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p> SECOND OPINIONS br> Re: Enemy Central's A Bad Case of the Deanies : /p>

I'm a native Midwesterner who took a job transfer to Vermont in 1985; I lived there until 1997 when I sold my house in Colchester, Vermont, and moved back to America. I'd like to comment on "A Bad Case of the Deanies."

I am not in the least surprised by any of the comments made by the "Deanies" in the article. They all run true to form in every way. As is typical of Vermont, these people grossly overestimate everything to do with that state. One "Deanie" refers to Dean's five terms as governor. Yes, five two-year terms as governor of a tiny state with virtually no industry, no large cities, no significant infrastructure. There are counties -- counties! -- with ten or fifteen times the population of the whole state of Vermont. For that matter there are cities with many times that many people. Governorship of such a state is akin to being President ... of the neighborhood beautification society.

The Deanies -- and Dean himself -- grossly overestimate the effect Dean's candidacy had on the rest of the candidates and the election. With Dean out of the running, the other Dem candidates will quickly return to the issues they feel important -- they no longer have to argue with Dean over his issues and charges.

p>Vermont has long struck me as "the hood ornament that thinks it's pulling the car around" and the Deanies make it clear that they too are similarly afflicted. With people of such starry-eyed misapprehension powering his campaign, it is no surprise that Dean's candidacy died like the power output of a windmill in a calm. br> -- Russell Spreeman br> La Porte, Indiana /p>

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