TDR Interview: Dennis Kucinich

By Seth Goldberg | Friday, January 23, 2004

The Dartmouth Review: General Clark has recently said that as president, America would not be subject to another terrorist attack. How would you respond to this and how would you respond to the terrorist threat?

Dennis Kucinich: That's nice of the General to say that, and it's very comforting. It gives all of us a feeling of security for a general to assure us that we shall be safe. What I would like to ask Gen. Clark is how does that square with a report which he coopted which would keep us in Iraq for perhaps five years? Because the presence, the US presence in Iraq poses a greater danger to the United States than existed before we invaded Iraq. So maybe the General knows something we don't know.

TDR: And how would you respond to the terrorist threat yourself, as president?

DK: International cooperation is the only path. Stop policies of preemption unilaterally. Get out of Iraq, bring UN peacekeepers in, bring our troops home. I mean, that's the only way we can hope to reconnect with the world community. The only way.

TDR: I've read that you introduced a bill to the House of Representatives banning chemtrails and space-based mind control weapons. Can you please explain that?

DK: Well the first iteration of that bill really ended up being a distraction because what I wanted to know about more than anything is about banning weapons in space. Some of the language that was offered in that bill I thought ended up creating a distraction as to what the intention really was, which was to stop weapons in space. So I introduced another bill that was similar that was much more specific in its focus.

TDR: And what is the chemtrail? I'm not—

DK: Well there are people who are concerned about aerosolized hydrocarbons which may contain, in additon to environmental contaminants, other substances that are adverse to human health. And so in a sense that's another subject, and I didn't want the bill that is really specifically focused on weapons in space to be blocked by a discretion about something that wasn't that high profile of an issue.

TDR: I noticed on your website that you've been endorsed by a fictional character: Grandfather Twilight...

DK: Really? That's news to me.

TDR: And you've also been endorsed by the "creatures of the forest," primarily the "bear" and the "mouse." This is all from your campaign website.

DK: Are you kidding?

TDR: No.

DK: Hey you know you take your endorsements where you can get 'em. I'm not sure whether the metaphor of this campaign is Seabiscuit or Lord of the Rings, but either way I'm okay with it. Really, you know I didn't know that. Well, you know we have a lot of children who are participating in this campaign. Actually, the children who are four, five, and six years old won't be able to vote for years, but they are participating in a way that is very exciting. And it is, I mean, it's amazing: They send us artwork. We have one young person who's eleven years old who sends some of the most cogent political analysis that I've seen. It's amazing the creativity that's out there with children who get involved. And wherever it comes from, I encourage it. You know, I just keep encouraging it.

TDR Interview: Dennis Kucinich

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