Reply #13: The DLC basically threw the election for * out of spite [View All]

[derby378]

Howard Dean was the front-runner in late 2003, but he never kowtowed to the DLC - only the grass-roots organizers that he inspired. This did not endear Dean to Al From, so the DLC decided the put the fix in. A DLC-backed 527 started to agitate in Iowa and New Hampshire, John Kerry found himself gaining primary votes out of thin air, Dick Gephardt tried to taken on Dean head-to-head and lost, and then the Dean campaign blew all its money trying to pull itself out of the hole the DLC dug for it. The result was a relatively ordinary campaign by the Kerry camp running up against the Bush juggernaut, the Swift Boat/Karl Rove camp, and electronic voting machines.

Thanks, DLC. We really appreciate the knife in our back.