Read Dean's Fox News Interview...How could anyone abandon Dean

[eyeswideopened]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,111452,00.html

[sallyseven]

1. I can not support him.

I think he is wrong and pig headed. We have one of those in the White House we don't need another.

[mountainvue]

3. He's

doing the work of the GOP with this interview.

[stickdog]

7. Can you pull out even one quote in context that backs up that claim? (nt)

[stickdog]

8. How is he wrong? How is he pig headed? (nt)

[mountainvue]

2. As I said

the more I see and hear, the more suspicious of him I am. i really have to question his motives at this point.

[eyeswideopened]

4. Uhh! Maybe he is being sincere. Maybe he really does want to help change

politics for the good of common American people.

[mountainvue]

5. If that is the case,

then why did he not take one hard shot at Bush in that interivew? Nope, it was all about who to blame for his failures.

[stickdog]

6. That's because that's what EVERY SINGLE QUESTION the Faux News

whore asked was about!!!

[mountainvue]

9. All Howard

had to do was turn it around, just say I'm here to talk about Bush. It just goes back to blaming the media.

[Zynx]

10. Name one person who laid more heat on Bush in 2003 than Howard Dean.

[mountainvue]

12. Well you're changing the subject now but

there's Kerry, Clark, Kucinich, Edwards and Sharpton. Did you want just other candidates or other prominent people as well?

[Zynx]

13. I said more heat. Not just heat.

Dean got it started. The others joined.

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[Zynx]

17. He is desperate, but Kerry did the same thing when he was down.

He laid vicious attacks on Dean as did Gephardt. Were they working for the GOP?

[mountainvue]

20. I cannot speak

to Mr. Gephardt's actions because they were largely overlooked by me but there has been no evidence tying Kerry to the Torricelli ads. Once again, looking for scapegoats instead of fighting the real enemy, GWB.

[Mairead]

27. "Dean got it started. The others joined."

Check the record. Really. Kucinich started it, 2 years ago almost to the day: his passionate, bring-'em-to-their-feet 'Prayer' speech to the ADA in So Cal.

[stickdog]

31. Yes, DK deserves big props on this. But you have to admit that Dean

stood up for Americans while the DLC boys were standing down to Bush.

[Mairead]

25. "Name one person"

okay: Dennis Kucinich, beginning with his 'Prayer for America' speech to the ADA 2 years ago this month.

Howard got the press, but it was Dennis doing the heavy lifting. Let's face it, if we'd given credit where it was due from the beginning--and demanded that credit be given--then we might be looking at a much more hopeful future right now.

[walkon]

16. Foggy Mountain

The interviewer had an agenda and Dean didn't fall in line. Dean remains the best option for real change while Kerry is the best option for the status quo. Edwards - I csn't tell.

[mountainvue]

22. So Dr. Dean

can only answer the questions as presneted?

[mzmolly]

19. Excuse Dr Dean for talking about his campaign. Are you offended on behalf

of the media?

To insinuate that DEAN of all people hasn't said ENOUGH about BUSH is absurd.

[mountainvue]

24. He should keep talking about Bush.

Why stop now?

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[anti-NAFTA]

11. I can abandon him because he's not Left enough

He talks too much about balancing the budget and not enough on repealing NAFTA. tepid candidacy fueled by faux-populist rhetoric if you ask me.

[mountainvue]

14. His current message

is left but he governed as a centrist, no?

[stickdog]

18. His current message is for reform. And he governed VT with integrity.

And he's running a truly grassroots campaign fueled on the small donations and hard work of ordinary Americans.

[mountainvue]

26. $40 million worth?

[Zynx]

29. Almost, yeah. Statistics don't lie.

[stickdog]

Damn right! Where did you think it came from?

[mountainvue]

35. I was hoping

a Dean supporter could answer that question for me with a link.:)

[stickdog]

37. 23 million of Dean's 2003 41 million came from under $200 total donors.

And only 5 million came from $2000 maximum contributors.

http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/donordems.asp?format=&sortby=S

http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/donordems.asp?format=&sortby=P

[mzmolly]

21. NO. He "Governed" as a "Governor" who has to work with both parties

to accomplish anything. And, accomplish he did.

[mountainvue]

28. ...in the state of Vermont.

His style would not be well served in Washington.

[stickdog]

32. Exactly. Dean has a BIG problem with the truth.

He often tells it.

[janx]

33. "His style would not be well served in Washington" ??

D.C. has become a polluted swamp.

His "style" would serve both D.C. and the country well--unless, of course, one's belief is that Washington, rather than the people, should be calling the shots.

Perhaps democracy really is a thing of the past. It would seem so based on some of the posts I read in this forum.

[mzmolly]

23. I totally agree. It's beyond me..........................................

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[DFLforever]

36. I don't know of anyone who is abandoning Dean except for a few

people on this board. I think many of his supporters have learned by now, that this movement is a good deal more than a campaign for president but is actually about changing the template of American politics particularly as played in the Dem party. That work will take more than one election cycle.

He is imo a great and good man and will be around to keep the Democratic party honest for a long time to come.