Kerry says: "Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean" off mike.

[Vis Numar]

Check it out, live on audio.


""After speaking with reporters Sen. John Kerry was apparently upset at the amount of attention Gov. Dean is getting - even in the forms of questions at his press conference. Kerry is seen leaving the scene and mutters "Dean, Dean, Dean," under his breath. A mic, still pinned to his clothes, picks it up loud and clear. Check out the clip for yourself:

http://dean2004.blogspot.com/2003_09_07_dean2004_archive.html#106316381193482498

[sfecap]

1. Ouch! That's pretty embarassing...

He won't do that again, I'll bet!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

7. No. embarassing would be:

"that goddamn mo-fo Dean is a major league asshole"

[sfecap]

11. No, that wouldn't be embarassing...that would be disasterous!

Everybody who deals with live mics gets burned now and then.

[E_Zapata]

44. He won't need to do that again.

Blundering!

[hedgetrimmer]

2. that is the mantra.... the trance is spreading... even kerry has got the

dean-o-matic funk-a-delic buddha style arch-angel wearing red ribbon silly bubbling go dean ... it is the mind warp...

it was dean, not kerry... kerry who... it was always dean ... it is the mind warp....

[ElsewheresDaughter]

4. hedgetrimmer LOL...hey can i use/steal your kuncinich button

[hedgetrimmer]

9. go 4 it ..... it comes in variable sizes....... sm. med. and large. n/t

[whirlygigspin]

52. I love this Kucinich button

it's so space cadet,astro friendly.

[tkmorris]

3. LOL

Too funny. :bounce:

[Woodstock]

5. Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!

Did he say it that way?

[Ellen Forradalom]

26. Iy yi yi yi

is more what it sounds like.

[Enraged_Ape]

61. Ha ha ha ha

That was the first thing I thought of too! :bounce:

[RevolutionStartsNow]

6. LOL

That's too funny.

[LizW]

8. Marsha, Marsha, Marsha...

:D

LOL! You beat me to it, Woodstock!

[Andy_Stephenson]

12. ROTFLMAO

Is he spoiled or what???

That is a keeper!

[Woodstock]

Hee hee - I promise not to call him Jan!

:)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

79. Compare and contrast.

http://www.wavcentral.com/tv/brady_bunch.html

[LeftCoast]

10. Hmm...Fox playing this up.

Interesting...

[TennesseeWalker]

13. Holy sheesshhh...funny, funny KICK

Does this mean Kerry's a deanibaby?

However, I must say that Kerry certainly at most times projects a very good image as a world leader...gravitas, I think they call it....

[HazMat]

14. I don't blame Kerry for being upset

The corporate media has apparently decided that Dean will be their candidate. IMO, Dean is the right-wingers' choice of entertainment: they wants a "scary" controversial insurgent who'll make a lot of noise only to get slaughtered by BushCo in the general.

It has become all to clear that the corporate media fears and ignores candidates like Kerry, Edwards and Graham because they are electable.

[stickdog]

20. Yeah, that's the ticket!

The corporate media just knows Kerry won't go down without a fight and that he fights dirty.

So it's win/win regardless for the Bush lickers.

[Andy_Stephenson]

21. And the farmer hauled another load

away!

[HazMat]

36. When Dean gets slaughtered, we'll all be hauling loads

and we can all look back on how sheeple-powered-Howard managed to destroy the Democratic Party.

I just hope that you folks are able to stand up and take the blame for another McGovern style landslide. Those who warned you will call you on it. Don't say you weren't warned.

[caledesi]

41. McGovern? Have you been visiting Freeperville.

Dean is NO McGovern

[HazMat]

47. Isn't against the rules to imply that someone is a freeper ?

McGovern was very liberal. Dean only pretends to be .. but the outcome will be the same. Continue to live in fantasy land, if you wish. America will never vote for someone like Dean. The exact same reasons the idealists are nutty about him is the exact same reason that he is unelectable.

But you're correct: the comparison of Howard Dean to George McGovern may be unfair. McGovern is a very likeable, principled human being.

[TLM]

49. You can usually spot disruptors by their lack of specifics...

they simply spew attacks and proclamations, without anything specific.

