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The Day before the Iowa Caucus I lost a friend. I was doing some volunteer work for the Kerry Campaign and he was watching Democracy Now. He kept muttering about Skull & Bones until it became a scream:
“I will never vote for Skull & Bones!” He then began to verbally hammer me for wasting my time working on a doomed campaign rather than for Howard Dean. A fierce argument ensued. I have not seen my friend since.
The horrible thing is that I never heard a really substantial argument against John Kerry. Yet there is so much passion. HELP ME HERE:
Let’s put aside the old RW-style personal attack lines that have now become part of campaign propaganda: Kerry’s a gigolo Kerry’s an unprincipled waffler Kerry’s opportunistic Kerry’s skull and bones
Also, for the sake of argument, let’s accept Ted Kennedy’s testimony that Kerry’s IWR vote was to give authorization for the President to end the festering Iraq conflict through a legitimate U.N. mandated process of forced inspections and conflict resolution.
Putting these things aside, I , as a former Kucinich supporter who once supported Dean, am asking Dean Supporters to tell me what are the fundamental differences between Dean’s views and Kerry’s that make Kerry less likely to push a PROGRESSIVE CHANGE AGENDA, than Howard Dean.
I have followed both campaigns and I don’t know of any. I believe Dean supporters could (and should) joyously join the Kerry campaign if Dean continues to falter and does not get the nomination.
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