There They Go Again

[JamesA1102]

There They Go Again
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Watching presidential politics lately, I've been thinking back to when I was 13 years old and had my heart broken for the first time.

It was 1972, and I was antiwar and infatuated with Senator George McGovern. But as I handed out McGovern leaflets in Yamhill County, Ore., I was greeted as if I were the Antichrist. Soon afterward, Mr. McGovern was defeated in a landslide.

As Howard Dean will probably be, if the Democrats nominate him.

It is, of course, the Democrats' privilege to stand on principle, embrace the man they admire most and leap off a cliff together. Political parties have a hoary tradition of committing principled suicide, as the G.O.P. did with Barry Goldwater in 1964 and, most masochistically, the Democrats did three times with William Jennings Bryan from 1896 to 1908.



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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/06/opinion/06KRIS.html?pagewanted=print&position=

[ibegurpard]

1. Oh God!

DUPE!

[JamesA1102]

6. Sorry that you can't handle the truth.

Dean will take us over a cliff and doom us to 4 more years of Dumbya

[ibegurpard]

11. This is an opinion

and there is already a very lengthy thread dealing with this very same article right on the front page.

[pasadenaboy]

2. we shouldn't have an election then

the polls show W ahead. Let's save the money and coronate him Emporor for life.

What a stupid article.

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. I guess he doesn't want Dean to be the nominee?

Good old Adlai said it the best....Stevenson shouted back, saying that wasn't enough: "I need a majority!" Yup. A majority is what we need and there is one "FOR SURE" candidate who can get us that majority vote. Clark. There is NO DOUBT with him as our candidate.

[JamesA1102]

7. Can't say it is no doubt.

But he has a much better chance than Dean.

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. I see no way

except the electronic voting machines stealing the election, that Clark could lose against the illiterate buffoon in the WH. Clark is their biggest threat. By far! JMCPO

[displacedtexan]

4. Cassandra calling...

No one wants to hear this.

I fear the TV debate images: * towering over Dean while sporting a perfectly draped $3K Italian suit... making faces in smarmy asides to the audience. I fear the country isn't ready for smart unless it comes with a chest full of military medals.

[Selwynn]

5. This article is absolutely correct.

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[jono]

10. dupe

Please continue discussion here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=835334

I'm going to lock this now.

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