So why not show us that you can cite the specific policy issues you think will hurt Dean?

[VermontDem2004]

63. Dean pretends to be?

rotflmao, he has said many times he is a centrist. He was sure showing his liberal colors tonight by talking about gun control. :eyes:

[sendero]

72. the next time I see.....

.... a genius with a freaking crystal ball posting on a message board, I'll take you seriously. For now, let's just say that I seriously doubt your ability to see into the future and predict how complex interactions are going to work out. sheesh

[IndianaGreen]

45. Dean "managed to destroy the Democratic Party"?

Al From and his bloody DLC almost destroyed the Democratic Party by turning it into a lukewarm version of the Republican.

Dean is our Truman!

[HazMat]

48. Dean is a lukewarm Republican,

masquerading as an anti-war, far-left liberal.

[TLM]

50. What has Dean done specifically to masquerading

as either anti-war or far-left?

He's said over and over he is not anti-war, but anti-war for no good reason.

And he's been very clear he is a moderate, so how exactly do you think he has pretended to be a far left liberal?

[ModerateMiddle]

64. Adopting Wellstone's line

about being from the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party.

[calimary]

78. Listen, you, I'm just damned glad SOMEBODY wants to be from there!

I for one am sick, to death by now, of the pols who (like Lieberman) think survival for the Dems is to slant more to the center-right. UH, EXCUSE ME! That's republican turf. It's VERY well covered and EXCRUCIATINGLY well-served. OKAY? ENOUGH!!!!!!

I am SICK TO DEATH of seeing myself and my fellow liberals/progressives, and even moderates, dismissed, scorned, and shunted off by this runaway train toward the right wing. FUCK THAT! Those are the bedrock fundamental roots of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Movement!!

Better face it. Paul Wellstone is dead. And I am one of the many who still grieve. It is a HUGE loss. But because he's gone, does that mean his convictions (which many of us share) died with him? Did his mantle go to the grave with him? Are we not supposed to invoke thoughts or slogans like his anymore? Are we not supposed to still believe that, while Wellstone is dead, his views are also just as dead?

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I, for one, am DAMNED GLAD somebody like Howard Dean is coming out, grabbing the microphone and the attention and the headlines and the center stage, and invoking the ideas of Paul Wellstone. Precious few others have had the guts to step up and sound off like that.

Because I DO NOT WANT PAUL WELLSTONE'S IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENTS TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT SOMEBODY TO PICK UP ON THEM AND REPEAT THEM AND RUN WITH THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'M DAMNED GLAD WELLSTONE'S LINE HAS NOT ONLY BEEN ADOPTED, BUT BEING CARRIED LIKE A FOOTBALL!

FACE IT! (AND YES, I'M SHOUTING!) I'm SICK OF THIS! I'M GLAD THAT, IF PAUL WELLSTONE ISN'T AROUND ANYMORE TO SAY OR FOLLOW THROUGH ON THESE THINGS, AT LEAST SOMEBODY ELSE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

71. Dean's a Rockefeller Republican

just admit it. The Ralph Nader of upper middle class white socially liberal, economic conservatives. If Dean wins the primary, he'll lose big unless he has Clark to save him.

Why not just pick Clark and a good liberal to run with him? Why waste our time on yet another DINO like Dean, especially one that can't be elected?

Kucinich could get more votes in the general than Dean would, at least he offers an alternative to the GOP on economics. Kucinich's economics is supported by the *majority* of Americans.

[Bertrand]

51. Its as if we live in bizarro world

Where the DLC is attacked for being conservative yet Dean is praised for being a liberal. lol.

[Khephra]

53. Sheeple?

Warned?

oooooo...

Please enlighten us poor deluded Dean supporters! We've been awaiting your shining light of reason! What were we thinking of! All we needed was for you to speak out, showing us to be fools. Oh thank you kind sir! Can I have a bit more of your wisdom? How can you stoop to dealing with such swine as us?

Sheeple...well I have a word for you.

Snob.

[JNelson6563]

56. nice tone

thanks for your counter-productive contribution.

