Yamlight on the Election: Kucinich

This post will be the first in what I hope to be a long series covering the many candidates of the 2008 election. What follows will be information, and my opinions, on whichever candidate peaks my interest. Today that would be Dennis Kucinich, the Democratic Congressman who represents the 10th District of Ohio.

Mr. Kucinich is a Democrat, as noted above. He has voted against funding the War in Iraq every time, voted against the Patriot Act, and was part of the impeachment attempt towards Dick Cheney. He calls for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, followed by a multinational security force taking up residence. He then suggests we more or less make sure everyone knows we are sorry, help Iraq rebuild their country, repay them for damages, and make sure we don't get any of their oil. He was very upset about Dick Cheney's involvement in initiating the War in Iraq, calling him out on suggesting false evidence and misleading the public into thinking Iraq has weapons that they really didn't have.

Kucinich is pro-choice, though he doesn't support the idea of abortion. He supports the usage of contraceptives, hoping that such actions will lower the "need" of abortion. Oh ya, did I mention he's a Roman Catholic? On that note, he is also a Vegan, being cited as considering all life sacred. Incase you don't know what a vegan is; they don't eat meat, eggs, milk, or anything else that's a product of animals. He supports rural family organic farming, none of those big corporation farms, and he believes in "the meat that we consume coming from happy and healthy free-range animals."

Now, I'm on the fence about the war; I support staying and finishing the job, but I don't agree with our reasons of starting the whole thing. I don't think pulling out of the area now would be a good idea. I do agree with his stance on the Patriot Act though, as I consider this an infringement on our rights. However, I'm really interested in his stance on abortion in accords to his religion. A Catholic who puts his religion on the back burner and fights for a pro-choice, contraceptive using country gets a lot of bonus points in my book. I don't understand the vegan thing, but to each his own I guess.

Kucinich isn't exactly on the top of my list, but he isn't at the bottom either. I'll defiantly be keeping an eye on him, and hopefully one of you guys learned something from this. Expect a lot more Yamlights in the future, its about time people started voting based on what they believe, not just on what political party they like better.