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October 07, 2003On Bob Graham...By Andrew DobbsBob Graham is the only presidential candidate other than Howard Dean I have ever met. On July 4 a bunch of people from the Dean campaign traveled to New Hampshire to march in two parades- one in Concord and another in Merrimack- that featured several of the presidential candidates. I saw John Kerry, Joe Lieberman and Sen. Graham but after the Merrimack parade we were sitting in a parking lot when Bob Graham came along the route. A few friends and I went up to him to introduce ourselves. Graham asked each of us our names, where we were from, where we went to school, what we studied and shook our hand. I said "You are a good man, Sen. Graham and we are all on the same side in the end." He then said "Well you work for a good man and I'm glad to see you out here." Truly classy. I knew then that he didn't have a chance- Kerry had probably 200 ppl, Lieberman at least 100, we had a couple hundred ourselves in our parade. Graham had maybe 10 people, all employees. Still, he had a sense of humor and an honesty and character about him that was refreshing. In the end, Bob Graham was probably too nice to run for president but here's hoping that someday a man as good as Bob Graham becomes our President. Posted by Andrew Dobbs at October 7, 2003 06:00 PM | TrackBack
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I never met the man. In fact, I've never met any of the candidates. But after seeing his stage presence on TV, both in the debates and on Bill Maher's show, I concluded in about 10 seconds that he didn't have the aura to become president. It's something intangible. I can't tell you what he lacks, I just know he lacks it. Graham might be a wonderful Senator, but he just doesn't stand out as a LEADER. That more than anything doomed his campaign from the start. Posted by: Kent Lind at October 8, 2003 12:08 PM
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