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To: Eala
"Most states enjoyed record turnouts for the Democratic primaries—and sometimes by thumping margins."

I don't think this sentence is at all correct. And much of the article strikes me as a lot of wishful thimking.

Whilst it is true that there is a lot of anti-Dubya rancor out there, a prime of example of how this enmity fails to translate into actual votes is the Dean non-campaign.

Dean certainly motivated and mobilized a lot of young pipple, but for them the real joy was the PROCEDURE. Actually voting was a letdown. It was like a giant game to them, a real adrenalin booster. But despite all the buzz about the revolutionary way Deaniacs were organizing, the fact is that there were far too few of them to really make the guy happen.

The Dean movement reminded me a little too much of the Sci-Fi-Convention scene, where participants go - not for the sci-fi, but for the sex. I think when the truth is finally written BY some Deaniacs, we'll find that this youth-for-Dean movement was more about sex than anything else. How better to find and hook up with new partners?

Michael

7 posted on 02/19/2004 8:05:52 AM PST by Wright is right! (It's amazing how fun times when you're having flies.)
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To: Wright is right!
"where participants go - not for the sci-fi, but for the sex"

Could you explain this? I really had no idea.

21 posted on 02/19/2004 8:27:13 AM PST by Check_Your_Premises (To crush your enemies, and see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the left)
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To: Wright is right!
How better to find and hook up with new and EASY partners?
38 posted on 02/19/2004 9:57:23 AM PST by MrB
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