Reply #47: Perception is everything...

[renie408]

See, I personally think Dean has peaked too soon and has too big a mouth to last it out. What is considered refreshing right now is going to become grating before too long. Also, I have read some pretty dicey stuff about him on this board just in the last two days. Seems to me that when it gets a lot closer to voting time, reporters are going to be crawling up his ass with a microscope and I have a feeling he is not going to be able to withstand that kind of scrutiny. And he is basically a Democratic version of Bush. Same background, same basic politics, raised Republican, same kind of 'shoot from the hip' persona...they just seem like the same guy, only Howard is a doctor who moved to Vermont and adopted the accent.

Kerry seems like a nice guy, but my off-the-cuff impression of him is that he runs every time somebody opens the gate. Hasn't he run for this nomination and missed several times before?? I don't know this for sure, this is just an impression. And the most immature thing of all is that Kerry looks like Lurch. A lot of people are going to have a hard time voting for Lurch.

Plus, they spend so damn much time badmouthing each other, they are doint the other candidates jobs for them. All the other guys have to do is sit still and look charming and let Kerry and Dean beat each other to death.

I will support whoever gets nominated. I like Edwards, but I am game to support Dean, Kerry, Kucinich, and I am trying really hard to like Lieberman enough to support him, if that is what it takes to get rid of Bush.