Reply #27: Were it not for Dean, [View All]

[SheilaT]

Kerry would simply be running as Bush lite, and he's been forced to confront the issues, thanks to the good Governor. But it won't last. Dean and his ideals are being swept under the rug, so that the politicians can go back to business as usual.

It saddens me -- sickens me, really -- that Dean got trashed so by the media and by so many here on DU. He was the first major candidate to speak out against the war. And Kucinich supporters, much as I respect you, your guy has not been a major candidate at any point in this.

We haven't held our caucuses in Kansas yet. I would like to go to the convention as a Dean delegate, or as an uncommitted. Kerry is simply not the right man for the job, and I'm sorrier than I can express that there's been this mad rush to jump on his bandwagon.

Of course, given that those currently in power will do all they can to stay in power, it may not really matter who the Democratic nominee is.