Poor old Yakpsyche. He or she is bu,t another one of those poor deluded Americans who instead of taking the high moral, ethical, principled road instead tdakes the pragmatic low road of the so-called realists. They use such bullshit words as 'practicalities of office'. They focus more on the 'real politiks' of getting 're-elected'. They contend that to stand up for one's principles will only ead to one's 'assassination';, as if that is a bad way to die for what one truly believes in. To them, glacially-slow change is more acceptable to some faster, more 'radical' change. They ignore whatever negative effects such glacially slow change may have on peoples lives in the meantime. They refer to those who do as 'extremists'. They refuse to accept that were Obama ever to stand up and take a principled stand against: escalating the illegal occupation and war against Afghanistan and, now, Pakistan; to truly end the illegal war and occupation of the Iraqi people; to refuse to no longer politically, economically and militarily support a racist, apartheid state like Isreal; to call a halt to the fradulent absconding of U.S. Treasury monies by Wall Street banksters; to advocate for the prosecution of all Bush administration officials guily of torture; to openly support a single payer health care plan and declare that all the trillions yet to spent on illegal wars and occupations, all the foreign aid given to Isreal and other racist, apartheid states, all the monies of the bailout will be given to establishing a single payer health plan and social security system that gives all Americans the dignity of a quality life.

Enough said. Yakpsyche, please wake up!

yakpsyche: I couldn't have said it better myself! The 24-hour news cycle pundits combined with the knee-jerk reactions from the blogosphere make it nearly impossible for the President to formulate any meaningful policies for the future. President Obama seems to have the uncanny ability to see the big picture and remain calm while all around him seem to be overreacting to each news cycle. A war criminal and capitalist stooge? Hardly! Although I agree with Dennis Kucinich's comments, I am willing to trust Obama's judgment for now. Patience is a virtue we Americans need to embrace. The horror of the Bush/Cheney years cannot be undone overnight!

Kucinich - drop out of the @#&! Democratic Party and run as an independent. All the party will ever do for you is knee-cap you, even if you got elected President.

Get real. We didn't elect the wrong president. Can you imagine what it would be like now if Mc Cain were in office?

Now imagine you're Obama. You're the new leader of the most powerful country on the planet, run, it turns out, by the military and the capitalist uber-wealthy that profit from war. You've got to find a way to change the direction of things, but you have to be crafty. If you just say, get out of here and get out of there, basically, cut back the military to stand-by status and care for veterans only, what are your chances of succeeding, of not getting assasinated, of getting re-elected, and of being able to pass any other meaningful legislation that will help the country in other ways? Zip. Zero. Nada.

So, you do real-politik and work with what we have, slowly changing the course of events, taking care of important social changes first, so gradually the support will be built that enables reduction of military force.

Its slower, its less popular with extremists, it vulnerable to lots of misunderstanding and reversals, but it does have a realistic chance to eventually succeed.

Remember this.

Dennis Kucinich , even though you had dropped out of the race your name was still on the ballot and you are the only one I trusted so I voted for you, my hero.

Not one more dollar for endless wars that kill mostly civilians, since the troops cannot identify or separate friend from foe.

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We the American people elect the wrong people President.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich has been right on all of the major issues for the last 20 years.

He is consistently right that the United States should IMMEDIATELY bring all of our troops home from the Middle East.

The United States' illegal military presence in the Middle East is the problem. This is a wrong war and a wrong time.
Bring our troops home.

On the Economic and Domestic crisis here at home, the President and the people should look at Rep. Kucinich clearly outlined solutions and programs....

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The truth is the invasion is a War Crime. You're a great guy Dennis, but say it out loud, say it on the floor: "War Crime"

Obama was obviously a capitalist stooge. Well, a lot of you voted for him. You should have listened. Kucinich was the guy.

"OBAMA" the war criminal was elected by the people to do exactly this and return the rule of law. He proved to be a liar and a "COWARD". The American people were misled because he was "BLACK", there is however this chap he seems to embody what is needed, integrity, and honour. To get him into a position of power will take a revolution or an assassination either way is a very traditional American method of operation. Lets do it!!!!