> Howard Dean Moves On—The Selling (Out) of the Antiwar Movement
25 March 2005, 23:36
Clearly you have been duped by what passes for press coverage in the US. Most of Dean’s supporters knew perfectly well that he was not truly an anti-war candidate. (That was Kuchinich) Dean was the spokesperson for plain-spoken common sense that headed down what used to be the center. My policy views were and are much closer to Kuchinich, but I supported Dean — Sadly press coverage of the Iowa scream effectively ended his chances. (I was there in the front row, and saw firsthand the huge gap between what really happened and what the press said about it.)
My new-found connections to fellow Dean supporters give me hope that progressive voices can re-enter politics in the US from inside the system and become a puissant force inside the Democratic Party, instead of pursuing hopeless strategies outside the 2-party system or ignoring politics altogether.
Clearly you have been duped by what passes for press coverage in the US. Most of Dean’s supporters knew perfectly well that he was not truly an anti-war candidate. (That was Kuchinich) Dean was the spokesperson for plain-spoken common sense that headed down what used to be the center. My policy views were and are much closer to Kuchinich, but I supported Dean — Sadly press coverage of the Iowa scream effectively ended his chances. (I was there in the front row, and saw firsthand the huge gap between what really happened and what the press said about it.)
My new-found connections to fellow Dean supporters give me hope that progressive voices can re-enter politics in the US from inside the system and become a puissant force inside the Democratic Party, instead of pursuing hopeless strategies outside the 2-party system or ignoring politics altogether.