[lbo-talk] a vision...

[John Thornton]

So then this brings up the question of how to get the Dems to nominate 
someone like Dean instead of someone like Kerry. I didn't think Dean was a 
great progressive dream candidate but I did think he was a more 
motivational speaker. Kerry was too technocratic but Dean seems"likeable" 
and regardless of whether that seems to make any difference intellectually 
it does matter to a great many people. Millions of people want to like 
their POTUS. Millions like Bush because they see something of themselves in 
him. He appears familiar and yet confident. Kerry appears neither. Dean 
seemed to me to portray this quality.

John Thornton


>I agree with you on this one.  Personally, I think Dean would have beaten
>Bush.  He wouldn't have marble-mouthed about the war, and he's not a
>cadaver.  He actually yelled!  If the DP had a cajone left in its sack, it
>would have said "Damn right -- there's an illegal war on!"
>
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>Maybe Dean or Edwards would've done better, but not because they were
>actually
>any more "left."  Sadly enough, that wasn't Kerry's problem.
>
>-- Luke
>
>Quoting Michael Dawson <MDawson at pdx.edu>:
>
> > Hey, Luke -- You need to have actual red blood in your veins to talk about
> > morality.  Robert Reich does.  John Kerry does not.
> >
> > And BTW, in order to talk about morality, you have to do more than make
>one
> > complaint.  You have to make morality the core of your campaign.
> >
> > Kerry was apologetic, cryptic, and technocratic in everything he said.