Reply #126: Sure, he just realized it months later

[Radical Activist]

Dean's comments before the war resolution vote happened are significantly different that later on. His rhetoric and emphasis changed significantly. Kucinich gave major speeches in opposition to the war months before Dean said much about it, so maybe you're confusing the two. I'm sure Dean thought the war was wrong, but I'm also sure it was easier to believe that after he spent months campaigning in Iowa, which has a pacifist tradition.

And really, if Dean was so courageous with the Civil Unions bill why didn't he make any significant efforts to help it pass in the legislature before it got to his desk, and why didn't he support a national civil unions bill when he ran for President? I would respect Dean's supposed courage as Governor on the civil unions issue if he had chosen to show the same amount of courage as a candidate for President. Sadly, he backed down.

It still surprises me how easily liberals were taken in by this guy's rhetoric without care for his moderate record.