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GREEN WITHOUT ENVY (Howard Dean Ready to Bolt for Green Party)
The American Spectator ^
| February 9, 2004
| Washington Prowler
Posted on 02/09/2004 9:35:53 AM PST by bcopay
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean and his advisors are looking into options that would allow him to run for President on the Green Party ticket should he fail in his bid to wrench the Democratic nomination away from Senator John Kerry.
Dean had been looking at the Green Party long before his campaign caught fire.
As early as late last summer, Dean was considering the Green Party as an option, particularly because at the time Ralph Nader, the Green nominee in 2000, appears lass interested in a run.
'This isn't a ploy to get the Democrats to pay attention to us, says a Deaniac in Washington.'
'This is about ensuring that our man's views and this supporters' views get carried into the fall campaign. A Green Party bid puts him into the debates with Bush and whomever the Democrats nominate. It keeps us viable.'
It would also, as the Deaniac pointed out, get the attention of Terry Maculiffe and the DNC pretty quick.
Dean is the first to brag he's brought in hundereds of thousands of new voters to the party-voters who would most likely would follow Dean to the Greens. He probably would generate more votes than Nader himself pulled in 2000, again dooming the Democrats to another loss.
Nader has not indicated what he will do in the 2004 camapaign. In the past three months he has twice pushed back a decision on whether he is running.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2004; bushwins; clark; dean; drdimento; drhealthyself; edwards; greenparty; kerry; perotreplay; thirdparty
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To: citizen
Make that FOR America
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posted on
02/09/2004 9:53:14 AM PST
by
citizen
(Write-in Tom Tancredo President 2004!)
To: bcopay
BOLT, HOWARD, BOLT!
To: bcopay
Welcome to FR.
THE MEAN GREEN DEAN WEANIE!
Hold still my faster beating heart! This would be better than the Dow cracking 11,000 before the end of the month.
How about Green Weanie Dean and Green/Black Sharpton as our dream team.
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posted on
02/09/2004 9:55:49 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(John F' Kerry! You are not John F. Kennedy! You're just another $oreA$$ puppet.)
To: bcopay
What makes him think the Green Party would have him?
44
posted on
02/09/2004 9:55:56 AM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(DEDICATED Homeland Security Employee)
To: Consort
Howard "I Have A Scream" Dean. (I borrowed that). Howard "I Have A Scream Scheme" Dean. (I borrowed that from Jesse Jackson).
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posted on
02/09/2004 9:56:40 AM PST
by
Howlin
To: bcopay
"It's not easy being green."
To: bcopay
HA!!!! Gotta love it!!! The DemocRATS worse nightmare.
To: bcopay
WooHoooo! Go Howie Go! Maybe you can team up with Nader as your VP. Just do it!
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posted on
02/09/2004 9:59:58 AM PST
by
sweetliberty
(To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
To: EGPWS
--Nope, it's a ploy to get 2nd seat on the ticket.--
Now there's a thought.
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posted on
02/09/2004 10:00:14 AM PST
by
citizen
(Write-in Tom Tancredo President 2004!)
To: olde north church
Whoops. Forgot the smiley face!
50
posted on
02/09/2004 10:00:37 AM PST
by
OpusatFR
(Howard and Ralph, together at last)
To: Grampa Dave
Who's ego is bigger, Dean or Nader's?? (lol!)
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posted on
02/09/2004 10:01:35 AM PST
by
bcopay
To: bcopay
GO Howie GO!
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posted on
02/09/2004 10:01:46 AM PST
by
mylife
To: bcopay
Thank you! I've needed a good laugh all morning :-)
Welcome to Free Republic!
53
posted on
02/09/2004 10:01:56 AM PST
by
TheSpottedOwl
(Until Kofi Annan rides the Jerusalem RTD....nothing will change.)
To: bcopay; All
Can you imagine the presidential debates with Dean there. Kerry himself may have a meltdown right there on national tv.
To: bcopay
This the best news I've heard all day. If true, this will lock it up for Bush.
55
posted on
02/09/2004 10:03:23 AM PST
by
McGruff
To: bcopay
This is getting better and better. Meltdown.
56
posted on
02/09/2004 10:03:59 AM PST
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: SandyInSeattle
What makes him think the Green Party would have him?That's what I thought. The Greens and other environmentalists could live with Kerry, and Kucinich being given respect.
Somehow, Dean managed to anger the Greens as governor of Vermont.
Does Vermont have a primary? I wonder if Dean would win a primary even there.
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posted on
02/09/2004 10:04:05 AM PST
by
grania
("Won't get fooled again")
To: el_texicano
The question is, could Dr. Dimento get the 15% needed to qualify nationally for the October debates?
Heck, I would tell a Gallup pollster I was a Dean supporter just to see him in there!
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posted on
02/09/2004 10:05:08 AM PST
by
bcopay
To: bcopay
Think of the ramifications for the MoveOn.org crowd if this happens. They would essentially be responsible for weakening the Dems even further. They wanted a hard-left candidate so bad they sabotaged their entire party.
Tasty....
To: citizen
Bumper sticker:
"Dean-Clark = Green Psychos" This would be the perfect dream ticket for the Psycho Lunatic Libs!
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posted on
02/09/2004 10:05:24 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(John F' Kerry! You are not John F. Kennedy! You're just another $oreA$$ puppet.)
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