Reply #40: There are two groups here in Vermont who hate Dean

[KaraokeKarlton]

The exteme radical left and the extreme radical right. Everyone else, even if they haven't agreed with all he's done, has immense respect for him. He is honest and a man of principle. What Eloriel said about that reporter's comment is true. Any dishonest or unethical politician in Vermont gets caught, exposed and kicked to the curb. The whole law making process is open to the public, too. There is no way to hide anything. Dean wasn't bad on the environment at all. In fact, he was pretty darn good. Occassionally there were some really tough decisions he had to make that angered the more radical enviornmentalists simply because it was in the best interest of the entire state to go against them. Our state has some of the toughest environmental rules in the country. A lot of the criticism you see posted here against Dean that comes from Vermont isn't coming from liberal Democrats, it's coming from the Socialist Party and other much further left groups. "Liberal" in Vermont means something much different than "liberal" everywhere else. Some up here are VERY, VERY extreme...and they do hate Dean. But not because he did anything wrong, just because he didn't cater to them. He's a good man and a great leader. If you want to get a real feel for what the campaign is all about you should go to a meetup and read the comments in the blog. Eloriel is right that this is a movement, but it's also a sense of community, and even family.