I CALL ON KUCINICH, SHARPTON, BRAUN & GRAHAM TO DROP OUT NOW!

[THUNDER HANDS]

Now is the time for these going-nowhere candidates to bid their fond farewells and exit, stage left, from the 2004 election. Now that the 10th candidate, General Wesley Clark, has entered the race I am calling on the rest of them to resign from the campaign trail for the following reasons:

1. None of them are going to win.

2. They all take valuable time away from the other, more viable candidates.

3. The sqeezing in of these four candidates limits prepared statements to 90, 60, sometimes even 30-second replies. These "sound bite debates" are not good for democracy or the Democratic Party.

4. They will take votes away from candidates who could have had a better shot at winning had they not been in the race.

5. They are all, respectively, (with the possible exception of Graham) not qualified to be president.

Of course, all of those candidates have a RIGHT to be in the debates. But then again, where is Lyndon Larouche if we're going to open the door to Al Sharpton or Dennis Kucinich?

These campaigns have never gotten off the ground, they've never sprouted life. It is time to abort them, NOW.

Imagine how much simplier and livlier the debates would be if it was just Kerry, Dean, Clark, Lieberman, Gephardt and Edwards on stage.

Six men, who would probably have at least two minutes for a reply (imagine that, TWO WHOLE MINUTES) and can flush out the issues to a public that is desperately craving substance and not just style.

It makes sense to me. But then again, I doubt it'll make much sense to everyone else here (my stuff rarely ever does). :evilgrin: