Posted on 01/28/2004 12:22:44 AM PST by JohnHuang2
ELECTION 2004
Republican leads local Dean campaign
'My motivation may be different than yours, but our goal is the same'
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
A Republican lawyer and supporter of President Bush who infiltrated a meeting of Howard Dean supporters has been nominated to lead a local campaign for the Democratic presidential candidate.
"I'm basically now head of Central Mississippians for Dean," J. Kevin Broughton told John McCaslin, whose "Inside the Beltway" column is published by the Washington Times.
Broughton said he informed the Jackson, Miss., gathering he was a Republican who wanted to see Dean win the nomination, adding, "I had to take charge of the meeting."
"They were all talking about how [President] Bush lied about WMDs [weapons of mass destruction] and how sick it was that Arnold [Schwarzenegger] got elected [governor] in California.
"'Listen,' I said, 'it'll be a four-man race at most by Super Tuesday. Dean will be one ... [but] we'll have an incredibly low turnout. We need 25 percent of the black vote, and that will get us the 30 [percent] to 32 percent plurality that will take the delegates.'"
Broughton said he was met with blank stares, according to McCaslin.
"I'm trying to walk them through the mechanics of winning a primary," he told the columnist. "'Look, let's divide up the counties in the middle third of Mississippi. Each of us can contact the Democrat county chairs, and get the voter and donor lists.'"
McCaslin said the handful of Dean supporters on hand included a political consultant who was state chairman of Al Gore's 1988 presidential campaign, a retired Army colonel, a local broadcaster and a pair of middle-aged women.
"The retired colonel said, 'Kevin, tell us what it is that has disaffected you with the current administration.'
"'Not a darn thing,' I said, finally getting through. 'My motivation may be different than yours, but our goal is the same, at least until next summer. Your guy can't be president if he doesn't win the nomination. I want him to get the nomination.'"
Broughton was named chairman of the Dean club, which meets again next week, McCaslin said.
"I'm basically now head of Central Mississippians for Dean," J. Kevin Broughton told John McCaslin, whose "Inside the Beltway" column is published by the Washington Times.
LOL!!!!!!
just dang!
It shows how naive and clueless the Dean supporters are. Left to their own devices, all they do is rant incessantly about Bush lying about WMD, etc. But when it comes to formulating a plan to actually win the nomination, they don't have a clue. That's the funny part.
But let's give the dopey Dean supporters credit for three things. First, they support a candidate who has at least as much of a chance to secure the nomination and defeat Bush in the general election as candidate Clinton at this point in 1992. Second, they recognize that they don't understand the simple mechanics of how to win a primary. Third, they know enough to hire a Republican with enough brains to formulate a plan to lead them.
On all three points the dopey Dean supporters are light-years ahead of many here on FR who, like the Dean supporters, spend much of their time obsessively ranting about Bush. The difference is, the disgruntled on FR don't have a candidate, don't have a clue, and don't have the sense to hire someone with a plan to lead them.
With a little humility and self-awareness, they'd be similarly ripe for a Carville to lead them. That's the instructive part.
I don't think that was a viable option for him. I believe the article stated he was a syndicated columnist. Someone would notice, and then his work would have been for nothing. By coming out forthrightly about where he stands, those he is working with know up front what his motives are and will take his managerial direction more easily.
Then again, he's so arrogant that maybe he thinks that Bush supporters really prefer him.
I will disagree with you on one point WW, they do have a plan of sorts. Their political strategy amounts to losing elections, which I will admit, they do with amazing consistency.
As far as leadership, I think they're holding some sort of a HTML contest instead of an election.
Oh, and I was on "The Big Story" with John Gibson today. I think the shot clock is running on my 15 minutes of fame.
LOL! My first thought reading the article was 'I wonder what this guy's FR screen name is.'
I appreciate your work and just want to say:
YEEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
I guess I should have stayed undercover longer for Hillary.
There’s some merit to getting a guy from the other side to work as your political consultant.
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