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zondag, november 09, 2003
Hij is al vaker aangehaald door kranten de afgelopen weken: George McGovern, Democratisch presidentieel kandidaat in 1972. Toen woedde de Vietnam-oorlog en kozen de Democraten op de conventie niet de kandidaat van het Democratisch establishment, maar de kandidaat die het meest tegen de oorlog was: McGovern. Hij werd in de verkiezingen weggevaagd door president Nixon. De vergelijking met nu was snel gemaakt: Howard Dean is tegen de oorlog, het Democratisch establishment wil liever een gematigder kandidaat (John Kerry, Dick Gephardt of Wesley Clark), maar Dean staat fier bovenaan in een groot aantal peilingen. Gaat de Democratische partij weer dezelfde fout maken? Hoog tijd om McGovern eens om zijn mening te vragen vond de New York Times. Een Excerpt uit het artikel:
Mr. McGovern wrote a long article in praise of Dr. Dean in the December issue of Playboy. He said the other day in the interview that Dr. Dean "has the best force of grass-roots workers of any candidate, and he has handled himself very well." But Mr. McGovern also said he was not committed to Dr. Dean. What does he think of the other Democratic candidates? He is "very high" on Gen. Wesley K. Clark, "with what he says and his background and his ability to reach lots of people." He expects Senator John Kerry "to be a very strong candidate," though Mr. Kerry "hasn't caught on as quickly as I thought he would." The principal problem with the senator's campaign, in Mr. McGovern's view, is the vote he cast in favor of the Congressional resolution that authorized use of force against Iraq. "If he's having second thoughts now, as he seems to be," Mr. McGovern said, "he should say straight out that he was deceived." In Representative Richard A. Gephardt, Mr. McGovern sees "a very smart, capable guy." But he said Mr. Gephardt and Senators Joseph I. Lieberman and John Edwards were "under a cloud" because of their votes to authorize the war. "You need to appeal to rank-and-file Americans to win" a general election, Mr. McGovern said. But winning the nomination, he added, is something else, and this is working to Dr. Dean's advantage. "To win the nomination, you have to activate the voters," Mr. McGovern said. gepubliceerd door Marc op zondag, november 09, 2003 # 
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