Thursday, November 15, 2007

Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich...

...will be on Lydia Cornell's and Doug Basham's show at 8:00 AM, tomorrow (Friday). Guys, I would advise listening only if you understand that you will be in the presence of two famed Democratic beauties who did not marry you. Dennis and Doug are not the two beauties.

3 comments:

AitchD said...

Is there any possibility of a Clinton/Kucinich ticket? I love them both and the alliteration is much much more euphonic than the last alliteration of Stevenson/Sparkman from a half-century ago.

Dennis and Elizabeth are barnstorming for the early returns. Dennis doesn't need media attention now because he gets good crowds wherever he goes while the media chew up Edwards and Obama. Dennis might be able to make a strong showing in Iowa and/or New Hampshire. If he reaches double digits in either of those places he becomes a serious contender, and the media will give him a place at their table and their split screens. He hasn't earned it yet, but he might in early January.

I suppose between now and then we'll be able to see his stump effectiveness on C-SPAN. If he does succeed in being noticed, his notice will attract a small mass that's critical enough to get the DNC's attention. They will want to meet with him.

I wouldn't underestimate the subliminal effect of his UFO admission. As we all know, there's a large segment out there who still think 'the government' covers everything up. Dennis is very smart. He won't mention The Warren Commission Report, et al., -- yet -- but he knows how to tap into the subconscious.

If the Democratic contenders mean what they say, that this election is THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION EVER, maybe we'll see a grand lecture series? Brilliant Naomi & Naomi; Brilliant Elizabeth and Elizabeth; Brilliant Teresa Heinz Kerry and Gertrude Kingston Clark (former Republicans!); while the hubbies sell cookies and sign their own books in the lobby. "Hey, it could happen" -- Judy Tenuta, Love Goddess.

Joseph Cannon said...

There is no possibility of an Anyone-Kucinich ticket. The number of people who think Hillary is a Lesbian/Wiccan Communist is far, far, far larger than the number of people who want to see Kucinich on the ticket.

The UFO thing was not DK's idea. I'm sure he wishes Shirley MacLaine had never written that book.

But she was really cute in "The Apartment," wasn't she?

AitchD said...

It's stupid to argue on the Internet, but here goes: "The Apartment" is on DVD, so Shirley is still cute in it, not "was cute". And since when did the #2 person on the ticket have to pass any kind of litmus test other than the regional one? No one votes for the #2 person or against. Kucinich's Ohio is bigger and more important than Gore's Tennessee was in 1992, when Poppy marginalized Gore with "the vision thing" since Gore had just authored his first environment/ecology work. Kucinich would also serve as counterpoint for the Democrats who worry that Hillary is too far right or "corporate" for them; yet his labor record keeps him in the solid Democratic tradition. Why do you say such pop, MSM stuff about Dennis, when it's evident that he's a mainstream Democrat? Plus, his hair doesn't have that black shoe polish look anymore, which virtually immunizes him against Maureen Dowd and Wonkette. But I think you missed my point: if he does well in January against the major contenders, it will make him one of them. He's not a fringe progressive nut case like the pop culture caricature he's made to look like. Do you hope he fails? I hope he gets 20% or more.

I like Edwards a lot, but he's behaving like a win-all trial lawyer, which requires that he impeach the testimony of his adversaries. He's become a political party unto himself. He knows he has to score big come Iowa and New Hampshire because he doesn't have enough money to go further, and the party won't have anything to do with him if he falters, the way he's burning bridges.

Unless you know something inside and special, I'll say you're wrong about Dennis wishing Shirley hadn't written the UFO stuff about him. She probably asked him if it was okay. She and Warren had good home-learnin', you know. Besides, or up front, Dennis is relying on the geezers who remember that Jimmy Carter said he saw a UFO; said he was a born-again Christian (with an evangelist sister); said he "had lust in his heart" and therefore committed adultery (according to Jesus); all before he was elected, in the "Playboy Interview" (which was deemed pornographic by retailers like 7/11 convenience stores during those "Moral Majority" days of hell).

It's still very early. Remember what Cosby's grandmother said about the glass being half empty or half full: "Either way, it means I'm drunk," she said.