Dean Predicts Dem Victory

Howard Dean says that the next president of the United States will be a Democrat.

Gee, I didn't see that coming!

Madison -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean called for unity Tuesday, telling supporters to advocate for their preferred candidate but to rally behind whoever earns the Democratic nomination.

"The only way John McCain wins is if we're divided," Dean said, referring to the U.S. senator from Arizona who has locked up the Republican nomination.

The Democratic nomination has turned into a protracted battle for delegates between U.S. Sens. Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York. Dean said the eventual nominee will come out of the drawn-out fight a stronger candidate because he or she has learned to take fire from opponents.

"We're going to win this," Dean said. "I can't tell you whether Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama is going to be the next president of the United States, but one of them is going to be the next president of the United States."

The $25-per-person fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee at the Majestic Theatre drew more than 150 supporters.

Dean says, "We're going to win this."

I wouldn't count on it. Dean doesn't have the best track record when it comes to predictions.

Remember what Dean said following his loss in Iowa, 2004?

Well, you guys, you have already got the picture here. I was about to say, you know, I'm sure there are some disappointed people here. You know what, you know something, you know something, if you had told us one year ago that we were going to come in third in Iowa, we would have given anything for that. And, you know something, not only are we going to New Hampshire, Tom Harkin, we're going to South Carolina, and Oklahoma, and Arizona, and North Dakota, and New Mexico. We're going to California, and Texas, and New York. And we're going to South Dakota, and Oregon, and Washington, and Michigan. And then we're going to Washington, D.C., to take back the White House. Yeeaaahhhh!

Didn't happen.

Only 150 supporters at $25-per-person showed up for the fund-raiser in Madison?

That's a very small group to attend such a low-priced fund-raiser.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are raking in tens of millions of dollars monthly. It's not as if Dems are having problems raising money.

At this event in Madison, Howard Dean didn't exactly pack 'em in.

Dean: Dems Have No Bars to Heaven

I was just thinking about Howard Dean. I was wondering what he's been up to lately.

He's still out there, still being Howard Dean.

From Politico:

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean came out for inclusive team prayers in public schools while speaking Sunday to a gathering of thousands of Jewish leaders, according to a leading Jewish news agency.

In another statement likely to stir debate among the evangelical Christians his party is urgently trying to court, Dean also asserted “there are no bars to heaven for anybody,” according to the report by JTA, a 90-year-old non-profit organization which calls itself “the global news service of the Jewish people.”

...The news agency said Dean made the remarks to 3,500 Jewish leaders at the opening plenary session of the annual General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities which the group calls “the largest annual gathering of Jewish leadership in the world.”

The report said Dean’s comments followed an address by the University of Tennessee's head basketball coach, Bruce Pearl (former UWM basketball coach), who told the crowd that as a Jewish student in public schools, he always felt uncomfortable when he was playing sports and his team's pre-game prayers would end with an invocation to Jesus.

"This country is not a theocracy," Dean said, according to JTA. "There are fundamental differences between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party believes that everybody in this room ought to be comfortable being an American Jew, not just an American; that there are no bars to heaven for anybody; that we are not a one-religion nation; and that no child or member of a football team ought to be able to cringe at the last line of a prayer before going onto the field."

...The report said that in a “decidedly partisan speech,” Dean “painted the Republican Party as religiously and racially exclusive.”

So a vote for the Dems is a vote for liberty and heaven for all.

A chicken in every pot. A car in every garage. A pass to get into heaven.

Promises, promises.

Dean is so divisive. The Dems' outreach to people of faith isn't a positive movement. It plays on negativity. I don't think the Dems will be successful in their attempt to paint themselves as the religion-friendly party at the same time that they use faith as a means to divide.

And to think that four years ago it appeared that Dean was on the road to being the Democrat party's nominee for president.

The Power Mad Dr. Dean

Howard Dean amuses me.

Don't get me wrong. I think he's bad for the country. On occasion, he behaves like a true enemy of America.

Nonetheless, he's funny. He's a clown.

I love this, from The Politico:

Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean has been meeting with world leaders to repair "the extraordinary damage" that the Bush administration has done to America's image and to prepare the way for a new Democratic president.

"I am trying to build relationships with other governments in preparation for a Democratic takeover," Dean told me. "I want to make clear that there is an opposition in America and that we are ready to take power and that when we do, we are going to have much better relationships with them."

He sounds like John Kerry.

Remember when Kerry claimed that he had the support of world leaders during the 2004 election?

Kerry said: "I've met more leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but boy, they look at you and say, 'You got to win this. You got to beat this guy.' "

Now we have Dr. Dean meeting with world leaders, engaging in a parallel diplomacy.

In 2000, I don't recall RNC Chairman Jim Nicholson going around the world trying to repair the damage done by Bill Clinton and his incompetent administration.

What's with these Dems thinking that they can undercut current leadership?

Dean is power mad.

...Dean is very concerned about world affairs and believes that after the November election in 2008, the president-elect should take a month off and travel the world to bolster America's image.

"During the Cold War, we certainly had people who didn't like us, but they respected us," Dean said. "Now, unfortunately, they don't like us and they don't respect us. And that needs to be fixed. And I consider one of my informal jobs to help fix it with like-minded world leaders so we do have some relationships."

Dean and the Dems are clueless.

Why did people respect us during the Cold War?

We were tough.

When we had a wimpy leader (Jimmy Carter), we weren't respected.

Thankfully, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush restored our place of power.

As a result, millions of people were freed from the oppression of the Soviet Union and tyrants like Saddam Hussein. These Republicans weren't appeasers.

Dr. Dean and his comrades need to learn that foreign policy isn't a popularity contest.

Howard Dean, Ann Coulter, and John Edwards

Howard Dean has resurfaced.

He'd gone missing. It seems like weeks since he's had anything to say.

Who brought Dr. Dean out of hiding?

Ann Coulter.

NEW YORK -- In recent years she has suggested that Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Al Gore have or may have homosexual tendencies. Now columnist/author Ann Coulter has targeted former senator (and current candidate for president) John Edwards.

Speaking today at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC) in Washington, D.C., Coulter closed her remarks with: “I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot,’ so I -- so kind of an impasse, can’t really talk about Edwards.”

Audience members appeared startled, then many clapped, and she opened the floor to questions. The event was carried on C-SPAN.

Democratic Party chief Howard Dean weighed in later: "There is no place in political discourse for this kind of hate-filled and bigoted comments. While Democrats and Republicans may disagree on the issues, we should all be able to agree that this kind of vile rhetoric is out of bounds. The American people want a serious, thoughtful debate of the issues. Republicans -- including the Republican presidential candidates who shared the podium with Ann Coulter today -- should denounce her hateful remarks."

While I agree with Dr. Dean that Ann Coulter's comments were terribly inappropriate, I think only she is responsible for what she says.

