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> A Kucinich delegate in Boston and the totalitarian democratic party

1 August 2004, 09:16

http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=52955
"BOSTON — Props in short supply on the floor last week at the Democratic National Convention? Perish the thought.
But woe to the fool-hardy delegate sporting paraphernalia for the wrong candidate on the convention floor.
"We’re not here for Kucinich! We’re here to elect John Kerry," a teenage girl screamed at someone wearing gear for ex-presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich on the convention floor Wednesday night.
The Ohio congressman, who drew a cult following throughout the lengthy primary season, had already endorsed U.S. Sen. John Kerry and told his delegates to "vote their conscience" by the time he took to the podium.
But the buzz on the floor Wednesday just before 8 p.m. was a combination of bristling and hushed complaining over the amount of Kucinich T-shirts in the direct line of national TV cameras.
Apparently, that wasn’t written into the script. "