[lbo-talk] The Dean Deception

Brian Siano siano at mail.med.upenn.edu
Wed Dec 24 13:39:13 PST 2003


Joseph Wanzala wrote:


> http://www.isreview.org/issues/32/dean.shtml
> International Socialist Review Issue 32, November–December 2003
> The Dean Deception
> By KEITH ROSENTHAL
>
> But Dean has done much more than simply grab the attention of the
> national media. He also has many antiwar activists, progressives and
> former Ralph Nader voters excited about his campaign. Gary Younge
> described Dean in the Guardian (UK) as "the great red hope."1 In the
> Nation, Katha Pollit recently wrote, "My fingers itch to write Dean
> another check." She continued, "Howard Dean is Ralph Nader’s gift to
> the Democratic Party."2

If I recall, Pollitt's article included a _lot_ of caveats, doubts, and realistic appraisals of Dean. Man, don't they teach the meaning of _context_ in colleges these days?



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