I love the guy. I have had many lengthy discussions with him on this blog. Always fun, usually irritating, but, all in all, entertaining.
His post on Dean's "last straw" comments about supporters not necessarily supporting another Dem nominee were humorous. I was sorry to see him downrated by so many. You have to be able to laugh about his posts. Don't get angry. His rants should tickle the funny bone.
That said, here is my post to him from that diary that answers his criticisms...
Slack,
Where ya' been? We've been `round and `round on this very story here.
Yeah, I know, this one "pushes you over the edge." Big deal. You hate Dean and now you have an "excuse" not to vote for him and to rip him (and his supporters) yet again.
Good for you.
I'll explain this s l o w l y so you understand...
Dean has many regular Democratic supporters. People like me who think he is the best candidate in the race and is the candidate most likely to defeat Bush. We are also the group of supporters most inclined to support ANY Dem nominee (yes, even Joe Lieberman) over Bush.
Dean also has groups of supporters who are either:
a) Greens who voted for Nader last time but are taking a more pragmatic approach to this election;
b) independents who do not have a party affiliation;
c) formerly disaffected voters -- some with dormant party affiliation and some with no affiliation -- who have been turned off by the electoral process in the past but have been reinvigorated by Dean and his campaign;
d) disaffected Republicans;
d) young people who are new to electoral politics and voting.
Dean rightly said that these people will not necessarily vote for a Democratic nominee who is not him, no matter what he says or does. Period. That is a fact.
Glad you finally found an excuse to profess that you won't vote for Howard Dean. A casual reading of both your post history and your diaries will provide all the proof anyone needs that you have hated Dean from the outset and were merely looking for some excuse to post that you won't vote for him were he to become the nominee.
This is as about as newsworthy as the Pope making a speech about the Catholic Church's opposition to abortion.