Call it the liberal-libertarian ticket, where left meets right and Democrat Dennis Kucinich picks Republican Ron Paul to be his vice president.
Kucinich, the Cleveland congressman running in a longshot bid to become president, suggested it himself today.
"I'm thinking about Ron Paul" as a running mate, Kucinich told a crowd of about 70 supporters at a house party here, one of numerous stops throughout New Hampshire over the Thanksgiving weekend. A Kucinich-Paul administration could bring people together "to balance the energies in this country," Kucinich said....[more]
Looks like Dennis the Menace is trying to capture some of the Paul magic for his falling a part campaign. Luckily, I'm almost 100% positive that Paul would NEVER go along with that idea and Denny would never get the nomination.
Paul joining a known socialist...no way!
Matt Holdridge
The Toledo Tattler
Both are insane and have no shot...
If I get elected president I'll make SensorG my Veep!
MikeyA
Great! I can be the brains behind the meat puppet. That is how a VP works these days, correct?
From the Kucinich web site;
Securing Constitutional Democracy
A corrupt campaign finance system, coupled with vulnerable electronic voting have eroded America's confidence in our elections. The USA Patriot Act and secret strategy meetings to set policy tear into the very concept of We the People. As President, Dennis will protect individual liberty and privacy and restore balance and fairness in America's electoral system.
For most American families, the loss of a job or one serious illness spells catastrophe. Stagnant wages, expensive health care and rising education costs are vital issues being ignored by the Congress and White House. A champion of working families, Dennis Kucinich will lead America into expanding opportunities, universal health care, restore our schools and strengthen Social Security and protections for private pensions.
Half the world's population lives on less than two dollars a day. In 2003, 10.6 million children died before they reached the age of five. Without hope and stricken by the AIDS pandemic, religious strife and no opportunity for an education; desperate poverty is a fact of everyday life for the majority of the world's people. It manifests itself in war, terror and genocide over scarce resources, hopelessness and intolerance. Dennis Kucinich will make it a national priority to fight poverty worldwide. He understands that the path to a safe, strong America is through peace, tolerance and committing our nation to eradicating the root causes of global poverty.
As President, Dennis Kucinich will end America's participation in NAFTA and the WTO. Huge, multi-national corporations ship American jobs overseas, turn a blind eye to human rights abuses and hide behind their lobbyists in Washington. Read more about Dennis' plan to instill ethics, accountability and fairness in global trade and big business.
Perhaps the comments reflect Paul's stances as well?
http://www.dennis4president.com/go/issues/
http://toledoohioneighborhoodconcerns.com/blog
Will he be expanding NASA so he can communicate better with his UFO pals?
President Carter saw a UFO. So did Reagan (twice). In fact, Reagan believed in astrology. Now that's weird.
On the subject of UFOs and Presidents, more people believe in ghosts and UFOs than people who approve of President Bush. I guess that makes Bush apologizers pretty "kooky".
So you're a Kucinich man are you? Great! I hope all democrats vote for denny. I truly do.
but as you can tell, even in this forum people don't think that we need to come together despite our differing beliefs. All of this talk and rhetoric about socialism and imperialism is a bunch of bullshit. Not talking to people with different beliefs is old thinking and doesn't work to make our world better.
There is always some bitter back and forth name calling about liberals and conservatives, but neither side really gets every issue correct. The only way to change is to bring a lot of people together to decide the direction of our country, not using the two parties as our beacons.
As for insanity, how about a war that spends millions per day and forging an ongoing presence in Iraq, ensuring that we have people from our country dying for the next 5-15 years. And not only do people not care, they ridicule and shame those who speak out.