Reply #29: Well, one of us here needed to state the obvious

[stopbush]

in response to your original - and rather loaded - question.

There is one reason and only one reason why Joe is in this race - he was selected by Al Gore to be his running mate in 2000. Eliminate that fact, and Joe isn't even on the radar.

As others have pointed out in this thread, Joe has been a MAJOR enabler for the repigs and the bush agenda. I see NO popular support, enthusiasm or belief in Joe's candidacy in the Dem party faithful. I, for one, have had enough of scolding from jerks like Bill Bennett on why they're right and the rest of us are wrong, or worse, immoral. Joe seems to be taking on that particular mantle for himself. Sorry, I don't need HIM telling me how wrong I am, how wrong Dean is, how wrong those against bush's illegal war are, how wrong EVERYONE else is.

I already cut Joe his slack back in 2000. I had mixed feelings about Gore's selection of Joe, but I was more than willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. Like many others, my hopes were dashed in that disastrous VP debate. Joe was awful. He allowed that fat sow Cheney to walk all over him and get away with murder. It looked like Howdy Doody sitting down with Stalin - and agreeing with everything Stalin said!

Later, when Joe killed his Party's (MY Party's) chance in the bogus recount by whining in agreement with the repig thugs to allow illegal, bogus military votes be counted AGAINST HIM, I knew it was all over for Al.

Joe's old news. He oughta sit down and shut up - or better yet, drop out of the race before HE hurts the party any further than he has already.

Courageous? In Joe's case, the better part of valour would be to quit now and get out of the way of the juggernaut that is redefining the Dem party for the better. Joe can't even get it right when he's excited and using words like "dumb." I mean, really, the guy feels like he's got to apologize for using a word that's "not presidential." Dumb? Boy, there's some fire in the belly that's going to energize the Dem base and ignite the electorate!

Sorry about the rhetoric and not using my brain.