Posted by Average American Congress voted on a nonpartisan bill to act as a tribute to the victims of 9/11, including the men and women who died at the Pentagon six years ago. Supporting such a resolution would seem rather uncontroversial. However, to the man cultivating a reputation as the House's resident eccentric, nothing is too uncontroversial to make into a moment for him to call attention to himself: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Democratic presidential candidate and no stranger to contrarian views, was the sole congressman Tuesday to vote against the House's Sept. 11 commemoration resolution. He was outvoted 334-1. Ninety-eight members weren't present; for the most part, they were either attending Sept. 11 commemorations or the out-of-town memorial service for Ohio Rep. Paul Gillmor, or they had departed town early for the Jewish holidays. Kucinich claims that he can't vote for a remembrance resolution because of the Iraq war. He says that the war has weakened America, that Iraq didn't have WMD, and that we're continuing the war based on a lie. However, what he doesn't explain what that has to do with remembering the real victims of the real attacks on 9/11, which is what the resolution proposed. Given the fact that Kucinich has no problem having tete-a-tetes with terrorist-supporting dictators like Bashar Assad but won't meet with the democratically elected government in Iraq, this behavior seems all too familiar. He's made a career of assuming the role of resident oddball, even in the presidential races. His listing of an "endorsement" by a fictional character from a children's book in 2004 provided the biggest laugh in a campaign most noted for his attempt to find a date. On the anniversary of the worst attack on the US, one might expect our politicians to take it seriously. Too bad that Kucinich has made a career of failing to meet expectations. Yes Virginia, there are kooks in the world and Dennis is the biggest one of them all.
on September 12, 2007, 7:25 pm
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Dennis Kucinich Votes Against 9/11 Remembrance
Tuesday's nonbinding resolution was a relatively short document. It had 12 "whereas" clauses — stating things like what happened the day of the terrorist attacks, who was affected and how terrorists have been targeted since then — and six resolution paragraphs establishing Sept. 11 as a day of remembrance, extending sympathies to families of victims who died and honoring those who have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. ....
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