the dwarf until he caved. Hell, it would work on me too. (Personally I think Soros is paying her big bucks to keep the evil munchkin smiling and pliable.)

Posted by: joncelli at March 17, 2010 06:27 AM (RD7QR)

47 Fuck the little leprechaun and his wife. And not in the fun way, either.

Posted by: nickless at March 17, 2010 06:27 AM (MMC8r)

48 Kucinich sells out...there's a shocker.

Posted by: billygoat at March 17, 2010 06:28 AM (5qJM5)

49
meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Michael Steele is still sitting on his thumbs.

Posted by: This is Carlton, the doorman at March 17, 2010 06:28 AM (F2qjY)

50 Second, she has a stick-thin, boobless, pale, pasty, sickly, underfed vegetarian body topped off with a Rocky Dennis head that looks like it's one vigorous nod away from snapping her twig neck.

Yeah. She'd make you give up bacon. Not worth it.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 17, 2010 06:28 AM (mR7mk)

51 Can't believe you'd sell us out for a GINGER! Have you checked recently to make sure you still have a soul? :-P

Posted by: Peter at March 17, 2010 06:28 AM (lAADn)

52 25 It's obvious what happened here. Obama told him on AF1 that this was the first step to single payer, there would be insurance caps, etc. All what the little alien wanted to hear.. The press conference is all theatre...trying to get fence sitters to think: "Well, if KUCINICH is voting for it...maybe I should?" Don't think they have the votes, and the aliens cover will be enough...

Posted by: AeroFANatic at March 17, 2010 10:21 AM (tYDOJ)

I agree with this assessment but I still find it funny that Kucinich is such a moron who lacks foresight that he couldn't see that this bill pushed the country closer to a single-payer system, which is why many of us oppose it. The guy is such a moron, as evidenced by his preferred policies on a whole rash of issues and his performance as Mayor of Cleveland, as he has proven time and time again that he has no ability to see the consequences of various policies. So, like a child, he needs another mental midget (Barry) explaining the big picture to him. What a joke. One moron leading the other.

Posted by: Slappy at March 17, 2010 06:29 AM (ljvjO)

"I have doubts about this bill," Kucinich said at a news conference he called to announce his decision to vote yes, adding: "This is not the bill I wanted to support."

"However, after careful discussions with President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, my wife Elisabeth and close friends I have decided to cast a vote in favor of the legislation," he announced.

"...and after the nutroots threatened to abandon me and "primary" me - I caved."

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at March 17, 2010 06:30 AM (0fzsA)

54 Little bastard.....he's enemy number one to us.

Posted by: Roots and Plants Union Local 432 at March 17, 2010 06:30 AM (92zkk)

55 Natural selection is obviously not working in their case.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 17, 2010 06:30 AM (1fanL)

56 I'd do her.

Posted by: Gary Coleman at March 17, 2010 06:30 AM (iJFuv)

57 I especially loved the little elf saying "The government needs to take control of the insurance companies." And the next statement, something to the effect of Obama isn't about socialized government. My head hurts.

Happy St. Patty's, morons.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 17, 2010 06:30 AM (UOM48)

58 Michael Steele is still sitting on his thumbs. Michael Steele is as useful as tits on a boar hog and twice as annoying. He's doing the right thing by STFUing.

Posted by: joncelli at March 17, 2010 06:31 AM (RD7QR)

59 "I will fess up, I'd sell you all out to for her."
I would at least stop surfing the web long enough to hear her out.

Regarding the vote, I predict the Stupac Dozen will hold firm as "No's" and the Progressive Caucus will become "Yes's" since Dennis has now given them permission to vote "yes".

Basically, it will come down to the Blue Dogs. (But, we knew this.) The question here is unless you are in a safe dem district, how in the world do you possibly see yourself getting re-elected given the damage the leadership has done to your "brand"? If you don't see a chance to be re-elected, do you go out in a blaze of glory and vote yes to spite your constituents?

Posted by: Big Daddy at March 17, 2010 06:31 AM (pOcKt)

60 Thank you for taking that principled stand, Marklar Kucinich.

Posted by: Artist who doesn't want to have to work to get stuff at March 17, 2010 06:32 AM (1fanL)

61 Well, folks, we now have single-payer proponent Dennis Kucinich admitting that this bill is going to lead to single-payer. It's a proven fact now, run on it.