She needs to be held accountable, not the Republican Party or any of the Republican presidential contenders.

Ann Coulter is not the voice of the GOP; and last I heard, she's not running for president.

I'm not defending Coulter at all, but I do find it laughable that Dean is bent out of shape over "vile rhetoric." It seems whenever he opens his mouth something vile dribbles out.

"I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for."

Does that qualify as a "hateful remark"?

Here's a few more choice Deanisms:

Dean: “I’m Tired Of The Ayatollahs Of The Right Wing … (Josie Huang, “Dean Calls For End To ‘Culture Of Corruption’,” Portland [ME] Press Herald, 10/23/05)


Dean: “Republicans Always Divide People.” (Carla Marinucci, “Dean: The Mouth That Won’t Stop Roaring,” San Francisco Chronicle, 6/8/05)


Dean: “These Guys [Republicans] Are Bad For Democracy. They Are Not Interested In Ideas But Interested In Power And They Are Not Interested In The Best Interest Of The American People.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 10/6/05)


Dean: “The R.N.C. … They Love To Play The Victim. The Truth Is They Are A White Christian Party.” (ABC’s “The View,” 9/15/05)


Dean: “These Guys [Republicans] Are Bad For Democracy. They Are Not Interested In Ideas But Interested In Power And They Are Not Interested In The Best Interest Of The American People. That’s Why They Will Be Gone In 2006.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 10/6/05)


Dean: “I’m Not Sure He [Chief Justice Roberts] Loves The American People.” (CNN’s “The Situation Room,” 9/9/05)


Dean: “New England Republicans Are Different Than Most. They Are More Reasonable And Thoughtful …” (Cole Manning, “Dean Works To Energize State’s Democratic Party,” Foster’s Online, 8/11/05)


Dean: “You Know, The Republicans Are Not Very Friendly To Different Kinds Of People. They’re A Pretty Monolithic Party. (Carla Marinucci, “Dean: The Mouth That Won’t Stop Roaring,” San Francisco Chronicle, 6/8/05)


Dean: “They [Republicans] All Behave The Same. They All Look The Same. It’s Pretty Much A White Christian Party.” (Carla Marinucci, “In S.F., Dean Calls GOP ‘A White Christian Party,’” San Francisco Chronicle, 6/7/05)


Dean: “[L]ord Knows This Administration Is Beginning To Erode The Core Of Our Democracy.” (DNC Chairman Howard Dean, Remarks At Campaign For America’s Future “Take Back America Conference,” DC, 6/2/05)


Dean: “[R]epublicans … A Lot Of Them Have Never Made An Honest Living In Their Lives.” (DNC Chairman Howard Dean, Remarks At Campaign For America’s Future “Take Back America Conference,” DC, 6/2/05)


Dean: “I Hate What The Republicans Are Doing To This Country. I Really Do.” (NBC’s “Meet The Press,” 5/22/05)


Dean: “Republicans Are All About Suppressing Votes ...” (DNC Chairman Howard Dean, Remarks At Campaign For America’s Future, “Take Back America Conference,” Washington, D.C., 6/2/05)


“Appearing On The Liberal Air America Radio In Minnesota, Dean Said Republicans Are, Quote, ‘Mean. They’re Not Nice People. They Want To Run Nearly Every Aspect Of Your Life,’ End Quote.” (Fox News’ “Special Report,” 4/5/05)


Dean Called Republicans “Brain-Dead.” (Peter Gorrie, “Spreading The Message,” Toronto Star, 3/20/05)


Dean On Republicans And Democrats: “This Is A Struggle Of Good And Evil. And We’re The Good.” (Joel Mathis, “Dean Roars Into Town,” Lawrence [KS] Journal-World, 2/26/05)


“During A Meeting … With The Democratic Black Caucus, Dean … Questioned Republicans’ Ability To Rally Support From Minorities. ‘You Think The Republican National Committee Could Get This Many People Of Color In A Single Room?’ Dean Asked To Laughter. ‘Only If They Had The Hotel Staff In Here.’” (Nancy Benac, “Dean Ready To Take Charge Of Democrats,” The Associated Press, 2/11/05)


And then there was that little misunderstanding about gay marriage. Dr. Dean misstated the Democrat Party platform while courting evangelicals. You might call it a lie.

Dean: "The Democratic Party platform from 2004 says that marriage is between a man and a woman. That's what it says." (David Brody, "Howard Dean: Democrats Have Much in Common with Evangelicals," CBN News, 5/11/06)

I'm sure that someone on the Left could match every idiotic thing uttered by Democrat Party Chairman Howard Dean with something idiotic uttered by Ann Coulter.

It should be remembered that their comments do not carry equal weight. Ann Coulter is not a spokesperson for the Republican Party. She speaks for herself.

Furthermore, I don't hear Ann Coulter demanding that Democrats and Dem presidential candidates apologize for what Dean says.

I also don't hear Dean calling for his ranks to apologize to Michael Steele, Condoleezza Rice, Clarence Thomas, and other conservative African-Americans for throwing all those ugly racial slurs and oreos at them.

Dean doesn't demand that former President Carter apologize for his anti-Semitic remarks.

Dean doesn't insist that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson apologize for making ethnic slurs.

Clearly, Dean cherry picks when it comes to denouncing "vile rhetoric."

He's a hypocrite.

Still, the ugly truth about Howard Dean in no way excuses Ann Coulter.

It's unfortunate that she keeps pushing the envelope, trying to "out-Coulter" herself.

It was in incredibly bad taste to make that joke about John Edwards. There's plenty to criticize about Edwards. Her comment was a cheap, offensive shot. I think that was intentional.

Coulter is an intelligent woman. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Coulter seems to be more interested in grabbing attention and headlines for herself than in furthering conservative principles.

Her shtick may win her some fans and help her books become best-sellers, but she's hurting the conservative movement by giving libs ammunition. Obviously, she doesn't care.

The fact is the current level of discourse in politics, thanks to the likes of Howard Dean and Ann Coulter, is not good for the country.

Lots of apologies are in order.

DAYS OF OUR DEMS

There is mutiny in the Democratic Party. It's a family feud. It's a soap opera. It's a mess.

Hillary has her hands in George's pockets, and the DNC isn't happy about it.

Dr. Dean must be having a fit. I hope he doesn't start drinking again.

The Washington Post's Thomas B. Edsall writes:

A group of well-connected Democrats led by a former top aide to Bill Clinton is raising millions of dollars to start a private firm that plans to compile huge amounts of data on Americans to identify Democratic voters and blunt what has been a clear Republican lead in using technology for political advantage.

Hmmm. Data mining.

Weren't Dems bent out of shape about that sort of thing? Haven't they been whining about the government snooping into the private lives of Americans?

