Cimperman versus Kucinich round one

In an attempt to gain media attention and paint seated tenth district Congressman Dennis Kucinich as absent from his district while campaigning for the office of the United States president , Cleveland city council Representative and 2008 Democratic Primary challenger for Kucinichs congress seat managed to play the fool instead. Barging into Kucinichs Lakewood Congressional office on January 3 ,2008 with a camera toting aide along to capture his buffoonery , Cimperman did everything except put his foot in a water bucket , slip on a banana peel , and perhaps should have attired himself in a clown suit to truly capture the flavor of his media gaff. Instead of the quick " you tube " media bite that he desired , Cimperman has already managed to brand himself a neophyte water boy in this early campaign strategy gone south. Kucinich to his credit did not rise to Cimpermans bait , instead relied on his office to post a letter to the Federal Protective Service , the law enforcement component which works in compliance of The United States Department of Homeland Security providing protection to Federal Government offices. The Department of Homeland Security decided to investigate Cimpermans sophomoric antics serving him notice that he was in violation by bringing a camera without prior permission into a government office. It is not difficult to see where this primary campaign is going if Cimperman continues on this path. Starting off negative will not gain Cimperman much credibility within the Tenth Congressional district which by all accounts Kucinich has served well enough to exist as a six term incumbent. The local fish wrap , da p.d. lets their bias against Kucinich fly like bile from a disgruntled editor's spleen every opportunity they get. Fat chance for objectivity in the daily printed media , one newspaper town that is Cleveland , Ohio today. Stay tuned for round two , which should erupt any time now. A debate is planned at the City Club for the primary candidates for the Tenth Congressional seat. Here's hoping that all the Primary candidates are given equal measure in rostrum time , not just Kucinich and Cimperman. It would behoove Councilman Cimperman to take the moral high road in his future dialogues with Kucinich while vying for the Democratic Primary vote. We Clevelanders and Cuyahoga County residents have suffered enough embarrassment recently and real time issues need to be examined and discussed . Leave the school boy pranks alone , and pay attention to the serious matters that we all face together.....Enough of all this political nonsense. Time to check the tread on the Nevada candidates buses as they flit around the sparse deserts conjuring up votes the usual way. "Smoke and mirrors"! Election years are tough enough to stomach , and it did not surprise me to hear that the major candidates in the upcoming Nevada primaries are taking their windy business to the High School gymnasiums and small town auditoriums , just like they did in their youth when running for student council. So much of what passes for politics in this country is nothing save insipid reruns of popularity contests. Blow hard candidates one and all. All your promises made today will more apt than not prove impossible to deliver after inauguration 2009. So save your wind for some offshore ecological windmill energy gathering effort instead.Book Selling Time! Dennis Kucinich has grown up since the publication of Estelle Zannes CHECKMATE IN CLEVELAND , The Rhetoric of Confrontation During the Stokes Years. Confrontational politics seem to have been around most of my life in Cleveland , and it is time to lay down political swords and work instead towards a better understanding of the process that ensures the ultimate consumers , a represented officials constituents , receipt of services and work for the voting public , instead of working the corners like a cunning pugilist. Grow up one and all of you student council cheerleader types.

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