McCain, Dean form "Real Change, Right Now" PAC

[Robb]

McCain, Dean form "Real Change, Right Now" PAC

foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/18/mccain-dean-form-real... /

WASHINGTON: One is a prickly Republican Senator who made a name for himself as a party-bucking maverick. The other is a former Governor from Vermont whose tenure as chairman of the Democratic National Committee was widely considered revolutionary - in the truest sense of the word.

Their only common ground at first blush seems to be a run at the White House. But even with no shortage of strange alliances in Washington, D.C., the partnership announced today between Howard Dean and Sen. John McCain designed from the ground up to "stand between the Democratic Party and the people" should raise more than a few eyebrows.

And the timing could not be more troubling for panicked Democrats who fear an upset in Tuesday's neck-and-neck race for the Massachusetts seat in the U.S. Senate.

"Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow," said McCain, who made the surprise announcement at an annual Martin Luther King Day breakfast in Phoenix, "in comparison to the remarkably durable consensus on our convictions." ... (MORE)

I'll probably be called a divider and unrec'd into oblivion for even posting this, but hopefully the message to some on DU will ring loud and clear, even if it takes a bit to sink in. People prone to knee-jerk reactions can be easily misled, and are difficult to bring back because pride and embarrassment at being misled can stand in the way. Dean and McCain obviously have nothing in common, and such a partnership should be assumed to be absurd. Thoughtfulness and careful consideration: this is a big part of why we're better than the "other side."

[dionysus]

1. oh dear.

:popcorn:

you're a bastard.

[cliffordu]

2. Gimme some of that, will ya???

Thanks!!

:popcorn:

[dionysus]

3. here;

[cliffordu]

31. thankyouverymuch

[blondeatlast]

32. Sorry, I'm late; is there room on the counch? nt

[dionysus]

34. i'll squeeze over.

;)

[louis-t]

4. It's from fox so it must be true.

:eyes:

[laughingliberal]

5. I'm clicking on the link that looks like it is a news story and it goes to another DU post.

Is that where it should be going? Cause if it's a real story I would like to read it.

[Luminous Animal]

6. Did you read the DU post from the link?

[laughingliberal]

14. Yes, I was just wondering if there is a real story or if this is just a total hoax

Guess it's a hoax cause google searches find nothing on it. I not only click on links, I also search for related stories if there is not enough information in the stories posted.

edited typos

[Spazito]

7. Hmmm, I don't know what to say...

except to sit back with :popcorn: and recommend the message!

:popcorn:

Recommend

[laughingliberal]

15. I know what to say: IBTL nt

[Spazito]

22. What rule is broken?

None that I can tell unless pointed humour has been added to the forbidden column.

[laughingliberal]

24. Perhaps none but I'm not sure if posting a slanderous line like

"designed from the ground up to "stand between the Democratic Party and the people" should raise more than a few eyebrows." about a Democrat is OK, even if it is a joke link.

[Spazito]

25. It really did go "whoosh" right over your head it seems...

that's unfortunate.

[laughingliberal]

28. It, obviously, did not go over my head. I clicked the bogus link

I don't like that the fake story posted as an alleged excerpt from the fake story contains a rather horrible quote attributed to Howard Dean regardless if this was a big hoax meant to call out people who don't read the full stories. I believe it may reflect a view the poster holds of Howard Dean, anyway, and was a clever way to subtly bash him while using it in a hoax and not having to directly accuse Dean of trying to separate Democrats from the people.

If true, that's unfortunate.

[Spazito]

29. All I can say is....

OMG!

[Robb]

30. Yeah, the whole thing was to slander Dean.

:eyes:

I've been a Deaniac for years. If I had any ulterior motive one might suspect, it would be to draw attention to Iggo's freaking BRILLIANT response in the other thread.

That's legend-making stuff right there. :D

[Luminous Animal]

8. K & R

And thanks for the link.

[highplainsdem]

9. You're two months and 13 days too early for April Fool jokes.

[BeyondGeography]

10. The unity of guys who are angry they will never be President

Bwaaaaa...or not.

[WeDidIt]

11. Just a note

Some people refuse to click on anything from Fox News and other sites.

Just sayin' when a person sees a link to Fox News, they might disregard the thing entirely.

[cali]

12. wtf? how dare dean stab us all the heart like this. I always knew there was

something off about that fuckwad.






:rofl:

(I do click on links)

[blogslut]

13. RTWT

;)

[cbayer]

16. Well played, you dingbat!

:pals:

[DCBob]

17. very funny...

but almost believable which is troubling..

[laughingliberal]

19. What's troubling to me is there ARE those who don't click links and some will believe it

and I think it's slanderous to Dean especially this made up line: designed from the ground up to "stand between the Democratic Party and the people" should raise more than a few eyebrows.

[Sebastian Doyle]

18. It should be illegal to do this on a Monday.

Statistically, more heart attacks happen on Monday morning than any other day of the week. And that sort of headline is something that could cause one.

[crispini]

20. This is not going to go well.

:popcorn:

[Robb]

21. Oddly enough

...I think folks get it. Which makes me very, very happy. :)

[dave29]

23. Awesome

nicely done!!

[StarfarerBill]

26. Very good. K&R

:thumbsup:

[KittyWampus]

27. Dean is way smarter than that.

[blondeatlast]

33. Hxow could Howard Dean do this? I mean, McCAIN?

Here's to clicking on links...

:toast:

[Parker CA]

35. Haha. Well played!!