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I was never that excited about Dean as a candidate. But I do want to say that I think this would have been a totally different race if he had never entered it--and it would have been a lot worse. The only reason Kerry picked up steam, IMHO, is that he started to sound more like Dean. They could use that as a slogan now. "Like Dean--Only Electable!"
Dean was also better on gay marriage than Kerry, whose "it would depend on how it was worded" answer to the FMA question does not bode well either for me and my GBTL sistren and brethren, or for his future life as a principled fighter who will stick to his guns.
However, as it appears that unless Edwards trounces him on Super Tuesday he will be the nominee, I hope Kerry will beat the crap out of Bush and wish him all the best. BUT, I am very grateful to everyone in the Dean and Kucinich campaigns who have worked hard for the candidates who finally pushed, scared, and shamed the mainstream boys into sticking it to Dubya in public and calling the Iraq war the bloody waste of time, money, and life that it is. Without them, I'm tellin' you, we would not now have a viable candidate in Kerry.
It sucks that some get the guts and some get the glory; but that's politics. You guys should be proud of the work you've done, and I hope that we can all celebrate together in November 2004.
C ya,
The Plaid Adder
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