BTW, who will you vote for if Dean wins the nom.? I'm thinkin' with folks like you on our side, how can we lose? :eyes:

Julie

[Romberry]

60. Nice!

You have the RNC talking points down flat.

[Andy_Stephenson]

62. Sour Grapes perhaps?

sure seems like it to me.

[intheozone]

37. OH Pleeeeeze

get a grip! Dean will beat Bush like a bad piece a' meat!!!

[Romberry]

59. Uh, corporate media is still...

...attacking Dean as "McGovern" or as the guy whose crowds are "too white". Graham is not "electbable". (He is a nice enough fellow but he has no charisma.) Kerry and Edwards may be "electable" but no more so than Dean.

[tedoll78]

15. LOL!!

Yikes, that's hilarious! I'm going to wake-up the neighbors with my laughing!

[Cocoa]

16. funny, but...

kind of classless for that Dean site to be promoting it. There's embarrassing footage of everyone out there, I hope the Kerry campaign doesn't try to get something on Dean to retaliate.

[hedda_foil]

46. It's not Dean's blog.

It's one of those unofficial blogs that doesn't belong to the candidate or the campaign and they can't control his content.

[liberalmuse]

17. Another ironic twist...

Dean has been a kick in the pants to Democrats who would not fight Bush when we were begging them to these past couple of years. All they had to do is be tough, and stand firm for what was right. I have this feeling that most politicians who've been in D.C. long enough are seriously out of touch with the people. They really need to work on getting back to the grassroots like Dean is doing. Granted, he was a Governor, and thus closer to 'the people', but he has been willing to go to the people over the big corporations and special interests for help in his campaign.

[tedoll78]

18. EDIT

Double-post :(

[tedoll78]

19. An idea..

I want a t-shirt with a ton of Dean faces on all sorts of TV sets and newspapers and magazine covers with the word "Dean Dean Dean Dean Dean" scattered all over it. haha..

[Andy_Stephenson]

23. Rich!

I'll take 2.

Medium and large.

[babzilla]

81. will this do?

[JI7]

22. actually kind of funny

seeing the questions he gets i can see why.

[quinnox]

25. I agree

It is funny, heh, if I was on the trail and all I heard was questions about Dean, I might do the same!

[Woodstock]

68. Well, I was laughing with him, not at him

And I think most of us Dean supporters are doing the same. Those who are getting offended - if the roles were reversed and it was Dean saying Kerry Kerry Kerry, I'd still think it was funny.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

24. Hah! This just shows that Kerry's not a stiff bore (like when he cried)

He's taking you all for a ride! :)

[JI7]

27. yeah, it was funny

did you watch it an hear the audio ? i thought it was funny.

[Pastiche423]

28. Hysterical!

I can't stop..........laughing!

Aw c'mon, even if you are a Kerry supporter, you've got to admit the way he said it was.....lol............lol........too funny!

[Andy_Stephenson]

30. Funny....yes...

in a damaging sort of way.

[JI7]

33. yes it was

i thought it was funny after watching and hearing it myself.

[Julien Sorel]

29. Some folks are positively turning Japanese on this thread.

[Must_B_Free]

31. You really think so?

.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

32. go to some of the "what's your favorite song?" threads!

you'll really get your DU's worth out of those!

[JI7]

35. the the threads on favorite songs

show how something so unimportant in the long term can still bring interest and long discussions and analysis. one of the reasons i like du. it's nice to discuss something not so serious once in a while.

[Pastiche423]

34. Damn you!

I've worked years to get that song out of my head!

You are cruel, very cruel.



lol

[TLM]

38. LOL! His campaign guy must have asked him...

Who was going to be our next president.

[BurtWorm]

39. Spam spam spam spam

Dean Dean Dean Dean
Lovely Dean wonderful Dean
Dean Dean Dean Dean

[NewYorkerfromMass]

74. LOL Burt

I am truly laughing here!

[calimary]

80. HEY! I LIKE THIS!!! Thanks! I needed the laugh.

So tired of being angry and frustrated! As you can probably tell from an earlier post just now...