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A DOMESTIC SPY PROGRAM!!!

What a headline! -- "HILLARY ERODES CIVIL RIGHTS IN POWER GRAB"

The effort by Harold Ickes, a deputy chief of staff in the Clinton White House and an adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), is prompting intense behind-the-scenes debate in Democratic circles. Officials at the Democratic National Committee think that creating a modern database is their job, and they say that a competing for-profit entity could divert energy and money that should instead be invested with the national party.



Icky certainly knows how to stir things up.

Ickes and others involved in the effort acknowledge that their activities are in part a vote of no confidence that the DNC under Chairman Howard Dean is ready to compete with Republicans on the technological front. "The Republicans have developed a cadre of people who appreciate databases and know how to use them, and we are way behind the march," said Ickes, whose political technology venture is being backed by financier George Soros.

It's only early 2006 and Soros is already pouring millions into an effort to take the White House away from the Republicans in 2008.

That's not surprising. Soros is obsessed with trying to buy defeat for Republicans.

What's significant is that Moneybags Soros has been courted by Icky to sidestep the inept Democratic National Committee.

The Clinton Machine is chugging away and leaving Dr. Dean in the dust. Icky is even willing to admit that his private plans for a data mining scheme are in motion because the mad Dr. can't be trusted to deliver for the Dems.

What intrigue!

...Ickes's effort is drawing particular notice among Washington operatives who know about it because of speculation that he is acting to build a campaign resource for a possible 2008 presidential run by Hillary Clinton. She has long been concerned, advisers say, that Democrats and liberals lack the political infrastructure of Republicans and their conservative allies. Ickes said his new venture, Data Warehouse, will at first seek to sell its targeting information to politically active unions and liberal interest groups, rather than campaigns.

"Washington operatives who know about it"?

Now, everybody knows about it. I guess the Post will need to publish more chapters in this drama.

It's clear that Hillary is calling the shots. She snaps her fingers and the Clintonistas carry out her wishes.

I bet Kerry and Gore are fuming. Gore is probably also foaming.

As it stands now, the DNC and Data Warehouse, created by Ickes and Democratic operative Laura Quinn, will separately try to build vast and detailed voter lists -- each effort requiring sophisticated expertise and costing well over $10 million.

"From an institutional standpoint, this is one of the most important things the DNC can and should do. Building this voter file is part of our job," Communications Director Karen Finney said. "We believe this is something we have to do at the DNC. Our job is to build the infrastructure of the party."

Finney should be ticked off. The Clinton Machine and the DNC will be competing. It's not supposed to work that way.

Hillary doesn't seem to understand the concept of "divide and conquer." She's dividing her own Party.

...Ickes has quietly raised an estimated $7.5 million in start-up money for Data Warehouse. A prospectus said the company will need at least $11.5 million in initial capital.

In addition to Soros, Ickes and Quinn have the financial backing from some of the wealthy participants in a new fundraising group called the Democracy Alliance. He and Quinn, who will be chief executive of Data Warehouse, have hired technology specialists from internet retailer Amazon.com and a Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer project.

Quinn had worked on the voter file program under McAuliffe, but he brought in his own people after Dean took over in early 2005. These included former Dean presidential campaign workers who formed a company called Blue State Digital, now under contract with the DNC.

Huh?

Someone explain that last paragraph to me. When did Quinn part ways with the DNC? Are the former Dean campaign workers still under contract with the DNC?

That's not clear. Typical Washington Post stuff. No matter.

What matters is that Hillary and Co. have initiated a schism in the Democratic Party.

I question Hillary's wisdom in alienating the DNC and Howard Dean. Then again, I often question Hillary's wisdom.

I can't see her getting close to achieving her goal without the Dem base in her corner. Apparently, she believes that Icky and Soros and some well-connected Dems are enough.

This is just another example of Hillary taking the Dems for granted. She assumes that she'll have their support no matter what she says or does.

Disloyalty, selfishness, deceit, and unfaithfulness are Clinton family hallmarks.

Dr. Dean, I Love You Madly

Dearest Dr. Dean,

You are everything that I've dreamed a DNC chairman could be. I never thought I could feel this way about the chairman of the DNC, but I can't deny it -- I love you.

You are perfection.

I love all the little things about you -- the way the veins on your neck bulge when you get angry and say something really stupid; the way you scowl; the way your eyes get even beadier when you talk about President Bush. I find all those things, and more, so very, very irresistible.

Dr. Dean, I do love you, madly.

Let me count the ways.

DNC Chair Dean: “All We Ask Is That We Not Turn Into A Country Like Iran Where The President Can Do Anything He Wants.” (ABC’s “Good Morning America,” 2/9/06)


DNC Chair Dean: “The Fact Is This President Has Not Listened To The Military Or Treated Our Military Properly.” (ABC’s “Good Morning America,” 2/9/06)


DNC Chair Dean: “The Idea That The United States Is Going To Win The War In Iraq Is Just Plain Wrong.” (“Dean Questions Commitment To Iraq Strategy,” The Associated Press, 12/5/05)


DNC Chair Dean: “[Our Troops] Don’t Belong [In Iraq].” (CNN’s “American Morning,” 12/8/05)


Dean: “I’m Tired Of The Ayatollahs Of The Right Wing … (Josie Huang, “Dean Calls For End To ‘Culture Of Corruption’,” Portland [ME] Press Herald, 10/23/05)


Dean: “Republicans Always Divide People.” (Carla Marinucci, “Dean: The Mouth That Won’t Stop Roaring,” San Francisco Chronicle, 6/8/05)


Dean: “These Guys [Republicans] Are Bad For Democracy. They Are Not Interested In Ideas But Interested In Power And They Are Not Interested In The Best Interest Of The American People.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 10/6/05)


Dean: “The R.N.C. … They Love To Play The Victim. The Truth Is They Are A White Christian Party.” (ABC’s “The View,” 9/15/05)


Dean: “These Guys [Republicans] Are Bad For Democracy. They Are Not Interested In Ideas But Interested In Power And They Are Not Interested In The Best Interest Of The American People. That’s Why They Will Be Gone In 2006.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 10/6/05)


Dean: “I’m Not Sure He [Chief Justice Roberts] Loves The American People.” (CNN’s “The Situation Room,” 9/9/05)


Dean: “New England Republicans Are Different Than Most. They Are More Reasonable And Thoughtful …” (Cole Manning, “Dean Works To Energize State’s Democratic Party,” Foster’s Online, 8/11/05)


Dean: “You Know, The Republicans Are Not Very Friendly To Different Kinds Of People. They’re A Pretty Monolithic Party. (Carla Marinucci, “Dean: The Mouth That Won’t Stop Roaring,” San Francisco Chronicle, 6/8/05)


Dean: “They [Republicans] All Behave The Same. They All Look The Same. It’s Pretty Much A White Christian Party.” (Carla Marinucci, “In S.F., Dean Calls GOP ‘A White Christian Party,’” San Francisco Chronicle, 6/7/05)


Dean: “[L]ord Knows This Administration Is Beginning To Erode The Core Of Our Democracy.” (DNC Chairman Howard Dean, Remarks At Campaign For America’s Future “Take Back America Conference,” DC, 6/2/05)


Dean: “[R]epublicans … A Lot Of Them Have Never Made An Honest Living In Their Lives.” (DNC Chairman Howard Dean, Remarks At Campaign For America’s Future “Take Back America Conference,” DC, 6/2/05)


Dean: “I Hate What The Republicans Are Doing To This Country. I Really Do.” (NBC’s “Meet The Press,” 5/22/05)


Dean: “Republicans Are All About Suppressing Votes ...” (DNC Chairman Howard Dean, Remarks At Campaign For America’s Future, “Take Back America Conference,” Washington, D.C., 6/2/05)


“Appearing On The Liberal Air America Radio In Minnesota, Dean Said Republicans Are, Quote, ‘Mean. They’re Not Nice People. They Want To Run Nearly Every Aspect Of Your Life,’ End Quote.” (Fox News’ “Special Report,” 4/5/05)


Dean Called Republicans “Brain-Dead.” (Peter Gorrie, “Spreading The Message,” Toronto Star, 3/20/05)


Dean On Republicans And Democrats: “This Is A Struggle Of Good And Evil. And We’re The Good.” (Joel Mathis, “Dean Roars Into Town,” Lawrence [KS] Journal-World, 2/26/05)


“During A Meeting … With The Democratic Black Caucus, Dean … Questioned Republicans’ Ability To Rally Support From Minorities. ‘You Think The Republican National Committee Could Get This Many People Of Color In A Single Room?’ Dean Asked To Laughter. ‘Only If They Had The Hotel Staff In Here.’” (Nancy Benac, “Dean Ready To Take Charge Of Democrats,” The Associated Press, 2/11/05)


Dean: “I Hate The Republicans And Everything They Stand For …” (Dana Milbank, “Dean’s Past As Prologue To DNC Future,” The Washington Post, 1/29/05)


Please, Dr. Dean, don't ever leave the DNC. I can't bear the thought.

I don't think I'd ever be able to love another chairman the way I love you.

My heart would break. I need you, Dr. Dean. I long to hear your every word.

Forever yours,

Mary

Creepy Liars, Kerry, Dean, and Doughnuts

John Kerry sent me an urgent message today. No, it wasn't a retraction or an explanation to spin his way out of taking responsibility for the horrible statements about our troops that he made on Face the Nation.

Kerry was asking for more money. Again, he referred to Dick Cheney and Tom DeLay appearing together at a fundraiser in Texas.

Kerry wrote:

...The Republican Party and its candidates are getting more desperate by the moment. They can feel the power slipping out of their hands. Their record of failure, incompetence and corruption has worn out their welcome with the American people.

And we know what kind of tactics the DeLay-Cheney Republicans use when they have their backs to the wall. That's why our Fight Back Fund has to be ready at a moment's notice.

We've got to tell Democratic candidates that they will never stand alone when Rove-like Republican operatives or Swift Boat-style attack groups come charging into their campaigns.

SUPPORT THE FIGHT BACK FUND NOW

Yesterday, we added to a very bad day for Tom DeLay. He learned that a judge refused to dismiss serious money laundering charges against him. And we refused to let Cheney's fundraising bailout of DeLay go unanswered.

Let's keep the pressure on. Donate now to the Fight Back Fund so that we can be ready at a moment's notice to take them on.

Sincerely,

John Kerry

The only ones exhibiting signs of desperation are the Dems.

The power is out of their hands and they are highly unlikely to get it back if they keep slandering the troops and demeaning their cause and bolstering our enemies.

John Kerry and Howard Dean are revealing the tip of the iceberg of the Dem insanity.

Kerry keeps blathering about "Swift-Boat style attacks," and mean-spirited, underhanded tactics.

NOTHING IS MORE UNDERHANDED AND MEAN-SPIRITED THAN TO REFER TO OUR AMERICAN TROOPS IN IRAQ AS TERRORISTS, "GOING INTO THE HOMES OF IRAQIS IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT, TERRORIZING KIDS AND CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, WOMEN, BREAKING SORT OF THE CUSTOMS OF THE -- OF-- THE HISTORICAL CUSTOMS, RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS."

It disgusts me that Kerry would send out a fundraising e-mail rather than an apology for telling lies about American soldiers.

Furthermore, it disgusts me that Dems have not issued statements today condemning Kerry for his UNPATRIOTIC lies.

Whenever Kerry brings up the Swift-Boat Vets, this exchange from October 2004, comes to mind. I know that I bring this up often, but it's seared in my memory, like when Kerry spent that Christmas in Cambodia.



O‘DONNELL: I just hate the lies of John O‘Neill.

(CROSSTALK)

O‘DONNELL: I hate lies.

BUCHANAN: I know. Now, you‘ve argued that these are lies, but let me suggest...

O‘DONNELL: It‘s not an argument. They‘re proven lies. Every single journalistic look at this book has ripped it apart, left it in shreds. O‘Neill is a liar. He‘s been a liar for 35 years about this. And he found other liars to...

(CROSSTALK)

BUCHANAN: Why cannot John Kerry‘s band of brothers and Max Cleland come on and take this...

O‘DONNELL: They have come on. They have told you. Every single person who served with John Kerry...

(CROSSTALK)

BUCHANAN: I‘ve gone through every single incident.

O‘DONNELL: O‘Neill never served with them, never met them until Vietnam. Everybody who was on that boat with Kerry says all of this stuff is a lie.

(CROSSTALK)

BUCHANAN: Why have none of them signed the sworn affidavits that admirals and others have signed?

(CROSSTALK)

O‘DONNELL: Those affidavits have no legal meaning. They are fraudulent.

(CROSSTALK)

BUCHANAN: They‘re fraudulent? Twenty people got up and lied and signed their name to it?

O‘DONNELL: Yes.

(CROSSTALK)

O‘DONNELL: Because some of those people have signed their names to reports that say John Kerry‘s conduct in Vietnam was exemplary, reports written at the time. You can‘t sign both documents. They are lying somewhere.

(CROSSTALK)

O‘NEILL: Can I say one thing?

BUCHANAN: John O‘Neill, go ahead, John.

O‘NEILL: Pat, Mr. O‘Donnell has certainly shown he has a good pair of lungs.

But to try and return a little bit to just basic information, you asked the question, how do we know the report was written by Kerry? The first way we know that is that the other four officers that day, all four of them, say Kerry wrote it.

