legislative record. I can't count the number of times I had to debunk it by showing that his record was actually normal, and better than some of those we think of as having achieved a lot.
I don't have time right now to dig up all the data but maybe that is something that this group needs to do. To start posting responses to these old smears against some of the best Democrats from the Bush era.
He DID get sponsors for bills and actually got several of his bills to the floor, way more than many others during that period.
The very fact that more of them didn't pass into legislation is NOT a reflection on him. It IS a huge reflection on many of the Dems who served with him, many who voted for BUSH BILLS, such as the Iraq War, The Patriot Act.
They were not there to push Progressive Bills, they were standing in the way of the few good Dems like Kucinich, who worked so hard to try to overcome the Bush/Cheney hold over Congress, both Dems, who were either afraid of them or supported them, and Republicans.
But his record, despite that, including his voting record which is almost impeccable as a Progressive, was pretty good.
Not to mention that most members of Congress don't get bills passed at all. Most don't even get them to the floor.
Their value is that they VOTE in support of legislation that benefits the people. Sadly many Dems who served with Kucinich do not have a very good record on that.
As for his appearances on Fox. He's a very intelligent man and he knows no Progressive Dem like him with what he has to say, will ever be allowed on the Corporate Media.
So, he is using Fox to say what he has to say. And I doubt he's getting much, if anything, for doing so.
He was among the poorest members of Congress. So money has never bought HIS votes.
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