2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI Forgot to Mention the Hit Man
Yesterday, I told you how Dennis Kucinich single-handedly saved Clevelands public utility from a takeover by the banks. Even though it cost him a job he loved, being Mayor of Cleveland.[br /]
But I neglected to mention that Denniss courage could have cost him more than his job. It almost cost him his life.[br /]
When Dennis Kucinich refused to turn over Cleveland Public Power to the One Percent, they decided to kill Dennis. Not kill Denniss political career. Kill Dennis.[br /]
You dont have to take my word for it. You can read the chilling account in the [em]Cleveland Free Times[/em] cover story, which includes quotes from the police interview with the hit man.[br /]
The plan was to shoot Dennis in the head, during the Columbus Day Parade. The Cleveland Cosa Nostra brought in a professional hit man from Maryland to do the hit. The hit man bought an untraceable rifle, and came to Cleveland.[br /]
Why didnt the hit man kill Dennis? Because on Columbus Day, an ulcer in Denniss stomach burst. Dennis spent that day in the hospital, not in the parade. Or the morgue.[br /]
The hit man then staked out Tonys Diner, an old rail car converted into a greasy spoon restaurant, on the corner of Lorain Avenue and West 117th. Dennis liked to eat breakfast there.[br /]
But then the banks found that they could force the City of Cleveland into bankruptcy, and force Dennis Kucinich out of office. So the hit was called off.[br /]
(By the way, of the thousands of people who have served as mayor in the United States, only three have been assassinated. Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago, the hero of the Haymarket Riots, was killed by a disgruntled office seeker. Mayor Anton Cermak, also of Chicago, was killed by a bullet intended for FDR. And, as you may recall, San Francisco Supervisor Dan White killed Mayor George Moscone, and Harvey Milk.)[br /]
In order to save Clevelands municipal power company, Dennis Kucinich stuck his neck out so far that the banks and the Mafia tried to kill him. For the people of Cleveland, Dennis put his life on the line.[br /]
If the One Percent is so angry at you that they want to take you out, and theyre willing to enlist the Mafia to do it, then you are doing one heckuva good job for The People.[br /]
So Im asking you again, as I did yesterday. Please do whatever you can do to help Dennis Kucinich, before the absentee ballots get mailed out in his district next Tuesday. And click here to do it.[br /]
Because Dennis Kucinich is a hero. A real-life hero.[br /]
Courage,[br /]
Alan Grayson
arcane1
(38,613 posts)emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)to DK's life.
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)Well how about that neither have I.
Imagine, if it were a GOP officeholder who was threatened instead of Dennis -- it would be a 24/7 M$M shitfest.
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)myrna minx
(22,772 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)rec
dionysus
(26,467 posts)have even been armed. scary stuff.
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)I knew about it because I have long thought he was wonderful and have watched him evolve over the years. He is definitely a man of and for the people.
I wish I lived in his district.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)That is chilling. Dennis Kucinich is a hero. Thanks for posting.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)countryjake
(8,554 posts)for those who, like me, would rather not click on a link to a conservative cacophony like Free Republic, here's the entire article:
The Mafia Plot To Kill Dennis Kucinich
http://www.mafia-news.com/the-mafia-plot-to-kill-dennis-kucinich/
Thanks to you, Alan Grayson, for bringing these facts on Kucinich to DU. Dennis Kucinich has always been my hero, too.
He is a politician who stands for his principles, against all odds.
XanaDUer
(12,939 posts)I saw the OP linked out to FR. Ick.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)in his OP, since linking to that place does no favors for any of us here on DU or Grayson or Kucinich, either.
Ick doesn't even begin to describe my sentiments about FR.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)Just kidding about the last two.
blondie58
(2,570 posts)This is unbelievable. You are both brave and honorable men
Thank you and you be careful too, Alan.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)slay
(7,670 posts)one of the true good guys.
tclambert
(11,087 posts)"It's not personal. It's just business." Isn't that what the mobsters always say?
In a truly free market, corporations would get to murder people, as long as it produced a profit.
I wonder if some future Republican candidate will say, "I like being able to kill people who don't give me the service I want."
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)"In a truly free market, corporations would get to murder people, as long as it produced a profit."
Who is the head of the Monsanto crime family?
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)I'm VERY glad you posted this, Congressman! Thank you!!!