{"id":1495,"date":"2010-03-10T23:04:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T04:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2010-03-10T23:04:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T04:04:24","slug":"kudos-to-kucinich-64-other-courageous-congressmen-on-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/10\/kudos-to-kucinich-64-other-courageous-congressmen-on-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kudos to Kucinich &#038; 64 Other Courageous Congressmen on Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/kucinich-forces-congress-debate-afghanistan57433\"><strong>Dennis Kucinich <\/a><\/strong>deserves credit for forcing the House to formally debate the Afghan war.<\/p>\n<p>His comments &#8211; and those of<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/evs\/2010\/roll098.xml\"> Ron Paul and the other 63 folks <\/a><\/strong>who voted against perpetuating this war &#8211; will be part of the honor roll of our time.<\/p>\n<p>On the Republican side, Rep. Paul was joined in opposing the Afghan war by Rep. Jimmy Duncan of Tennessee, Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina, and Rep. John Campbell of California. <\/p>\n<p>As for the 356 members of Congress who voted for the war &#8211; I hope this vote sticks to them like a tar baby the rest of their lives. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Kucinich deserves credit for forcing the House to formally debate the Afghan war. His comments &#8211; and those of Ron Paul and the other 63 folks who voted against perpetuating this war &#8211; will be part of the honor roll of our time. On the Republican side, Rep. 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