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  Dennis Kucinich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kucinich was born in Cleveland as the eldest of the seven children of Frank and Virginia Kucinich.
Kucinich is a Roman Catholic, an environmentalist, and a vegan.
Kucinich was often satirized in editorials and editorial cartoons as "Dennis the Menace," a reference to the comic strip of that name, Kucinich's name and youthful appearance, and his positions, which in that context were often characterized as extremist and anti-business.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dennis_Kucinich   (4156 words)

  
 Dennis Kucinich - dKosopedia
Dennis Kucinich is the U.S. Representative for the 10th Congressional District of Ohio.
Kucinich first came to national prominence in 1977 when he was elected mayor of Cleveland Ohio at the age of 31, the youngest person ever elected to lead a major American city.
Kucinich was born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 8, 1946.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Dennis_Kucinich   (608 words)

  
 Dennis Kucinich - SourceWatch
Kucinich, who used to co-chair the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is a self-described "Wellstone Democrat." He has been praised as "a genuine progressive" by Ralph Nader.
Kucinich served as the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1978 to 1980 in a contentious term that culminated in a recall election that Kucinich barely survived.
In 1996, Kucinich was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Dennis_Kucinich   (1159 words)

  
 NPR : Dennis Kucinich, The 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Kucinich nonetheless remains proud of his mayoral record, insisting that he stood up to the business establishment and the big utility companies.
Kucinich says he is in the race to stay, convinced he will win the nomination when the party delegates convene in Boston in the summer of 2004 and then go on to defeat President Bush in the general election.
Had Kucinich been considered a candidate to be reckoned with, such a shift in position would be looked at suspiciously by many in the abortion-rights movement; after all, one still hears criticism leveled at Rep. Richard Gephardt over his initial anti-abortion views, views that changed at least 15 years ago.
www.npr.org /programs/specials/democrats2004/kucinich.html   (1098 words)

  
 Lowcountry NOW: Local News - Kucinich sees anti-war support growing 10/05/03
Kucinich is one of 10 candidates running in the party's Feb. 3, 2004, presidential primary - where candidates will have their first showdown in the South after the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
Kucinich said he is running for president to build a progressive movement for peace and prosperity and health care for all Americans.
Kucinich's midday stop at the Penn Center's Darrah Hall was his first time back to campaign in South Carolina since the South Carolina Democratic Party Presidential Debate in Columbia on May 4, said Michael Berg, his volunteer state campaign coordinator.
www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/100503/LOCkucinich.shtml   (1056 words)

  
 USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dennis Kucinich is best known nationally as being Cleveland's "boy mayor" in the 1970s.
Kucinich has said voters need to hear alternative points of view on Iraq, trade and the nation's economic policies all issues at the heart of his campaign.
Kucinich, who was mayor when the city plummeted into default in 1978, failed in his bid for re-election the next year.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/nation/president/kucinichprofile.htm   (671 words)

  
 Representative Dennis Kucinich - Silver Chips Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dennis Kucinich is the man! I have read most all his positions on the issues,(from his website, www.kucinich.us) and have watch him on video.
Dennis' involvement all the way to the convention is essential if the Dems wish to build a solid platform consistent with what all the candidates have been saying they support anyway.
I'm campaigning for Dennis in the heart of the nation, because he is the only candidate with a true vision of a peaceful world, backed by a plan to accomplish it, and the courage, persistence and integrity to make it happen.
silverchips-beta.mbhs.edu /inside.php?sid=2839   (3110 words)

  
 Dennis Kucinich | Iowa Presidential Politics
Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio, was born Oct. 8, 1946, in Cleveland, Ohio, and is the eldest of seven siblings.
Kucinich is a Roman Catholic vegan who is divorced and has one 18-year-old daughter, Jackie.
At 23, Kucinich was elected to his first political office, as a Cleveland City Councilman (1970-1975 and 1983-1985).
www.iowapresidentialpolitics.com /candidates/kucinich_profile.html   (756 words)

