"Kucinich drops out"
"The Diebold / zio-media campaign against Kucinich has succeeded.
The Diebold machines gave him only one percent of the New Hampshire primary. The Iowa caucus shut him out. MSNBC broke their contract with him, and would not let him debate in Nevada.
Kucinich, 61, also must drop out to hold on to his Congressional seat. He faces four challengers in the Democratic congressional primary March 4, and needs money. Rival Joe Cimperman has been critical of Kucinich for focusing too much time outside of his district while campaigning for president.
On 19 December 2007 his brother, Perry Kucinich, was found dead in his apartment.
Kucinich said he will not endorse Obama or Hillary.
Kucinich said he became a presidential candidate because the Democratic Party had become warmongers.
When he was mayor of Cleveland, he refused to privatize a publicly owned utility. This caused the city to default, and drove Kucinich from office.
After the city's financial troubles, he faced death threats, and was forced to wear a bulletproof vest when he threw out the first ball at a Cleveland Indians game. He barely survived a recall vote. Today he’s called a hero for his courageous stand. In 1998, the Cleveland City Council issued him a commendation for having the foresight to not privatize the city’s electrical utility.
In 1978 he lost his bid for re-election as mayor of Cleveland to Republican George Voinovich, who went on to become governor and then U.S. senator.
After that, Kucinich spent more than a decade trying to get back into politics - traveling around the country and then working as a teacher, consultant and television news reporter.
In 1994 he was elected senator in the Ohio state legislature.
In 1996 he won a seat in the U.S. Congress.
Kucinich has blasted nightmarrish “free trade” deals like NAFTA and CAFTA. He marched with protesters in Seattle during a meeting of the World Trade Organization.
As a presidential candidate he has proposed a Department of Peace, and backed universal health care.
He also pushed for impeachment of Cheney.
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