I like Dean's gun policies, but high taxes and high spending, like in Vermont is not middle of the road. His ideas on taxes and spending are way to the left. I have met him twice and each time he left the impression with me that he is soft on defense, which just doesn't bode well with me.
>I think Dean's liberal mantle is mostly propped up by Vermont's "civil > >union" provision for homosexual couples. Dean's fairly >middle-of-the-road in regards to some things, namely gun ownership and > >his fiscal policies. He seems like a nice guy and a reasonable >candidate, but he imploded on "Meet The Press" a couple of months ago. > > >- Jim > >Kevin Schmidt wrote: > >>Mike, >> >>He's very liberal, which is why he has been able to pull out the >fringe groups. He even said himself, "A centrist in Vermont, is a >liberal everywhere else." He touts a balanced budget, but when you >have taxes as high as they are in Vermont, it's not hard. He's also >weak on defense in my opinion. His problem is going to be when it >comes to states outside of Iowa and New Hampshire, when those "fringe" >groups that he has built his base on aren't there in the same numbers. >I think you will see Dean fade late, especially if Wesley Clark jumps >in. >> >>Of course you can see me with Governor Dean at http://www.ninedwarfs. >com >> >> >> >> >> >>>I'm looking at some of the mail in my outlook and there's some >interesting >>>things here. A CF programmer looking to make a Dean fan site, >Klingons for Dean, >>>Sims for Dean, etc. I don't know who this guy is, yet I see grass >roots groups >>>jumping up for him. Groups that are not the norm, fringe even >(People dressed up >>>as Klingons can be classified as such). >>>Now if I wanted to become president, I'd manipulate my ratings in >the exact same >>>way this guy seems to be doing. Get all the small groups together as >well as the >>>big ones. Perfect building for a presidential bid. >>>So is it all true? Does he really have support from Klingons, geeks >and all the >>>'others'? Who is he? What does he actually stand for? I already know >Bush and >>>don't like him much and I despise Lieberman, so who's left? >>>Yeah, its early for politics, but.... >>> >>>Michael Dinowitz >>>Finding technical solutions to the problems you didn't know you had >yet >>> >>> >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
