On Monday, Jay Leno hosted another '08 presidential candidate -- Dennis Kucinich.
It really doesn't seem right to call him a candidate. He's not even a long shot. He's a no way in hell.
Kucinich was the second guest, not a prime spot. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was the first.
Prior to Kucinich's introduction, Johnson ended his segment by giving a shout out to his cousin, a Navy SEAL who is about to return to Iraq. (Thanks, WS.) Johnson said how proud he is of him. He thanked him and thanked all the troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
That bit of patriotism and gratitude to the U.S. military stood in stark contrast to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's buddy, the weasel Kucinich.
When Kucinich came out, it was funny to see him stand next to Johnson. They looked like different species.
For the most part, Kucinich talked about his new book, The Courage to Survive. It's not on Amazon, but I thought that was the title.
Before Kucinich got into plugging the book, Leno talked about Kucinich playing "The Dating Game" on the Tonight Show back in 2004 when he was running for president. Since at the time he was the only single candidate, Leno did him a favor and found him a date via a "Dating Game" set up. The lucky winner was Jennifer Tilly.
Kucinich wasn't a bachelor for long. In 2005, he married a woman over 30 years younger. Naturally, she was sitting in the audience, all smiles as she waved for the camera.
Hard to believe. Something just doesn't add up there.
Kucinich talked about growing up very poor, in a family with seven kids. He spoke of his Catholic upbringing, and how he scrubbed the floors at the Catholic school to work off the family's book bill. Obviously, Kucinich had to overcome tremendous obstacles. His determination and hard work paid off. His is an inspiring story.
He credited President John Kennedy for motivating him to get into politics.
Jumping back to the present, Leno asked, "Where are you in the polls now?"
Kucinich said, "Right now I’m above the margin of error. I do exist."
Barely.
He bragged about being the only one running for president who opposed the Iraq war from the beginning. He was proud of consistently voting against the war.
That was kind of awkward after Johnson had just paid tribute to Americans fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, expressing his pride and appreciation.
I wonder if presidential candidate Kucinich didn't intend to get too political or if he was afraid to tick off The Rock by saying what he recently said on Syrian TV:
The truth is the war was wrong.
The truth is that great damage and harm has been done to the Iraqi people.
The effort against Iraq was dishonest, or crooked, from the beginning, and nothing good can come from it, except: The international community is needed to become involved to put together a peace-keeping and security force that can move in as the U.S. determines that it must end the occupation, close the bases, bring the troops home.
That's the direction we must take. But we have to understand that the policy was based on a lie.
In other words, Kucinich believes that the troops, the Navy SEALS are on a dishonest, harmful mission.
Yes, Kucinich and Johnson are definitely different species.
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I love "the Rock". He and Chris Jericho (and Stone Cold) are the only wrestlers (for the most part) who make WWE worth watching for me, because they're so damn good on the mic and in interacting with the audience, as well as in telling a story in the ring through their wrestling.
I do believe Dwayne Johnson is a Republican. I'm pretty sure of it. And given how the WWE does their shows overseas for the troops, I think a good number of the wrestlers are supportive of the troops.
He bragged about being the only one running for president who opposed the Iraq war from the beginning. He was proud of consistently voting against the war.
This is Kucinich you're talking about, and not Ron Paul, right?
(I'm not sure but he might be his cousin.)
Yes, that is his cousin.
Lol...you left out the part about him and Jay doing a plie.
I really liked what Johnson said in support of the troops, not only his cousin but all of them. He's very well-spoken.
More celebrities should be making comments like that.
Yes, it was Kucinich and not Ron Paul. hehehe
Thanks for verifying that Johnson was referring to his cousin. I was almost certain.
And the plie was very impressive, though Jay needs work on his arm positions.
I infer from the authors comments, that by not supporting the war equates to not supporting the troops. That is false. The troops are not the war. The war is it's own entity. The troops were commanded to go to war, bravely and valiantly they followed their orders and went. The troops do not decide when, where, and why they fight, they follow orders.
Hypothetically, if the orders and mission were not to be in a war, or it was decided by the first commander that the mission has ended, and those same troops continued a war, would you still support them?
Carefully reread my post.
I agree with Derek's first paragraph. Supporting a war (in the case of Iraq, it is more properly called an occupation) and supporting the troops are two different things. For all we know, "The Rock" may be a Democrat, or one of the many Republicans who are now against the occupation.
I love Dennis and I admire his drive and determination and his great intellect. I hope he ends up in the White House in some capacity (Vice Prez, or one of the Cabinet), if not as President).
You're just plain retarded if you can't draw the distinction between being anti-war and anti-troops. Actually I bet a lot of retards can figure that out. But you can't? Dennis Kucinich cares more about The Rock's brother than any of the other candidates because he doesn't want him to be KILLED for personal economic reasons. It isn't a video game. How about Nixon? How about Vietnam? Was Nixon a hero to you? Was the war in Vietnam awesome and cool and worth sustaining for all those years? Was bombing Cambodia and catalyzing a mass genocide of 2 million people in that country worth the stupid political bantering that people like you jocked so hard about during the 60s and 70s? Why don't you go to Iraq? Kucinich is the only politician who isn't in the race for money or power and the only politician who gives straight answers. The rest of them are puppets. Now do you want to be the puppet's puppet?
You don't know what you're talking about.
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