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These polls have been all over the place. I know Dean supporters have the largest loyalty of anyone, so that bodes well. But I agree, I tend to not trust the polls, as they are a manipulative device, and can cause certain people to choose, or not choose a candidate.
But I can't possibly be surprised. Dean has received constant negative coverage, with very little mention of all of the good he's done. Do you think he would have been reelected five times in Vermont if he didn't have good qualities? I know in Alabama, if a governor gets through one term unscathed, he's doing good. But all negative all the time, will kill a candidate.
This whole races has been kind of an Internet against the media thing. The Internet is still David to the radio/television, right-wing Goliath. Many are wising up to the fact that the media likes to mold the brains of the weak thinkers, like so much clay. They've been doing a number on Dean supporters, trying to squeeze out the will of Dean. But people are waking up to the fact that the news media, every station, to some extent only represents the interests of the very wealthy. They are beholding to their advertisers, as well as all of the companies in the leviathan corporate structures they are part of, so we can't really count on them to pick the candidate, can we.
Why are they so critical of Dean? Truth is, Dean has gotten his support from poor to middle-class people, both on the Internet, and outside of the Internet. They are severely afraid that Dean will break up the media, for one, and that he might actually do things that will help people, and American workers. We all know, that if you help people, cut pollution, assure they are paid a good wage, make sure folks have insurance so hospitals don't have to absorb indigent care, and a host of other issues, it hurts corporations. So, when Dean caught fire, corporations started to worry, and set about with their punditry extinguishing the corporate danger. People willingly are herded to a candidate, like Clark (Republican), or Lieberman, perhaps two of the most ingrained Insiders like Kerry or Gephardt, both nearing three decades in Congress. Corporations safe, the people have to wait another four years, perhaps longer, American workers and America in general suffers more corporate rule, the Democratic Party continues to suffer from the loss of soul involved with their support of corporate power.
Vote for Dean. No matter what comes out of the corporate mouthpieces, he is perhaps our last great chance to restore America to the fine example in the world, it once was.
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