September 11, 2007

Dennis Kucinich Votes Against 9/11 Remembrance

Congress voted on a nonpartisan bill to act as a tribute to the victims of 9/11, including the men and women who died at the Pentagon six years ago. Supporting such a resolution would seem rather uncontroversial. However, to the man cultivating a reputation as the House's resident eccentric, nothing is too uncontroversial to make into a moment for him to call attention to himself:

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Democratic presidential candidate and no stranger to contrarian views, was the sole congressman Tuesday to vote against the House's Sept. 11 commemoration resolution.

Tuesday's nonbinding resolution was a relatively short document. It had 12 "whereas" clauses — stating things like what happened the day of the terrorist attacks, who was affected and how terrorists have been targeted since then — and six resolution paragraphs establishing Sept. 11 as a day of remembrance, extending sympathies to families of victims who died and honoring those who have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. ....

He was outvoted 334-1. Ninety-eight members weren't present; for the most part, they were either attending Sept. 11 commemorations or the out-of-town memorial service for Ohio Rep. Paul Gillmor, or they had departed town early for the Jewish holidays.

Kucinich claims that he can't vote for a remembrance resolution because of the Iraq war. He says that the war has weakened America, that Iraq didn't have WMD, and that we're continuing the war based on a lie. However, what he doesn't explain what that has to do with remembering the real victims of the real attacks on 9/11, which is what the resolution proposed.

Given the fact that Kucinich has no problem having tete-a-tetes with terrorist-supporting dictators like Bashar Assad but won't meet with the democratically elected government in Iraq, this behavior seems all too familiar. He's made a career of assuming the role of resident oddball, even in the presidential races. His listing of an "endorsement" by a fictional character from a children's book in 2004 provided the biggest laugh in a campaign most noted for his attempt to find a date.

On the anniversary of the worst attack on the US, one might expect our politicians to take it seriously. Too bad that Kucinich has made a career of failing to meet expectations.

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Comments (38)

Posted by Eric | September 11, 2007 4:58 PM

It's so hard to believe that Ohioians would keep electing this a-hole. He destroyed Cleveland and he just keeps getting elected.

Posted by Keemo | September 11, 2007 5:00 PM

I just hope that man keeps on talking, and that sites such as this one keep on reporting his words to the public. Citizens of this great country need to understand just exactly what a leftist Liberal stands for...

Posted by docjim505 | September 11, 2007 5:07 PM

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Democratic presidential candidate and no stranger to contrarian views, was the sole congressman Tuesday to vote against the House's Sept. 11 commemoration resolution.

Ai-yi-yi!

Yeah, Kookinich has definintely been eating too many paint chips.

Posted by Scrapiron | September 11, 2007 5:17 PM

Don't worry about the head idiot. Worry about the million that have voted for him in the past. They are walking the streets of Ohio acting normal. Democrats are more dangerous to America than all the terrorist combined.

Posted by unclesmrgol | September 11, 2007 5:32 PM

Not only did he have tea with Assad, he went on Syrian television and did a campaign speech, badmouthing Bush and talking about how the surge was a mistake.

Like the Dixie Chicks, no class at all.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut | September 11, 2007 5:40 PM

"Too bad that Kucinich has made a career of failing to meet expectations."

Oh, he's met expectations, Ed - Our expectations for him are lower than whale sh*t, and he meets them every time.


unclesmrgol wrote: "Like the Dixie Chicks, no class at all."

Let me fix that for ya', unc: Like the Dixie Twits, but with less class. ;-p

Posted by Shoprat | September 11, 2007 5:46 PM

I wonder how much bacon the guy brings home for them to keep electing him. He makes Nancy and Hillary sound intelligent and that is saying something.

Posted by crossdotcurve | September 11, 2007 5:57 PM

Uh....we're still waiting for the Skirt-chasing abortion-defender-for-hire to show up and read his cue cards...

Posted by Howard C | September 11, 2007 6:02 PM

"Democrats are more dangerous to America than all the terrorist combined."

