Kerry ----> Dean ?

[Tamyrlin79]

Is it me, or is Kerry using this speech tonight to morph himself into Howard Dean for the general election???

I mean, "all hat, no cattle" is definitely a Dean line... Other clear Dean echoes, too, throughout the speech...

[boxster]

1. "All hat, no cattle" re: Bush has been around a lot longer than Dean.

n/t

[xxqqqzme]

3. I love Howard but

I first read this from Molly Ivins.

[jean]

6. not positive, but this might be an Ann Richards phrase

[AntiCoup2K4]

10. It's definitely a Texas based phrase

And Molly Ivins has used it often. Probably Ann Richards as well. And yeah, the Doc did use it effectively as well. But being from Vermont, I doubt he'd seek the copyright on that one.

[jean]

17. as Nov approaches we can say, 'stick a fork in him, he's done'

[liberalmuse]

2. He probably had...

a long conversation with Dean today and Dean got him all riled up. LOL! Yes!!!

[Robbien]

4. That was Dennis up there on the stage with him

Much of that same fire is also Kucinich.

[ksatriyakiller]

14. dennis is a sellout, sold iowa votes to edwards

dean is the true anti-war candidate. dennis is a cheap sell out. little munchkin giving his supporters false hope of winning and wasting their time. what is dennis doin g now and compare that to the work howard is putting in. dennis sucks, he wants to be howard.

[Robbien]

18. What a rotten thing to say. Is the rabid right giving out lessons

on how to be mean and vindictive?

[belle]

19. zzzzzzzzz

[Norquist Nemesis]

22. I wondered about that too

One thing he did was make a point (twice) to say the power is in our hands. That's straight from Dean...and it was a big thing for how he energized us.

[jpgray]

5. Lots of borrowing from Dean and others tonight

But I'm sure they don't mind at this point. Excellent speech, in my view.

[AntiCoup2K4]

7. Has Kerry always said "idear"?

Yeah, I know he's from New England, but I don't seem to remember him saying that in the primaries, so is that a borrowed "Deanism"?

[Catch22Dem]

9. I've heard it several times

Always gives me a chuckle when I hear it from him, or anyone else. I'm from Okla. after all.

[MuseRider]

8. I live in cattle country

this is not a Dean line. It is a very old cowboy saying. Sorry, Dean did not come up with this.

[Tamyrlin79]

11. I wasn't saying he invented it...

In fact, he got it from grassroots supporters in Texas on his blog. But, he is the only one in this campaign I saw use it... until tonight.

[w13rd0]

12. If Kerry can "morph" himself...

...and catch some of the Dean energy, and still WIN, realizing that the media is NOT our ally, then I'm all for it. Just remember, Dean is an independent operator, and does not officially advise the Kerry campaign.

[Tamyrlin79]

15. However...

they do talk pretty frequently, I hear.

[madfloridian]

13. Here is the website for All Hat....owners are members here, I think.

http://www.allhatnocattle.net/

[ksatriyakiller]

16. KERRY IS NO DEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

otherwise we would be up 20 pts in the polls.

[belle]

20. zzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz

[Zomby Woof]

21. how is that so?

:shrug: