On The Issues: Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul by Lo (updated)

Updated: Jan. 12, 2008 Added more items to Dennis Kucinich’s platform.

Updated: Dec. 29, 2007

Added two video links on Paul and his position on Global Warming.

Updated: Dec. 2, 2007

Added missed votes and voting with party at the end of each candidate’s section. You can click the “Source” link to see most recent and past voting records.

Also updated the links to the issues for Dennis Kucinich since they changed their website since I first posted this in May. Added more issues to Ron Paul’s section as they have updated their site, too.

Originally posted on May 18, 2007.

Dandelion Salad

by Lo

From their official campaign websites I found this info. It is interesting to see what they deem as the most important issues of their respective campaigns.

Dennis Kucinich

Dennis 4 President

Key Issues

1. Strength Through Peace
   1. Torture
   2. Plan to bring troops home and stabilize Iraq
   3. The Department of Peace
   4. Terrorism
   5. National Security
   6. US-Korea Trade Agreement
   7. Depleted uranium weapons
   8. Peace in the Middle East
   9. Legislation:
      1. H.R. 1234: Ending the Occupation of Iraq Immediately
         House Resolution 950: Calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons
         H.R. 808: The Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act
         H.R. 2420: Banning weapons in space
2. Universal Health Care
   1. H.R. 676 – the United States National Health Insurance Act (pdf)
   2. “Representative Dennis Kucinich has co-authored HR 676, legislation which would establish Medicare for All – a universal, single-payer, not-for-profit health care system that leaves no American behind.”
3. Survival of the Middle Class
   1. “Save American jobs by withdrawing from job-killing trade deals like the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) and organizations like the World Trade Organization (WTO) and return to bilateral trade agreements based on securing workers’ rights and the environment.”
   2. “Provide universal education to all Americans from pre-school through college.”
   3. Corporate power
   4. Outsourcing American Jobs
   5. Farm Policy
   6. Organic Farming
   7. Small Business
   8. Manufacturing
   9. Media Reform
4. Securing Constitutional Democracy
   1. Campaign Finance Reform
   2. Electronic Voting Machines
   3. Open Debates
   4. Media Reform
   5. Protecting Civil Rights
   6. The Drug War
   7. Decriminalizing marijuana
   8. Mandatory Minimum Sentences
   9. DC Statehood
5. A Sustainable Future
   1. Water is a matter of public debate
   2. Water forever in the public domain
   3. Recycling E-waste
   4. Energy and Oil
   5. Forests and Logging
   6. Livestock and public lands
   7. Mining
   8. Oil drilling
   9. Genetically altered food
   10. Hemp
   11. Animal Rights
   12. Farm Policy
6. Saving Capitalism
   1. Corporate Power
   2. Outsourcing American Jobs
   3. Manufacturing
   4. Farm Policy
   5. Organic Farming
   6. Hemp
   7. Small Business
   8. Sweat Shops
   9. Campaign Finance Reform

What I found elsewhere:

Gay Marriage

Brief News Article

Immigration

Q & A about Immigration

Gun Control

Dennis Kucinich’s votes.

Gun Laws, Gun Rights & Violence by Dennis Kucinich

Dennis Kucinich and Guns and The Constitution by Patriots Speak Out ®©™

Global Warming

Kucinich on War & the Environment (vid)

Climate Change (vid; Kucinich)

“Rated 85% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes.”

Education

Q & A on Education

Lots of Issues: Dennis Kucinich on the Issues

Source

Voting with Party

Dennis Kucinich has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 91.1% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Kucinich did not vote. See a list of his votes against his party since 1991, a list of all Representatives in the Congress with a similar score, or a full list of party voters.

