Kucinich in His Own Words
Kathleen McFadden of The Mountain Times and Jim Thompson of The Jefferson Post had the opportunity to interview Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio during his whirlwind tour of western North Carolina last Saturday. Much of the talk focused on the war in Iraq, but Kucinich also voiced his opinion on the Democratic Party and discussed the reasons for his continued candidacy. What follows are excerpts from the conversation.
Q: The Democratic Party seems to have abandoned its core constituency. What has happened?
Kucinich: That’s probably the most fundamental flaw in the two-party system today and that is that there isn’t enough of a two-party system. It’s more of a one-party system with two branches of a corporate party. When the Democratic Party started to take a lot of money from corporate interests, it began to change the whole meaning of the party. So it started with this reliance on a donor base that may not have a lot in common with the natural base of the party, the natural base being workers, advocates for social justice, for jobs, for healthcare, for education, for the environment. Those concerns are not considered . . . . So we have a problem where the party at the top stands for one thing and the party in the foothills stands for something else. So my candidacy is aimed at reminding the Democratic Party of the need to connect with people’s practical aspirations for jobs, for education, for healthcare, for a clean environment, for peace. So that’s what I’m out there doing.
Q: Is it working? You’re talking to us, but what about the party leadership?
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