Posted by: nickless at March 17, 2010 06:33 AM (MMC8r)

Most likely what happened is that Emanuel has a special Bambi coloring book made up that explains the bill for people like Kucinich and Markey who are "slow learners".

The coloring book would take you step by step through the process of getting as much as you can get with the current makeup. Then as time moves on you can take that camel's nose and enlarge it until the government is the entire healthcare system. Ergo, nationalization.

So then the Kucinich commie understands he gets what he wants, full on commie, just not today.

Posted by: Vic at March 17, 2010 06:33 AM (QrA9E)

63 Shame about those genital herpes.

Posted by: alppuccino at March 17, 2010 06:33 AM (7OT1E)

64 Give me the damned booster seat!11!!!!1

Posted by: DOCTOR Amy Effin' Bishop at March 17, 2010 06:34 AM (UOM48)

I'd do her.

I already did! OH!!!

Posted by: "Dice" Clay at March 17, 2010 06:35 AM (0IYML)

66
"Don't primary me... this seat is mine mine mine! my wife will leave me if I don't get to keep my choice $$$$ seat."

-Dennis K. - back room conversations a the KOS Torture Klub

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at March 17, 2010 06:35 AM (0fzsA)

67 She rolls in for periodic pictures with the little fuck, takes the money and perks, then flies back to wherever and bangs the shit out of her Calvin Klein underwear model boyfriend.

That 'Beard' job is pretty sweet.

Posted by: nickless at March 17, 2010 06:36 AM (MMC8r)

68 On a good note, the country will collapse in chaos, anarchy, and then civil war long before the first moocher benefits from ObamaCare 4 years from now. CongrASS's gold plated healthcare plans won't help them then as it does not cover tar and feather removal or stitches from pitch forks.

Posted by: John Adams at March 17, 2010 06:36 AM (KX6Ag)

69 speaking of whipping for votes

Posted by: Jean at March 17, 2010 06:36 AM (tTdaQ)

70 Elections have consequences! If this bill passes it will be another consequence of the Republicans not leading when they had the power instead of feeding at the trough of big government.

Posted by: Jack at March 17, 2010 06:37 AM (m8h07)

71 The question is how much cover will a leading progressive like Kucinich give to other liberal no switch to yes?

I wish we could officially give that misnomer the heave-ho. These commies are anything but "progressive". Their aim is to push us back into Medieval serfdom.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at March 17, 2010 06:38 AM (554T5)

72 When a martian hooks up with a ginger, nothing good will come of it.

Posted by: Urquhart at March 17, 2010 06:39 AM (Y/yU3)

73 Of the 25 or so undecideds, aren't many of them in solidly red districts that went GOP+6 in 2008? If so....that is something we got going for us, which is nice

Posted by: AeroFANatic at March 17, 2010 06:39 AM (tYDOJ)

I don't think either of them should be getting much time in the sun...for obvious reasons, the ginger amazon's soul will leak out thru her freckles, while Kucinich risks being seized by leprechauns.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 17, 2010 06:42 AM (DPM1U)

75 Gilligan couldn't afford me.

Posted by: Ginger at March 17, 2010 06:43 AM (gbCNS)

76 Wow, what the hell happened on that plane ride? what a dick.

Posted by: exceller at March 17, 2010 06:43 AM (jx2Td)

77 The question is how much cover will a leading progressive like Kucinich give to other liberal no switch to yes?

The fact that Kucinich is supporting it could also push the moderate Democrats (Blue Dogs) to vote "No" because a well-known far Leftist like Kucinich is supporting it. His support could actually give them cover to oppose the bill. Then again, this assumes that any Democrat thinks logically instead of simply holding out to get more government funds for their state or district.

Posted by: Slappy at March 17, 2010 06:43 AM (ljvjO)

78 #77

NRO has a piece up saying that Pelosi is down 17 votes, and those are in red districts.

Posted by: Intrepid at March 17, 2010 06:43 AM (92zkk)

79 Kucinich was against the bill before he was for it...keep this straight..tomorrow we will meet those who were for the bill, but are now against it... sidebar...maybe Specter turning D is good for us...he would already be flipping and maybe let the girls (Snowe and Collins) up north flip with him...

