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Marc Morano

CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
Posted August 9, 2004

'Guns, God, Gays' Losing Voting appeal, Howard Dean Says
Says 'White Southerners are wasting their votes on the GOP'

Boston (CNSNews.com) - Former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean told a liberal audience on Tuesday (at the DNC that southern voters will grow tired of the Republican's perennial appeal on social issues relating to "guns, God and gays."

"Sooner or later, voters in places like that (the south) are going to grow tired of voting on guns, God and gays and start voting on education, healthcare and jobs," Dean told the crowd of activists gathered at a "Take Back America" event on Tuesday afternoon. The event, sponsored by the Campaign for America's Future, was billed by co-director Roger Hickey as "an alternative Democratic convention."

Dean, the former governor of Vermont, implored the party's liberal activists to start reaching out to voters in Republican strongholds in southern and western states."We can't be a national party unless we are willing to take our base to Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama," he said to cheers.White Southerners are wasting their votes on the GOP, according to Dean.

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