Reply #22: You haven't been around long enough to remember Lyn Marcus, I see [View All]

[eridani]

A whackjob who disrupted any leftie organization in the 60s that he could with bands of thugs. I've never seen any proof that the credit card scam was a setup. There's a good reason his followers tend to be young, and that is that older people remember Lyn Marcus, Offical Asshat. That, and the fact that it's very flattering to be told that you are part of a new generation of intellectual supermen--people generally outgrow that nonsense with time.

Kucinich is respectful of everyone, including crazy people. Our local campaign had one of those, a mild-mannered crackpot who is convinced that the human race is going to be saved by aliens who will land their starships any minute now. Kucinich just thanked him for his support, which led him to think that Kucinich must also know about the imminent alien landing. Just being kind to people who are a few fries short of a Happy Mean certainly does not mean that you believe their crackpot theories.

To hear the LaRouchies rattle on you'd think that there weren't any other Dems backing New Deal-style public works. His supporters tout basic stuff from the Progressive Caucus platform as if they had just invented it yesterday and no one else really understands it. The ones I know hang around with piles of literature, but are never seen volunteering for any of the grunt work of organizational maintenance.

If Kucinich ever started saying that he, and only he, and no other person, is qualified to be president, I'd be off his bandwagon instantly.