Kucinich calls in the Department of Homeland Security

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 17, 2008 09:53 AM

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Red alert! Red alert! Dennis Kucinich has detected a threat to his homeland security. No, not a UFO. Kucinich called in DHS to investigate a pesky political opponent who came to his office to complain about the congressman and Democrat presidential candidate’s absence from the district. Seriously. Via the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinch asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to investigate one of his Democratic congressional opponents, Cleveland Councilman Joe Cimperman.

Kucinich, who frequently speaks out against government intrusion, initiated the investigation after Cimperman, a Cleveland councilman, delivered a “missing” poster to his Lakewood congressional office on Jan. 3, according to Cimperman.

Cimperman, who was mocking Kucinich for being on the road campaigning for president, spent less than 30 seconds in the office while a campaign worker filmed him dropping off the poster. A federal agent told Cimperman Tuesday during an in-person interview that the use of the video camera inside the government office was at issue. Cimperman said the agent spent about 10 minutes with him.

Your DHS tax dollars at work.

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  1. #220194
    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:01 am, englishqueen01 said:

    Great. Homeland security to defend us againts bomb-laden jihadists is bad, but using it to investigate someone merely engaging in free speech is good.

    Got it.

    Perhaps if members of al-Qaeda showed up at Kucinich’s office with mock missing posters, he and the rest of the Democrats would take the War on Terror and national security seriously.

  2. #220211
    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:13 am, jfish said:

    So, so glad that I’m not a Democrat … and so glad that I live in the southwestern part of Ohio, so at least this wingnut isn’t my rep.

    Between this travesty of First Amendment fun-ness and the whole revitalization of the Un-Fairness Doctrine debate, we’re under some serious pressure right now in this country. What the heck??

  3. #220212
    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:13 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    What we have to really wonder here is, who are the folks who put people like this into office in the first place.

    They’re just as nuts as Kucinich.

  4. #220221
    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:19 am, cpodug said:

    All I can think of is “E-T-phone-home.” Or Maybe Dennis needs a session with Nurse Ratched.

  5. #220222
    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:20 am, Blind_Mule said:

    Next he’ll have Congress appoint special council to investigate.

    Waaaaaaah, you returned my poster.

  6. #220226
    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:21 am, TexasTiger said:

    Kucinich called in DHS to investigate a pesky political opponent who came to his office to complain about the congressman and Democrat presidential candidate’s absence from the district.

    Why complain? Our national security posture improves when the Democrat presidential candidates are on the campaign trail and cannot cast votes in Washington.

  7. #220227
    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:21 am, madchef said:

    What was DHS response to this absurd request? Did the they laugh at the Sen., or are they going to waste tax dollars on such nonsense?

  8. #220230
    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:23 am, meatpieandtatters said:

    Inasmuch as Dennis is a high-profile and most unfortunately good target for ridicule, don’t for a moment think that most of the other privileged class of self-important elected drones wouldn’t use the powers at their control to make the lives of their opponents miserable.

    Remember all the IRS auditing going on under the Clintonista regime? Hmm?

  9. #220245
    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:31 am, mycroft69 said:

    First-class demonstration of how Dems intend to use their power. Today, a fellow politician; tomorrow, any and all other opposition.

  10. #220262
    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:52 am, Barry F. said:

    It’s just the Dennis double standard – Government intrusion is bad, unless it works to my benefit.

    Didn’t you get the memo? ;-)

  11. #220279
    On January 17th, 2008 at 11:10 am, J S Ragman said:

    On January 17th, 2008 at 10:52 am, Barry F. said:

    Didn’t you get the memo?

    Sorry, there was too much interference on my sub-space radio.

  12. #220295
    On January 17th, 2008 at 11:21 am, cpodug said:

    too much interference on my sub-space radio.

    Kenneth gave you the wrong frequency.

  13. #220302
    On January 17th, 2008 at 11:28 am, gunslingerpatriot said:

    We are Borg, lower your shields and prepare to be assimulated.

    GSP
    :)

  14. #220320
    On January 17th, 2008 at 11:40 am, Yashmak said:

    He’s the Democrat’s Ron Paul.

  15. #220368
    On January 17th, 2008 at 12:23 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    The video is in line to be examined sometime after the Columbia University video. We will break into our regularly scheduled Britney-fest with any news…

  16. #220424
    On January 17th, 2008 at 1:01 pm, AuntiEm said:

    Well who is doing the job we pay our representatives to do? Perhaps they need to return some of their salaries for the time spent on the trail. Newt Gingrich would have had to give up his business just to make inquiries. And I thought it was just Pennsylvania that stacked the deck against newcomers….

  17. #220436
    On January 17th, 2008 at 1:21 pm, Mark Jaquith said:

    This is what you get when irrational fear becomes a valid initiator of government action. See also 5-year-olds being investigated as security threats in airports. See also the Boston Adult Swim LED advertisement overreaction. This is what you get when “be vigilant” turns into “be paranoid.” We need less security and more sanity in our governments handling of potential threats.

  18. #220458
    On January 17th, 2008 at 1:37 pm, sfcmac said:

    On behalf of the sane, rational, patriotic people of the state of Ohio, I sincerely apologize for the fact that the socialist unions and the insipid democrat voters keep putting this little rat’s ass back into office. He was an embarrassment as Mayor and he’s a disaster as a Representative.

  19. #220823
    On January 17th, 2008 at 8:21 pm, JohnHolliday said:

    Perhaps if members of al-Qaeda showed up at Kucinich’s office with mock missing posters, he and the rest of the Democrats would take the War on Terror and national security seriously.

    EnglishQueen01, you wish.

    As Ann Coulter said, “We’ve finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don’t want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States.”

  20. #220902
    On January 18th, 2008 at 12:40 am, BOB said:

    I see a third party ticket for Ron Paul and Dennis…if they don’t get beamed up first.

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