fishin wrote:Cycloptichorn wrote:Quote:Now of course, CNN has Lou Dobbs writing editorials and he has his own little following amongs the U.S. left that is going as far as talking about trying to convince him to run for President.
As an active member of said U.S. Left, I can tell you that any group talking about convincing Lou Dobbs to run for President isn't just small, it's undetectably small.
Compare that to say, the Tancredo supporters on the Right. We all have our brand of crazy...
Cycloptichorn
The initial number of supporters for Perot, Kucinich, Nadar and Dean was fairly small as I recall as well. But the numbers have little to do with the inital comment.
The people that are trying to convince Lou Dobbs to run, as well as those who have suggested Jon Stewart, aren't moderate-Democrats. They are almost entirely well to the left and they were very critical of CNN's coverage of Bush early in his 1st term. Now that CNN is featuring Dobbs' editorials CNN seems to have become a "neutral" (if not left-leaning) media source in the minds of many.
I don't think anyone is seriously calling for, recruiting, or trying to get Lou Dobbs or Stewart to run.
Of course every presidential candidate has a point in which noone is supporting them, and then a point in which someone is. We're talking about a more serious thing though, right?
Otherwise, I could say 'Fishin', you should run for Prez!' And you could accurately make the comment that there are Leftists trying to get you elected. I think in terms of Dean, Kucinich, Nader and Perot, people believed in it enough to do actual organizing and spend money on it.
When I see an organized 'dobbs for prez' campaign, same for Stewart, I'll agree with you. Until then though I think it's sort of a semantics game on your part; there is no organized, funded or widespread support for electing Lou Dobbs as a Democratic nominee for President.
Cycloptichorn
