Nonviolence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush
The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld
The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law
United States v. George W. Bush et al.
The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism
Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush
The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens
The Case for Impeachment
Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney
George W. Bush versus the U.S. Constitution: The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Cover-ups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying
Verdict and Findings of Fact
Impeach Bush: A Funny Li'l Graphical Novel About the Worstest Pres'dent in the History of Forevar
Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration
The Twilight of Democracy: The Bush Plan for America
Questions for Dennis Kucinich
Questions for Dennis Kucinich
The Wild Card
by Deborah Solomon | NYTimes.com
Q: Before you ended your quixotic bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in January and continued on as a congressman from Cleveland, did you believe you could really be president?
A: No one runs unless they think they can.
Q: But you’re a vegan. Do you think America is ready to elect a non-beef-eating president?
A: I think America is ready for a president with a blood pressure of 90 over 60 who could beat most people half his age in a sprint.
Q: I see you are scheduled to speak at the convention on Tuesday, at the Pepsi Center, which sounds like the name of a soda plant. Why is it called that?
A: My guess is that Pepsi probably bought the naming rights. Naming rights are another thing my subcommittee — the Domestic Policy Subcommittee — is looking into.
Q: What is the point of having a convention when the candidate has been preselected? Isn’t it just an excuse for a party?
A: This is a great opportunity for Democrats to come together, to indicate our solidarity on providing jobs; helping people save their homes; health care for all; retirement security.
Q: Is it hard to come together with people you have sharp disagreements with?
A: When it comes to uniting for the American people, that’s what we do. That is what we have always done. Democrats are famous for their ability to come together.
Q: I never thought of you as such a booster.
A: I am not a booster by any means. But Barack Obama is our candidate. We have to be practical about this.
Q: You’ve met with opposition from Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats for continuing to push for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
A: The process of democracy is a slow process, and it’s important that I do what I know to be the right thing.
Q: But why bother with impeachment when Bush is on his way out of Washington anyhow?
A: This president is capable of taking us into war, in October, on the eve of an election, to try to change the outcome of the election. We need to keep the ability to impeach at the ready in the event that this president continues to exercise a wanton approach toward the use of power, particularly the war power. The events in Georgia are a premonition.
Q: A premonition of what?
A: A premonition of an attack on Iran. When Georgia moves against South Ossetia as the Olympics are starting, the Bush administration begins its own Olympics — the war Olympics.
Q: Are you saying the Bush administration is likely to declare war soon just to help Republican candidates pick up some votes?
A: Well, you know, they increased the funding to Georgia a while back for military purposes.
Q: You think President Saakashvili of Georgia was encouraged, possibly by the American government, to cry victim?
A: Look. Saakashvili had an American lobbyist who is now part of the McCain campaign, and I am sure he was given advice. The idea of striking during the Olympics would have to come out of Madison Avenue. We have to be able to see through this. And the one thing I have shown an ability to do is to cut through the b.s.
Q: Have you had a chance to talk to President Bush lately?
A: The last time I had a word with him was at the State of the Union address. I told him, “Mr. President, I wish you peace.”
Q: How did he respond?
A: He said, “I know you believe that.”
Q: What should we make of your friend Shirley MacLaine’s recent memoir, in which she mentions that you once spotted a U.F.O. at her house?
A: I saw something, absolutely. I don’t know what it was. It was unidentified.
Q: What did it look like?
A: End of story for me. Around Washington, the truth is an unidentified flying object.
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED, CONDENSED AND EDITED BY DEBORAH SOLOMON
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STILL no respect!!!
Note question #1. Asshole media!!! After all, who would POSSIBLY want a President who believes in Peace, Healthcare for all, fair wages and taxation, alternative energy, FAIR trade, and on and on and....