Posted by: ford at March 17, 2010 06:44 AM (Ki7fm)

80 Loosing a vote always blows, Drew M. Loose votes are the devil's spawn.

Now, losing a vote...that's another matter entirely.

Posted by: changer1701 at March 17, 2010 06:44 AM (xktXL)

81 How you like me now?

Posted by: Government Tit at March 17, 2010 06:45 AM (iJFuv)

82 I've never been to Cleveland. What's Kucinich's district like? Minority? Union slobs? Granola grinding hippies? How the fuck does he stay in there?

Posted by: LtE113 at March 17, 2010 06:47 AM (3NFq/)

How fucking retarded do you have to be NOT to notice that Kucinich is a fucking clown.

Seriously.

Posted by: gus at March 17, 2010 06:48 AM (Vqruj)

84 Erections have consequences.

Posted by: The Chicken at March 17, 2010 06:48 AM (iJFuv)

85 Is that a new ventriloquist act?

Posted by: Rocks at March 17, 2010 06:50 AM (Q1lie)

86
I'd like to get loose in her caboose, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Dang Straights at March 17, 2010 06:50 AM (fx8sm)

87 Gingers have no souls.

Posted by: EC at March 17, 2010 06:51 AM (mAhn3)

88
Oh and as far as 'deals' go, Kucinich was promised the VP when Sheriff Joe 'retires' ? Sounds good to me.

Posted by: Dang Straights at March 17, 2010 06:51 AM (fx8sm)

89 gus? heck i felt deperate and was hoping for change.

Posted by: willow at March 17, 2010 06:51 AM (PtdKQ)

90 I will tell you this, if the so-called "Blue Dogs" still vote for this bill despite all the pressure from their red-leaning districts to vote against it -- as well as the cover they have to vote against it because it's supported by extreme Leftists like Kucinich -- then we can completely ignore these faux moderate Democrats as a group in the future because they are absolute phonies. Conservatives already knew that they were frauds but we now have concrete evidence on a major issue supporting this belief that should move many Independents to our view. If anything, support by the "Blue Dogs" for this legislation will marginalize them and their influence permanently. Well, at least that's my hope if many of them vote to pass this pile of crap.

Posted by: Slappy at March 17, 2010 06:52 AM (ljvjO)

91 How much did she cost in Ukranian currency?

Posted by: TexasJew at March 17, 2010 06:53 AM (hpWYW)

92 She's nothing but a eurotrash star fucker and the best she could do is marry that retarded little dwarf and live in Cleveland.

Posted by: dan in michigan at March 17, 2010 06:53 AM (9jRMu)

93 WTF is up with that wall paper?

Posted by: doug at March 17, 2010 06:54 AM (TEIU+)

94 How much did she cost in Ukranian currency?

Posted by: TexasJew at March 17, 2010 10:53 AM (hpWYW)

I'm not sure about the exact conversion factor, but she was a two-goater.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at March 17, 2010 06:54 AM (A46hP)

The Republicans need to vacate Washington right now and go back to their constituencies and hold 'emergency' town hall meetings.

Actually that's exactly what they need to do, but instead of holding the town hall meetings in their own districts, they need to hold town hall meetings in the districts of all these "maybe" votes in the House.

You want to talk about putting the pressure on, I can't think of a better way to do it. Have prominent republican's schedule a town hall for those districts, invite the democrat in question to a town hall in his own home district and dare him not to show up.

That I'd love to see.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 17, 2010 06:58 AM (e8T35)

96 Second, she has a stick-thin, boobless, pale, pasty, sickly, underfed vegetarian body topped off with a Rocky Dennis head that looks like it's one vigorous nod away from snapping her twig neck.

Woah, there, hey, let's not play the "she's ugly because she on the other side" thing that the lefty blogs do with GOP women.

And you left out she's a ginger.

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at March 17, 2010 07:00 AM (m3BxS)

97 80 Wow, what the hell happened on that plane ride? what a dick.

Posted by: exceller at March 17, 2010 10:43 AM (jx2Td)

I think we now know that Obama has one skill other than reading off a teleprompter: oral stimulation of male genitalia. I wonder if Obama autographed the presidential knee pads for Kucinich afterwards.

