It really doesn't seem right to call him a candidate. He's not even a long shot. He's a no way in hell.
Kucinich was the second guest, not a prime spot. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was the first.
Prior to Kucinich's introduction, Johnson ended his segment by giving a shout out to his cousin, a Navy SEAL who is about to return to Iraq. (Thanks, WS.) Johnson said how proud he is of him. He thanked him and thanked all the troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
That bit of patriotism and gratitude to the U.S. military stood in stark contrast to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's buddy, the weasel Kucinich.
When Kucinich came out, it was funny to see him stand next to Johnson. They looked like different species.
For the most part, Kucinich talked about his new book, The Courage to Survive. It's not on Amazon, but I thought that was the title.
Before Kucinich got into plugging the book, Leno talked about Kucinich playing "The Dating Game" on the Tonight Show back in 2004 when he was running for president. Since at the time he was the only single candidate, Leno did him a favor and found him a date via a "Dating Game" set up. The lucky winner was Jennifer Tilly.
Kucinich wasn't a bachelor for long. In 2005, he married a woman over 30 years younger. Naturally, she was sitting in the audience, all smiles as she waved for the camera.
Hard to believe. Something just doesn't add up there.
Kucinich talked about growing up very poor, in a family with seven kids. He spoke of his Catholic upbringing, and how he scrubbed the floors at the Catholic school to work off the family's book bill. Obviously, Kucinich had to overcome tremendous obstacles. His determination and hard work paid off. His is an inspiring story.
He credited President John Kennedy for motivating him to get into politics.
Jumping back to the present, Leno asked, "Where are you in the polls now?"
Kucinich said, "Right now I’m above the margin of error. I do exist."
Barely.
He bragged about being the only one running for president who opposed the Iraq war from the beginning. He was proud of consistently voting against the war.
That was kind of awkward after Johnson had just paid tribute to Americans fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, expressing his pride and appreciation.
I wonder if presidential candidate Kucinich didn't intend to get too political or if he was afraid to tick off The Rock by saying what he recently said on Syrian TV:
The truth is the war was wrong.
The truth is that great damage and harm has been done to the Iraqi people.
The effort against Iraq was dishonest, or crooked, from the beginning, and nothing good can come from it, except: The international community is needed to become involved to put together a peace-keeping and security force that can move in as the U.S. determines that it must end the occupation, close the bases, bring the troops home.
That's the direction we must take. But we have to understand that the policy was based on a lie.
In other words, Kucinich believes that the troops, the Navy SEALS are on a dishonest, harmful mission.
Yes, Kucinich and Johnson are definitely different species.
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