I hope this is just a sarcastic remark, referencing the recent crazy lib tirade from Olberman. If not, I weep for the future of the Republican party.

Posted by ahem | September 11, 2007 6:48 PM

What a sad little stain on the collective boxer shorts he is.

Posted by Eric | September 11, 2007 6:50 PM

Shoprat says:
I wonder how much bacon the guy brings home for them to keep electing him. He makes Nancy and Hillary sound intelligent and that is saying something.

Eric says:
I used to live near his district. It's an area that has been in decline for nearly 35 years. Dennis was the mayor of Cleveland and he bankrupted the city. It was and is the largest US city to have declared bankrupcy.

It's a real Dem stronghold. Tremendous unemployment. No hope. Miserable area. People like Dennis have managed to thrive through his connection to organized crime which owns the city.

Posted by Bennett | September 11, 2007 6:51 PM

The Congressman did the right thing. He isn't worthy of having his name included in remembrance of the 9/11 dead.

Posted by Reed Lyons | September 11, 2007 7:06 PM

I find it hard to fathom this and other individual representatives of "the people".

I am "retired" from the military a victim of the cold war and find that so many ignorant **repletive deletive** idiota have no idea of what is going around amongst them.

Perhaps we should remember Prime Minister Chamberlain who promised us Peace in our time. I fear it will not be so if this is the caliber of fools we elect to office.

For those who voted against him my greatest fear as that he has many who probably sympathize with him, but; were afraid to voice their opinion rather than to take any stand.

Reed

Posted by Veritas | September 11, 2007 7:11 PM

"On the anniversary of the worst attack on the US, one might expect our politicians to take it seriously".

Now watch this drive.

Posted by WestPack | September 11, 2007 7:26 PM

Re the Comment by Bennett:

"The Congressman did the right thing. He isn't worthy of having his name included in remembrance of the 9/11 dead."

Sir, upon reflection you have this POS pegged correctly.

I wouldn't p___ on the best part of him and I would hope the good people of Cleveland would put him out to pasture next election. He can then drink white wine and wack off. With that thought I will leave this thread.

Posted by Eric | September 11, 2007 7:53 PM

I went to Cleveland.com to read the story from The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Following the story are the comments.

Yikes...Dennis better not dare go back to Cleveland any time soon. They are ready to linch him. Ironically, Dennis has no intention of going to Cleveland anytime soon. He will go from Syria to the west coast and then on to Hawaii.

People in Cleveland are using the "L" word. The Logan act. Wouldn't it be great if Cleveland actually managed to get him out of office on the Logan act!

Posted by IOpian | September 11, 2007 8:30 PM

What is really getting my ire is that when it comes to the law and government officials there is one standard where some insignificant nuanced statute is blown far out of proportion as with the Libby case but another standard when it comes to the violation of the Logan Act and Treason, as defined in the Constitution itself, is flippantly disregarded.

Posted by Tom W. | September 11, 2007 8:37 PM

Is there a brutal dictatorship in the world that Denny doesn't support?

Red China, Cuba, Syria, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela...

But since he's a vegan, he's moral.

Weird how knuckle-dragging, racist conservatives support freedom and individual rights, while sweet-natured and enlightened liberals like to see citizens silenced, beaten, imprisoned, and murdered by their own governments.

I'm just too simpleminded to grok such a nuanced position.

Posted by unclesmrgol | September 11, 2007 8:46 PM

moveon.org ought to double down on Kucinich. He's bought every nuance of their ad.

Posted by T A M N Y , T . D . | September 11, 2007 9:05 PM

Along with the frightfully inept JOHN EDWARDS , Dennis Kucinich represents the lowest depths of the Democratic Party ' s cesspool . Actually , Kucinich is not only a kick - in - the - teeth to Americans of a patriotic bent , he is an insult to the legacy of Democrats like HENRY JACKSON , SAM NUNN , PAT MOYNIHAN and HUBERT HUMPHREY , exemplars of the era when sensible folk prevented the Party of Jackson , Polk , ( Grover ) Cleveland , F . D . R . and Kennedy from devolving into a haven for appeasers and
collectivists , Soviet apologists and tax hikers . Voters in Cleveland owe it to the Republic to terminate the tenure of this cretin .
Shan ' t hold my breath , though !

