Kucinich drops out, beams up
posted at 5:18 pm on January 24, 2008 by Allahpundit
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And so in the span of three days we lose Jeri Thompson and Elizabeth K.
Thank goodness Bubba’s still around to give us some first-lady eye candy.
Democrat Dennis Kucinich is abandoning his second, long-shot bid for the White House as he faces a tough fight to hold onto his other job — U.S. congressman…
Kucinich, 61, is facing four challengers in the Democratic congressional primary March 4, and earlier this week he made an urgent appeal on his Web site for funds for his re-election. Rival Joe Cimperman has been critical of Kucinich for focusing too much time outside of his district while campaigning for president…
Kucinich said he will not endorse another Democrat in the primary.
The pipe-dream candidacy dies but the pipe-dream impeachment lives on. Speaking of which, isn’t it high time to start speculating on when Kuky’s would-be running mate will be joining him back on the mother ship? The rEVOLution is eternal, of course, and a third-party run remains a distinct possibility but I’m talking about his stint as a Republican candidate. Is there any reason to trudge on after Super Ultra Mega Tuesday?
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I question the timing.
NTWR on January 24, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Our last chance at peace with the Borg.
infidel on January 24, 2008 at 4:19 PM
SECOND LOOK AT KUCIN…. oh, too late.
Vizzini on January 24, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Now he can get back to his buds. Look for spaceships in 5, 4, 3, 2 ….
Dusty on January 24, 2008 at 4:20 PM
The article has him stating:
But on which planet?
Bob Owens on January 24, 2008 at 4:20 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
/scar
Lance Murdock on January 24, 2008 at 4:20 PM
SEVENTH LOOK AT KOOK by Cleveland.
peski on January 24, 2008 at 4:21 PM
ET phone home!
thirteen28 on January 24, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Obvious. Someone’s got to bake those delicious E.L. Fudge cookies
albo on January 24, 2008 at 4:25 PM
This man was clearly ahead of his time.
He would’ve been great once we are colonized by the aliens.
kcluva on January 24, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Why quit when every indicator predicted a landslide?
TheSitRep on January 24, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Beldar has spoken!
ronsfi on January 24, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Good.
Now, if the good people of NE Ohio will show him the door, we’d be all set.
yo on January 24, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Now he can spend more time impeachin’…
JetBoy on January 24, 2008 at 4:30 PM
What about his twin brother on the Republican side, Ron Paul Kucinich?
EJDolbow on January 24, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Don’t look at me, I’m from Cincinnati!
HYTEAndy on January 24, 2008 at 4:39 PM
does he wear black Nikes ??
redrock on January 24, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Paulnut came in 2nd in Nevada… The home of Area 51…
Mazztek on January 24, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Ku
cinichfinished.ReubenJCogburn on January 24, 2008 at 4:41 PM
FACT
One day prior to Kucinich’s drop from the race a mysterious photo of a gaullum-esque creature trolling around on the surface of Mars was made public.
FACT
Shortly thereafter he drops from the race. Hmm..Kind of hard to run for the POTUS…if you’re living on MARS!
Coincidence?
I think not.
ColdBore76 on January 24, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Is he gonna endorse Huckabee?
JiangxiDad on January 24, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Wait…. he was still in??
Warner Todd Huston on January 24, 2008 at 4:50 PM
I’ll miss his wife.
bnelson44 on January 24, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Where will the Kookheads go?
pedestrian on January 24, 2008 at 4:57 PM
It is time to return to the Mothership.
CP on January 24, 2008 at 5:01 PM
He and Fred can sit around, arguing whose trophy wife is hotter.
Lesson for potential POTUS candidates; you stand no chance if you marry way above your own looks.
michaelo on January 24, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Somewhere Sean Penn is crying and Im happy.
William Amos on January 24, 2008 at 5:09 PM
I wonder can we get him to move to Venezula ?
William Amos on January 24, 2008 at 5:22 PM
ha ha
We can only hope.
TheSitRep on January 24, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Crap! I was hoping he would be the dem nominee!
HaraldHardrada on January 24, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Congratulations, Allah.
amerpundit on January 24, 2008 at 5:26 PM
What’s with Cleveland and whacked out candidates. Cimperman? Heh.
Vizzini on January 24, 2008 at 5:28 PM
“Good Lord”, thank you. One less creepy insignificant Napoleon complex afflicted midget, in all aspects, gone!
Entelechy on January 24, 2008 at 5:28 PM
I’ll be happier when the Only Man Who Can Save America goes backs to Texas.
MyImamToldMeToDoIt on January 24, 2008 at 5:29 PM
It would be poetic justice if his no-shot-of-winning Presidential campaign undermined his ability to get elected to Congress again. I guess all that free publicity to his district could have backfired.
asc85 on January 24, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Brace for full Paul-Nut invasion now that the Kook has been beamed up.
steveegg on January 24, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Paul/Kucinich star in the new Sci Fi comedy Grumpy old men vs mars invaders.
