Reply #63: I didn't know he stole Kucinich's message

[leftistagitator]

It would have been a good idea because Kucinich had the best message, but all I ever saw out of Dean was centrism with populist rhetoric thrown in, closer to Gore than anyone else. I think Kucinich could have gone farther if people weren't so worried about * that they picked the safest candidate to go up against him with. And Clark didn't have much of a message that I ever heard, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.

The only thing I'm bitching about is the extreme disrespect holy Joe is showing to former Dean supporters. If he's saying that voters endorsed the DLC in the primaries, then why didn't he win? He was the one who ran on the DLC, on moderatism, wasn't he. Hell, he's still running on it, how many times can one Democratic Senator come to the aid of a repuke resident. Kerry didn't run on how moderate he was, he saw where the wind was blowing and adopted Dean's strong rhetoric. He billed himself as the Dean who wasn't a loose canon. In an inclusive Party, after you win the primary you're not supposed to have your surrogates attack the factions you still wish to vote for you in he general election. It's bad politicking.