I can sympathize with those who are looking for 'the great liberal hope' who
feel disappointed with Dean, but I can't accept the relative ranking on the
"political compass' website. Dean attracted a lot of independent voters,
because he came off as less ideological & more pragmatic than the others. As
for Kerry's status as 'most liberal' of the lot, here's a video I received
(from a Dean supporter):
http://www.idiomstudio.com/mypov.htm
I would vote for Donald Duck if he were the only one opposing george w. -
but how many others would join me?
Judy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N*** [mailto:vygotsky who-is-at nateweb.info]
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 6:49 PM
> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> Subject: Re: re internet and politics
>
>
> All he needed to do was tear off his shirt and start kicking someone in
> the face.
>
> Funny thing is "working class" is not what comes to my mind with Dean.
> Very few core supporters tend to be "working class" or minorities for
> that matter.
>
> I find it kind of ironic that he is held out as the "great liberal hope"
> since his views are quite right of center. Political Compass
> http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/usprimaries.html has
> an interesting graph highlighting where the Dems are politically.
> Sadly, most are bunched right near Bush.
>
>
> Eugene Matusov wrote:
>
> > Dear everybody-
> >
> > Dean's infamous yeargh speech after his somewhat poor
> performance in Iowa
> > reminded me wrestling. Thanks to my son, I had to watch wrestling for
> > several years. Maybe because of this experience, I was not
> alienated by his
> > macho yeargh. He sounded like a wrestler, like Rick Flair (for those who
> > knows him). I wonder if people who watch wrestling have similar
> feelings...
> > Dean's yeargh, like wrestling, has gender and class flavor (back to our
> > discussion of emotions)... It is very working class male yeargh...
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Eugene
> > PS Several years ago my son designed a website for kids from
> Latin American
> > Center where I work. The site has been inactive for long time
> by now but you
> > may find a spirit of wrestling it captures...
> > http://ematusov.soe.udel.edu/kids.web/wrestling_welcome_page.htm
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Bill Barowy [mailto:wbarowy@attbi.com]
> >>Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 9:46 PM
> >>To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> >>Subject: Re: re internet and politics
> >>
> >>On Saturday 24 January 2004 9:18 pm, N*** wrote:
> >>
> >>>exactly like it, I think I might settle on calling it "yeargh".
> >>
> >>I thought it was my New England ear, but after listening carefully, I
> >
> > think
> >
> >>your spelling is better. I don't see the mp3 collection as a new
> >
> > phenomenon
> >
> >>-- creative mixes go back even further than the birth of techno, and as
> >
> > the
> >
> >>hosting website proclaims, the mixes don't necessarily diss, but show an
> >>understanding of the personality as human. It's an
> enlightening website.
> >>Thanks to David!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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