Geez, this took it's own sweet time.
The Plain Dealer reports that Dennis Kucinich has ended the months of white-hot speculation (OK, so I admit to a teeny bit of sarcasm) and confirmed he's dropping out of the race, considering his next steps and desires to remain in Congress. The breaking news on cleveland.com's entry by Mark Naymik includes audio of Kucinich.
Which of these things did we NOT think was coming?
So far the race for the district house seat has been dominated by Cleveland Councilman Joe Cimperman's funny jabs at the Kucinich travel record, namely he's off talking about the rest of America far more than he's at home working on behalf of Cleveland and the western suburbs. Dennis faces multiple challengers in the primary and the next six weeks are likely to be highly entertaining as he strives to re-establish his roots with his core, which given the politics of the district isn't likely to be too much of a stretch.
As a former West Park resident who used to engage in spirited discussion with my neighbors on the merits of Dennis (they've long since passed away, thank God, and don't have to witness this spectacle), it has always fascinated me how much loyalty the Boy Mayor continued to generate; the most-often reason to support him didn't have a thing to do with his political stand but had everything to do with his reputation as a guy who didn't swallow the party line from anyone.
I guess tilting at windmills still works in some neighborhoods.
Welcome back, Dennis. Sorry to say this ends northeast Ohio's position as a presidential punk'd tag line but at least we have another political car wreck to watch closer to home.
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Out-Of-This World Politics
We could talk about Iowa and New Hampshire but why bother? None of the candidates save Dennis Kucinich are coming close to the real big issue of our time.
I must share this with you -- being on the receiving end of the constant stream of spin mail (both snail and e-variety) can wear a person out. There are, however, notable exceptions such as this note from my friends at the "Paradigm Research Group" (PRG); the links are theirs:
Tomorrow night, January 5 at 7–11 pm EST, ABC News will hold back-to-back debates ahead of the New Hampshire primaries. News anchor Charles Gibson will moderate what may be an unprecedented double header debate at the same venue. Which political party debates first will be determined by a coin toss.
Once again more than a dozen candidates will stand before the American people seeking to be the leader of the most influential nation in the world. And once more there will be an opportunity to ask them not silly, but serious questions about their views on the most profound issue confronting all people and all nations – the presence of intelligent, non-humans engaging the human race and the 60-year truth embargo imposed on formal acknowledgement of this fact by elements within the government they wish to head.
The door was opened by the dean of Washington television journalists, Tim Russert, at the October 30 Democrat debate in Philadelphia with the now famous question to Dennis Kucinich. This led to questions to Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and scores of news articles.
Kucinich, who is quite knowledgeable on the subject and has been briefed extensively on the UFO/ET evidence by colleagues of PRG, essentially dodged the subject. It is up to the working journalists to keep the issue in play and insist on comprehensive answers from these candidates.
PRG executive director, Stephen Bassett, stated, “It is understandable but not acceptable that these candidates are scared silent after 60 years of institutional propaganda and disinformation regarding the extraterrestrial presence. However, it is neither understandable nor acceptable that top-tier news organizations refuse to challenge these aspiring presidents to state clearly their views on a matter 50% of the American people have stated in poll after poll they consider valid.
Does ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX and the top-tier print media think the presence of extraterrestrial beings engaging the human race is not a matter of national security? Is it their conclusion that the tens of thousands of detailed reports accumulating in the files of researchers around the world of contact, often coercive, between humans and these beings is not a serious societal concern?
ABC News has received reams of material on the UFO/ET issues from PRG and other organizations for the past 20 years. Meetings with producers have been held. ABC News attended the May 9, 2001 and November 12, 2007 press conferences at the National Press Club in which dozens of government witnesses of high rank and station presented extraordinary and compelling testimony.
On January 2 the Wall Street Journal, to its great credit, gave the Kucinich question serious, front page exposure. Can Charles Gibson in a debate just three days later simply ignore such a confirmation that the issue is finally in play and candidates need to be challenged?
Can there be anything but consensus that if there is an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race (and be assured there is), any candidate who refused to speak to that issue is not fit to lead?
And finally, when will the esteemed moderators of these debates ask Senator Hillary Clinton about the Rockefeller Initiative?
Where are Scully and Mulder when we need them most? God bless the true believers.
I must share this with you -- being on the receiving end of the constant stream of spin mail (both snail and e-variety) can wear a person out. There are, however, notable exceptions such as this note from my friends at the "Paradigm Research Group" (PRG); the links are theirs:
Tomorrow night, January 5 at 7–11 pm EST, ABC News will hold back-to-back debates ahead of the New Hampshire primaries. News anchor Charles Gibson will moderate what may be an unprecedented double header debate at the same venue. Which political party debates first will be determined by a coin toss.
Once again more than a dozen candidates will stand before the American people seeking to be the leader of the most influential nation in the world. And once more there will be an opportunity to ask them not silly, but serious questions about their views on the most profound issue confronting all people and all nations – the presence of intelligent, non-humans engaging the human race and the 60-year truth embargo imposed on formal acknowledgement of this fact by elements within the government they wish to head.The door was opened by the dean of Washington television journalists, Tim Russert, at the October 30 Democrat debate in Philadelphia with the now famous question to Dennis Kucinich. This led to questions to Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and scores of news articles.
Kucinich, who is quite knowledgeable on the subject and has been briefed extensively on the UFO/ET evidence by colleagues of PRG, essentially dodged the subject. It is up to the working journalists to keep the issue in play and insist on comprehensive answers from these candidates.
PRG executive director, Stephen Bassett, stated, “It is understandable but not acceptable that these candidates are scared silent after 60 years of institutional propaganda and disinformation regarding the extraterrestrial presence. However, it is neither understandable nor acceptable that top-tier news organizations refuse to challenge these aspiring presidents to state clearly their views on a matter 50% of the American people have stated in poll after poll they consider valid.
Does ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX and the top-tier print media think the presence of extraterrestrial beings engaging the human race is not a matter of national security? Is it their conclusion that the tens of thousands of detailed reports accumulating in the files of researchers around the world of contact, often coercive, between humans and these beings is not a serious societal concern?
ABC News has received reams of material on the UFO/ET issues from PRG and other organizations for the past 20 years. Meetings with producers have been held. ABC News attended the May 9, 2001 and November 12, 2007 press conferences at the National Press Club in which dozens of government witnesses of high rank and station presented extraordinary and compelling testimony.
On January 2 the Wall Street Journal, to its great credit, gave the Kucinich question serious, front page exposure. Can Charles Gibson in a debate just three days later simply ignore such a confirmation that the issue is finally in play and candidates need to be challenged?
Can there be anything but consensus that if there is an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race (and be assured there is), any candidate who refused to speak to that issue is not fit to lead?
And finally, when will the esteemed moderators of these debates ask Senator Hillary Clinton about the Rockefeller Initiative?
Where are Scully and Mulder when we need them most? God bless the true believers.
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