Acidus wrote:
] Decius wrote:
] ] ] Today my candidacy may come to an end--but our campaign
] ] ] for change is not over.
]
] why. won't. this. rock. bleed!
]
] Dean has been like a zombie from a bad horror movie these last
] 2 weeks. He's been dead, but keeps walking, and his dialog was
] pathetic. Sadly his death wails weren't quieter

[ That's retarded. He may not have won any primaries, but you can't argue with the fact that his campaign ignited and motivated hundreds of thousands of people, most of them political neophytes, to take part in the political process.

You only saw a zombie for the past two weeks because you had already written him off as out of the political picture, zip, next issue. There's more going on in the nation than a race for president, even if that's arguably the most critical element. There are house and senate races to win, there is policy to promote, research to be done, arguments to win against the conservatives and their religosity.

The Dean campaign built a huge grass roots movement out of a fucking Blog and a platform that makes sense -- rejecting that movement and dismantling the platform serves nothing, except perhaps your fragile ears, sparing them the odious burden of having to listen to his "death wails".

Dean neither wailed nor died today, and it the belief of many of us that he can move past his failings as a presidential candidate and continue succeeding as an organizer, motivator and promoter of a vision that many idealists still think is viable.

If he can parlay even 50% of the energy his campaign had into active promotion of Democratic goals, he will have done more for the party than the so-called "elite" have done in decades. Not withdrawing from the race permits him to get on the stage at the convention and promote some issues that the front runner can't, or won't, out of political necessity... it'll allow him to put some fire back into the Democratic party, which is something John Kerry simply isn't capable of.

I'm not sure if what Dean proposes is possible... i'm not sure the majority of Dean supporters will come away from this race with anything but a sense of bitter, cynical defeat, but i have hope for a positive outcome, and anyone who knows me well knows it's not because i'm an upbeat, positive guy, brimming with sunshine and lollipops. Dismissing all the successes Dean has had on a silly quip is asinine. He may yet fail utterly, but I, for one, am glad he will continue to fight, even if it's in a "lesser" battle. -k]

RE: Dean throws in the towel