Richard Wolff DEMOLISHES the Myth That Democrats Hate Kerry

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6339278/site/newsweek/

...Four years later, both sides are attracting huge crowds of adoring fans who genuinely believe their rivals represent some kind of mortal threat to the United States. Both sides believe their man is the only thing that stands between chaos and civilization. Yet it's the Democrats who are showing a surprising degree of intensity in these final days, laying to rest the notion that the party is somehow hesitant about Kerry himself. When an estimated 80,000 people turn up in downtown Philadelphia—a sea of faces that stretched for a mile or more—you know the mood of the base has changed. And in spite of the headline draw of Clinton himself, the huge crowd was far more responsive to Kerry than the former president. "I've never seen crowds like that," said one veteran of the Clinton and Gore campaigns. "Clinton didn't draw crowds like that, and nor did Gore."

By the time Kerry arrived in Michigan, he had moved on from ‘Elvis’ (aka Clinton). Warming up an 8,000-strong crowd at Macomb Community College, in the Michigan county that defined the Reagan Democrats in 1980, was Jon Bon Jovi. Later this week, Kerry will deploy an even bigger draw: Bruce Springsteen.

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For these crowds, it doesn't much matter what Kerry says or what the rock star sings. They adore them both: the rocker with the blue-collar fans and the once-wooden senator with the ponderous oratory. Just as well. Their favorite number was Bon Jovi's biggest hit, which is no theme tune for a presidential campaign in its final days: Livin' on a Prayer.

that the crowd stopped listening after Clinton spoke. howie is still whoring after all these years. I would love to wipe that grin off his face once and for all. It was irritating enough when he was a regular on Hardball, but now he's on Countdown, and Franken's show, too. :grr: howie the whore is everywhere.

old school
vague, not vogue
noncommittal
lame
ultimately not ironic
just zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

This is about the article, not the poster.

Here it is:

"Thank you for your timely story, sir. Finally someone gets it.

My own take on these last days and what I've seen is that the Democrats want it more. I do believe we have, if you'll forgive me, the "Eye of the Tiger."

I had my own journey to take from the primaries until now. I started out a Wes Clark democrat, and it took me most of the spring to even look Kerry's way. But as my dismay grew with each story I read about the detainees in Guantanamo and the lack of WMD's in Iraq, I slowly if unenthusiastically started checking out the Democratic candidate.

I read his book "A New War," and found a man who knew more in 1997 about terrorism than the current administration knows now. I watched him with his fellow veterans and finally saw the warmth behind that stiff exterior. I read all the profile articles and position papers I could get my hands on.

To my surprise, I discovered a man of integrity, knowledge and intelligence whom I could vote for gladly. I'm finding that the closer we get to the election, the more my esteem and love for the man grows. By the time I watched the Kerry documentary, "Going Upriver," I was ready to collapse at the man's feet. It's getting quite sickening really.

I was a bit ahead of the proverbial "Kerry Curve," but I've watched as many of my fellow Democrats followed suit. For some, it was the first debate. For others, it was going to see the Kerry documentary "Going Upriver." For still others, it was just the sight of finally seeing Kerry fight back and become "The Closer" we'd all heard about but hadn't seen yet.

However we all got there, I can tell you that now many of the Dems I encounter are no longer "Anybody But Bush" people. Even the Deaniacs say that they will be damn proud to cast their vote for Kerry come November. And most of them are fighting like hell to get him into the White House.

Personally, I think he'll make a magnificent president if we can just get his butt in there."

So, did I describe us accurately?

n/t

"Bill Clinton (blah blah blah)..................oh, and John Kerry was there, too."

Unmitigated BS. Give her the ham sandwich and get it over with.