Dean Untarnished By Rivals' Critiques

[madfloridian]

Barbs on Privacy, Iraq Fail to Incite Anger

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54682-2004Jan4.html

SNIP.."As a winter blizzard howled outside the suburban headquarters of Iowa Public Television, inside the studio, the former Vermont governor found himself ducking a barrage, not of snowballs, but of barbed questions and criticisms. At the end of the two-hour debate, sponsored by the Des Moines Register, Dean was still standing, and no visible damage showed...."

SNIP..."The wisdom of veteran Iowa Democrats is that the fervent following Dean has attracted by his opposition to the Iraq war and his scorn for those he calls feckless Washington leaders of his party will only be reinforced by the denunciations from his congressional rivals....."

Broder has not always been at all complimentary to Dean, so I am pleased with this one.

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

1. Haven't you learned?

Broder is a media whore! Anyone who says anything positive about Dean is a whore. Haven't you read the manual?

[madfloridian]

2. Oh, yeah. Forgot, doggone it.

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[LittleDannySlowhorse]

3. Yeah...

Just drink yer darn Kool-Aid, you Democratic party hater!

[joefree1]

4. Or... a GOP plot to get Dean nominated

:tinfoilhat:

June, 1992
Ominous Polls:
A look at the Gallup polls over the past few moths show why Democrats are becoming increasingly nervous about putting Clinton at the head of their ticket.
In a head-to-head match up on March 20, Bush led by only 52-43 percent and Clinton was indeed within striking range. But as the weekly disclosures took their toll during the ensuing primaries, Clinton's margin fell to 54-38 percent on March 29 and then fell further to 54-34 by the beginning of April.
Edit ...
Quayle campaign committee, "We're following the Napoleonic maxim: Never interfere with the enemy when they are in the process of destroying themselves."
http://www.worldandi.com/public/1992/june/cr6.cfm

"If you have no enemies, it is a sign fortune has forgot you."
- Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)

[madfloridian]

5. Big oops! Forgot that one also.

:spank:

[aldian159]

8. i thought it was anyone who said anything NEGATIVE

about dean was a whore, like all those "insiders" supporting Clark.

silly me.

[tedoll78]

6. When Dean asked for forgiveness..

I started clapping. Genious.

[silverweb]

7. An excellent article!

:)

[deminflorida]

9. Think this might "Tarnish" him?

http://www.markarkleiman.com/archives/election_2004_/2004/01/should_the_democrats_be_describing_911_as_completely_unforseeable.php

[madfloridian]

13. Since you ignored this on your other thread....here you go.

http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=10125

October 27, 2003

CONTACT: Press Office, 802-651-3200

GOVERNOR DEAN CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO STOP STONEWALLING 9/11 COMMISSION

DES MOINES -- Democratic presidential candidate Governor Howard Dean, M.D. issued the following statement in response to reports that the bipartisan 9/11 commission could soon be forced to issue subpoenas to the White House and other executive branch agencies because of continuing delays by the Bush administration in providing documents and other evidence needed by the panel.

"I am very concerned by the President's foot dragging on cooperation with the bi-partisan 9/11 commission. We already know that President Bush received a written intelligence report in August 2001, the month before the attacks that Al Qaeda might try to hijack American passenger planes. The Administration's current stonewalling suggests that there is more that they knew and want to hide from the American public.

"The work that this commission is performing is critical to our national security. We need to know what transpired before the tragedy of 9/11 in order to avoid future similar tragedies. If the bipartisan commission investigating the terrorist attacks says that it needs the documents the Administration is withholding, then the President has an obligation to the American people to turn them over immediately.

"An issue this important to our national security should trump whatever concerns about political embarrassment the Administration might have."

[Hep]

10. Remember, it's not Dean who is made of teflon

it is the arguments and attacks of his opponents that are made of teflon. The poor excuses for argumentst given by Dean's opponents couldn't stick to fly-paper.

[madfloridian]

11. I used exact headline, they have a different one now.

I think I saved the article on my computer. That is silly, why would they bother to change it. Do they do that often?
:shrug:

[JNelson6563]

12. Good article

A refreshing change from Broder.

I think not only didn't the attacks tarnish Dean, they reflected poorly on the attackers.

Funny how that can work out sometimes.

Julie