Playboy Interview: Dennis Kucinich
June, 1979
Dennis Kucinich, the 32-year-old mayor of Cleveland, is clearly not like any other mayor or perhaps any other politician. To his critics, he is a "cocky little bastard" on a power trip. To his admirers, he's a Robin Hood seeking gains for the poor and twitting the rich. There are few neutral observers of the Kucinich phenomenon, for he has avoided the normal habitat of successful politicians--the gray, safe middle ground. Kucinich is a self-proclaimed urban populist eager to do battle...
