Reply #107: Stay, for sure [View All]

[liberalmike27]

I'm the biggest Dean supporter, unflinching even after constant media lambasting, and incorrect characterizations. I think getting rid of Dennis, and Al would be great for my candidate, and you are right, it would then make him the most left member of the debate. Even so, I think they should stay in as long as they want. They offer opinions that need to be expressed, that never will be through the corporate media, without this opportunity. I hate that Sharpton--who I hear is working with some Bush administration guy (forget the name) to spear Dean--is attacking my candidate, usually with unfounded stuff like the Vermont percentage of black related comment, or the quip about not worrying about being angry, and the 18 million he spent in Iowa, I want him to stay in the race.

It is clear the media is trying to winnow down the race, to Kerry, they've been talking of Clark, Lieberman, and even Dean, who currently has the most delegates, dropping out. I wish the pundits would shut up, and let the race play out, and let each candidate decide when to withdraw. But we'll never get that. The will meddle, and cajole, and trash Dean more, perhaps Clark too, and when the general comes, they'll be trashing whoever wins the Democratic Primary.

I mentioned on another board that Carville and Begala were centrists, and was greeted by laughs and a lot of abuse. The tack these two have taken on Dean, and their complicity on all these shenanigans on Crossfire, the going along with the bashing, just affirms my belief. There are no left-wingers left in the media, only the right, and the centrists.