Reply #123: let me ask you one question drummer

[Sydnie]

Is this the first campaign you have ever worked on? Or did you work on national campaigns during the Clinton years? Have you never lost a campaign before? Have you never had the experience of having to defend your candidate and his position even after the cameras have gone away and the confetti lies around you on the floor?

I can tell you from experience. I have worked on campaigns for many years, both national and local. I have even run for office a time or two myself -- having both won and lost at different times. I know what a campaign is all about. Thus, I know my candidate.

I have worked on Kerry campaigns for years. Been a delegate at my states convention several times as well. I know the players (at least locally - personally) and I know just what they are capable of.

If you knew anything about Kerry, you would know that one campaign is not the be all - end all of his world. He has lost before and it merely servered as a call to work harder and do better next time.

He was a Senator that thought more about investigating the illegal endeavors of the government that he was a member of then he did about grandstanding with some of his colleagues. As a prosecutor, he was relentless and never lost a case. He didn't take it on if he couldn't prove it to a jury. That would have been a waste of the taxpayers money and his time.

I might not have always agreed with every "political" decision that he has made in the 20 odd years I have campaigned for him, but as a man, his principals are above reproach. He is a seasoned, educated leader and knows when he can prove his case and when he needs to do more homework before bring charges.

I know, you're angry because you think he is ignoring you, the work you did and the crisis that we are now in. You have to have faith in the man, drummer, or not support him in the first place, because I assure you, that is the very thing he has been showing us all how to do... to have faith in ourselves. What you are doing right now is second guessing your judgement as much as you are his, you know that right?

Just because he didn't "scream fraud from the rooftops" does not mean that he doesn't see it and is working to correct it FOR all of those that placed their faith in him.

Very short sited to think otherwise. Everyone involved has a "position" that is their "job" to champion. Dean had/has his -- to energize the democratic base. Jesse Jackson (who didn't win his previous campaign for that office btw) has the job of being the "bullseye voice" for the movement. Boxer and Tubbs-Jones have/had the job of making it a matter of record to further the cause. Each has their place, drummer, and each are doing their job. Backbiting and second guessing it now has no place in the movement. We must realize what has happened, regroup and keep fighting. Hopefully, a little less with each other and a little more with the "enemy".

Do your homework and get to know the historic behavior of your candidate -- especially the part that never gets national news coverage. You'd be amazed at just who our candidate really was!