The hate supports Dean's candidacy.
However, the real question is WHY the hate? What's the rationale behind it? Some it goes back to 2000 and 2002 elections, but most of it comes from the aftermath of 9/11.
I think that some of it is 2000 and 2002, but the most of it is that 9-11 happened while a Republican was in office. You see, Bubba missed his one chance for a legacy. Now, his legacy is oral sex in the W.H. Also, it would have given a President Gore the chance to look presidential. That would have carried a lot of weight for successive terms and a chance to sweep Hillary in.
Remember how everyone is still talking about what a great job Rudy Guiliani did.
However, the real question is WHY the hate? What's the rationale behind it? Some it goes back to 2000 and 2002 elections, but most of it comes from the aftermath of 9/11. They hate him because they decided he was a political lightweight who was stupid.
And because it turns out that on issue after issue, he beats them like a rented mule.