Missed Votes

Dennis Kucinich has missed 130 votes (11.6%) during the current Congress. See a list of his missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

Previously posted:

Dennis Kucinich- full list of Congressional votes

Dennis Kucinich- full list of Congressional votes (from 1.12.07 thru 5.24.07) (updated by Lo)

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Ron Paul

Paul 2008

Debt and Taxes
Working Americans like lower taxes. So do I. Lower taxes benefit all of us, creating jobs and allowing us to make more decisions for ourselves about our lives. (more…)

American Independence and Sovereignty
So called free trade deals and world governmental organizations like the International Criminal Court (ICC), NAFTA, GATT, WTO, and CAFTA are a threat to our independence as a nation. (more…)

War and Foreign Policy
The war in Iraq was sold to us with false information. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies, the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them. (more…)

Life and Liberty
The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty. My professional and legislative record demonstrates my strong commitment to this pro-life principle. (Read more…)

The Second Amendment
I share our Founders’ belief that in a free society each citizen must have the right to keep and bear arms. (Read more…)

Social Security
Our nation’s promise to its seniors, once considered a sacred trust, has become little more than a tool for politicians to scare retirees while robbing them of their promised benefits. Today, the Social Security system is broke and broken. (Read more…)

Education
The federal government does not own our children. Yet we act as it if does by letting it decide when, how, and what our children will learn. We have turned their futures over to lobbyists and bureaucrats. (Read more…)

Border Security and Immigration Reform
The talk must stop. We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked. This is my six point plan: (more…)

Privacy and Personal Liberty
The biggest threat to your privacy is the government. We must drastically limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding citizens’ personal matters. (more…)

Property Rights and Eminent Domain
We must stop special interests from violating property rights and literally driving families from their homes, farms and ranches. (more…)

Health Freedom
Americans are justifiably concerned over the government’s escalating intervention into their freedom to choose what they eat and how they take care of their health. (Read more…)

Home Schooling
My commitment to ensuring home schooling remains a practical alternative for American families is unmatched by any Presidential candidate. (Read more…)

Health Care
The federal government decided long ago that it knew how to manage your health care better than you and replaced personal responsibility and accountability with a system that puts corporate interests first. (Read more…)

Environment
The key to sound environmental policy is respect for private property rights. The strict enforcement of property rights corrects environmental wrongs while increasing the cost of polluting. (Read more…)

Racism
It is the federal government that most divides us by race, class, religion, and gender. Through its taxes, restrictive regulations, corporate subsidies, racial set-asides, and welfare programs, government plays far too large a role in determining who succeeds and who fails. (Read more…)

What I found elsewhere:

On Abortion/Stem Cell Issues

Here are his past votes. He is Pro-Life.

Gay Marriage

What he wrote about this issue.

The Environment/Global Warming

Watch a video of him talking about this.

Paul talks about the states’ role in carbon emission cap (video)

Ron Paul Answers Global Warming Question at Iowa Straw Poll (video)

Ron Paul on the environment

“Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes.”

Energy & Oil

Ron Paul’s votes.

Education

Pro-school vouchers, pro-prayer in schools, etc.

Net Neutrality

Voted NO on establishing “network neutrality” (non-tiered Internet). (Jun 2006)

Lots of other Issues: Ron Paul on the Issues

Source

Voting with Party

Ron Paul has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 75.0% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Paul did not vote. See a list of his votes against his party since 1991, a list of all Representatives in the Congress with a similar score, or a full list of party voters.

Missed Votes

Ron Paul has missed 280 votes (25.1%) during the current Congress. See a list of his missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

Previously posted:

Ron Paul- full list of Congressional votes

Ron Paul- full list of Congressional votes (from 1.12.07 thru 5.24.07)(updated by Lo)

See

Dennis Kucinich Can Win by Lo (lots of polls, surveys, etc.)

VoteMatch Quiz – On the Issues by Lo

Kucinich/Paul Ticket: A Fatal Error by KatherineHollyday

Throwing the Baby Out with the Bath Water by PeaceLoveVegan (Kucinich; Paul)

Kucinich considers GOP Ron Paul as his running mate by Sabrina Eaton (video of audio)

After the Rep Debate: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell + Ron Paul VP Question (videos)

Kucinich suggests a Republican running mate by Sabrina Eaton & Stephen Koff

Ron Paul asked about Dennis Kucinich as a running mate (video)