  
 Dennis The Menace Kucinich
Kucinich, meanwhile, announced he had changed his position to favor abortion rights last February on the day he kicked off his campaign, reversing the position he had held on the issue during seven years in Congress, when he has generally opposed abortion rights and consistently opposed federal funding of abortion for poor women.
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) incorrectly declared that the city had suffered 300 murders in September; actually, the number was 35, as [local TV newsperson Huel] Perkins pointed out later in the debate.
Dennis Kucinich may talk about being a populist and bringing 'power to the people', but the truth is he's in the pocket of special interest groups and big contributors.
dennisthemenace.blogspot.com   (10494 words)

  
 Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich, along with the "Department of Peace" initiative, represent some of the greatest threats to any kind of authentic and substantial understanding and practice of non-violence.
Kucinich could be the messiah with large grassroots support and he would still destroy social services more as that is the purpose of the democratic party in this point in history.
Kucinich could be rocked by scandals and other defamations, he could be assassinated, his regime could be overthrown in a coup or capital flight would goto Europe, Japan and Asia, strengthening other nations and making the U.S. subservant to another nation like so many nations are subservient to the U.S. now.
www.ourpla.net /cgi-bin/pikie.cgi?DennisKucinich   (1305 words)

  
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From 1969 to 1973, and again briefly in 1983, Dennis Kucinich was a member of the City Council in Cleveland, Ohio.
In recent years Kucinich has lent his support to an organization called SOA Watch, whose stated mission is to close down the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA), which was recently renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC).
In June 2002, Kucinich was the leading plaintiff when 31 House members (30 Democrats and one independent) filed a lawsuit against President Bush in an effort to block the president from withdrawing the United States from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
www.discoverthenetworks.org /individualProfile.asp?indid=630   (1102 words)

  
 CNN.com Specials
Kucinich was an early bloomer, getting his start in politics when he was elected to Cleveland's City Council as a 23-year-old student.
Kucinich, meanwhile, spent much of the next two decades trying to revive his political career while working as a teacher, consultant and television news reporter.
Kucinich has made headlines for twice suing President George W. Bush -- once to bar the commander-in-chief from withdrawing from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and then challenging the president's power to order the invasion of Iraq.
www.cnn.com /ELECTION/2004/special/president/candidates/kucinich.html   (796 words)

  
 US Representative Dennis J. Kucinich, a Democrat of Ohio
His is a powerful, ethical voice for nuclear disarmament, preservation of the ABM treaty, banning weapons in outer space, and a halt to the development of a 'Star Wars' - type missile defense technology...Kucinich was born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 8, 1946.
Kucinich wrote that a War with Iraq would be a "waste of up to $1.9 trillion in our tax dollars, wrecking our economy while, at the same time, the Administration gives out a trillion dollar tax cut to the wealthy."
Congressman Kucinich states on his website that he "strongly believes all students, regardless of economic background, deserve an opportunity to attain a higher education." It is Congressman Kucinich’s goal that the option to attend college or a career school is possible for all students and adults.
selectsmart.com /president/Kucinich.html   (931 words)

  
 Dennis Kucinich: The combative mystic - baltimoresun.com
Kucinich, with his plop of dark hair, elfin ears and teeth that catch the spotlight, comes across like an angry rabbit.
Michael McCurry, former press secretary to President Bill Clinton, says Kucinich is playing the "traditional and honored role in presidential primaries" of giving voice to a particular point of view that won't carry the majority but broadens the debate.
Yet Kucinich's appeal enabled him to raise about $1.6 million in the last quarter of fundraising, perhaps a drop next to former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's bucket of $14.8 million during the same period, but creditable nonetheless.
www.baltimoresun.com /news/elections/sns-2004election-kucinichprofile,0,5564155.story?coll=bal-election-storyutil   (1318 words)

  
 Online NewsHour Vote 2004 | The Democratic Primaries | Candidate: Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, spoke to voters in Indianola, Iowa, about the war in Iraq, the economy, health care, education and other campaign issues.
Dennis Kucinich's "Medicare for All" plan would be a government-run program that eliminates private insurers, and buys prescription drugs in bulk.
Dennis Kucinich has embraced his rocky political career with a certain perseverance -- "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again," Kucinich has said.
www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2004/primaries/kucinich.html   (134 words)

