Reply #12: Braun has to earn my support just like Dean did

[Larkspur]

So far she has done nothing to earn it, and I find her remarks that I should support her because she is a female candidate and I'm female to be sexist. It's long past time for vanity female candidacies. The times today require bona fide candidates. Bush is leading us into disaster and Braun hasn't got a clue how to turn it around.

She's a bottom-tier candidate because she has not been able to generate the enthusiasm and money that Dean has.

Dean, who started as a bottom-tier candidate with $157,000 campaign chest compared to Kerry's $2 million, earned his supporters' loyalty. He was not annointed by the Dem Party hierarchy. He earned it by going out to us, listening to us, and developing a plan to help us oust Bush and initiate an Emerging Democratic Majority. He also has a record of turning disaster into a boon. Braun does not.