I think Dean gets some support simply from the fact that he answers questions and delivers opinions directly. I don't necessarily agree with many of his answers, but I always know where he stands.
Kerry, on the other hand, couldn't (or more likely wouldn't) even answer the question of whether the French had acted as friends or foes of the US in the last 18 months. Instead, he stated "the French are the French" and then, when Brokaw asked him what that meant, stated that "most thinking people know what that means". What amazing arrogance.
Dean was asked whether the Saudis have acted as friends or foes of the US. He didn't flinch, stating that the Saudis made a "deal with the devil" 70 years ago, funding the spread of Wahabbism in exchange for security, and that as long as the Saudis didn't stop that policy, they are not friends of the US.
There is a dramatic difference between Dean and Kerry, regardless of whether one agrees with their positions. |
