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To: LindyBill who wrote (16835)	11/19/2003 9:35:09 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793671

Agreed. That's an incredible lead for a candidate who still hasn't broken out of the teens in the national polls Just wait 'till he goes national. There will certainly be fireworks as the opponents spread all manner of maliciousness and slight regard, and the occasional outrageousness. It should be entertaining. The Dean situation has traditional politicians stumped, because it isn't between liberals & conservatives. Constituents see it as between "the people" and the massive artificial business/government combine, normally the libertarian or conservative domain. It confuses consultants because they have convinced their clients and the media to follow polls and pre-processed positions, none of which allow for major distrust of gov't AND social liberalism AND fiscal conservatism. Every time they hit Dean w. a cliched critique of a position, he turns it into a non-sequitor by going back to the underlying conviction. Dean delivers obvious conviction in both prepared speeches and spontaneously. Bush Junior has the handicap of not being able to handle any news conference that doesn't have diagrams showing which reporter to call upon next, what question will be asked, and the response to use. I remember Bush Sr. telling the press about Junior's decision to run, when he didn't have any position on national issues yet. "Oh", he said, "we have consultants for that".

To: LindyBill who wrote (16835)	11/19/2003 9:58:26 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 793671

a joke i think? A squad of Marines were driving up the highway between Basra and Baghdad. They came upon an Iraqi soldier badly injured and unconscious. Nearby, on the opposite side of the road, was an American Marine in a similar but less serious state. The Marine was conscious and alert. As first aid was given to both men, the Marine was asked what had happened. The Marine reported; "I was heavily armed and moving north along the highway. Coming south was a heavily armed Iraqi soldier." "What happened then?" the corpsman asked. "I yelled to him that Saddam Hussein was a miserable ass hole, and he yelled back: 'Tom Daschle, Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton are miserable ass holes'. "We were standing there shaking hands when a truck hit us."