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The truth is more prosaic. The Democrats loved Howard Dean and they agreed with everything he stood for. Except for one teeny weeny problem: he was too honest a liberal and would have identified the Democrats all too clearly. That's why they ditched for John F. Kerry. See, they like Dean's positions but they know Dean's forthrightness was a losing political proposition. Running as a proud and self-identified liberal in this country is a political kiss of death for any one with aspirations for the Presidency. So the Democrats went for Kerry, whom none of them likes, since he was perceived as "electable," that is, as being able to put the repellent liberal baggage in a brown paper bag. And since Kerry denies being a liberal, they hope that's what it takes to keep them competitive up to November.