The second way we know it is the journalist Tom Lipscomb tracked the report to a Coast Guard cutter and proved that the only one on the cutter to write the report was John Kerry. Third, the report is compatible with John Kerry‘s account, which as late as the Democratic Convention.

O‘DONNELL: What are the initials on the report?

(CROSSTALK)

BUCHANAN: Let him finish.

(CROSSTALK)

O‘NEILL: Mr. O‘Donnell, this is what you all did to the POWs.

(CROSSTALK)

O‘DONNELL: Just tell me the initials, you liar.

O‘NEILL: You‘re afraid of the American people getting the truth.

That‘s why you scream and you yell.

O‘DONNELL: Creepy liar.

(CROSSTALK)

BUCHANAN: Hey, listen, we don‘t need the personal insults to you.

O‘DONNELL: Does that matter to you? They‘re not his initials? Does that matter to you at all?

O‘NEILL: You‘re totally afraid of the truth. Can I speak or you‘re going to yell...

(CROSSTALK)

O‘DONNELL: ... liar who makes things up.

O'Donnell had a complete breakdown on live TV!

The Dems and their media allies are truly embarrassing.

Equally embarrassing is the Chairman of the Democratic Party, the dishonorable Dr. Howard Dean.

RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman was interviewed on WOAI-AM, the same radio station in San Antonio where Dean broadcasted to our troops and their families, to the Iraqis, and to our enemies that "the "idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong."

Excerpts of Mehlman's response to Dean's defeatist remarks--

Host: "Now I'm sure that you're aware by now because it's been everywhere, that we had an interview yesterday with Howard Dean, the, your counterpart over there at the Democratic National Committee, and he said some things that are lightning rod stuff. Some would call them even more than that. Without getting too graphic about the details and what he did, but what he said was basically this is the new Vietnam where we had 25,000 lives lost in a lost cause. He called Iraq a lost war. We can't win there. What is your response immediately hearing those comments?"

Ken Mehlman: "It's fairly extraordinary. I can't remember any time in history where the leader of a national party, one of our 2 national parties, predicted that America would lose a war we were engaged in. I think it sends the wrong message to our troops, the wrong message to the enemy, the wrong message to the Iraqi people just 10 days before the election."

"...You think about it, this isn't anything new. Just this past weekend on Sunday, John Kerry talked about American troops engaged in terroristic and other activity, terrorizing kids and children. He talked about we've already seen Nancy Pelosi embrace a retreat and defeat strategy...you have the Democratic nominee in '04, Democratic national chairman, lead Democrat in the House, have all now come out embrace a retreat and defeat strategy while our country is at war."

Host: "Well I actually asked him about that. I mean, I think that Murtha is the one that started it. Nancy Pelosi is now agreeing with it, that we should have these troops, and they're using the word redeployed within 6 months. Howard Dean won't go there. He says he wants it to happen within 2 years. So, if anything, the Democrats seem to be undecided about, you know, about agreeing on a time frame here. And do you think that it's wrong from its get-go to have any sort of a time frame at all or should there be?"

Ken Mehlman: "...here's why a time frame is a mistake.... If you tell the enemy when you're going to stop fighting, then the enemy knows when it needs to hold out (UI). If you want the Iraqi people to risk their lives, run for office (UI) vote in this election (UI) 10 days and do the things they're doing, if they know that after a given period, they're going to be abandoned to Zarqawi, they're much less likely to do it. You want the enemy to understand that there is no alternative but to air their grievances at the political process, then obviously, again, giving them a time frame is a mistake. Imagine if we had said to Hitler in 1942 that in 2 years we're going to pull out of Europe. Hitler would not have been, would not have ended his war. Hitler would not have surrendered. Germany would not have surrendered."

"It is always a mistake when you're fighting an implacable foe tell them the point at which you're going to stop fighting."

Mehlman also appeared today on CNN with Wolf Blitzer, making many of the same points about Dean, Kerry, and timetables.

A little while after the interview, Blitzer came back from a commercial break with this bit of news:

BLITZER: Getting a quick reaction to my interview only in the past few minutes with the chairman of the Republican Party, Ken Mehlman, who took a strong swipe at John Kerry for comments he made on "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer this past Sunday.

David Wade, a spokesman for John Kerry, just sent this over, a statement saying, "Ken Mehlman's filthy and shameful lie about a decorated combat veteran is disgraceful. Political hack Ken Mehlman and draft-dodging doughnut-eating Rush Limbaugh have something in common. Neither of them know anything about how to make American troops safe. John Kerry will continue to speak out about how to succeed in Iraq and protect brave American troops."

Wade is obviously as desperate as Kerry and Dean. His hissy fit is akin to Lawrence O'Donnell's meltdown on Hardball a year ago.

Just as O'Donnell yelled that John O'Neill was a "creepy liar," Wade lost control.

Calling Mehlman a "political hack" and referring to Limbaugh as "draft-dodging" and "doughnut-eating" is goofy. Wade sounds like a bully on the playground rather than the spokesman for a U.S. Senator and failed Presidential candidate.

Most importantly, Wade didn't retract Kerry's ugly words. He just threw out insults.

A question: What's wrong with eating doughnuts?

Another question: Would Wade call Clinton a "draft-dodger"?

The Dems' "doughnut-eating" style attacks may backfire on them, prompting Americans to contribute to the Republican Party.

Dr. Dean and Newt Gingrich

Oh, that wacky Dr. Dean!

What a pleasure it is to have him at the helm of the Democratic Party!

On Saturday, DNC Chairman Howard Dean was the keynote speaker at the annual fundraising dinner for the Maine Democratic Party at the Lewiston Armory.

LEWISTON -- The Bush White House is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history since President Warren G. Harding's, said Howard Dean during his first visit to Maine as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

..."The first thing we're going to do is we're going to have ethics come back to Washington again."

..."I'm tired of the ayatollahs of the right wing," Dean said. "We're fighting for freedom in Iraq. We're going to fight for freedom in America."

Maybe it’s just me, but I think that’s a tad over the top. I would think, I would hope, that levelheaded Dems would cringe at Dean’s "ayatollahs of the right wing" slam.

Although on TV this morning Dean reiterated much of what he said yesterday in Maine, he softened his rhetoric just a bit for the wider audience.

This morning on This Week, Dean gave a glimpse into the Dems' plan to defeat Republicans in the 2006 elections and beyond.

The strategy is based on the revolution that Newt Gingrich orchestrated in 1994, when the Dems lost control of the House of Representatives.

Dean intends to run the 2006 Congressional elections on a national level. Essentially, he wants Dem candidates across the country to run on the same platform.

Although Dean mentioned issues such as health care and education, his primary focus is "honesty in government." Those are his key words. He believes that if Dems formulate a unified strategy and get on board with the "honesty in government" plan, they can defeat Republicans.

