Ugh I used to love him so much before his retirement, I cannot tell if it’s just that he was always this bad or that he got worse as I got more radical.
I grew up in Cleveland, when Dennis Kucinich was on the rise. He was a great city councilmen, whose constituents truly loved him, but a terrible mayor of Cleveland, legendarily bad. It probably should have ended his political career, but he went on to be one of the few Congressmen who was on the extreme left at the time. Here he was talking about transgender in 2003, when most people hadn’t even heard the term. Even John Stewart wasn’t on board with the concept at the time.
He was well known to be absolutely incorruptible, and noisy, so he was run out of Congress when his district was specifically targeted by gerrymandering. He was well ahead of his time, he would have been a Congressional hero today.
I just remember him because my mom was a big green party supporter really liked him so he always seemed cool but I wasn’t nearly as checked in to politics as I am today. Like I was going to protests against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan back then and working for local organizations to legalize weed but that was about it.
I never listened to it because he’s been too lib in general for my taste for a long while, maybe I will give it a look. Also being written for him for cable tv makes a lot of sense (who the fuck watches cable anymore).
Ugh I used to love him so much before his retirement, I cannot tell if it’s just that he was always this bad or that he got worse as I got more radical.
[CW: Transphobia] He was always that bad.
Edit: Wow fuck Jon Stewart, but I apologize mister Kucinich I was not aware of your game.
I grew up in Cleveland, when Dennis Kucinich was on the rise. He was a great city councilmen, whose constituents truly loved him, but a terrible mayor of Cleveland, legendarily bad. It probably should have ended his political career, but he went on to be one of the few Congressmen who was on the extreme left at the time. Here he was talking about transgender in 2003, when most people hadn’t even heard the term. Even John Stewart wasn’t on board with the concept at the time.
He was well known to be absolutely incorruptible, and noisy, so he was run out of Congress when his district was specifically targeted by gerrymandering. He was well ahead of his time, he would have been a Congressional hero today.
I just remember him because my mom was a big green party supporter really liked him so he always seemed cool but I wasn’t nearly as checked in to politics as I am today. Like I was going to protests against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan back then and working for local organizations to legalize weed but that was about it.
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We’ve gotten more radical. He is the most tolerable lib and that’s not saying much.
Also be mindful that a lot of this stuff is written for him, he is a lot more thoughtful in his podcast.
I never listened to it because he’s been too lib in general for my taste for a long while, maybe I will give it a look. Also being written for him for cable tv makes a lot of sense (who the fuck watches cable anymore).
always was controlled opposition
you either die a hero…
He yelled at one of his writers because they pointed out his impression of a black man was racist