Posted by: Slappy at March 17, 2010 07:01 AM (ljvjO)

The Blue Dogs were specially recruited by the Dims as stalking horses in red and purple districts as "one issue" frauds - abortion, bullshit fiscal conservative nonsense and half-assed populism. Every one of them is a fraud.

Well - except for one - I've lived in Boren's district up in Oklahoma. He stays as a Dim just for his family history, but he's the most conservative Dim in the House and is more conservative than most of the Pubbies. So we'll cut him some slack. Even the Dims know that he has a job for life and they won't fuck with him.

I've watched since the 60's as Texas changed from a Dim state where a registered Pubbie had trouble getting a state job in Austin to where we got our first Pubbie governor since Reconstruction back in the late 70's. (Bill Clements - a real conservative hardass)

The Dims don't like being in the minority. They connive and lie and plot to fool the dumbest voters.

Posted by: TexasJew at March 17, 2010 07:01 AM (hpWYW)

99 I can't believe this guy would abandon all appearance of principle for a measly ride on Air Force One.

Posted by: Kathlean Parker at March 17, 2010 07:02 AM (iJFuv)

100 One step closer to getting health care!! Hooray!!

Posted by: A quickly diminidhing proportion of the 48% at March 17, 2010 07:02 AM (5aa4z)

101 Has Kucinich been hanging around schoolyards outside Irish Catholic girls' high schools?

Posted by: TexasJew at March 17, 2010 07:04 AM (hpWYW)

102 Out of all the people he said he listened to and spoke with about this, I didn't hear him say he listened to what his constituents wanted.

Posted by: not a piping plover at March 17, 2010 07:07 AM (sjCY/)

103

Obama must have replenished the little leprechaun's pot o' gold.

(I like to give her a pinch.)

Posted by: Fritz at March 17, 2010 07:07 AM (GwPRU)

104 A) someone needs to force feed that woman a double bacon cheeseburger,way too skinny. B) somebody needs to inform that vertically challenged little shit head that his vote should be influenced by what is in the best interest of his constituents not on what his Olive Oil looking moonbat wife thinks.

Posted by: bulwarlk at March 17, 2010 07:09 AM (PO/9k)

105 The sawed-off whore goes in the tank for Osama Obama? Inevitable.

Another case of "by any means necessary" for the Traitor-in-Chief and his America-hating cabal.

The only alternative to the total destruction of the USA -- and the inevitable reign of terror that will follow -- is mass arrests of the treasonous bastards in Congress and at the White House. Why anyone (Ed Morrissey, for example) thinks this is still a time for weak-kneed "process" discussion is totally beyond me.

Posted by: Ray-man at March 17, 2010 07:10 AM (iKUYg)

106 Well, you have to wonder how long the wifey will stay with him when in November he becomes simply Mr. Kucinich. I gather that Acorn is bounced out of Ohio now so this little man (not in physical stature but rather in integrity which is a true mark of a man) is vulnerable. The people in his district need to work hard to replace this fellow.

Posted by: scr_north at March 17, 2010 07:11 AM (PghNl)

107 Gah the worst part is he's saying he's for the bill cos it will cover alt med. ALT MED! the biggest effing waste of money and time! oh great. Obamacare also covers witchcraft apparently. Good to know.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 17, 2010 07:13 AM (SB0V2)

108 Like the movie V, that guy never forgot and followed them to their end. All these people should be followed for the remainder of the time that they will be collecting taxpayer funded retirement money.

Posted by: blacknblue2 at March 17, 2010 07:13 AM (hRY6y)

109 Obviously every vote counts and loosing one

Gah! That drives me nuts, "losing" not "loosing".

Posted by: spelling nazi at March 17, 2010 07:15 AM (ctR4U)

110 And i still don't see why anyone cares, dude is a nut and everyone knows it. They also know he got bought off. So how does having an insane midget who's open to bribes on his side help Obama?

Posted by: spelling nazi at March 17, 2010 07:16 AM (ctR4U)

111 These clowns push us all the time. Why do we never take a stand? From the Patriot Act to the coming health insurance reform, do you feel more free today?

