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Home Front: Politix
Kucinich to Retire
2012-05-17
Hurrah!
KUCINICH/FLARG:CONQUEROR OF MEEPZOR-2016
Rep. Dennis Kucinich has decided against running for Congress in Washington State.
Maybe when Alpha Centuri becomes a state...
"After careful consideration and discussions with Elizabeth and my closest friends, I have decided that, at this time, I can best serve from outside the Congress," the congressman announced in a statement Wednesday.
When I lost Shirley MacLaine and all the voices in her head, I knew it was time...
Kucinich, 65, thanked his supporters who had encouraged him to run for an open Congressional seat in Washington State, but said he could "best serve from outside the Congress."
Like...you oughta run, man, because, like...you oughta run, man!
"My commitments to peace, to workers' rights and to social and economic justice are constant and are not dependent upon holding an office. They are dependent upon my continuing to stand up, to speak out, to organize, to motivate and to inspire our nation as to its deeper potential. This I promise I will do with great energy and heart," Kucinich said.
...and that'll be easy to do with a six figure pension and solid gold free health care.
Back in March, the Cleveland congressman lost to Rep. Marcy Kaptur in the primary battle for the new 9th District. Redistricting eliminated the 10th Congressional District, held by Kucinich since 1996.
Otherwise known as "The Battle of the Non Titans"...
The near 16-year U.S. House representative said he would complete his service in January "with the same passion and devotion to duty" with which he began it in January of 1997.
Live long and prosper, little tiny man...
Posted by:tu3031

#18  Smile so we can see all that tongue-metal, Darlin'...

Umm, Just delightful.
Posted by: canalzone   2012-05-17 23:27  

#17  Na-Nu-Na-Nu. Shazbad!
Posted by: canalzone   2012-05-17 23:20  

#16  He ran out of aluminum foil for head gear.
Posted by: Injun Ulaing1837   2012-05-17 23:07  

#15  Dennis Kucinich's wife may be the hottest wife or mistress who has ever walked the halls on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., according to The Hill newspaper's centerfold section and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. "Even I think she's hot," says Goodwin, "and I haven't been with a woman in years."
Posted by: KBK   2012-05-17 22:50  

#14  let's see how long that "love" relationship lasts when he's sitting all day at home in his Underoos chatting on Skype with other "advanced beings"

Maybe she is as Coo Coo for Coco Puffs as he is.
Posted by: Secret Asian Man   2012-05-17 22:31  

#13  let's see how long that "love" relationship lasts when he's sitting all day at home in his Underoos chatting on Skype with other "advanced beings"
Posted by: Frank G   2012-05-17 22:25  

#12  so i went and clicked the pic; agree she's hot, but then again aIhad a Ford Torino GT with a 302-2 barrel under the hood, looked fast, but couldn't get out of its own way, maybe she is just a dead under her hood....(stuck on loser that is)
Posted by: USN,Ret   2012-05-17 22:16  

#11  Maybe he knows enough to get the hell outta DC and have some fun while he still can.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-05-17 17:46  

#10  Heck, Mizzou, that's almost too easy.



Click that pic and there's a whole bunch more. She is hot. Kinda makes you wonder what a squirrely little guy that like knows that we don't.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-05-17 17:44  

#9  Of all the missed opportunities --

WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY RUN PHOTOS OF HIS HOT WIFE???
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2012-05-17 16:11  

#8  Hmmm...maybe he's not as barking moonbat crazy as I always thought he was. "Lessee...my first option is carpetbag into a state and district I've never lived in, thereby upsetting the local party establishment..my second option's taking my nice fat pension and livin' large with a nice lady who looks like Julianne Moore's kid sister."
Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)   2012-05-17 11:40  

#7  Maybe he'll replace Biden as the VP candidate.
Posted by: Iblis   2012-05-17 11:13  

#6  "Don't let the door hit you in the ass - you can't afford any more brian damage."

FTFY, Darth.
Posted by: Barbara   2012-05-17 09:56  

#5  I guess the mother ship really is showing up in 2012.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2012-05-17 09:32  

#4  Don't let the door hit you in the ass.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-05-17 09:29  

#3  ...if one considers MSNBC to be another planet. Maybe a Mother Jones editorial position? He could move to San Francisco if he did... which would be fitting somehow.
Posted by: Secret Master   2012-05-17 02:15  

#2  Returning to the home world?
Posted by: SteveS   2012-05-17 01:19  

#1  He will receive about $130k/yr per my estimate unless he takes the spousal annuity option. This would reduce his annuity but insure that his wife gets an annuity (somewhat reduced) if he should die before her. This would make actuarial sense since he is 65 and his wife is about 35.

Of course Kucinich could almost certainly get a gig on MSNBC or Current and make a few bucks that way.
Posted by: lord garth   2012-05-17 01:08  

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