Kucinich blasts war during Newton stop

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich blasted the Bush administration on the Iraq war and cautioned that a move to invade Iran would be a disastrous mistake leading to a “nightmare” for the United States. The Ohio congressman stopped in Newton as part of a trip through the state to drum up support for his presidential bid. He appeared Thursday at Park Centre during a Jasper County Democratic Central Committee meeting. A long time critic of the war in Iraq, Kucinich attacked of fellow Democrats who say they oppose the war, but continue to vote to fund it. He sees himself as the only presidential candidate who has been against the war from the beginning, noting that the Democrat-controlled congress continues to support fundin