Posted by: Downtime at March 17, 2010 07:19 AM (hRY6y)

112 A lot of folks have beaten me to it, but he was holding out to look good to his ultraleft base... it would have been nice if he'd voted no, but is anyone really surprised by this? It's obviously a scary time, but guys, stay on the phone to those "undecided" Congressmen in red districts, and don't let the phone stop ringing;

Stout hearts, folks.

Posted by: tmi3rd at March 17, 2010 07:20 AM (u+G1L)

113 Wow, Obama must give fantastic hand jobs aboard Air Force One.

Posted by: tdpwells at March 17, 2010 07:23 AM (Ei3oZ)

114 111 Gah the worst part is he's saying he's for the bill cos it will cover alt med.

ALT MED! the biggest effing waste of money and time! oh great. Obamacare also covers witchcraft apparently. Good to know.

Of course it does. You should see the junk my medical care fully, 100% covers. Acupuncture, chiropractics, massages, mental health just that I can remember off the top of my head. Lefty's, like those in academia, love this crap, so of course the big plan is going to mandate it.

I do take use of the massages though.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 17, 2010 07:24 AM (WKOg4)

115 Color me not suprised. Besides, never rely on a crazy person.

Posted by: unknown jane at March 17, 2010 07:24 AM (5/yRG)

116 This is a red herring. RED AS IN COMMUNIST STALINIST.

Beauty and Brains are on very separate genes.

Posted by: ParisParamus at March 17, 2010 07:25 AM (bN5ZU)

117 118 was me... damn sock

Posted by: Doc at March 17, 2010 07:26 AM (WKOg4)

118 Sharp elbows.

Just sayin....

Posted by: citizen khan at March 17, 2010 07:31 AM (pFxVD)

119

I've lived in Boren's district up in Oklahoma. He stays as a Dim just for his family history, but he's the most conservative Dim in the House and is more conservative than most of the Pubbies.

More conservative than most of the pubbies???? ACU rating 24 in 2008 and 44 in 2009! His first year he voted pure liberal and now that he is up for reelection in a Red district he has moved somewhat towrds the center.

Posted by: Vic at March 17, 2010 07:31 AM (QrA9E)

120 Drew would sell us out for a ginger? I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell ya.

Posted by: sixpckr at March 17, 2010 07:31 AM (Aw7Iv)

121 O'Dumbo took him for a ride on AF1 and gave him a BJ or the price he was asking for his vote. Watch his overseas bank account climb in value.

Posted by: Scrapiron at March 17, 2010 07:32 AM (UU1xc)

122 I gave Mornay double his lands in Scotland and matching
estates in England. Kucinich turned for much less.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 17, 2010 07:38 AM (ympF8)

123 Red heads! Yeah, I have to admit, man; she'd be tough to resist. You gotta' love ginger snatch.

Posted by: Dave at March 17, 2010 07:39 AM (dYwM1)

124

One thing I have thought about for this Kucinich "press conference"; since when do all the networks give huge air time to a single district nobody whacko congressman for a press conference?

Why doesn this "yes" vote get the bully pulpit and the switched no votes barely get a mention?

Posted by: Vic at March 17, 2010 07:40 AM (QrA9E)

125 What a "cheap date" ... one trip on Aire Force One

Posted by: Neo at March 17, 2010 07:43 AM (tE8FB)

126 Posted by: Vic at March 17, 2010 11:40 AM (QrA9E)

Because the media are a bunch of commie pinko fuckheads that want to see this country destroyed because they envy its inimitable success and charity? I'm just throwing stuff at the wall here.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at March 17, 2010 07:43 AM (iJFuv)

127 I will fess up, I'd sell you all out to for her.

Gotta say, this may be the first rational decision Kucinich has ever made.

Posted by: alexthechick at March 17, 2010 07:49 AM (8WZWv)

128 Send him a letter, morons:

http://kucinich.house.gov/Contact/

Posted by: scottythrust at March 17, 2010 07:54 AM (VTeUD)

129 My bet is Obama rimmed K on Air Force One and he liked it more than when his hot wife does it.

Posted by: CantWaitfor10and12 at March 17, 2010 07:57 AM (w74G6)

130 Kucinich switches from "No" to "Yes" and sudden Intrade goes into a negative four-gee dive for the hard deck on the issue. Coincidence? I think not:

http://tinyurl.com/6hthyo

This ain't over 'till WE say it's over, friends.