Posted by Zhombre | September 11, 2007 9:18 PM

Go to the MEMRI website and you can see a clip of Kucinich the evil garden gnome giving an interview on Syrian television and heaping praise on that paragon of democracy and progress, Bashar Assad.

Posted by me | September 11, 2007 9:21 PM

"He says that the war has weakened America.."

Hmmm....3000+ dead American soldiers, the military in a hopeless quagmire, Bin Laden alive and kicking and Al-Quada stronger than ever, trillions of dollars in debt with a divided US population...it's pretty clear the war HAS weakened America.

"..that Iraq didn't have WMD.."

that's clearly correct

"and that we're continuing the war based on a lie."

Again, absolutely correct.

"However, what he doesn't explain what that has to do with remembering the real victims of the real attacks on 9/11, which is what the resolution proposed."

Fair enough. I can't speak for Kucinich but I believe he's protesting not the honoring of the victims but the dancing on their graves by the entire Republican Party and many, many Democrats who use this anniversary to advance their own political agendas.

I think that what he's objecting to.

Posted by jeff | September 11, 2007 9:25 PM

America's George Galloway.

Posted by Dave | September 11, 2007 9:43 PM

Did somebody say 'Kucinich'?

INCOMING MESSAGE FROM THE BIG GIANT HEAD:

Library of Congress:Space Preservation Act of 2001

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 2, 2001

Mr. KUCINICH introduced the following bill;
[...]

[...] (2)(A) The terms `weapon' and `weapons system' mean a device capable of any of the following:
(II) through the use of land-based, sea-based, or space-based systems using radiation, electromagnetic, psychotronic, sonic, laser, or other energies directed at individual persons or targeted populations for the purpose of information war, mood management, or mind control of such persons or populations;
[...]
(ii) chemtrails;
[...]

Nanoo-Nanoo, Mork out.

Posted by red | September 11, 2007 10:00 PM

--- protesting not the honoring of the victims but the dancing on their graves by the entire Republican Party and many, many Democrats who use this anniversary to advance their own political agendas.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nice to hear from the emotionally constricted who's personnally inadequacies don't allow them to relate to their fellow citizens or their grief after this attack. Compassionate liberal? Your compassion remains inside your head, your heart is untouchable. I guess you have to hate in order to feel.

Posted by Keemo | September 12, 2007 7:53 AM

"He says that the war has weakened America.."

Hmmm....3000+ dead American soldiers, the military in a hopeless quagmire, Bin Laden alive and kicking and Al-Quada stronger than ever, trillions of dollars in debt with a divided US population...it's pretty clear the war HAS weakened America.
Posted by me | September 11, 2007 9:21 PM

Could you really be this stupid? American soldiers, along with Iraqi soldiers, have killed more AQ terrorists (in Iraq alone) in the past 3 months than we have lost in the entire war. This is what happens in a war; warriors fight to kill or capture the enemy; the winner is usually the one who remains standing when the dust settles.

Definition of quagmire: A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament.

That word (term) would apply to any military confrontation we have ever faced, or will ever face in the future.

OBL alive & kicking; AQ stronger than ever.

Dumb and dumber comes to mind with this mindless statement. Provide your evidence of this. AQ is getting their collective asses kicked around the world; or haven't you noticed. AQ only gets stronger when the world sticks their heads in the sand and makes believe that AQ isn't a threat to all populations. The world is awake and watching very closely. OBL alive and kicking; what because he discovered dye for his beard and managed to get his 1999 video camera fixed.

A divided population.