I imagine that Dean and the Dems realized that the oft-repeated "culture of corruption" phrase was too negative for a national audience, although it plays well with their base. So, to be more appealing to the masses, Dean changed that to "honesty in government," as if that would make any difference.

In the end, the Dems are hoping to regain national control by plugging away with their politics of personal destruction methods, rather than offering the American people anything of substance.

Dean doesn’t plan to construct a vision for America like Gingrich and his fellow conservatives did in 1994. He has no specifics. His hopes rest on indictments of White House staff and Tom DeLay.

In contrast, the Contract with America laid out the details of a plan that would be followed if Republicans were to gain control of the House including:

The Fiscal Responsibility Act
The Taking Back Our Streets Act
The Personal Responsibility Act
The American Dream Restoration Act
The National Security Restoration Act
The "Common Sense" Legal Reform Act
The Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act
The Citizen Legislature Act

Dr. Dean doesn’t seem to understand that if he wants to utilize the Gingrich model, he has to have something much more concrete than "honesty in government" to present to voters.

Furthermore, the Dems aren’t exactly lily white when it comes to being honest with the American people. It would be very easy for Republicans to turn Dean’s “honesty in government” plan against them.

It would be a cakewalk. Yes, a cakewalk.

Do Dems really want to dredge up integrity issues?

That’s not a good idea.

Also, the belief that Dems would be able to run a “Bush lied” campaign would demand that they wipe out all of those on the record statements by Dems agreeing with the administrations’ assertions about Saddam Hussein and Iraq.

The placement of the apostrophe above is critical here. ADMINSTRATIONS, as in the Clinton and Bush administrations, used the same intelligence. The overwhelming majority of Dems signed on to the claims made by BOTH administrations.

If Bush was dishonest with the Americans people regarding Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, then so was Clinton and all of the Dems that echoed Clinton’s lines. Therefore, there is no way that the Dems can run away from their support to take out Saddam Hussein. In order to claim that they were deceived by Neo-con hawks, they have to admit to being deceived by Clinton.

Well, actually, they don’t have to admit to that reality.

THE DEMS CAN CONTINUE TO BE DISHONEST.

I suspect that they will.

In the course of the George Stephanopolous interview, Dean said that Dems had a good chance to reconnect with Americans since Dems had almost won the last (2004) election, and they did win the one (2000) before that. Apparently, Steph agreed with his statement. He made no effort at all to correct or question Dean’s comment.

It will be very interesting, as well as amusing, to see Dems try to stage an orchestrated campaign based on honesty.

Speaking of putting lipstick on a pig….

DR. DOOM: CHAIRMAN OF THE DNC

Howard Dean is not only a disgrace to the once proud Democratic Party; he is a disgrace to the nation, an unmitigated disgrace.

I find it amazing that someone of Dean's character is actually the Chairman of the Democratic Party. It's political suicide for the Democrats.

Supposedly, Dean was chosen for the post because he was a fund-raiser master. He knew how to bring in the bucks. To date however, Dean has had problems getting big money donors on board.

I don't know why anyone would support a party headed by the shameless Dean.

On September 9, Dean was interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN. Some of his comments were absolutely astonishing.

Transcript

BLITZER: Some, as you know, critics of the president, Kanye West, the rap artist, for example, have accused him of being a racist. I want you to listen to what the First Lady Laura Bush said last night. Listen to this.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH: I think all of those remarks were disgusting, to be perfectly frank, because, of course, President Bush cares about everyone in our country. And I know that. I mean, I am the person who lives with him. I know what he's like and I know what he thinks, and I know how he cares about people.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLITZER: Do you agree with the first lady?

DEAN: No. I do not think that this president cares about everybody in America. It's one nice -- I'm sure the suspect a nice man on a personal level. His policies have been devastating to middle class and poor people in this country, white, black, and brown.

People who were affected in this disaster, the people who are holed up in the Astrodome, look at the kinds of things that have been said about them. Look what the Republican representative from the Louisiana said this morning in "The Wall Street Journal"; that finally God has gotten -- or has cleaned up the public housing in New Orleans.

It's not enough to be a nice guy. I'm not disputing the fact the president is a nice man, and maybe he's compassionate in his personal life. The truth is that Americans have suffered deeply under this presidency, 80 percent of Americans, and that black people, Hispanic people, and poor people and old people have suffered disproportionately.

Dean actually said, "I do not think that this president cares about everybody in America."

He's playing the same old race/class warfare card. How dense are these Dems?

THAT DOESN'T WORK.

Dean and Kanye West should hang out together. Maybe West could even work one of Dean's screams into a performance.

BLITZER: So, I just want to press you on this. You can't blame the president for what some Republican Congressman says.

DEAN: I think there's an indifference in the Republican Party towards people who aren't at the very top of the income level. Their whole tax policy has shown that.

How about this? Bill Frist, the chairman -- the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, his first thing he wanted to do when he got back, after Hurricane Katrina struck, in the United States Senate, first thing he wanted to do is extend the estate tax exemption, $750 billion.

Where does Dean get off criticizing Frist for indifference?

Frist went to the hurricane ravaged area as a medical volunteer. He treated diabetics for low blood sugar and dealt with cases of high blood pressure and dehydration.

Did Dr. Dean volunteer his services? Of course not.

All talk, no action.

BLITZER: But there were 1,000 -- at least 1,000 school busses in New Orleans, and none of them were mobilized to get poor people, old people, people who didn't have cars, out of that city as that hurricane, Category 5, was building up steam along the -- in the Gulf of Mexico. Who should have ordered that those school busses, to get drivers and start driving people who don't have cars out of the city?

DEAN: That's an easy criticism to make, because beforehand you can blame everybody. You can blame the last four or five presidents --

BLITZER: Isn't that the responsibility of the mayor or the governor?

DEAN: Unless you tell people what the sequence is, I can't answer that question. I have to tell me that the sequence was that the hurricane was known to be, going to hit New Orleans directly, which it didn't. And that those busses weren't under water, and that the people who were supposed to be driving them didn't --

BLITZER: On Saturday and Sunday there was no water in New Orleans.

DEAN: Right.

BLITZER: And that was the -- the hurricane hit Monday morning.

DEAN: You're holding the mayor --

BLITZER: On Friday they knew this could potentially hit New Orleans, and that it could be a Category 4 or 5.

DEAN: You're holding the mayor to a different standard. This is a Republican spin machine stuff. You're holding the mayor to a different standard than you are holding FEMA.

With all due respect to Dr. Dean, his responses are pure idiocy.

Reread the exchange. It's unbelievable.

When asked a very straightforward question, Dean flops around like a fool.

"[B]eforehand you can blame everybody. You can blame the last four or five presidents."

He's got to be kidding! Dean doesn't have the decency to admit that it was inexcusable to not use all those buses to evacuate people.

