Mob rule is overrunning Reddit once again this afternoon. But, for an oddly refreshing change of pace, we see that the madly clicking hordes are primarily the quixotic online army of Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich as opposed to the quixotic online army of fellow candidate Ron Paul, which routinely dominates that particular popularity poll.
What's up with that, you Paul Peeps? Sleeping on the job? (Or maybe the respective campaign camps have agreed to take turns?)
As I type, four of Reddit's nine top-rated stories involve the derring-do of Kucinich, darling of the hopeless dreamer wing of the Democratic Party.
Last time we took note of the wisdom of Reddit's crowd run amok it was during a dizzying display of "Impeach Bush and Cheney" mania, which last time I checked had failed to result in the impeachment of either one (of course, that was before we learned of the missing torture tapes).
Crowds don't only get carried away at Reddit, of course, as was seen recently at Amazon during the unsuccessful search for the missing airplane of adventurer Steve Fossett.
But politics does seem to attract more than its fair share of online zealots who consider making their presence known a show of their candidate's strength. (See Paul, Ron.)
Oh, I know what you're thinking: This is all sour grapes from a curmudgeonly pundit. After all, those who tout the wisdom of crowds invariably compare that collective sagacity favorably to the paucity of same in pundits such as yours truly.
Hey, at least here you know who to call an idiot.
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Hey, you're an idiot.
I want you to print your column and eat it during the Inauguration of President Dennis Kucinich, OK?
Paul and Kucinich have the same people.
I am primarily a Ron Paul Supporter, and have donated to his campaign, have a sign in my yard, and participate in local political activities.
I think that Kucinich is also an excellent candidate. However, the GOP field is much more pliable than the Democrats. Hillary is very strong, and only Obama is even close to her, and not by much. Paul has a better chance to win the GOP than Kucinich to win the Democrat primary. So I, and many like me are throwing our efforts to the GOP primary in the hopes that at least one party will give us a candidate worth voting for, rather than against the greater of two evils.
It is my hope that the following will occur.
Ron Paul wins the Republican primary by a hair with 29% over Mike Huckabee's 27% by bringing in new and moderate voters to the Republican side to balance out Huckabee's Ultra Religious Right. The corporate plant candidates all getting barely 5% each.
Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic Primary in a landslide because nobody says socialism like Hillary.
Hillary names Obama as running mate to capitalize on the women/minority voting block.
Paul names Kucinich as running mate in a rare Cross party ticket not seen since the founders were still running for office. Perfect to mobilize his passionate moderate voters and stay to his constitutional roots.
With such an unprecedented move, they decide to rename themselves the Unity Party. Democrats and Republicans decide to rename themselves as well to speak about their true goals. Thus the Democrats become the Socialists, and the Republicans become the Fascists.
The Fascists decide to Run a Giuliani/Romney ticket despite the loss to everybody else in the primary.
The combined Unity party ticket of Paul/Kucinich defeats the other two by a 60% vote. Socialists get 30% and Fascists only 10%. America experiences a new birth of freedom.
In the words of John Lennon "you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Kucinich would make a fantastic President
Please note that Dennis Kucinich has been 100% exactly right on EVERY vote and decision he has made and spoken out about, has had foresight that is perfect, and that the other candidates are cherrypicking his policies and calibrating their own campaign and swiping his language.
The difference is that they have no intention of honouring their supposed new commitments - they are fully funded by PAC's, corporations, big pharma, oil, and hedge funds.
Vote for Kucinich and vote for a candidate who is not beholden to anyone - except those he wants to serve with integrity and honesty: the American People. have a look at www.kucinich.us
thanks.
Ron Paul FTW
Drink LiberTEA at the Teaparty, Dec 16, 2007. Drink it for the first time.
All other candidates DENY LIBERTY.
Ron Paul is the greatest candidate I've ever seen. Consistent for 30 years. No flip flops. We are done with WAR, we want a real currency, we want peace, we want the welfare-state for the military industrial complex to END, we want to fix America and stop policing the world and to stop the authoritarian oppression here NOW.
Here is what the US Government without Ron Paul in charge has done to us:
- 9 trillion in debt
- 850 billion trade deficit
- War in Iraq
- War in Afghanistan
- Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda alive
- Fomenting War with Iran
- 12.25 trillion M3 money supply, and expanding (massive inflation)
Ron Paul’s record is crystal clean perfect and consistent. He takes no money from anyone but people and constituents. He is as pure as they come.
One of my favorite quotes about Dr. Paul, “You’re working for the most honest man in Congress.” That was John McCain speaking to Kent Snyder in 1988.
Two out of three Kucinich supporters ...
... have lousy blog manners. The first guy in this string knows what he's doing: He calls me an idiot, demonstrating that he read and understood the post, if not entirely agreeing with its sentiments. His comment is concise and directly on point. Bravo. The second and third contributors, and I use the term loosely, are simply borrowing my forum to spew yet more pro-Kucinich boilerplate. Let's try to do better here, people. Thanks.