Was Dean ever really the choice for the nominee?

Sorry to bog down into another poltical debate-style-thingy, but I figured this was a topic worth considering seeing as "Screamin' Howard" got his ass handed to him in each and every contest and has now decided to step out of the race (clearing the way to a "Sharpton-Kucinich" ticket, of course :D ).

Personally, I never quite bought into the hype surrounding Dean, but I think he was good for bringing the Democrats back to reality: they're the opposition party, so they have to oppose the Republicans on issues. Also, young people started to get interested in politics again (as we all know, when old people control the elections young people get screwed :sex: )and Bush got caught with his pants down on the WMD question (making the Iraq war just another "Spanish-American War for the 21st century" in terms of the legitimacy of our claims).

On the other hand, America is far too conservative to probably have picked Dean in a general election. Plus, if the economy started picking up, the Dems would be screwed no matter how angry people are over the war (which is truly sad in and of itself, but I won't go into that). So a Kerry or an Edwards could probably beat Bush given the right set of circumstances, but Dean wasn't likely to become the latest resident of 1600 Penn. Avenue.

Anyway, enough of me, what do you guys think

From the few things I've seen about him he couldn't have been a good choice because of his style, he looked too aggressive... Kerry and Edwards are alright, the first looks like Clinton and the second like Blair, so the average voter is not scared by them, the difference is they might be more Centrist than Dean, but have some issues about the Welfare state as well. I perceive them as more left-field than Clinton and Blair, I see them more near to a continental social-democrat, like Schroeder, and this is very, very good, especially when you think we're talking about America, living his dark age of conservativism since Reagan. Maybe we can see the light at the end of the loooong tunnel. And by the way, what is the Green party doing? They were talked about during the last elections, but never heard about them so far during this campaign...

He's not nearly as liberal as everyone makes him out to be. There's plenty of leeway in his politics to swing him as centrist as the rest of the Dems. He could've been the frontrunner if people didn't believe all the hype about him being so liberal, when he really wasn't.

Fook Dean, I've wanted Kucinich all along

Originally posted by Tristan Jayol Fook Dean, I've wanted Kucinich all along

....sexually?

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 > Originally posted by Tristan Jayol Fook Dean, I've wanted Kucinich all along

....sexually? I'm tall, so a guy that short is the perfect height