Reply #9: I wish people

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would start taking things at face value. If, instead of attributing the worst, most nefarious motives to our candidates, we operated on the assumption that these are 10 basically decent human beings, we'd strengthen rather than weaken the party.

I see no reason to assume that Clark is a puppet or unwitting tool of any group. The DLC may very well be backing him as the anti-Dean. I may not like it, but that's their perogative.

I believe Clark is running because he believes that he's the best candidate. Same for most of the others. Some are running to further platforms they believe in.

Yes, I wih that Clark had a long history in the Democratic party, but I also wish that other candidates had made different choices in the past.

We need to stop compulsively nit picking, support our chosen candidates and move away from the politics of mutual destruction.