The American population is divided because of the Democrats radical move towards Communism under the rule of George Soros. The Iraqi war could end tomorrow and the American population would remain divided. Attacks against "freedom of religion"; attacks against "freedom of speech"; "attacks against our military"; the destruction of our moral teachings in our public school systems; on and on... All of these "dividing" mechanisms are at the hands of the modern day Democratic Party. Divided we are, divided we will remain until the day comes when true Americans take back their party from the hands of Soros and the other Communist trash currently in control of a once great party.

Posted by Artie Curtis | September 12, 2007 8:23 AM

Are the people in his Ohio district really that stupid or are politics there really that crooked, or a combination of the two?
I DO NOT understand how these anti-American nut cases keep getting elected.
And as to Osama being alive and kicking, is that why he's making videos begging us to leave Iraq? That's not the image of a victorious warrior. That's the image of a beaten man. But he has high hopes in the democrats.

Posted by Mike | September 12, 2007 8:36 AM

"Kucinich claims that he can't vote for a remembrance resolution because of the Iraq war. He says that the war has weakened America, that Iraq didn't have WMD, and that we're continuing the war based on a lie. However, what he doesn't explain what that has to do with remembering the real victims of the real attacks on 9/11, which is what the resolution proposed."

Easy one--typical Dem hypocrisy: Iraq has no connection to 9/11, unless they say it does.

Kucinich used to seem like a charming but harmless eccentric, a kind of Bernie Sanders for the tinfoil-hat crowd. Now he is actively undermining US foreign policy, and during a war no less. It's appalling.

Posted by Jazz | September 12, 2007 8:37 AM

Kucinich is a loon. The only thing that keeps him in the spotlight in terms of national politics is his sole, solid campaign stance of wanting to get us out of Iraq. (Though I fear he might go over the edge in the other direction and want to do so in a too rapid, dangerous, precipitious manner.) Beyond that, most of his public statements make me question at least his common sense, if not his sanity.

I do wonder, however, how nobody has ever seemed to bring his name up in the tired old "trophy wife" discussion. Have you ever seen the Mrs? Talk about disproportionately hot.

Posted by Captain Ed | September 12, 2007 8:54 AM

Wouldn't just about any woman without a beard qualify as "disproportionally hot" to Dennis Kucinich?

All joking aside, this is his first marriage, I believe, which gets him a general pass on the trophy-wife smear.

Posted by FedUp | September 12, 2007 11:21 AM

I think Dennis the dim should consider taking up residence in another country! I am ashamed that he is 'representing' us. Syria?? Where is what's left of his tiny mind? He should be removed from his seat in congress and sent home - NO pension... NO benefits... Just, GO HOME!

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Posted by Ken Oglesby | September 12, 2007 2:28 PM

This person's appearance on Syrian television was sedition at the least and quite likely treason,considering we are at war.
WHY is he not being investigated and charged?
Other than the general Republican spinelessness we have become accustomed to,does anyone know?

Posted by Bill | September 12, 2007 3:52 PM

Would anyone expect anything less from,"Dennis the Menace"?

I watched from Lakewood, Ohio as Dennis Kucinich performed his drive to pauperize the city of Cleveland when he was mayor. Now Lakewood is in Dennis' district. What a shame!

I'd rather listen to Sen. George Voinovich who brought Cleveland out of default as mayor after Dennis. George truly has Class!

Posted by gaffo | September 12, 2007 9:34 PM

Come on Captain - stop with the BS, you say:

"However, what he doesn't explain what that has to do with remembering the real victims of the real attacks on 9/11, which is what the resolution proposed."

maybe this?

"and honoring those who have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. ...."


Maybe he, like me, thinks that the whole foundation of Iraqnam from day one was an unconstitutional act and an attack upon the fundamental principles of what America stand for: the Rule of Law.

Hard to honour those who are undermining the Rule of Law by participating in an illegal war/occupation.

Maybe had that Resolution (not not the ones Bush violated - but the one you are talking about) NOT included Iraq in it and simply stayed with the victims of 911 and/or the legal war Afghanistan - Kusinich would have voted for it.

Try asking him.

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