Reply #68: Money or no money, I've lost most of my respect

[DemBones DemBones]

for CMB. She's always played up to Dean a bit but it's expected that some candidates would be friendlier to each other than others. But the last couple of weeks it was more obvious, as she defended Dean and attacked his rivals, that it was a bit more than that.

Her performance at the last debate, when she was already negotiating a deal with Dean, is particularly shameful. She went on to appear on The Daily Show, where she maintained she was a serious candidate. I thought when I watched it that it was very odd of her to make that appearance when she knew she'd be out of the race and endorsing Dean the very next day.

We all know politicians make deals with one another but I can't recall ever seeing quite such a breach of ethics in past campaigns. She should not have played attack dog for Dean once she had started negotiating with him. That's simply unethical and dishonest.

Dean should have refused her offer of endorsement because of the way she's behaved in recent debates but the main onus of blame is on CMB because she was actually misleading voters about her intentions and loyalties. Dropping out before Iowa was bad enough, but acting as Dean's defender and attack dog in an official debate while she was negotiating a deal with him is rephrehensible. It shows a real lack of principles.