Reply #4: I'm not flaming Dean.

[RandomKoolzip]

I'm not interested in getting into a flame war. I liked Dean a lot, he was the first candidate I've ever given money to (I could barely afford it, too!)

I know exactly what he MEANS, I just think it was a poor choice of words; a semiotician could read that and cringe. There's an implication there via the wording of "The republicans have a 20-year head start..." For the suggestible reader, especially the one who wanted to make mince-meat of Dean and his movement, one would read that and go, "Oh, so you want to catch up on the "hijacking" then?"

Sorry, it's the former English major in me trumping the political animal in me.