although i am a full bore republican and staunch capitalist imperialist war mongering barbarian, i'd like to wade into this democratic debate because i'm bored waiting for the real fun to start.
dean won't win. dean won't even come close to winning. a friend of mine who's been a volunteer for every democratic cause in the last 10 years wrote me with a list of comparisons between dean and mcgovern. it's startling. but take it from a republican who's honest (i can hear you laughing already), dean won't win.
too democrats right now are suffering from a problem born of partisanship, in that they surround themselves with like minded people to the point that they confuse their friends and colleagues attitudes with that of the entire country. i see it myself among people with whom i interact through work: the assumption that you hate bush as much as they do. it's like tunnel-vision. they refuse to listen to anything but those views that parrot back to them the ideas that they started out with. it's to the point where people are developing bizarre conspiracy theories to explain away anything that might even hint at positive news if it involves the president or the administration. sure, she may have been joking, but how many people out there (and i exclude the folks here, you all seem relatively well adjusted) completely accept it as gospel when madeline albright suggested that bush has osama already in custody and will produce him in september? parts of this country are like the third world with this stuff. i mean seriously, it's like reading an arab language daily and finding out that the jews are using mind control rays to make arab men have sex with animals (it was on the arabnews.com website a few months ago, but the link is gone).
and let's bring up the topic of debates. does anyone here remember the debates between bush and gore? have you all forgotten how he managed to hold his own in those to the shock and awe of everyone? i mean, i half think that he cultivates this image of stupidity so that people won't expect too much of him. the man knocked off ann richards in texas. that was no mean feat. he's a gamer when it comes to the campaign. remember how he managed to charm nancy pelosi's daughter into making "travels with george" substantially less vicious than everyone expected? people continually underestimate him. if al sharpton can make ya look dumb in a nationally televised debate to the point that carole mosely braun has to step in and save you, ya'll better start thinking long and hard about whether this whole presidential race is a good idea.
i would advise you who are in the dean camp to get ready to be really upset because you're going to see ad after ad of dean screaming something incredibly insensitive, innappropriate and/or just downright stupid. he's done it, over and over and over again and that's undeniable. i mean plain talk is one thing, but howie's had his foot in his mouth so often he's got toejam between his teeth. the gop money machine will grind him up and spit him out.
you know i bet there's a few people who'd read this and say, "see, they're scared of dean, that's why they're trying so hard to make us abaondon him!" when was the last time the republican party was witty enough to try reverse psychology? please. keep acting as if gw's a trained monkey that's dumber than dirt, and nominate howlin' howie and you'll get four more years to proclaim the the descent of the stratosphere. and i will remember to thank you after the election.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
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pray to st. jude
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Updated On: 1/13/04 at 05:08 PM
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