Why Dean??? One Reason...

[wanderingbear]

Because he is the only one speaking up against the war..And that settles my vote right then and there..

[Dookus]

1. except for all...

the others that are speaking up against the war. Like Kucinich, Clark, Moseley-Braun, Sharpton, and yes, even Kerry and Edwards.

[Scott Lee]

2. Kucinich was the only Congressmen to stand his anti-war ground

(Kucinich the Congressional candidate) The others were chickenshit Bush enablers. Sorry.

[Dookus]

3. Believe what you want...

but you'll have to prove to me that Moseley-Braun, Sharpton and Clark were "chickenshit Bush enablers".

No need to be sorry, either. You're free to believe whatever outlandish stuff you want. But if you spout it here, you'd best have something to back it up.

[Cha]

9. Hello...sharpton, mosley braun, and clark AREN"T

"Congressmen".

[Dookus]

11. the original assertion

is that Dean was the only candidate to oppose the war. That's demonstrably false.

[corporatewhore]

12. but they werent chickenshit bush enablers

[Cha]

15. He didn't say they were if you read

it Closely!

[DFLforever]

4. Some have funny ways of speaking, though

For example Kerry - out of both sides of his mouth.

[Democrats unite]

6. Ain't that a hoot Dean also!

eom

[TLM]

17. Clark was for the war... and said he'd vote for the IWR

and Sharpton and CMB were not even really getting any attention back when the war vote was happening.

Kucinich is the only one on your list who really deserves the same credit as Dean.

[Duder]

5. Is It Time to Believe?

Bill Clinton rebuilt the Democratic Party in crucial ways. But Howard Dean is rebuilding it in a way Clinton missed.
Party insiders would do well to make their peace with it.
by Michael Tomasky

http://www.prospect.org/print-friendly/print/V15/1/tomasky-m.html

[Cha]

8. I absolutely love Michael Tomasky!

He was a writer for New York Magazine and now an executive editor at "The American Prospect" TAP and he's the best!
Thanks, duder!
<snip>
"Insiders need to start thinking about making their peace with Deanism. The party—the (still) post-1988 party—needs a rebuilt base, and Dean is doing that in a way that has no precedent. And instead of fretting about all the ways Dean could lose, the insiders might do better to spend some time thinking about how he might win.

Because he might. It was interesting that, in the wake of Gore's endorsement of Dean, it was conservative commentator William Kristol who wrote the column that most emphatically enumerated Bush's vulnerabilities. Sure, Kristol may have had his own reasons for arguing that Dean is competitive, but the facts of Bush's weak points are real. He has the powers of incumbency, money and a feared (actually, overly feared) political operation. But his numbers are soft. Gore's 2000 states plus Ohio or Arizona is a long, long way from being an impossible task—for Dean or for any of the aforementioned.

So let the race begin. And expect the impossible. It happens often.<snip>

Michael Tomasky

[BootinUp]

7. Do you watch anyone other than Dean?

Your statement is easily proven incorrect. I don't want to waste my time to be honest.

[billbuckhead]

13. Kucinich vote was heroic, Dean was just an opportunist

Kucinich had to actually vote and has to face the voters again. Dean was just another out of work politician when he came out of left field against this war. Dean was just looking for an opportunity to differentiate himself from the other Dems. Compare that with Kucinich's lifelong campaign for peace.

[windansea]

16. exactly (nt)

[corporatewhore]

22. Mega Dittos ;)

[corporatewhore]

10. Dean is for the bloated pentagon budget

also hes says he is for the contnued occupation of a war he thinks is wrong
and Kucinich has been against the war before he ran for pres wants to stop the occupation of iraq to avoid more deaths wants to cut the pentagon budget and wants to establish a cabnit level department of peace
So much for the anti war cannidate

[Cha]

19. Dean is for getting out of Iraq but

not dropping it like a Hot Potato. bushco made a big mess there and we have to clean up his waste and do it ethically.

Dean is not anti-war. Dean is anti-this bogus invasion.

[corporatewhore]

23. kucinich is for

withdrawel from iraq and getting sthe un in (a much more legit org than the us military)he is also for giving reperations for iraq Support the Troops Bring 'em Home

[Zomby Woof]

14. DK spoke up first, and voted against it in Congress

Dean himself gave DK credit a few debates ago for his consistent anti-war stance, right there on stage.

Please consider that fact before posting a one sentence thread with such an egregious error. :-)

[TLM]

18. Well be fair to Kucinich... he was speakign out too

He deserves as much credit as Dean on that issue.

[Cha]

20. Yes, Kucinich does!

[maddezmom]

21. Dennis was speaking against the war before, during and now. n/t

[slinkerwink]

24. welcome to the Dean campaign!!!

:hi: