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100. Jim Hightower is NOT "behind" Dean. I replayed the CSPAN

interview several times because I couldn't figure out where this was coming from. (I knew I hadn't heard Hightower say he supported *any* of the candidates.) He mentioned Kucinich and Sharpton, praising both for their ideas. He said Dean had really surprised people and had "run around the party structure," made a reference to the money Dean has raised. He mentioned Kerry, saying something to the effect that he was the traditional Democratic leader at present, now that Lieberman has kind of fallen by the wayside, and there was the implication that Dean was the leader at present among non-traditional Democrats (for want of a better term.)

He also said something about the party's chances with Dean OR KUCINICH.

Bottom line: Jim Hightower likes Dean's success in campaigning and he likes the ideas of Kucinich and Sharpton. But he didn't single anyone out as "the best" or his favorite.

Yours in support of truth in journalism and at DU,

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     - I agree..Dean/Kerry are so similar..let 1 win..but vote Kuccinich.  LimpingLib   Aug-22-03 02:04 AM   #76 
        - Gore - Clark? Anyone?  Hop   Aug-22-03 07:23 PM   #87 
           - Asking me? Only if Gore is at the top otherwise.....  LimpingLib   Aug-23-03 03:20 AM   #92 
  - Any left wing support Dean has lost is  mandyky   Aug-22-03 06:05 PM   #83 
  - Well, everyone is going to hate me now, but  cherryperry   Aug-22-03 06:08 PM   #85 
  - You seem reasonable.  Ripley   Aug-22-03 07:38 PM   #89 
  - Even funnier.....  RUMMYisFROSTED   Aug-22-03 10:05 PM   #91 
  - Jim Hightower is NOT "behind" Dean. I replayed the CSPAN  DemBones DemBones   Aug-23-03 08:57 AM   #100 
     - I never heard of Jim Hightower until DU - then saw part of  molly   Aug-23-03 09:05 AM   #101 
     - "If Will Rigers and Mother Jones had a baby,  DemBones DemBones   Aug-23-03 01:23 PM   #106 
        - Thankyou!  molly   Aug-23-03 01:26 PM   #107 
     - Could you please watch it again?  cherryperry   Aug-23-03 03:20 PM   #112 
        - I want the Bush* Gang out, too, but I don't think Howard Dean is  DemBones DemBones   Aug-24-03 03:01 AM   #118 
  - I don't hate you...  Revolutionary Mama   Aug-23-03 08:37 AM   #99 
  - I'm not for Dean really;  cherryperry   Aug-23-03 03:24 PM   #113 
  - The Reasonable Tone of Your Post  DrFunkenstein   Aug-23-03 01:40 PM   #108 
     - Yes, Yes, Yes to  cherryperry   Aug-23-03 03:27 PM   #114 
  - You sir are delusional!  Egnever   Aug-23-03 08:03 AM   #96 
  - Sour Grapes.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Aug-23-03 02:03 PM   #109 
  - no message - apologies!!!  cherryperry   Aug-23-03 03:28 PM   #115 
     - Been trying to self-edit more, lately, too.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Aug-23-03 03:55 PM   #116 
  - Just how single issue could some of those people be?  dsc   Aug-23-03 10:01 PM   #117 
  - It's also his anti-civil rights stances that are costing him support  genius   Aug-25-03 02:24 PM   #120 
  - I just wanted to commend  hippywife   Aug-25-03 06:22 PM   #121 
  - It's pragmatic to cater to the winner in the fight for the Dem core  dpbrown   Sep-05-03 09:45 PM   #123 
  - Nope  Nicholas_J   Sep-05-03 11:10 PM   #125 
     - Oh no, not Ron, Donna and Marc again!  Amerikav60   Sep-05-03 11:14 PM   #126 
 

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