Posted by: Keith Arnold at March 17, 2010 07:58 AM (Jdtsu)

131 Dennis Kucinich- Insurance company shill.

Posted by: FatBaldnSassy at March 17, 2010 08:00 AM (Lq9ag)

132 134 Kucinich switches from "No" to "Yes" and sudden Intrade goes into a negative four-gee dive for the hard deck on the issue. Coincidence? I think not:

http://tinyurl.com/6hthyo

This ain't over 'till WE say it's over, friends.

Posted by: Keith Arnold at March 17, 2010 11:58 AM (Jdtsu)

It's back up, though - went back up pretty damn quick, too.

Posted by: tdpwells at March 17, 2010 08:02 AM (Ei3oZ)

133 I got to ride in the big boy plane.

Posted by: Dennis Kuntcinich at March 17, 2010 08:05 AM (Tr9MG)

134 I've never been to Cleveland. What's Kucinich's district like? Minority? Union slobs? Granola grinding hippies?

I've lived in his district. Middle/lower-middle class. Overwhelmingly white (at least until the last decade or so when the tenements started popping up in the burbs). Overwhelmingly Eastern European (especially Polish and German). Primarily blue collar.

But the principal demographic that keeps this mutant freak in office are the fossils. For whatever reason, old people can't get them enough of this deranged former welfare parasite, even though they're old enough to have lived through his unbelievably incompetent reign as mayor (when he bankrupted the city).

Every election season you can't swing a cat without hitting some creaky dinosaur pounding in one of those gaudy yellow "Dennis!" signs into his front yard.

Hurry up and die already. Your senile stupidity is bringing the rest of us down.

Posted by: VJay at March 17, 2010 08:05 AM (gQ+XA)

135 What has that midget got that netted him that wife? Don't tell me it is in his pants, because there are plenty of those on better men.

Posted by: rightzilla at March 17, 2010 08:07 AM (rVJH4)

136 He said his wife, pictured above, was instrumental in his decision to vote yes. I will fess up, I'd sell you all out to for her.

Dude, she's cute and all, but c'mon...she's married to Dennis Kucinich. Every time she'd open her mouth your soul would die.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 17, 2010 08:13 AM (eNxMU)

137

Gollum is damaged goods, going back to his bankruptcy-inducing stint as Mayor of Cleveland. Afterwards, he was "found" jobs at CNB, where he did zip. Zip. From there he found his way to rep of a lib district, whose shining jewel - Shaker Heights - is now a decaying cesspool where the full effects of theCRA can be seen for any with eyes.

Not an evil creature, just deeply and irretrievably warped by the mold of Marx

All this shit going on in the fetid belly of the beast that is DC matters not. Mau-Mau Man and all his handlers, and sycophants, and federal apparatchiks, and the Booboisie that voted for him in an attempt to absolve themselves of PC-white guilt are in for a grand surprise.

Obo isn't the cause, he's the symptom. Prognosis is very negative.

Posted by: OhioDude at March 17, 2010 08:24 AM (d6j6Y)

138 History is calling...and it wants to know if you are happy with your current cable service.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 17, 2010 08:29 AM (Vo2Ef)

139 whose shining jewel - Shaker Heights - is now a decaying cesspool where the full effects of theCRA can be seen for any with eyes.

Remember, in Bosom Buddies, Tom Hanks' character was supposed to hail from Shaker Heights. There was an episode where he went to his high school reunion and took the black girl from the hotel as his date. She asked him why everyone there claimed to recognize her and called her by some other girl's name.

Quoth Hanks:

"When you shake Shaker Heights, very few black people fall out."

Shaker Heights!

And that show was from what, alllll the way back to the early 80's? It's like bizarro world.

Posted by: VJay at March 17, 2010 08:31 AM (gQ+XA)

140 77 Of the 25 or so undecideds, aren't many of them in solidly red districts that went GOP+6 in 2008? If so....that is something we got going for us, which is nice

Keep in mind that Brown was in a solid blue district -- Massachusetts. If this thing lasts into the summer or it passes, almost none of them will be safe.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 17, 2010 08:36 AM (Vo2Ef)

141 And the kooks wife gets to work with our porky pig first lady selling our kids on vegetarianism ... to save the earth from cow farts.

