Kucinich fans please help me out.

[peace13]

I will preface these questions with this, I am a Kucinich supporter, I believe in his message of peace and his commitment to protect our Constitution. I have donated to his campaign multiple times this year, supported him here 100 %, I even purchased 100 Kucinich for President buttons that I have been working to pass out in my community.

I have totally lost sight of this campaign in the last five days. I ask myself why am I calling a newspaper to get my candidate in the debate? Where was his public explanation of why he did not stand up and address this huge problem. You may say that no one saw the debate and it didn't matter. I say that without Kucinch on stage the rest of the candidates were like thieves on a holiday. Their entire demeanor was much more relaxed and in control because there was no one to call bull to the *hit. To make matters worse he let this happen the day before his big campaign fund raiser. I for one decided to wait to hear the explanation for this fiasco before donating any more money.

As a Kucinich supporter I need to connect with someone who can explain what happened and where we are heading. Peace to you, Kim

[flvegan]

1. He did stand up and address the problem.

http://www.dennis4president.com/go/newsroom/kucinich,-top%11rated-democrat,-excluded-from-des-moines-register-debate/

Google kucinich iowa debate and you'll see coverage by several outlets of the media. Just on a very small scale, as usual

[peace13]

3. I realize that the MSM cuts him out.

Standard fare to be cut out of a picture or left with five minutes of debate time. But in those five minutes he can get the job done. I just don't see how he could have let himself be locked out of that debate. The day before the debate the phone lines at the Register were jammed. If he would have started earlier I think that we could have changed the outcome. Too sad.

[Buzz Clik]

2. kick.

As an undecided voter but one who likes Kucinich, this is a highly relevant question. Part of my hesitation about Dennis has been a perceived lack of brass at critical times. I was truly hoping to see some fire over this obvious slight. Did I miss it, or did it simply not happen?

[Desertrose]

4. There are a number of videos here on DU

Endorsement by Gore Vidal


Dennis excluded from Iowa debate because of lack of office.

More on Iowa debate.

There is some info on his homepage as well.


I agree, it is frustrating that the website/campaign seems slow to feed us info... don't know what else to say.

Peace
DR

[peace13]

5. I appreciate your comments.

It seems that Dennis was riding a wave there for a while. I understand what about the communications regarding the debate and an official office and all. What I don't get is why there were different criteria for Democratic and Republican candidates. Maybe Dennis thinks he has something big up his sleeve and that Iowa is small peanuts. Maybe so, but the 'top three' certainly enjoyed the light all to themselves. IMO Dennis should have been in there to stir the pot. I guess my gut feeling is that if a guy is capable of being the POTUS he ot to be able to figure out how to get on the playing field. The article on the Kucinich website really puts me off a bit. We have got to be tough as nails to fight this fight. Can't let anything slip through the cracks. Peace, Kim