Kucinich: We are Not Exiting Afghanistan. We are Staying.

[sabrina 1]

58. Yes, I have done so many times. Have you checked the average 'accomplishments' of members

of Congress btw? What you are proposing here is a rightwing meme that Kucinich never accomplished anything in Congress. Democrats should be careful about repeating rumors like this started by the right to try to undermine good Democrats who actually told the truth during the Bush years. They hated him, BECAUSE he dared to tell the truth.

IF you were to do some research on members of Congress as far a 'passiing bills', which I think is what you mean (and which, btw is NOT why we elect members of Congress as there is far more to being a member of Congress than trying to rack up your passage of bills that often are detrimental to the people) you would see that Kucinich's record for the time he was in Congress is about average, better eg, than Marcy Kaptur's.

What is the main function of a member of Congress in your opinion? Dennis performed his duties better than most in terms of what those duties are. Working for the people, adhering to his oath of office, which many of them do not, he has been described by such great Democrats as Barney Frank and Alan Grayson, among others, as one of our very best, whose voice was necessary in Congress. That is why the Right took out his district. BECAUSE of how effective he was.

Of course if you think that just 'getting bills passed (which usually requires taking Corporate bribes) is what makes a member effective, then you would not agree with Barney Frank et al.