William Amos on January 24, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Over 30 comments and not one “Gort, barada nikto?”
Karl on January 24, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Would it be possible to post a picture of his wife, just to remember him by?
BL@KBIRD on January 24, 2008 at 5:36 PM
BEEP !! BEEP !!
Time for your Anal Probe, Earthling !!!
BEEP !! BEEP !!
Always Right on January 24, 2008 at 5:38 PM
My people have no TP
Buttercup on January 24, 2008 at 5:42 PM
The annals of the great Dennis Kucinich have been put on hold for the next 3, or so, years.
Entelechy on January 24, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Dude.
fourstringfuror on January 24, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Quote of the thread at the link:
Good Lt on January 24, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Booga booga!!
Good Lt on January 24, 2008 at 5:56 PM
UFO MOFO ENDS SNAFU
Igor R. on January 24, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Nuts!! I was hoping they would nominate him.
ConservativePartyNow on January 24, 2008 at 6:02 PM
I hope the Star Trak Enterprise realizes soon before
they enter the Adromeda galaxy that they dumped
Kucinich off on the wrong planet!
canopfor on January 24, 2008 at 6:03 PM
He finally found out what that UFO was. It was a blimp.
Big Orange on January 24, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Cimperman’s been pulling some good stunts here, like delivering a fruit basket to Mrs. Kucinich at home (Um, your husband’s never actually here, is he?) and a “Missing” poster to his campaign office.
Kucinich, pussy that he is, filed a complaint. No, wait, according to Democratic Underground, he was “forced to call Homeland Security on stalker/opponent.”
saint kansas on January 24, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Beam me up to the Blimp Scotty, there is no Ron Paul here!
Igor R. on January 24, 2008 at 6:11 PM
You gotta’ admit,
Kooky was more fun than watching Mars Attacks
well, almost
franksalterego on January 24, 2008 at 6:29 PM
And the wifey isn’t too hard on the eyes either!
Igor R. on January 24, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Can you even imagine the embarrassment of being represented by this jerk?
Voting for this moron is the equivalent to stabbing yourself to see if it hurts.
leanright on January 24, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Maybe not. There aren’t enough delegates available on SUMT to give any candidate a majority of delegates. So there’s a (faint) possibility that we won’t have a clear winner. I say if there is a clear winner, he’s out. If not, he trudges on as long as the money keeps rolling in. When he drops out, that would also be a good time to make a definitive third party bid or pass.
Mark Jaquith on January 24, 2008 at 6:55 PM
It’s a pity that the ad can’t emphasize how crazy Kucinich is, instead of how he missed his house duties because he was running for president.
Here’s my idea for an ad for Kucinich’s opponent. I would start the ad with a headline from Weekly World News and relate it to Kucinich. One good headline would be the batboy stories. Batboy could be redrawn to look more like Kucinich. (I’m aware the Weekely World News stopped publishing a few years ago, but people remember it.) I’d be sure to get something about Kucinich’s UFO sighting in. And a few of his wackier political policy positions. Obviously, the ad should be humorous. I think this would work because it close enough to the truth that it couldn’t dismissed as baseless, and it would be memorable.
thuja on January 24, 2008 at 7:00 PM
I predict Ron Paul will run as a third party candidate in November.
Seixon on January 24, 2008 at 7:07 PM
Somewhere there are people crying over this the way they did when “Galactica 1980″ was taken off the air.
Captain Scarlet on January 24, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Funniest headline yet! Nice job AP! I almost choked on my dinner.
JDH on January 24, 2008 at 7:21 PM
He and Paul are planning a vacation on Pluto next month.
right2bright on January 24, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Quick, someone destroy the transporter!
JDH on January 24, 2008 at 7:44 PM
LMAO!
I swear, one of the reasons I keep on making multiple visits to Hot Air each day is to read the story headlines and framing ‘commentary’.
Kudos to Allah & his writers.
notta_dhimmi on January 24, 2008 at 8:13 PM
barada nikto!
Man, I can’t believe no one else put that in here.
Gort! Get me another beer. Chop chop.
Wind Rider on January 24, 2008 at 9:00 PM
My question is: Will his wife stay with him now that he’s back to utter silliness an irrelevancy?
urbancenturion on January 25, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Kucinich is looking for impeachment in the wrong office. If he would clean the tin foil from his would find that the staff had left him a long time ago.
The public a short while later.
Let’s put a fork in Kucinich-he’s done.
MSGTAS on January 25, 2008 at 8:06 AM
HA!! HAA! HAA!!!
kcd on January 25, 2008 at 12:03 PM
“Where is the kaboom, there was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!”
ttevolla on January 25, 2008 at 2:48 PM