Reading the news, you’d think that Rudy is the only presidential contender who once had a contract out on his poorly coiffed head.

Not so!

Dennis Kucinich also inspired at least one murder plot – almost a decade earlier than the reported ’86 Gambino hit on Guiliani, to boot.

And no, it wasn’t all just an elaborate plan some middle-schoolers hatched to get their grubby paws on Kucinich’s uncommonly good cookies.

In 1977, Kucinich was elected Mayor of Cleveland and served in that position until 1979. At 31, he was the youngest mayor of a major city in the United States. Kucinich’s tenure as mayor is often regarded as one of the most tumultuous in Cleveland’s history. After Kucinich refused to sell Muny Light, Cleveland’s publicly-owned electric utility, the Cleveland mafia put a hit on Kucinich. A hitman from Maryland planned to shoot him in the head during the Columbus Day Parade, but the plot fell apart when Kucinich got sick and missed the event. When the city fell into default shortly thereafter, the mafia leaders called off the contract killer.

Where’s the love, msm?

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Tagged: Dennis Kucinich Rudy Giuliani mob mafia hit contract

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