Reply #46: I am a former Green and I support Dean, not just because he is moderate [View All]

but rather because he is moderate in such a way that he, unlike folks like Kucinich, actually achieves progress for progressive goals.

Dean is not perfect, and I am under no illusions that he is some ubber liberal... however he is liberal on the issues that are important to me and conservative on issues where I do not mind, like guns and spending, but most of all he has accomplished more progress for liberal goals via his moderate style than any far leftist can ever hope to accomplish. The all or nothing mentality of the left is a sure fire way to continue to lose elections.

And something I hear my own family members saying back in the mid-west and in Texas... they'd rather have someone who pisses them off now and then and that they don't agree with on everything, than some smarmy bastard who won't take a stand or give a straight answers. I talked to my folks the other day and my sister told me something my uncle has said during the debates, and keep in mind this is a older conservative guy... "I might not like everything Dean says, but he says it. That Kerry can talk for 10 minutes and not say a god damned thing."