Reply #45: Intentional misreading/understanding an earlier thread, perhaps [View All]

early this am someone posted that in VT one doesn't declare party either. Thus - the claim was made - that he must not be a democrat either. Not really claiming it - but showing how specious the whole issue is in terms of voter registration.

However, later in that same thread, someone posted voter registration cards from each state - both do have a place to declare party - but it is optional.

Having run as a democrat for office in VT, it is unlikely that Dean opted not to declare democratic party as party affiliation on that form. But as always - simplistic arguments get taken and repeated even when there is no validity - and even when the initial post wasn't claiming that but done to parody the overblowing of the issue in Clark's case.

As per Clark. It is reasonable that when he last registered that he didn't declare (or did he declare independent? or is that the default if one doesn't declare) - given that he wasn't actively affiliated either way. It is also reasonable that in the whirlwind of the past month since his public declaration that he didn't have time to go back to the local county voter registration office to fill out the form. My goodness - he is months behind other candidates in pulling together a national campaign. Thus this is a silly story.

Either way - the claim made by WF is specious at best.