Reply #74: Dean's liberal, no doubt...

[George_Bonanza]

Please don't take my comments as trying to prove Dean a Republican or anything. I know he's a liberal, every Dem is for that matter.

Why is Kerry more liberal? For one thing, Dean is very conservative with money, so that pulls Dean to the right more. Dean is more relaxed on the death penalty, and on gun control, so that pulls him a bit to the right more than Kerry. His non-existent anti-war stance before Iraq does not stand up to Kerry's anti-war record. Iraq may be a blemish on Kerry, but he has loads of backup to make up for that in deciding who the true anti-war man is. So that pushes Kerry to the left more. Kerry and Dean may share the same love for the environment, but Kerry has done more for a longer time (vigorous environmentalist since the 70s) than Dean. So those accomplishments push Kerry to the left more. While Kerry supports NAFTA, he is never one to bow down to big business. I don't know what Dean's stance on business is.