Molly Ivins: Picking a Winner (Dean)

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Molly Ivins: Picking a winner

By MOLLY IVINS, Creators Syndicate
December 4, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas -- No one has been waiting with bated breath for me to make up my mind about the Democratic presidential candidates, but I have, and you might be interested in how I got there. I'm for Howard Dean -- because he's going to win.

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For a while, I fretted over Dean being angry, or at least appealing to the political anger that is normally manipulated by right-wing radio jocks. Anger makes liberals uncomfortable: We prefer peace, reason and gentle persuasion. Beloveds, it is way past time for us to get mad -- social, economic and political justice are being perverted by the Bush administration.

Dean gives a hell of a speech -- even if you're Republican, you should go and hear him just for the experience. But I fretted about Dean on TV -- TV is so important. How could anyone poker up on Margaret Carlson of PBS, not one of the world's toughest interviewers? But then I saw Dean laugh his way through a Chris Matthews interview (which he should have done with Tim Russert, who was hell-bent on gotcha questions), and I know the guy can take care of himself. So he fights back if you get in his face -- that's not all bad.

I know, he's even less of a liberal than Bill Clinton was, but I don't think Dean is a moderate centrist. I think he's a fighting centrist. And folks, I think we have got ourselves a winner here.

http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/pe_columnists/article/0,2071,NPDN_14960_2475972,00.html

[Cha]

1. Kickadoodledoes!

"I talked to some big money guys who assured me Dean Can't Win. But of course I'm noticing this interesting thing: Dean has so much money he actually turned down public campaign financing (since I'm a card-carrying liberal, I was naturally deeply unhappy over this. But since Dean's money comes from Real People instead of corporate special interests, I'm not that unhappy.) Let me second the notion that this year, the Internet is to politics what television was in the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon race."

[whirlygigspin]

2. Molly!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[wabeewoman]

3. YES!!!

Molly gets it! I'm convinced Dean is the one who has the best chance against bush.

[LeftCoast]

4. Go Dean GO!

:kick:

:D

[pmbryant]

5. Well, I definitely respect her opinion

Though I myself will still remain officially undecided.

--Peter

[eileen from OH]

6. I love Molly and would have loved her even if she'd chosen Joe

... although I would have needed a scotch chaser. But, geez-oh-man, she nails it. And nails it perfect.

Granted, Dean's my guy so I'm especially thrilled, cuz above all rhw pundits, she's the one I respect the most.

eileen from OH

[Don_G]

7. Great! We NEED A Fighter For A Change!!!!

[Cha]

8. Kick for Molly and Dean!

:kick:

[reprehensor]

9. Yay!

But rhetorically; is Dean for Molly? ;)