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June 20, 2003Another Reason why Gephardt SucksBy Andrew DobbsSo Dick Gephardt is convinced that the Move On Primary is rigged. Officials in Dick Gephardt's campaign said they were surprised when their supporters who registered got an e-mail encouraging them to vote for Dean. Gephardt's team considered pulling out of the primary but decided to stay in with reservations. "We are not going to change our participation at this point, but we are concerned that the process seems to be rigged," said Erik Smith, a spokesman for the presidential campaign of the Missouri lawmaker. "We think there is a legitimate role for MoveOn to organize grass-roots support for candidates, but we are worried that it appears they are playing favorites." Perhaps if Dick Gephardt's clan would wait a mere 24 hours, or if they had checked their email the day this story came out, they would notice an email message from Sen. John Kerry sent by MoveOn.org or today by Rep. Dennis Kucinich. The top three finishers in an earlier Move On poll got to send out emails, in the order of their finish- Dean, Kerry, Kucinich. Dick Gephardt fared very poorly in the poll. It is laughable that at the same time that the primary schedule is rigged in Gephardt's favor (easy win IA, not too crucial for Gep NH, then MO, then union heavy MI, etc.) he would get his panties in a wad over the Move On Primary. His candidacy is based on the old way of doing things- his message is outdated and out of touch. After a decade and a half of ineffective visionless "leadership" of this party, he's surprised that the rank and file don't like him! This of course is an attempt by the hawkishly pro-war, capitulating, calculating, spineless, tax and spend, irresponsible wing of our party to snuff out an attempt by Howard Dean to remake the Democrats in the mold of FDR, JFK, Harry Truman and Sam Rayburn rather than Dick Gephardt and Walter Mondale. We cannot allow this to happen. Show Dick Gephardt that his way of doing things is over, register in the Move On Primary and vote for Gov. Howard Dean, MD next week. 14 years of losing ground by Gephardt versus 12 years of prosperity, responsibility and justice by Howard Dean make the choice an easy one. -Andrew Dobbs
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Andrew - I would agree with you on this. Gephardt's taking things out of proportion, but I do believe that moveon.com screwed up in that it was not nearly as clear about its reason for sending out the Dean email as it should have been. They should have said in advance that they were sending out dean, kerry and kucinich emails because they were the top 3 choices in their poll. They should have very clearly had a disclaimer on each email, because when i got the moveon dean email i was like "whoa, this could look bad", until i went to the moveon site and realized their logic. Posted by: Byron at June 20, 2003 11:47 AMI'm afraid I'll have to disagree. Democracy is about choices and informed decisions. Regardless of my favorable opinion of Dean, I think Gephardt and those besides Dean, Kerry, and Kucinich deserved a chance to address the MoveOn.org voters directly. Posted by: Matt at June 21, 2003 05:40 PMI take back what I said. Gephardt is a much better choice. Jon, you have convinced me of my foolish ways. Posted by: Andrew Dobbs at June 24, 2003 10:46 AMGreat site. Great features. Now you can also visit Online Crapsr site. Posted by: Online Craps Guy at August 25, 2004 11:18 AMDefently, the best casino online, and now in a new version: online casino. Posted by: Best Online Casino at August 26, 2004 08:19 AMhttp://www.Choose-online-university.com Posted by: http://www.Choose-online-university.com at September 1, 2004 05:38 PMhttp://www.Choose-online-university.com Posted by: http://www.Choose-online-university.com at September 1, 2004 05:38 PMhttp://www.apply-to-green-card.org Posted by: http://www.apply-to-green-card.org at September 1, 2004 11:16 PMThank you for the wonderful website and information I will be back soon, nice Site
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