Reply #23: No problem. Actually, I think the whole "Dean is McGovern" thing [View All]

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is a pretty ludicrous comparison and has been misinterpreted by a lot of people.

I think the media and the RW use that comparison in an attempt to point to McGovern's landslide loss, and not necessarily his politics, which is, of course, what a lot of DU'ers have considered the issue and defended. I think it's just the RW and others trying to paint Dean as the same kind of "loser" that McGovern (or Mondale, for that matter) is perceived by the RW to have been. It may have nothing to do with their politics.

I could be wrong, but I think it might be that simple. Either way, it's pretty dumb. It's a different era and the culture and atmosphere just aren't the same.