Yeah, it was Gerald Ford's fault that Mayor Nagin didn't bus people out of New Orleans.

Right.

Remember, these words aren't coming from some Code Pink nut protesting outside of Walter Reed. They are coming from the CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!!!

Just a sampling of his sound bites are capable of dooming the Democrats, long term. I hope Dean keeps talking.

The good news is he will.

Dean Faces the Nation

DNC chairman Dr. Dean appeared on Face the Nation yesterday, which means VERY few people probably heard what he had to say.

Nonetheless, his words will come back to bite him.

Transcript

While discussing the war in Iraq, Dr. Dean said:

First thing we need is to do have a plan for leaving. And the second thing we need to do is to make sure that to the best of our ability we can influence the writing of the constitution. It looks like today, and this could change--as of today, it looks like women will be worse off in Iraq than they were when Saddam Hussein was president of Iraq. That's a pretty sad commentary on this administration's ability to do anything right.

The RNC's response:

Dean's wild assertion that Iraqi women would be better off living under Saddam Hussein than democracy is not only counterproductive to meaningful debate, it demeans the hard work of American servicemen and women serving in Iraq.

Dr. Dean needs to keep talking. Suggesting that women were better off under Saddam's regime is crazy. He exposes the Democrats as nutjobs and completely out of touch with reality. Every time he opens his mouth, he gives Republicans another gift.

Apparently, Dean thinks that Iraqi women prefer rape and torture and murder to their current situation.

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said, "the Iraqi constitution will respect the rights of all Iraqis, men and women, and that the U.S., working with Iraqis, will work very hard to make sure that the human rights of Iraqis are respected in the constitution."

Khalilzad also said he told Iraqi leaders that their new constitution should reflect "equality between men and women before the law." The absence of any type of discrimination in Iraqi social and political affairs "is vital," he maintained, to the success of the new Iraq.

"I have every expectation that the draft constitution will grant equal rights to men and women," Khalilzad said, noting, "our efforts and the efforts of many women here in Iraq and the international community will ultimately pay off on this score."

Creating a functioning, just government is not easy. It should be remembered that it took well over a hundred years before women in the U.S. were granted the right to vote.

In any case, two points should be noted:

1) Women were not better off under Saddam Hussein's reign of terror than in today's Iraq.

2) Dean, head of the DNC, is a FAR-LEFT EXTREMIST.

Check out the press release from the DNC about Dean's appearance.

Where is Dean's "it looks like women will be worse off in Iraq than they were when Saddam Hussein was president of Iraq" remark?

Not there.

Dean, Democrats, and Deception

Dr. Dean continues to invite pro-life voters to embrace the Democratic Party.

July 26, 2005
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-life Democratic lawmakers in Congress met with Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean last week to get the party leader to establish an official relationship with Democrats for Life of America, the national organization for Democrats who oppose abortion. Previous attempts to get the party acknowledge the group before Dean's election as chairman were not successful.

Sen. Ben Nelson (Nebraska) and Reps. Jim Oberstar (Minnesota.), Tim Ryan (Ohio), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio) and Bart Stupak (Michigan) were among the 16 members of Congress who participated in the meeting. They said they have the backing of the top Democrats in Congress, Sen Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi.

The members hope to make the Democratic Party more inclusive and less identified by its pro-abortion position, resulting from strong lobbying by leading abortion advocacy groups.

The lawmakers say the Democratic Party is being viewed by voters as out of touch with American values because of its overwhelmingly pro-abortion position. The party's last two presidential candidates, Al Gore and John Kerry, both took positions in favor of abortion and polls by the Gallup organization show the abortion issue gave President Bush an advantage in each election.

Democrats for Life officials also participated in the meeting Thursday and executive director Kristen Day told LifeNews.com that "Dean has continued to send a strong message that our party should no longer be the Party of abortion on demand."

"We appreciate that he has stood by those words and is willing to work toward more inclusion for pro-life democrats in the party," Day added.

Signaling his interest in making the Democratic Party one with a big tent, Dean told a group of college Democrats the day after the meeting that "we need to welcome pro-life Democrats into this party."

That's nice that Dr. Dean was willing to meet with Democrats for Life; but that isn't going to alter the fact that the Democratic Party is pro-abortion.

Dean keeps yapping about the "big tent" and being more inclusive.

He's been repeating those terms for months now. So what? The words are empty.

The single issue that I identify most strongly with the Democrats is abortion. In a nutshell, the Dems are pro-abortion and anti-Bush. That completely sums up what they stand for.

The very fact that Dr. Dean has to go out on a national tour urging the base to welcome pro-lifers proves just how strong the party's association with abortion is.

Right now, the Dems and various Leftist groups are bent out of shape over the battle for the Supreme Court. Their protests and petitions and scare tactics are all about Roe v. Wade. It's tough for Dr. Dean to sell the Democratic Party as a home for pro-life voters when nearly everything they do is tied up in the right to choose (to kill babies).

John Roberts is being bashed for being a "devout" Catholic. That distinction, between devout and the lapsed variety, sends up red flags to the Dems. Even Catholic senators, such as Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy and Dick Durbin, are attacking Roberts for his religion.

What's so dangerous about Catholicism? The Catholic Church considers abortion to be a sin. Since Roberts is Catholic, they see him as a potential threat to legalized abortion. They even see his wife as a threat because she has connections to Feminists for Life.

Senators Dick Durbin, Patrick Leahy, and Chuck Schumer have all been very vocal about the questions that Roberts' faith raises, that it might be an indication that he wouldn't be Roe v. Wade friendly.

How can Dr. Dean make a case that the Democrats are putting out the welcome mat for pro-life voters when they have declared "war" against Bush's Supreme Court nominee based on his abortion views?

Hillary "I'm a moderate" Clinton has a 100 rating by NARAL, meaning she couldn't vote in a more pro-abortion fashion if she tried.

Granted, there are some pro-life Democrats; but the Democrats are not pro-life.

Dr. Dean Has Issues

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean speaks to students at the annual convention of the College Democrats of America, gathered at the Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 22, 2005.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats need to reach out to voters who oppose abortion rights and promote candidates who share that view, the head of the party said Friday.

Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told a group of college Democrats that their party has to change its approach in the debate over abortion.

"I think we need to talk about this issue differently," said Dean. "The Republicans have painted us as a pro-abortion party. I don't know anybody in America who is pro-abortion."

Dean's approach echoed similar arguments advanced in recent months by former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.

"We do have to have a big tent. I do think we need to welcome pro-life Democrats into this party," said Dean.

The effort to attract such voters comes as Senate Democrats are preparing for confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. Roberts' views on abortion are already being intensely scrutinized.

Dr. Dean really is nuts, isn't he?