  
 BuzzFlash Interviews Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Kucinich captured, in one evening's remarks, the pent-up frustration of the pro-democracy movement in America.
DENNIS J. In the debate, when Congress was considering authorizing the President to take action as a result of the events on September 11th, I stated then that we should not let the terrorists win.
DENNIS J. I think that there are people in the administration that believe that Armageddon is coming.
www.buzzflash.com /interviews/2002/04/02_Congressman_Kucinich.html   (1640 words)

  
 TIME.com: Meet Dennis Kucinich
But Kucinich, who officially announced his candidacy last Tuesday, is no front-runner; the fourth-term Ohio congressman and former mayor of Cleveland is usually lumped together with the Rev. Al Sharpton and former Senator Carol Moseley-Braun at the bottom of the pack of nine declared Democratic candidates.
At the Iowa State Fair, while Kucinich was standing in a barn, surrounded by cows and talking to farmers, people kept coming up to his taller campaign aides and asking, ‘Are you Congressman Kucinich?" while the 5'6", 135-pound candidate stood a few feet away.
Kucinich became a laughingstock around the country and was roundly defeated in his campaign for re-election.
www.time.com /time/election2004/article/0,18471,524691,00.html   (1042 words)

  
 The Electability of Dennis Kucinich, Candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination
ABC may consider Kucinich a fringe candidate, his stands on the issues may scare the bejeezus out of Democratic party leaders, but don’t tell me he’s not electable.
Kucinich: It is far too early for the media to have decided who counts as a contender and unwise for people to believe the media when they hear this.
Kucinich: It is as important as global war or peace, the proliferation of nuclear weapons or global cooperation and disarmament, continued environmental destruction or movement toward sustainability, investment in war and enriching the rich or supporting the struggles of working families.
www.commondreams.org /views03/1224-11.htm   (1091 words)

  
 interview with Dennis Kucinich by Sarah Ruth van Gelder
Dennis Kucinich: The events of September 11th exacted a searing, emotional toll on Americans.
Dennis: I would say in order to remain relevant, the two-party system is going to have to become more in tune with the issues of peace, the environment, education, economic equality, opportunity—a whole range of concerns that embody a more nurturing and pacific approach to life.
Dennis: I had a meeting on the morning of December 15th with the head of the city council and the head of the largest bank, and that was exactly the discussion we had.
www.futurenet.org /22art/kucinich.htm   (2152 words)

  
 Rep. Dennis Kucinich-2004 Exploratory Candidate
Kucinich is co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which is the largest caucus of Democrats in the House.
In the opening months of the campaign Kucinich appears to have been relegated to second tier status whether because of his limited national recognition, his late start, his less than top tier fundraising prospects, or concerns about electability.
Hagelin stated, "I strongly support Rep. Kucinich in his bid for the presidency." Kucinich's holistic approach--he is one of few vegans in Congress--is also very much in synchrony with Green Party views.
www.gwu.edu /~action/2004/kucinich.html   (755 words)

  
 The New York Times: null
Kucinich — a slim man at 5-foot-7, 135 pounds — has become the boutique candidate for peace activists and Hollywood liberals.
Kucinich runs out of a deep-seated desire — forged as the eldest of seven children in a desperately poor family — to rise above his roots.
After a stunning political comeback from a career that was in tatters, Dennis J. Kucinich is seeking the White House on a platform of nonviolence.
www.nytimes.com /top/news/washington/campaign_2004/candidates/dennisjkucinich/index.html   (833 words)

  
 Dennis Kucinich Speech February 17, 2003 - Presidential Candidate 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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Dennis Kucinich never doubted that millions of Americans had deep concerns about George W. Bush's ever-expanding war on ill-defined foes abroad and on civil liberties at home.
Yet we are upon the threshold of a permanent war economy." Kucinich's "Prayer for America" speech was interrupted by repeated standing ovations.
www.themoderntribune.com /dennis_kucinich_speech_february_17,_2003_-_presidential_candidate_2004.htm   (3554 words)

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