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A Street Fighting Man?
The Only Way Kucinich Can Win
by Josh Frank
www.dissidentvoice.org
April 22, 2004

“Hey! I think the time is right for a palace revolution, Cuz’ where I live the game to play is compromise solution!”

-- Rolling Stones (Street Fighting Man)

While the sun in Iraq scorches an already turbulent soil, the heat of election season is being felt back in the good ol’ US of A. Polls are indicting Bush is recovering from a slight dip in his approval rating as his rival John Kerry is flying around the country ignoring the rising US death toll in Iraq. The escalation in casualties, claims Kerry, has little to do with him or any of the other Democrat and has everything to do with George W. Bush. “We need to internationalize the effort [in Iraq],” blasts Kerry, “and put an end to the American occupation!” Remember, he is admitting that the occupation will surely continue, it’ll just be administered with more diversity. Call it the new age of affirmative action.

Kerry isn’t the only Democrat left in the ring however. Dennis Kucinich, although haunted by a dry bank account and scarce media coverage, says he’s still swinging in the fray. But does the featherweight from Ohio have any fight left in him? Ask his faithful supporters and they will inform you that Kucinich’s campaign still matters. He’s antiwar, anti-investor rights agreements (mislabeled free-trade by many), pro-environment, pro-universal health care, and pro-choice (although late coming). Unlike Howard Dean, Kucinich really does represent what the late Paul Wellstone called the, “Democratic wing of the Democratic Party.”

Nevertheless, Dennis Kucinich has run his campaign without an iota of hope.

It’s not that his supporters haven’t tried hard, they have. In fact they are some of the most committed electoral activists since...(Full Story)