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Nice analysis Dutchie, but I think the upcoming election will hinge on the electorate's disgust with the last eight years of "leadership".
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See, I don't because most people are not disgusted. Most people are not unemployed, most people are not on welfare, most people who are on welfare are still on it and have not lost anything, most people are doing just fine. The independants, like me, are not that cut and dry. They understand that the president does not control everything. We understand that both parties have more in common than not. We also take things with a grain of salt and learn to read between the lines.
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Now whether McCain agrees with the current administration or not, he will be seen as being of the same stripe because of his party affiliation.
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Only by the die hard Democrats. That is why I think it is a mistake to try and paint him with that brush. It is the independants and middle ground persons who elect the president.
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I just get kinda tired of the "conservatives" painting themselves as more patriotic because they support a illegitimate war, when in reality, they have their share of draft dodgers, etc.
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As do I, but that was not the point in this thread. It was to point out how Dean is trying to stop the bleeding with his party. As for the war being "illegitimate", that is a far left thought. Most people may feel that the war is uneccasary (sic) but they do not feel it is an illegitimate one. Bush haters do though. If the Democrats wish to push that idea then they will alienate the middle ground. This is not about right and wrong, it is about common sense. The middle ground people voted Bush into office, twice. Now, if the democrats keep beating the drum about Bush being dumb, evil, stupid and wrong about going to war then they basically are calling those who voted for him the same. People do not like to be called stupid, even if they are. It is a bad strategy.
I am not trying to attack you or your views and opinions. I am, and was, merely trying to point out the situation with Dean and the spot the party he is the leader of is in. As an independant I am trying to show how things appear to someone who is not biased because of any party affiliation.