Allow me one bitter moment...
by Radical Middle
Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 08:21:55 AM PDT
The "unelectable" label sank Howard Dean in the primaries. Not the Scream, not the slanted media coverage, not the fanatics... the "unelectable" frame cost him the nomination, and "most electable" won Kerry the nomination. And then we lost the election by what, three million votes? Lost seats in the Senate? Hell, we could have done that with Dean!
Really, i'm not knocking Kerry here. I think he did a fine job as a candidate. But in the end, he didn't do any better than Dean would have. Dean is our Goldwater, and he didn't even get the chance to run because Democratic voters are too damned scared.
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