Dennis can make you weep with hope

At the end of a great interview with Chris Hedges in the Philadelphia Inquirer, our man Dennis Kucinich said the following:

Violence is learned; so is nonviolence. I am looking at helping to create a social transformation here. This isn't just about winning an election. Elections come and go. Where is the country? What happens to our nation? What happens to the people? Politics cannot just be an inside game between competing corporate interests. It amounts to the condition under which people live and survive. I see a much higher purpose to what it is we do. That is why I continue to participate.

If you want to understand why he continues going like he does, read the entire article. (Sorry, I forgot to presever the link while getting the quote, but it is up on alternet.org today.) You cannot understand what he is about, I agree, and he tells it to Hedges in the interview, until you have read his autobiography. There is the knowledge born of what I cannot say that no matter what you do what is right and go up against whatever it is that needs to be countered and then you just keep fighting for what is right.
We all know that Dennis has the answers to so much that is wrong with our country. However, in the interview I read for the first time his analysis of the ways in which the corporate influences grew in the Democratic party. I highly recommend reading the article just for that.
A brilliant man, our man Dennis, but also a really tough guy who will not stop. He may lose and he may lose in Cleveland too but that will not stop the fight.
It is not just time that we take back the country but also the party. The people in charge are all about something the real Democrats of this country were never about. I don't understand them and to be honest, I don't care to. I just want them out. We need a clean sweep of the politicians in this country and to ask them to answer truthfully as to where they stand on issues and to vote for them based on the honest answers.
Do we know that all of the front runners now are in favor of war as a policy of government? Yes we do and we have not their words but their votes to show exactly where they stand.
Let's stand beside Dennis. If his name is not on a ballot, put it there and make sure everyone you know does the same. It is not too late, it is never too late, get those pencils sharpened and get ready to work.
Strength through Peace.