It is possible to admire Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio for many reasons. The child of a Croatian immigrant truck driver and stay at home mom, he came up through an austere childhood to rise to political prominence first as the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio before serving six terms in the US House of Representatives. In between times he faced severe financial hardship, including one year wherein he declared a total of $38 in income.
He is the recipient of the 2003 Ghandi Peace Award, for what that’s worth. In a Congress chock full of millionaires he stands out as a man of exceptionally modest means, owning little beside his salary. His personal politics will warm your heart entirely or leave you utterly cool I suppose, depending upon your own preferences, but there is little doubt in the passionate intensity of his personal convictions. Although long time readers will recall that their host holds an abiding ambivalence to zealotry in all its forms: Paranoid schizophrenics are passionately convinced about quite impossible things, and in this, at least, I find the congressman unendearing. For my own part.
And yet, because the congressman’s physical graces seeming nearly as modest as his means, I found myself quite astonished to discover that his wife is number 4 of the 50 most beautiful people in Washington, according to The Hill.
The wags may write that Washington is Hollywood for ugly people, but even so, it’s clear that Mr. Kucinich has charms I dreamt not of.
I wondered where you were going with this one.
Some of us ugly guys still aren’t sure why our wifes married us. Probably not a godd thing to spend too much time thinking about.
Mrs. Kucinich is a fetching woman, no doubt. At some 30 years the congressman’s junior and as you well pointed out, one of the few congressman of modest means, the cynic in me has to ask “Why?”
I took a good long look at the list, and frankly, I think she’s number 1 by a fair margin. Methinks politics has crept in even there. Nutty as a fruitcake? Sure. But still, hot redheads with a thing for funny looking older guys are pretty special, if you ask me.
Looks aren’t everything gentlemen. A man possessed of a keen intellect, whip sharp sense of humor and personal confidence – is far more attractive than any Brad Pitt-wannabe.
And I submit that a woman attracted to these qualities – ones that last far beyond the waistline or hairline – is a discerning individual indeed.
That said – what does she see in that little hobbit anyway?
She is a looker but she must have some type of pathology to have married such a toad!
You must admit- Dennis K. does have that hangdog, cuckold-look about him…
b2
Better than he deserves, but aren’t we all in that same category?
http://thoughtalarm.blogspot.com/2008/01/kucinich-drops-presidential-bid.html
There’s a link to a picture of them together.
and they say McCain has a trophy wife.
b2 sez: You must admit- Dennis K. does have that hangdog, cuckold-look about him…
Yeah, he does. And the line for those waiting/wanting to hang the horns on him stretches around the block and beyond, too.
Senator K probably told her he loved her for her intelligence and wit. I know that would get me every time. If I remember correctly.
Marianne
In a less polite forum, I’m sure some remark about Dennis K and licking eyebrows would have come out by now……………..
Bad Skippy-san! No soba.
Then there’s Formula 1 Primo Bernie Ecclestone (all 5′ 2″ of him), and his 6′ 2″ Armani Model Croatian spousal unit…
I can’t imagine… Blackmail, maybe?
If the quotes from her, back in 2004, were at all accurate, then Mrs Kucinich is the intellectual equal of her husband.
Cheers
You say “It is possible to admire Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio for many reasons,” but I think there are many more reasons to dislike the man, personally. His unending quest to impeach Bush, for example. Or his proposal to create a “Department of Peace” for another. And let’s not forget his voting against the Rothman-Kirk Resolution, the “9/11 Commemoration” resolution and the Iran Freedom and Support Act, to name but a few.
And then there’s his support for Hugo Chavez.
I could go on, but I think you get the point. So he managed to get a trophy wife. Meh. Big deal.
MajHarvey, the Trophy Wife is kind of like a Corvette. Sure feels good during a mid-life crisis, the other guys are envious and imagine taking it for a spin around the block, and hey, it looks good on you which, at this stage of your life, not many things do.
On the other hand there is no practical reason to have one, it’s impossible to justify the costs in time and treasure and upkeep to keep one running properly compared to a more sedate and inexpensive model, about the only justification one can make is emotional, you just love that ‘Vette.
Still… There is something to be said for envious buddies and, oh, those drives around the block!
– Max
Thus the “trophy mistress” becomes a better option.
Something to do with buying cows and milk for free or some other such nonsense……….
“It is possible to admire Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio for many reasons.”
No, not really. His wife is probably the only reason. Our “boy mayor” drove the city into default, and as on who works in his district (but wouldn’t live here if you paid me), I can tell you first hand of all the jobs lost, buildings emptied, etc. that we’ve suffered during his tenure in Congress. He has utterly failed to introduce ANY meaningful legislation EVER. Why he gets re-elected is beyond me.
“In the book Best and Worst of the Big-City Leaders, 1820–1993, Melvin G. Holli, in consultation with a panel of experts, placed Kucinich among the ten worst big-city mayors of all time”