Reply #158: You got that right!!! [View All]

[Larkspur]

What really pisses me off isn't that they "took Dean down," so much as they seemed to have taken him down because his campaign posed such a threat to the old Democratic establishment.

Kerry, Gephardt, Clark, Clinton, Lieberman all saw Dean and enthusiastic Dean supporters as a threat to their petty fiefdoms within the Dem Party structure. And you're right, if Kerry had the fighting spirit of Dean and the dedication to campaigning to win over the "hearts and minds" of all voters that Dean had, Kerry would have overcome the "elitism" and "aloofness" charges that Bush and many of us made against him. Kerry would have won our respect, instead of our scorn, and most likely would have defeated Bush. But no! Kerry chose to play "prevent defense" and fell into the inane GOP traps that help to reenforce Kerry's elitism and aloofness. So instead of getting ready to enter the White House, Kerry is pinning his faint hopes on a Ohio recount.