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1/28/2004 Kucinich and supporters unfazed by poor results
Grace Dobush
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The scene at his New Hampshire campaign headquarters didn’t let on that Rep. Dennis Kucinich only succeeded in attracting 1.4 percent of the vote in New Hampshire yesterday. Dharma and Greg ’s Mimi Kennedy and Tim Reynolds, a musician who often plays with the Dave Matthews Band, showed up to support the Clevelander and party with a few hundred very colorful characters. The choir of the Church of Stop Shopping, an anti-consumerist organization from New York City, sang a few gospel-inspired songs, and their leader, the Rev. Billy, dressed in a white linen suit, acted out the part of a liberal Ernest Angley. A married couple calling themselves the Vibration Army stepped up to provide entertainment, performing a rap song about Kucinich and his policies. “They don’t call it a political party for nothing,” the person introducing them said. And a party it was, with a buffet table that looked like a vegan potluck dinner and boys smelling of patchouli dancing to folk music. Reynolds did a solo set after Kucinich left to do Larry King Live. Kucinich came on stage to the cheers of his supporters and asked them if they were “ready to be a citizen again instead of a customer” of the corporations that run the United States, and declared, “We’re going all the way to the convention, where we’re going to win the nomination.” The crowd went wild, hopping around and waving peace signs. Results of the election came in on a projection screen showing a local TV station. No one seemed to be discouraged by Kucinich receiving so few votes, and Kucinich himself asked if everyone was “ready to take this campaign to the next 48 states.” Darlene White, a Cleveland native who works as the national multicultural outreach coordinator for Kucinich’s campaign, said this was “a campaign of the spirit.” “Every great movement, including Martin Luther King’s, started with the feeling that we can move a mountain,” White said. E-mail: gdobush@kent.edu {\rtf1\mac\ansicpg10000\cocoartf102 {\fonttbl} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;} \margl1440\margr1440\vieww9000\viewh7500\viewkind0 } | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
