{"article":{"id":104613,"heading":"They Are Stealing the Primary","author":"margie","created":"2004-03-09 17:27:53","modified":"2005-08-15 02:51:29","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:51:29","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Kucinich gets extra boost in final caucus numbers <br><br> By Associated Press <br><br> (Honolulu-AP) -- A final tally of the vote in Hawaii's presidential caucuses shows also-ran candidate Dennis Kucinich did even better than previously thought. <br><br> The Ohio congressman earned 31-point-two percent of the vote in the February 24th contest, behind winner John Kerry. <br><br> Kucinich was originally reported to have 25 percent. <br><br> Kerry's numbers dipped in the final count. He earned 47-point-one percent of the vote. <br><br> The revised vote count doesn't affect the break-up of delegates. The presumptive Democratic nominee, Kerry, gets 12. Kucinich gets eight. <br><br> (Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Hawaii and maine primary both mistakenly have boosted Kerry to the detriment of Dennis Kucinich.\r\n\r\nIn California, more people signed up for meetups then the numbers show as voting for Dennis Kucinich.\r\n\r\nWe do not have to accept Kerry, just because they are shoving him down our throats. We can expose the fact that they are stealing the election, and free the delegates at the convention.","numcomment":9,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2004\/03\/mainedems1.jpg","filesize":"26.4 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2004\/03\/104613.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2004\/03\/mainedems1.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2004\/03\/mainedems1.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":104618,"heading":"Daily Meditation","article":"If the Democrats ran a clone of George Bush for President, would America notice?","author":"One Hand Clapping","parent_id":104613,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-09 17:59:10","modified":"2004-03-09 17:59:10","fileurl":""},{"id":104635,"heading":"Koo Koo Kucinich & Ego Nader","article":"Love those two clowns...VOTE FOR NADER.\r\n\r\nKerry is a multi-miilionaire...he can afford to weather the shitty leftist rhetoric the working man cannot.  \r\n\r\nTRAITOR TO HIS VIETNAM BROTHERS, KERRY WILL LOSE.","author":"Walker, Texas Plumber","parent_id":104613,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-10 00:28:21","modified":"2004-03-10 00:28:21","fileurl":""},{"id":104668,"heading":"Go Kooky Go","article":"Agreed, Dennis is the man. He needs to be nominated at all costs. I suggest the radicals go to the Democtatic National Convetion. protest all day and night. Force Terry McAuliffe, and Clinton et all to nominate the Kooky little guy from America's armpit ie Cleveland. I can almost see a 50 state landslide for Uncle George as soon as Dennis gets nominated. I want to see gridlock in Boston 7\/26-29. I want all the dreadlock wearing, unwashed freaky people to make Boston a living hell. Why not, after all Bush stole the presidency, Kerry stole the nomination, Ol Kooky doesn't have a pot to piss in and even though he avereged just a few votes more than the Micky Mouse write-ins Kooky won't even be asked to speak at the Dem's Convention\/Love-in\/Sedition Festival. ","author":"GOP Troll","parent_id":104613,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-10 14:18:52","modified":"2004-03-10 14:18:52","fileurl":""},{"id":104670,"heading":"Naughty Boy","article":"Naughty Naughty.\r\n\r\nDennis advocates universal health care as an entitlement. Your taxes will go up (way up) but you'll have the comfort of knowing that those poor pitiful homeless derelicts will now have health care. They'll also be able to get in line to see the Doc ahead of you.\r\n\r\nDennis wants 'free' education from kindergarten through college for everyone. Your taxes will go up (way up) to pay for this but take comfort in knowing that those poor pitiful homeless derelects will now be able to sit in a warm classroom all day rather than huddling together out on the street. Can you imagine a better use for your money?\r\n\r\nDennis wants to shut down NAFTA, the WTO, etc. The idea is protectionism for labor unions. You'll have to pay more for imported goods (way more) but what the heck, those union goons are big contibutors and Dennis owes them big time. It's called sucking up to special interests and he's really good at it.\r\n\r\nTo protect Americans from Terrorism, Dennis proposes abandoning Iraq and turning our defenses over to the UN.  A quick phone call to Kofi should do it. Surely the UN has America's best interests at heart (don't they?).\r\n\r\nAnd oh yes, he also wants to cut back on defense spending.  If we can reelect him enough times then we won't have to worry about invading countries like Afghanistan and Iraq. We'll be militarily incapable or winning those wars.\r\n\r\nWith a platform like that, how could Dennis possibly lose? He's got the Berkeley vote locked up.","author":"tch tch","parent_id":104613,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-10 14:49:41","modified":"2004-03-10 14:49:41","fileurl":""},{"id":104672,"heading":"he sho wont get the wealth vote","article":"and it makes you sick to think about it doesn't it?\r\nYou might get hit up to contribute at a proportional rate.  \r\nMakes your liver turn to cheese, eh?  Heh heh...","author":"       Haa ha","parent_id":104613,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-10 15:24:34","modified":"2004-03-10 15:24:34","fileurl":""},{"id":104692,"heading":"those arguments are weak","article":"Universal health insurance would cause taxes to go up, but health insurance premiums to go down.  The people hardest hit will be people who are currently not insured, because they'll see a tax hike and no drop in or disappearance of their health insurance premium.\r\n\r\nThey'll gladly pay that extra tax, though.\r\n\r\nFree education is an investment in the future.  Right now, we have zero unemployment in the medical and some engineering fields.  We actually have negative unemployment, and are filling the jobs with foreign labor.\r\n\r\nBeyond this, an educated populace is necessary for democracy to function.  Free education into college is a good idea.  Free remedial education is also a good idea, as well as expanded funding for free libraries.\r\n\r\nFree trade works too, if it's equitable.  We've decided how we want to live - with clean air and water, with safe workplaces - now we need to demand that the competition also rise to our standard of working and living.  To do otherwise is to force other people into misery and illness... just so we can have inexpensive imported products.","author":"more rational","parent_id":104613,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-10 22:02:40","modified":"2004-03-10 22:02:40","fileurl":""},{"id":105283,"heading":"Vote for me, FOOLS!","article":"You humans must vote for me.  Kucinich gets his ideas primarily from what he calls THE STAR CRYSTAL.  But it was I who sent it to him anonymously in 1967!  The crystal is nothing more than a Lite Brite with the colorful pegs superglued to the Lite Brite's grid.\r\n\r\nDennis is all about feeling good vibrations.  I'm about shattering your false consumer lives and bringing about REAL SOCIAL CHANGE.\r\n\r\nVOTE FOR ME if you want the earth to turn at a SAFE speed.  End transmission.\r\n","author":"Nader Himself","parent_id":104613,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-19 02:59:09","modified":"2004-03-19 02:59:09","fileurl":""},{"id":105290,"heading":"Try to picture a President who never had a job in his entire life","article":"Try to picture a President who never had a job in his entire life.\r\n\r\nThat's Ralph.\r\n\r\nThat's also Al Gore (unless you count government work -- I don't).","author":"That's Ralph","parent_id":104613,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-19 03:31:58","modified":"2004-03-19 03:31:58","fileurl":""}]}