Blue collar defines life of Kucinich
The Daily Grind
It's no surprise that former Cleveland Mayor Dennis Kucinich has emerged in 2004 as a workingman's hero.
It's also no surprise that he is the keynote speaker at Saturday's AFL-CIO Labor Council's 35th annual Cope Dinner.
Past speakers have include former Democratic Senators Howard Metzenbaum and John Glenn and former Cincinnati Mayor Jerry Springer.
They all had seven-figure bank accounts. Not so for Kucinich.
Three decades is a long time to bear the torch for working people everywhere, said Dan Radford, AFL-CIO executive secretary-treasurer in Greater Cincinnati.
Congressman Kucinich, the latest Buckeye-born politician in a long line to run for president, is the only guy in the 2004 race who doesn't have a silk-stocking pedigree and the checking account of a millionaire.
And he's the only guy in the race who worked his way through high school and college - not because it was optional or character-building but because it was his only shot at a decent life.
Work and the needs of working people mean a lot to Kucinich, Radford said.
Kucinich was born into poverty, and on the campaign stump, he often talks about falling asleep at night to the sound of his parents counting pennies on the kitchen table: click, click, click.
"He is very popular among labor folks," Radford said.
"And we think it's important that his voice is out there. It's why we...(Full Story)
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