The Daily Beast: 'Representative Dennis Kucinich Disappointed by President Obama's Jobs Record'

Source:The Daily Beast talking to current U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (Democrat, Ohio) who was primaried out of his House seat by the Ohio Legislature, but still holds that seat until the next Congress is sworn in, in January.

"The former Ohio congressman, long known as an independent voice within the Democratic Party, told Beast TV that he wishes the president had done more to create jobs in America." 

From The Daily Beast

Other than our mutual hatred for the so-called War On Drugs and our belief in the right to privacy in America, I have almost nothing in common with Representative Dennis Kucinich. 

Senator Bernie Sanders (Democratic Socialist, Vermont) is the only self-described Socialist in the U.S. Congress. Self-described being the key here. There are plenty of Socialists in the Democratic Caucus in the U.S. House. Most of them are democratic oriented, but they all go by the label liberal or progressive. Representative Kucinich is one of those members who doesn't self-describe as socialist, but to be completely real here: he's to the left of Senator Sanders on foreign policy and national security and I'm sure other issues in Congress as well. 

My point here (and yes, I have a point) Dennis Kucinich is way to the left of me on so many issues, you would need Superman's supervision to find anything that we have in common with each other politically. But what I've always liked and respected about him, is his ability to throw out the garbage (to keep it clean) and tell people what he thinks. Even when he's the only person who actually believes and agrees with anything that he's saying. Which has happened a lot to him in his political career, being a Far-Left Democrat from Cleveland, Ohio. Not exactly Hippieville or some left-wing utopia. 

My Footage: 'This is Adlai Stevenson- 1956 Presidential Bid'

Source:My Footage- Governor Adlai Stevenson (Democrat, Illinois) running for President in 1956.

Source:The Daily Journal

"THIS IS ADLAI STEVENSON - 1959 Shots: Stevenson addressing crowds; Stevenson walking through streets, shaking hands, talking to supporters; Interview with Stevenson\\\'s three sons; CU Stevenson addressing camera."

From My Footage

Adlai Stevenson running on what would later be known as the Great Society in the LBJ Administration. He wanted to expand the safety net in America and perhaps even go further than the Great Society and social insurance and even create America's first welfare state. Where the Federal Government would become primarily responsible for taking care of the welfare and well-being of the people. Which is what the New-Left of the late 1960s and early 1970s wanted to create in America.

But when Adlai ran for president in 1952 and 56, he was basically running on what would be called the Great Society. Government guaranteed health insurance for the elderly and the poor. And more Welfare for people who were struggling in America.

There wasn't ever any real shot of Adlai defeating a very popular Army General in Dwight Eisenhower who commanded allied forces in Europe and defeat General Eisenhower for president in 1952. Or much of an opportunity for Adlai to defeat a popular president in Dwight Eisenhower in 1956.

What I believe was the real motivation for Adlai running for president in 1952 was to expand the progressive movement and to give Progressives real issues and policies to run on against then Vice President Richard Nixon in 1960. And in that case Adlai's 1956 presidential campaign was pretty successful. Because then Senator Jack Kennedy ran on those social insurance and economic issues when he ran for president in 1960 and defeated Vice President Nixon.