Reply #38: I liken it somewhat to Kennedy [View All]

[deutsey]

No, I don't say that Dean is like JFK.

But Kennedy, a Cold Warrior who dragged his feet on civil rights, helped to inspire (inadvertantly, in my opinion) a generation of anti-war and civil rights activists with a lot of his rhetoric coming out of traditional liberalism. I had the impression from the Dean campaign's talk of unabashedly embracing traditional principles supported by the Democratic Party that he could also elicit the same (perhaps unintended) response as Kennedy did.

I base this on what I see in the volunteers involved in Dean's campaign, so it's subjective, I know...