I suspect these guys get along better than we really know?

[NNN0LHI]

Democratic presidential hopefuls former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (news - web sites), left, talks with U.S. Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) , D-Mass., during a commercial break in their democratic debate in Greenville, S.C., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

[madrchsod]

1. i`m sure they get

along better than people around here...

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

15. They all hang out at Skull & Bones mixers after work

pat each other on the back and smoke Cuban cigars.

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. personally, I'm sure they respect eachother

But these two are going to be forever intertwined in the history of Democratic Party politics.

If Kerry goes on to win the nomination, then he has Howard Dean to thank for it, by making him a better candidate.

If Dean gets the nomination, it'll be because he proved to be better than John Kerry. And, IMO, that will mean he has truely earned the nomination.

[codegreen]

3. caption: "How is it feeling? Let's have a followup treatment next month"

can i be the first to start the rumor that it was Dr. Dean who administered the Botox to Kerry?

\flamewar:eyes:

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. LOL

:D

[aldian159]

8. haha

[incapsulated]

4. They're P.O.L.I.T.I.C.I.A.N.S.

It's buisness, not personal.

Well, ok, sometimes it does get personal, but they know the score. All is fair... yada, yada.

[ibegurpard]

5. I smile and say hello to people I despise

if I'm in a situation where it's necessary. People do that in politics.

[lastknowngood]

7. I wouldn't bet the farm

on that

[MoonRiver]

9. It's kind of like when you

go through a bitter contested divorce, and one day you see your and your soon-to-be ex-spouse's lawyers yucking it up in the courthouse cafeteria over coffee and donuts. (And yeah, I've been there, done that.) We the people see one side of an issue, while the players are at quite another place.

[BeatleBoot]

10. Two regular guys who can help us take our country back if...

if we only let them...

[seaglass]

11. Kind of explains Carville and Matalin doesn't it?

While we the people rip each other apart, fierce competitors manage to be civil, even friendly towards each other.

[ArtieBoy]

12. Howard says

in the newest Rolling Stone magazine (the political magazine of record), "I personalize things less now than when I was governor, in terms of attacks from other opponents and so forth. A lot of these attacks come across as personal, but they are mostly theater. But when they first started going after me, I couldn't believe it, because I knew a lot of those guys."

[chocolateeater]

13. I wish we could get along like that. n/t

[Monte Carlo]

14. It's like the WWE in some ways.

The superstars have their public characters, where they hate each other's guts, beat each other up, and talk shit about themselves at every occasion. Backstage, in real life, they know it is just an act for the crowds; they're just trying to earn a living.