Posted by: bill-tb at March 17, 2010 08:37 AM (y+QfZ)

142

This am's AP story reads:

^{...as a liberal lawmaker [Kucinich] became the first to switch his opposition...}

^{At stake is a bill that would cover some 30 million uninsured people, end insurance practices such as denying coverage to those with a pre-existing conditions, require almost all Americans to get coverage by law and try to slow the cost of medical care nationwide.}

At stake is a bill that will do wonderful things for all of us, puppies and kittens alike. That summary of what's at stake could have been written by Nancy Pelosi, AP.

BTW, was it ?

And what does AP know that they aren't telling me ? If Kucinich is "the first" they're either hoping really hard for more to follow or they already know more will follow. Either way, could they let me in on the scoop ?

Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at March 17, 2010 08:39 AM (rPDD/)

143

From HotAir

This IS NOT about Kucinich!

ItÂ’s about JOHN BOCCIERI Â– KucinichÂ’s District Neighbor!

boccieri DOT house DOT gov

ItÂ’s about MARCIA FUDGE Â– also on AFO with Kooky

fudge DOT house DOT gov

ItÂ’s about Marcy Kaptur

kaptur DOT house DOT gov

1. Kucinich is untouchable Â– HeÂ’s gerrymandered in a way that his entire voting block consists of blue-collar unions and heÂ’s not up again, IIRC, until Â‘12.

2. Boccieri, Fudge and Kaptur were NO votes the first time Â– Fudge will go with Dennis. Boccieri and Kaptur are on the fence but Dennis is expected to bring them along since they are his literal congressional neighbors.

FOCUS ON BOCCIERI and KAPTUR Â– if they go with Dennis, itÂ’s game over.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 17, 2010 08:43 AM (mHQ7T)

144 Not an evil creature, just deeply and irretrievably warped by the mold of Marx

LOL. Wrong, he's always been a divisive little cocksucker who used to be a major race-baiter. The sawed-off fuck can't exist without some imaginary enemy that he can blame for the plight of his dumbass constituents, who are mainly a bunch of DPs that VJay accurately describes..

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 17, 2010 08:47 AM (ZxEhm)

145 143 But that was the 80's, meaning he went to high school in the 70's. I lived in Cleveland in the early 90's not far from Shaker Heights. I was bordering Coventry and Little Italy. Shaker Heights was notoriously "wasp-y" but all the kids went to Coventry next door to buy drugs... and that was it. An army of Tom Hanks sold their family homes, and Shaker Heights became a shithole.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 17, 2010 08:50 AM (mHQ7T)

146 I was bordering Coventry and Little Italy

So you lived in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Cleveland Heights?

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 17, 2010 08:53 AM (ZxEhm)

147 The old people vjay speaks of are everywhere. Here's some old Indian dude in the classic Jimmy Carter Says Yes song from PBS'S Song Poems.

youtube DOT com /watch?v=Vr2-f-_EwrQ

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 17, 2010 08:59 AM (mHQ7T)

148 Meh. I agree with Ace - Bad Irish

Posted by: FOMSG at March 17, 2010 09:01 AM (3VUVl)

149 So you lived in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Cleveland Heights?

My mother and siblings still live in Brecksville. We grew up in WV, but my stepfather sold his company to GE and moved there to continue his research at the Cleveland Clinic in nuclear medicine. They're all Democrats. My mom used to work for Robert C. Byrd. My old high school is named after him now.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 17, 2010 09:02 AM (mHQ7T)

150

Why does this "yes" vote get the bully pulpit and the switched no votes barely get a mention?

Posted by: Vic at March 17, 2010 11:40 AM (QrA9E)

"Inevitability" or haven't you been reading the astroturf in all the comment sections of various rightwing blogs this week?

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 17, 2010 09:05 AM (mHQ7T)

151 FOCUS ON BOCCIERI and KAPTUR Â– if they go with Dennis, itÂ’s game over.

Boccieri's been the target of a lot of ads recently that are hammering him for being unreliable; whoever's running them is trying to tap into what must be a significant conservative presence in his district. Kaptur is almost as big a commie as Kucinich; she represents the shithole that Toledo has become which puts her midway in the geographical setting of Dennis, Jennifer Granholm, both Conyers and Kwame Kirkpatrick. Good luck with that scrunt.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 17, 2010 09:05 AM (ZxEhm)

152 Oh, yeah. I forgot how loony tunes they are there! From wikipedia:

"Cleveland Heights is reliably Democratic. All seven members of Council are Democrats. In the 20008 presidential election, Barack Obama defeated John McCain 84.2%-15.0%, while in the 2004 presidential election, John Kerry defeated George W. Bush 80.8%-18.8% in the city."