[Renew Deal]

40. Reagan Bombs the Russians

This one is also pretty funny. Reagan was doing a Mic check and this is what he says over the airwaves....

http://reagan.webteamone.com/sounds/bombing.au

"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever . We begin bombing in five minutes ."

:nuke::nuke::nuke:

[KaraokeKarlton]

42. LMAO, oh boy that's funny!

I nearly wet myself...lol

[mitchum]

43. He was rhapsodising over last night's showing of "Rebel Without A Cause"

The man was simply moved by a movie. I think you guys are reading way too much into this.

[sujan]

54. Cry Baby Kerry

He's just pissed that his establishment support isn't getting him anywhere.

[sendero]

73. He lost the front-runner status....

.... he should stop crying in his teacup and get over it :)

[JohnKleeb]

55. heh eh that was something

[Iverson]

57. Stella! Stella!

Or maybe he's always depended upon the kindness of strangers.

[arwalden]

58. You Crack Me Up! --- Thanks For The Laugh!!!

[Uzybone]

65. LOL

its funny but not embarrassing. Trust the Dean or Bush crowd to make this a bigger issue than it is. You guys really need to get a grip.

[blm]

66. The reporters should be embarassed about their behavior.

All they want to talk about is the horserace when there are pressing issues and THAT is abominable whoredom.

I'm appalled that people here who were so angry that the mediawhores take this tact, accept it blindly as a pox on Kerry when you know full well that he is right. The media SHOULD be criticized for peppering the other candidates with questions about Dean.

[jcgadfly]

67. I thought that taking shots at the frontrunner was supposed to happen

during a campaign.

The press gave Kerry an opportunity to differentiate himself from Dean. He chose to non-answer.

I think Dean has already taken the first step toward winning, at least where Kerry is concerned. He's gotten under his skin.

[blm]

69. Then applaud the reporters for doing a good job.

Go ahead.

[jcgadfly]

70. No applause. Just confusion.

If a candidate wants my vote, he should be able to articulate why he/she is the class of the field. Kerry was given that opportunity. He chose not to take it.

It just seems odd to me that a candidate can say "Vote for me." yet be unable/unwilling to answer the question "Why?".

That goes for any of the candidates who duck that question and call it "taking the high road".

[Butterflies]

75. What's the big deal?

It's just an excuse to judge Kerry.

[sangh0]

76. How utterly trivial

and unsurprising that *this* is what people on DU want to talk about

[Starpass]

77. Let's see--If Kerry rose to the bait and started to bash Dean and say

why Howard's positions were wrong on specific issues, then this board would be lit up like an dry Xmas tree that just fell into a menora. If he passes the opportunity he is a spineless, dirty dog, whimp. Boy, am I glad that no one in America is watching this stuff anyway!! America's answer to Howard Dean is WHO???--just like the rest of our guys. Iowa and NH will be getting swamped with ads starting about January from the major contenders and that's what's going to start the primary ball rolling. I've watched races in here in Maine that were totally lopsided and then after the ad blitz a few weeks before, turned into toe to toe races. There's a lot of meat left on the bone before we can definitley say that it's one dog's bone....and we haven't seen all the dogs in the pound yet.

[jcgadfly]

82. Hey Starpass

"why Howard's positions were wrong on specific issues, then this board would be lit up like an dry Xmas tree that just fell into a menora. If he passes the opportunity he is a spineless, dirty dog, whimp."

I always thought that candidates were supposed to discuss their competitors' positions in a campaign. It's supposed to be "Vote for me." not "Vote for us.", right?

I'm concerned about any opportunity that any candidate passes up to get my vote. I'm not willing to give Bush free shots to poison the electorate until January when the major contenders feel like "starting the ball rolling".

While I agree with you that there's still "a lot of meat on the bone" in the campaign. I think there needs to be a candidate or candidates willing to at least make a claim on it. Right now it seems like all the candidates say they can do a better job than Bush but no one at present wants the job.

On Edit: If Kerry is concerned about having to ask questions about why Dean is currently kicking his teeth in, maybe he should try to reverse the trend.

Edit 2: How about the other point I brouht up? Has Dean already beaten Kerry because he's gotten under Kerry's skin?