Reply #23: Dean isn't a corporate centrist

[KaraokeKarlton]

Listen, just because someone understands that you have to find a balance in working with business because that's what's best for the people you serve doesn't mean you are "corporate". If anything, Dean is a real champion for small businesses. He really wants to promote small business and do a lot to help them. During his time in Vermont he got along well with the businesses here, that's true. But it's not because he favors coporation over the people. The bottom line is that people NEED business for jobs and products we use. You can't just NOT work with them. And you can't view them and treat them as the enemy. What you need to do is demand that they do the right things and support them when they do. And if a business tries to do the right things there is no reason why they should be treated with contempt, because in the end, we all need each other. It's not rocket science, it's common sense. Dean isn't now, never has been and never will be "owned" by big business. He won't be owned by anyone other than the people he serves. That's always been his way. He has very good political ethics and cares a great deal about people. Yes, he will make some choices you probably won't like much, but he won't make any choices to do favors for big business. He will make choices because he truly believes it's what's best for you and me.