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 17, 2010 09:12 AM (mHQ7T)

153 My mother and siblings still live in Brecksville.

That's a nice area. It won't be for long. The underclass scourge will consume what little is left of Parma, barely break a sweat wiping out Seven Hills, and then set up for the long siege of Independence and Brecksville.

Their high tax bases can only hold out so long, especially with a crappy housing market and a lot of underwater mortgages. Then the new "this time we'll be safe" frontier will be former sticktowns Medina, Hudson, and Twinsburg. Rinse and repeat.

And they'll all keep voting for the same Democrats that are trying to impoverish and purge them (and continue stripping services -- pass this levy or we're cutting school to four hours a day_{(teachers still get raises though)}, though given the state of the Ohio GOP, I can't say I blame them too much.

Posted by: VJay at March 17, 2010 09:15 AM (gQ+XA)

154 Kuchinich and his wife remind me of this Chicago-area woman who was caught trying to hire a hitman to kill her husband. She didn't have the money to pay the hitman so she promised him a BJ a day for the rest of his life. Replace "husband" with "liberty" and you get the parallel.

BTW the hitman was an undercover cop. Don't know how much "evidence" he gathered before he made the bust.

Posted by: Crusty at March 17, 2010 09:16 AM (GvSpB)

155

I'm almost ready to concede we gingers are souless, since this beotch helped convince him to change his vote.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 17, 2010 09:22 AM (cniXs)

156 Who can blame Kucinich?

I mean, after all, who wants a visitation from the Naked Man in the Shower?

Posted by: franksalterego at March 17, 2010 09:38 AM (+6fgE)

157 Mr. Kucinich: "I can't vote for this bill, it's all wrong."
Mrs. Kucinich: "You don't vote for Marxist health care and you don't get the fun-bags."
Mr. Kucinch: <to aide> "Need to set up a press conf for tomorrow. Pronto."

Posted by: Crusty at March 17, 2010 09:47 AM (GvSpB)

158 Kucinich 2012: Willing to Work Across The Aisle With Right-Wing Democrats

Kucinich 2012: For The First Lady This Great Nation Deserves

Kucinich 2012: Obama is a NeoCon

Kucinich 2012: You Think This Is Big Government?

Kucinich 2012: Take Our Country Back From Wealth Producers

Posted by: sandy burger at March 17, 2010 10:50 AM (MT+0i)

159 Boccieri's been the target of a lot of ads recently that are hammering him for being unreliable; whoever's running them is trying to tap into what must be a significant conservative presence in his district. Kaptur is almost as big a commie as Kucinich; she represents the shithole that Toledo has become which puts her midway in the geographical setting of Dennis, Jennifer Granholm, both Conyers and Kwame Kirkpatrick. Good luck with that scrunt.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 17, 2010 01:05 PM

Boccieri's a good possibility to be a no. His district is fairly Conservative, especially on social issues like abortion. Kaptur is a pork queen, she can be bought with a slice of bacon. I'll be surprised if she doesn't cut a deal.

Posted by: Deanna at March 17, 2010 11:14 AM (JXlgX)

160

Did this little walking stack of vomit dribble on her while playing motor boat?

not the fashion police, but I can hear them from here...

Posted by: Spurious, but Relevant at March 17, 2010 12:58 PM (yZwMw)

161 So one f*****g commie in the big house comes around to supporting another f*****g commie in(what used to be) the white house. Quel la surprise.

Posted by: emdfl at March 17, 2010 03:06 PM (vwRFo)

162

This little weasel never was a no. He just wanted to pretend he had changed his mind to make the news.

And who in their right mind thinks that woman loves him. She is hoping he will kick the bucket so she can be appointed to his seat, without having to work hard to earn it. In addition to getting his money, which he probably has plenty of.

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163

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