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Hmm. He's fiscally conservative, less radical than Kucinich and Sharpton, more charismatic than Gephardt, not a centrist like Edwards and Lieberman (and Clark, who also has no domestic experience), less "New-Englandish" than Kerry, not too socialistic (which is a guaranteed path to defeat) like Moseley Braun, and, well, he's anti-war. Or, in other words, the only candidate to stand a chance at all.
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He also flip-flops on almost every issue depending who he's giving a speach to and while he's very critical of the job Bush's done on...well, everything, he dosent come across as knowing a better way to do anything.
Man, I was SO hoping I wouldnt need to piss away my vote on the Green party but I sure cant vote for Dean just to spite Bush. Bush sucks, but sometimes it better with the devil you know.
Why didint Gort...er....Gore run exactly? I'd have thought he'd get a big sympathy vote after he got boned so bad last time. Mabye he just couldnt bear the thought of being known as that guy that lost to Bush twice.
Not that I'd vote for Tipper Gore's husband within this or any other reality.
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quote:He also flip-flops on almost every issue depending who he's giving a speach to and while he's very critical of the job Bush's done on...well, everything, he dosent come across as knowing a better way to do anything.
So, just like any other politician, then?
quote:Bush sucks, but sometimes it better with the devil you know.
In what reality do you live, anyway? B)
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Dean's supremacy just seems to be down to Gore's endorsement. And while I wouldn't want Gore as president, especially if it meant that awful Tipper woman being First Lady, I don't understand why he doesn't try running again. There don't seem to be second chances in US politics - with the exception of Richard Nixon, and look where that got you - and it seems people don't want to consider someone who lost last time, even if he didn't actually do so.
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It seems to me that Dean's supremacy was already known before Gore's endorsement. He was leading in New Hampshire (and I think Iowa) before Gore and now his lead is clinched.
People, if you don't like Bush, don't vote for him again! Vote for the Democrat! Do you really think that a Democrat would be worse than Bush?
I'm still waiting for Omega or Rob to explain how the White House used inteligence, known to be faulty, in the State of the Union in the first place...
"Because someone in the info chain didn't know it was faulty before it was used" would seem to be the bleeding obvious answer. Either nobody knew, or those that did didn't know they needed to tell the President. Or Bush knowingly lied, which is certainly possible, but wouldn't fit his character as observed.
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"What is radical about healthcare for all? What is radical about education for all? What is radical about jobs for all? When that starts to be radical, we have to ask ourselves, what in the heck has happened to this country? All of a sudden somebody starts talking about peace and prosperity and is seen as a radical? My God, where are we going as a nation? What does that say? All of a sudden 'mainstream' is supporting monopolies? Mainstream is supporting war? Mainstream is supporting a healthcare system that is stopping people from being able to get care? It's like America has gone upside down, and so, you know, I am here to help put it right side up." -interview at kuro5hin.org
Dean is the frontrunner because he is a Bushlike campaigner and fundraiser. (And Bush, of course, was Clintonlike.) Lots and lots of cash. Plus he embraced the internet as a way to cultivate "grass root" participation in a way other than, you know, buying e-mail addresses from spammers.
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Well, 'radical' as in 'plans to do a Socialist States of America Total Conversion�', which, while I welcome his initiative with open arms, is about as likely to win him the elections as the sun is to go nova right after I post this.
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I said "right after", not "five hours after". You can stop waiting now, dear.
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It would only have been cool for a few moments after the atmosphere had been ripped off the planet. Then you'd probably melt.
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