Howard Dean on Meet The Press

[bfp]

This is just one of the many distortions Dean had to offer yesterday on Meet The Press:


DEAN: I will use whatever position I have in order to root out hypocrisy. I'm not going to be lectured as a Democrat--we've got some pretty strong moral values in my party, and maybe we ought to do a better job standing up and fighting for them. Our moral values, in contradiction to the Republicans', is we don't think kids ought to go to bed hungry at night.

[willy_jack]

Talk about contradictions..... We have spent four years ,well on our way to eight, of the era of contradictions.......

[Adam D]

I think that's one of the few things he's ever said that wasn't distorted or void of any intelligent thought.

[gatecrasher]

i definitely appreciate what he had to say about Tom Delay's ass.

[Keith P]

good. Wish he spoke like this during the primaries.

[Edwin Watson]

Originally Posted by gatecrasher

i definitely appreciate what he had to say about Tom Delay's ass.

what is this? i gotta hear this! do tell please...

[gatecrasher]

DR. DEAN: You have a Republican leader who has been admonished three times by the Ethics Committee, and his response is to get rid of the Ethics Committee or render them inoperable. Now, those kinds of things are less likely to go on if you have...

MR. RUSSERT: But that's been changed back.

DR. DEAN: Yeah, but now he's up for a fourth reprimand and he's being investigated by the district attorney. The point is not to bring up Tom DeLay, which I'm sure we will, and his ethics problems. . .


DR. DEAN: Well, you know, there are so many ethics problems here that I thought I'd actually have to write them down. He has been--the majority leader has been admonished for offering campaign money to a congressman's son to get a congressman's vote, providing an energy company with a seat at the table in exchange for campaign contributions, using the Department of Homeland Security to track down the private plane of some political enemies; now, he's under investigation for taking a golf vacation in Europe, $100,000, paid for by lobbyists. He's said that judges he disagreed with ought to be impeached. This is a culture of corruption and abuse of power in Washington. This is what happens when one party is in charge of everything. We need a change here.


"And, you know, Tom DeLay is welcome to say whatever he wants about me, but I don't think people like that ought to be leading Congress, no matter what party they're in."

[Edwin Watson]

Originally Posted by gatecrasher

DR. DEAN: You have a Republican leader who has been admonished three times by the Ethics Committee, and his response is to get rid of the Ethics Committee or render them inoperable. Now, those kinds of things are less likely to go on if you have...

MR. RUSSERT: But that's been changed back.

DR. DEAN: Yeah, but now he's up for a fourth reprimand and he's being investigated by the district attorney. The point is not to bring up Tom DeLay, which I'm sure we will, and his ethics problems. . .


DR. DEAN: Well, you know, there are so many ethics problems here that I thought I'd actually have to write them down. He has been--the majority leader has been admonished for offering campaign money to a congressman's son to get a congressman's vote, providing an energy company with a seat at the table in exchange for campaign contributions, using the Department of Homeland Security to track down the private plane of some political enemies; now, he's under investigation for taking a golf vacation in Europe, $100,000, paid for by lobbyists. He's said that judges he disagreed with ought to be impeached. This is a culture of corruption and abuse of power in Washington. This is what happens when one party is in charge of everything. We need a change here.


"And, you know, Tom DeLay is welcome to say whatever he wants about me, but I don't think people like that ought to be leading Congress, no matter what party they're in."

oh, i thought you meant literally...his ass.


Now that would be friggin hilarious!!!

[Adam D]

I don't see what's so bad about his comments these days. Had he been that way before, Kerry probably would have been out. I'm not really all that fond of Dean, and I think a lot of things he says is just lip service and empty commentary, but I suppose it's better than a Democratic Party that has nothing to say, as has been the case for the past 5 years.