Reply #126: No it's true. [View All]

[Sean Reynolds]

I don't support a candidate based on their ideology, I support them based on what they're going to do. I looked at Kerry first, supported him up until his war vote. I went to Dean because he was the only Democrat standing up to Bush. He may be a moderate, but I liked and still like, a lot of what he had to say. With Kerry I didn't/don't get that. I sense he's in it for the glory and not actually in it to change the party and the country.

I knew Dean wasn't running for president to win. No one from a small state, opposing an unjust war can win. We've seen it. Kucinich isn't going to win. Sharpton isn't going to win. Even when Dean was at the top of the pack I knew something would happen to 'bring him down'. It's not wise to threaten the status quo and Dean was doing that.

Whether Dean is a moderate or a lefist isn't the issue here. What he was saying MADE sense. What Kerry was saying didn't. In the end, thats what won me over.

The reason I supported Dean was because I truly felt he'd bring the Democratic Party back to its roots. I may be a communist, but I understand that the DNC is the closest major party we've got. Yet, it continues to creep further and further right. Why do you think so many people have given up on voting Democratic? Why vote for a Republican-lite candidate when you can get the real thing?

Does Dean do things that piss me off? You bet ya! But he's made more sense than any candidate in the race, thus I really don't care if I'm WAY to the left of him.

Dean was there when we needed him. Kerry was not.