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February 18, 2004
Exit Stage Left
Dean's finally acknowledging the inevitable and will announce this afternoon that he is withdrawing from the Democrat primaries.
Dean exits the active race certain in the knowledge that he will live on in the annals of U.S. politics for shattering Democratic fund-raising records with $41 million collected in a single year — as well as on late-night television and Internet parodies for a high-octane concession speech on the night of the Iowa caucuses that he's likely never to live down.
Yeah, that was definitely one of those times when it would've been better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool. Yeee-argh.
There's some speculation that he may support Edwards. If I was a bettin' man, that's whom my money would be on. Edwards, who just ran a close second to Kerry in Wisconsin of all places. If he did that well in the North, what do you think he'll do in the South? After all, he's a smooth talkin' trial lawyer that has so far managed to keep his foot out of his mouth.....something his opponents can't seem to do. Nice-lookin' too....doesn't look anything like a botoxed hound dog's ass (and how Kerry manages to also look arrogant both puzzles & frightens me).
Then there's Kerry's war protestor record and his many disparaging remarks about the National Guard. Have any idea how many Southerns are Vietnam vets and/or National Guard members? About a ga-zillion. And if you look closely at what Kerry said while protesting the Vietnam war and what he says now, there's really not much difference. Only the nouns have changed....i.e., "Communism [terrorism] isn't a threat that we should go to war against". That dog won't hunt down here.
Of course, there's Edward's huge med mal jury awards, but that's not necessarily the big minus that you might think. After all, Mississippi juries have historically awarded some of the highest jury awards for medical malpractice in the country.
Something to think about.
Posted by Rita at February 18, 2004 10:04 AM
Comments
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhh! Dean hasn't stopped whining yet.
Posted by: Da Goddess at February 18, 2004 08:34 PM
Apparently he has delusions about being some sort of power broker at the convention.
Posted by: Rita at February 19, 2004 07:21 AM