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Politics : HOWARD DEAN -THE NEXT PRESIDENT? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (1186)	12/28/2003 2:38:25 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3079

ann- i didn't conclude that YOU were campaigning for or against anyone. i used the pronoun "you" as a collective "you" when i probably should have used the less personal, "one", i.e., "if ONE wantS to have success campaigning against dean..." only the first sentence of my post was addressed to you personally. the rest was just my own statement of philosophy and opinion addressed to any reader of the thread. i'm sorry if that was unclear - thanks for pointing out my ambiguous use of the pronoun. i thought it would be understood when i started the second paragraph with the phrase, "one thing for people to consider..." couldn't you tell when i broke eye contact with you and started looking around the thread at others? <just kidding> but regardless of my poor communication... we still have differing opinions about what is personally important in the presidential race. i think howard is already about as far right as he can go without starting to offend the democratic wing of the democratic party. i think he's wise to offer citizens a participatory role in democracy with the bottom-up ownership model and bring us into the information-sharing, idea- generating, decision-making process so people from the left, right and center can voice their concerns and help each other guide legislators to set policy born of compromise and balance among us all. i believe it's more important than chiseling his own personal stances in stone at some place that either he or you decides is "the middle of the road". personally, i don't want another "ruler" of the country like king george who sets all the rules according to his own personal, patriarchal moral code. i'd much prefer a facilitator with an optimistic "vision" who trusts and encourages us all to take personal responsibility for the growth and evolution of america and it's role in supporting and inspiring action that promotes the well being of humanity and all of nature. (and if i can't have that... i'll take ANYBODY BUT BUSH.) :-) -polvo