Speaking of "crazy", ever heard of a politician who
returns donations because he couldn't keep a pledge?
I feel that as the new health care legislation further entrenches insurance companies in the system it's a huge step in the wrong direction, rather than a small step in the right one because it throws people a few bones
which insurers will almost certainly try to snatch away later. But I appreciate why Dennis did what he did today. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the congressman from Cleveland. One can only hope that any deal he did with Obama involves creating that
Department of Peace.Salon editor Joan Walsh writes: Like a lot of liberals, I'm guilty of not always taking Rep. Dennis Kucinich seriously (even though during the 2008 primaries my views were deemed closest to candidate Kucinich's by this online poll.) I was on vacation when he took his strong stand against passing President Obama's flawed healthcare reform bill, or else I'd have whacked him for ineffectual lefty grandstanding.Only if I can whack her first.
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on edit: Swoon turns to sigh.
Jane's right.