Reply #27: I defended Kucinich over Paul for VP, now he's lost me (even Hillary's more progressive than Obama): [View All]

[Tejanocrat]

Providing universal access to health care and protecting the middle class are the two reasons why I formerly supported Dennis Kucinich. By throwing his support to centrist Obama in Iowa, Dennis has caused me to sincerely regret that I gave him campaign contributions which I could scarcely afford.

On the two key issues of universal access to health care and protecting the middle class, Obama is far worse than Edwards and even worse than Hillary:

HEALTH CARE

Edwards offers a universal care plan which would create non-profit health care markets to set for-profit insurance companies in direct competition against a non-profit public health care option based on Medicare (which would evolve into public single payer universal care once the for-profits found they could not compete against the public non-profits).

Hillary offers universal coverage in a plan that doesn’t have non-profit health care markets to force for-profit insurance companies to compete against public health care but includes a public care option.

Obama's plan to leave 15 million uninsured is the worst plan of any major Democratic candidate.

MIDDLE CLASS ISSUES

Edwards has made protecting the embattled middle class a key focus of his campaign.

Hillary gets an "A" on the Drum Major Institute's score for protecting the middle class.

Obama gets a "C" on the Drum Major Institute's score for protecting the middle class.

Obama has moved well to the center since joining the Senate, and I’m disappointed in Kucinich’s lack of judgment in supporting a centrist who’s even less progressive than Hillary. Obama's open embrace of the homophobic bigot Donnie McClurkin should have disqualified Obama from Kucinich's consideration, and the fact that it didn't tells me that I have misjudged Dennis.

This is the last time I let Dennis disappoint me.

Count me as the newest member of the DU majority for Edwards.