I Really Hope

I recorded the Kucinich speech in Reno today, but it's a possibility I screwed up with my new camcorder. I will have to investigate.

Anyway, considering it was shitty outside, Kucinich drew quite a crowd at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, and, as an added bonus, his far-younger wife Elizabeth showed up as well. She was in town during the morning attending a "mockus" or two in preparation for the January 19 caucus. Yes, she is very pretty and seems to be nice, and probably too good for him. It makes one wonder why somebody with so much going for her would hitch up to an old coot like that. But seeing her there, she was clearly nuts about him. She sat on the stage where he was, and she was looking up at him with that look that reminded me of Nancy Reagan looking at Ronnie. She also had a nice wedding ring on, and I don't recall the stone she was wearing, some kind of birthstone, I believe. It was a good-sized one.

As for the old man, he looks far better in person than on television. I don't know what it is about television that makes people look so bad, but it does. It distorts something awful. The Kooch is only slightly taller than I am, and his wife is around six feet, around Michelle Obama's height, and a full head taller than the Kooch.

Kooch talked about Iraq and mostly about health care and how his plan was better than the other candidates. He answered a few questions from the audience, including one from a person sitting next to me about civil unions. Unfortunately, after he was done he didn't stick around too long because he and Elizabeth were going to do a radio interview with KJFK radio in Reno. However, I was lucky enough to get his autograph. He signs his autograph simply "Dennis" with what looks like an exclamation point at the end. I was one of the very lucky few who received an autograph and shook his hand. He has a good grip, especially for a vegan.