Reply #4: I think you're right, and I think Dean was dumb to say it. [View All]

I agree with you about Bush, and I think the same can be said for any of the presidents over the last 25 years. You would never see a Trent Lott or a Tom Daschle type president because they both rerpresent two extremes of the the same type of politician - the inaccessable DC insider. Nobody can Identify with them personally and nobody would vote for them. Now take Bill Clinton and GW. Both are very different politicians (obviously), but both illicit the same effect on the middle of the road voter in that they are type of guy the swing voters would like to hang out with.

I think what Dean said was dumb because he pigeon-holed almost all of these people as southern rednecks.

I would bet that hardly any (if any at all) southerners with confederate flags would vote Democrat. However, the swing voters will, and a lot of the dems have moved away from them. So dean was right in a sense - he just said something a bit foolish.