Appalling Dean fundraiser

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This is from a conservative source but this is so appalling I believe it deserves to be posted here.

http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/13505.htm

<Sandra Bernhard insulted her in racial terms with a "Yes Massa" accent at another Dean fundraiser the same night. >

<Dean rival Joe Lieberman got ridiculed for being unable to campaign on Jewish holidays because he's Orthodox.>

<Cheney's daughter Mary, who is gay, was called "a big lezzie." Even the apolitical "jokes" were ugly - like a suggestion that it's bizarre to see an Asian baby with Asian parents because so many Asian babies are adopted by whites.>

And, of course, the N-word made an appearance at this fundraiser.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

1. Be Fair

Dean condemned these jokes on-stage at that event.

DTH

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2. Just like Lott condemned his pals at the CCC

He should have shown some leadership and condemned them when it counted.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

8. There's a Long Way Between Comics and the CCC

Trying to equate them does you a disservice, IMO. Moreover, Dean DID condemn the jokes when they counted...right at the event.

Yes, he took the money, but I think the comics were donating their time, and the audience was donating their money. It's not like the AUDIENCE did anything wrong.

DTH

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19. He should have condemned them on the spot

Not well after they had finished their routines.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

25. What Do You Expect Him To Do? Wrestle the Mic From Them?

Yeah, THAT'D go over REAL well.

You need to maintain some perspective, IMO. Bashing Dean over stupid shit like this does not do either you or Clark any good.

DTH

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

28. Extreme smackdown!!!

Dean vs. David Cross! With a folding chair! Aaaaaargh!!!!!

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

3. Thank you for pointing that out

He was a little, uh... what's the word... ENRAGED by this. Thank you for defending him.

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5. Enraged?

Enraged enough to sit there and collect money from those bigots?

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

10. He directly called them out for this shit

right there on stage. What do you want besides an immediate, verbal, public response? Should he have started whipping himself? Donned a hairshirt perhaps?

[Sean Reynolds]

16. He didn't collect one dime from these bigots.

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24. Perhaps...

...but they were the people that helped him draw a crowd to his fundraiser.

[arewethereyet]

4. just what we needed... (sigh)

and it won't even make kids vote. what a waste.

[SahaleArm]

7. It's a Post op-ed - do we need another thread on this issue? n/t

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14. Yeah but it will make guys with Confederate flags on their pickup...

...trucks vote for him.

Was this Dean's bigoted version of Clinton's Sister Souljah moment?

[gmoney]

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[Myra]

9. I think this post is another smear and should be locked.

Alert...

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. Me too

even if the smear is not intentional.

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17. Is talking about Haley Barbour and the CCC a smear?

?

[Eric J in MN]

11. rightwing talking points memo

The theme of the 2000 election was "Gore is a liar."

The theme of the 2004 election is "The Democrats are haters."

So Dean spoke at a comedy event. Big deal.

The comedy was probably funny in context.

[Scott Lee]

12. POOP

Dean lambasted the bigoted humor there, which he had no control over.

And yes, this is tired, rehashed, regurgitated, premasticated POOP.

[nomaco-10]

13. My favorite source.....

conservative sites. Come on you can do better than this, when you have to rely on conservative sources to to smear a good dem candidate, you are literally scraping the bottom of the barrel. This is so yesterday's news and Dean was completely vindicated over this event.

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

18. NO!!! NO!!!!

We must become LIVID! So what if this was debunked and the only paper still running this is the New York Post, who are slightly to the right of Attila the Hun! We must become CRABBY!!!!

[Bill McBlueState]

23. oh, but

it's not just conservative, it's also "appalling"

Apparently that makes everything okay. :eyes:

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26. Do you honestly expect a Democratic-leaning paper to mention this?

?

[clarknyc]

20. Old news

Dean disassociated himself from these remarks at the time. He was outraged.

This is just one more smear. Sickening.

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27. How old is this?

This op-ed was not published until yesterday. Did they wait a significant length of time to comment on this?

[loyalsister]

21. He should have known better

This was controversy waiting to happen. We all know that they can be foul and non PC. Comics aren't going to temper themselves in the interest of what's good for the candidate they're raising money for. If someone suggested to a candidate that they try to put together a fundraiser with Chuck Berry, the best bet would be a big hell no. It might bring in a lot of money, but it might also alienate a lot of women.

[KaraokeKarlton]

22. That's the fundraiser Dean spoke out against that stuff at the event

Shows that Dean has class and won't hesitate to tell his own supporters when they are behaving badly. Kudos to Dean for being such a stand up guy with incredible integrity!

[Moderator]

29. Locking - inflammatory.

This is little more than inflammatory gossip in an opinion piece by conservative Deborah Orin in the conservative N.Y.Post.