April 1, 2003
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BLOG:
Gary Hart News Blog (Gary Hart, 3/29/2003)I've been meeting with students and activists in Durham, Manchester, Hanover, Boston, Amherst, and New Haven and I have been hearing some common themes.... Heidi Brooks, a business school student, asked me "how will we know when the war is won?" We'll know the war is won when we withdraw the last of the American forces from the region.Another young person asked me "why are you a Democrat?" And I said the Democratic Party at its best is the party of hope. But, it cannot be the party of hope as long as its leaders think only about raising money. Students are coming up to me after I talk, asking me how they can get involved I tell them that the best national campaigns are those that empower young people and citizens of all ages to determine their political future.
I infer from these answers that: (1) We lost WW II and Korea, but won Vietnam; (2) Hart doesn't like Terry McAuliffe; (3) Hart doesn't know how students can get involved. Posted by Paul Jaminet at April 1, 2003 4:37 PM
I understand why, to get the Democratic nomination, you would visit "with students and activists in Durham, Manchester, Hanover, Boston, Amherst, and New Haven ," but how can you ever hope to then be elected president?
Posted by: David Cohen at April 1, 2003 4:57 PMI infer that:
(1) Hart has no chance in Hades to get the Democrat nod, Glenn Reynolds's earnest desires notwithstanding;
(2) Hart's advisers -- the ones who suggested he put up a weblog, so that he could carefully articulate what he was thinking, then let his speechwriters and spindoctors correct it to show what he was really
thinking -- need to be searched for illegal narcotics; and
(3) This is going to be a hilarious
campaign season.
David: Ooh, good question.
Posted by: Chris at April 1, 2003 4:59 PMHow are the students going to get involved in the presidential election if they're out protesting the war in Somalia?
Posted by: oj at April 1, 2003 5:20 PMPoint (1) is dead on and shall be stolen for future conversations.
Posted by: Drew Craft at April 1, 2003 5:52 PMpoint 2 is wrong
He writes it. It's posted. No tweaking.
He doesn't have speechwriters.
And most importantly: I have no narcotics in my possesion. Come check.
Does that mean young Americans will vote
in the next national election?
"I infer from these answers that: (1) We lost WW II and Korea, but won Vietnam"
BwahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Brilliant!!!