Reply #42: I was once a Dean supporter and feel your pain!!

[TheDonkey]

Every since Dean entered the race I was intrested in him because of his work on Civil Unions and being a Doctor (I live in a fam. of dr's).

He really seemed to speak to me and his anti-war stance was icing on the cake for me to like Dean. I donated to him, followed his website and his speeches very closely.

But during this summer I began to find some of his conservative leanings a bit bothersome. Then I was getting annoyed with his anti-washington, bush-lite bashing, and what seemed to be almost anti-Democrat talk. I was happy he was speaking the truth but I didn't think bashing a majority of moderate democrats was really the way to go.

Finally I began to watch him on TV and he looked like what you explained. Wishy-washy, nervous, stumped, pulling for answers to please who was listening at the moment <-- really what all politicans do but he didn't pull it off very well.

Then I went back to the drawing board and started hearing the other Dem. canidates with a more open mind and ended up with Kerry, definetly not perfect but electable and liberal on issues I feel strongly about.

I'd just suggest you look at our field of 9 canidates witha very open mind a see which one perks your interest they are all qualified and interesting to learn about.