UFOs and Politics Clash

Apparently, you are considered to be crazy if you believe in UFOs and extraterrestrials, as we saw from media commentary on Dennis Kucinich’s comment at the Democratic debate at Drexel University.

“It was an unidentified flying object, okay,” said Kucinich. “You have to keep in mind that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO and also that more people in this country have seen UFOs than I think have approved of George Bush’s presidency.”

Everyone could feel the condemning of Kucinich with the question, “Do you believe in UFOs.” Why would such a idealistic question be asked that has nothing to do with the democratic debate or becoming the president? This seemed aimed, by the media, to further distance Kucinich in public opinion and approval.

How much this incident will be exploited in the media has yet to be seen. Still, I’m not sure if this will hurt his campaign. The media has been ignoring him as an impossible democratic candidate and their bias is then fed to the public. Any exposure from the media might help him out.

How the media and politicians related to the debate denounced and laughed at the idea of UFOs in an age of vast scientific knowledge is also very troubling.

The belief that there is no other forms of life in the whole universe is very troubling and also seems borderline ignorant. These feelings could be from religious beliefs, I suppose, but why is our planet the only one with advanced forms of life. There are so many things we have yet to discover in the universe. Who knows, there could be some things we never discover.

To put myself on the same ground as Kucinich, yes, I have seen a UFO before. That is of course in the sense of an “unidentified flying object.” The quoted poll in the debate stated 14 percent of Americans have seen UFOs. Still, that percentage when looked at the actual numbers is rather large.

My hope is that this doesn’t tarnish Kucinich’s campaign. In fact, I would hope it strengthens his campaign, because he is a man that doesn’t back down from what he says even in inevitable face of ridicule. I can’t say the same for all of the other candidates.

Kucinich proclaimed, “We have to insist that we enforce the constitution of the United States, which this President continues to violate and again I state that the President and the Vice President should be subject to impeachment.”

When a man has the strength and pride to say this in a democratic debate I don’t think if he has seen a UFO is really anything to discuss.