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November 25, 2007
A left-libertarian's dream ticket: Kucinich-Paul in 2008?
This just popped up in my feed reader: Dennis Kucinich says that he would strongly consider fellow Congressman, but candidate from the opposing major party, Dr. Ron Paul as his running-mate, were he to win the Democratic nomination. (Link via TPW)
I most certainly realize the unrealistic nature of this proposition, but I don't find it silly, as some do. There is a strong message in all this, and that is that the American people, just you and me, you know, are hungry for something other than the status quo either major party is clambering all over itself to serve up.
A Kucinich-Paul ticket, though it might on its surface please left-libertarians like me, would be fraught with contradictions—but so is the populace. (It wouldn't, however, be without precedent: the nation's first few executive branch duos were from mixed ideological backgrounds.) My only issue with it is that Paul isn't quite as libertarian as some have alleged. He's more old-school right-wing, but even that is preferable in many ways to the rest of the GOP's current offerings. (Caveat: I like and respect Mike Huckabee as a person, even if I disagree with about 87% of his views.)
I mean, come on: with the President's ratings in the low 30's, and those of the Congress even lower, how is a government that consists of "more of the same" going to help improve anything? Some kind of change is in order; and if Kucinich-Paul sounds just too far-fetched (and I readily admit that it does), then let's take an honest look at some more realistic options.
I'm interested to know what you think those realistic possibilities are.
Presidential Elections | By joe lance | 10:45 PM