How could any sane person think it's possible for the Dems to court pro-life voters at the same time they are waging a "war" against John Roberts based purely on concerns about his views on Roe v. Wade?

Does he really believe that the MoveOn, NARAL, NOW, PFAW, George Soros types of the Dem party, the ones that are sliming John Roberts because his wife is a member of Feminists for Life, have the same agenda as pro-life voters? There is NO common ground.

Dean has been delivering that same stale schtick for months now. Changing the approach Dems use in the abortion debate means nothing.

In the end, his party caters to groups that shuddered at the thought of Laci Peterson's unborn child being called a baby. The Dems have to bow down to people who believe that partial-birth abortion is an acceptable procedure.

The Dems have a litmus test for Supreme Court nominees. If there is any indication that the nominee might believe that abortion is wrong, or if a family member of the nominee might hold that view, then the nominee is considered unfit to serve on the Court.

We are about to see the Dems trash John Roberts because they fear he's not a pro-abortion Sandra Day O'Connor clone; yet Dr. Dean wants pro-lifers to think that they have a place in the Democratic Party.

It's insane. Seriously.


Partial-Birth Abortion

Abortionists sometimes refer to these or similar types of abortions using obscure, clinical-sounding euphemisms such as "Dilation and Extraction" (D&X), or "intact D&E" (IDE) which mask the realities of how the abortions are actually performed.

This procedure is used to abort women who are 20 to 32 weeks pregnant -- or even later into pregnancy. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist reaches into the uterus, grabs the unborn baby’s leg with forceps, and pulls the baby into the birth canal, except for the head, which is deliberately kept just inside the womb. (At this point in a partial-birth abortion, the baby is alive.) Then the abortionist jams scissors into the back of the baby’s skull and spreads the tips of the scissors apart to enlarge the wound. After removing the scissors, a suction catheter is inserted into the skull and the baby’s brains are sucked out. The collapsed head is then removed from the uterus.

Dr. Dean has some serious issues if he is under the impression that pro-life voters and radical pro-abortion voters can coexist in the same party.

In issues of life and death, passions run high.

Contrary to what the demented Dr. Dean thinks, there is no tent on earth that is big enough to accommodate pro-life voters while simultaneously sheltering the pro-death crowd.

Give it up, Dr. Dean!

Dr. Dean's Latest Spew

Rocky Mountain News gives a glimpse of the tone Dr. Dean used when addressing a receptive crowd at a Denver fund-raiser.

Dean got big laughs and lots of applause at the Oxford Hotel as he ribbed President Bush and the three Rs: Republicans, Rove and Rush:

• "Focus on the Family? What focus on the family? If you want to focus on the family, how about raising minimum wage?"

• "No Child Left Behind ought to be kicked in the behind."

• "I'm not going to be lectured about moral values by Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and James Dobson - not going to happen."

"If we are willing to stand up for what we believe in, if we set aside this idea that we ought to be like the Republicans in order to win . . . then I promise you we will take this country back," Dean said.

The state Republican Party issued a statement saying Dean came to "spew lies and hate speech."

Dean did what he does best--rant like a typical MoveOn Radical Left-wing lunatic.

The "Dean Turns Blue" tour is getting a little stale.

He needs to come up with some new material. The same old lies and hate speech grow old so quickly.

Dr. Dean with Chris Matthews on Beanball

Like the vast majority of Americans, I don't watch MSNBC.

However, after learning that Dr. Dean was on Hardball, I did read the transcript of his Bush bashing session with Chris Matthews.

I wish that MSNBC had a larger audience. I wish every American witnessed what the chairman of the DNC had to say.

The interview revealed how demented Dr. Dean is. His drivel proved to offer more reasons why Americans should continue to keep the Dems out of power.

Some highlights:

DEAN: You know, I think that the president made a mistake last night. It was a well-delivered speech, but the idea of doing what he did in the presidential campaign, which is to attach 9/11 to Iraq, was a mistake, because it raises the specter of really is happening in Iraq, which is the president has caused a situation that is a danger to — dangerous to America where one did not exist before.

I supported the Afghan war, and I think most Democrats did, and we probably need more troops in Afghanistan and probably shouldn't be in Iraq at all.

Most Dems supported the Iraq war as well!

As far as attaching 9/11 and Iraq, President Bush has NEVER said that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Dean and the Dems keep lying about that. They should cut it out. They're draining off the final drops of their credibility each time they try to reconstruct reality. They reveal themselves to be clueless.

Moreover, if Dean thinks that Iraq was no danger to the U.S. before the war, he's a complete idiot. He should read Stephen Hayes' book, The Connection: How al Qaeda's Cooperation with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America, and learn about the extent of the danger Saddam's regime presented.


MATTHEWS: Last night [Bush] said the war in Iraq is part of the war on terrorism. What did you make of that, Governor?

DEAN: I certainly agree with the last sentence: he wanted to seek the terrorists abroad before we attacked them at home. The rest of it was only partly true. There are terrible foreign terrorists over there. They have been drawn to Iraq where they were not there before because we put our troops there. So if you could debate the wisdom of that.

The other people that are creating the mayhem in the streets of Baghdad are people who are fighting for their country. They are local people who disagree with the occupation.

What is he talking about?

The insurgency are people "fighting for their country". He sounds like Michael Moore, characterizing terrorists as akin to the "minutemen" of the American Revolution.

Occupation? He considers our troops to be "occupiers" rather than "liberators"?

Gee, Dr. Dean is painting what our troops are doing in a very negative way; yet he claims to support them. It sounds like he supports the "local people" as much, if not more, than our troops.

In Dean's world, members of the U.S. military in Iraq are occupiers and the terrorists blowing up innocents are the locals fighting for their country.

He's sick.

MATTHEWS: Governor, back in build up to the war in Iraq, a lot of Americans got the wrong information. They were telling us in polling they thought it was Iraq that attacked us on 9/11 and did so much harm to this country, in Pennsylvania as well as in New York and in the Pentagon.

And more recently, I want to ask you this. Do you believe the president is still trying to perpetrate the — the notion that it was Iraq that attacked us on 9/11?

DEAN: Sure. I think the president made a terrible, terrible mistake in getting us into Iraq. And now we really have a big problem on our hands. We have a security problem that we didn't have before.

Now the president's trying to make this into a war on terrorism. It is a war on terrorism in the sense that there's certainly international terrorists in Iraq. The point is, there weren't any to speak of before we got there. The president made a big error in judgment, and he's now trying to combine what's going on in Iraq with the war on terrorism.

Again, Dr. Dean is either lying for political gain, or he's ignorant.

There weren't any terrorists in Iraq before we got there?

How can the guy say that with a straight face? How can Matthews let him get away with that?

DEAN: I thought the president looked foolish on the aircraft carrier. That was obviously a big mistake on his part, and they know that.

In recent American history, no one has looked more foolish than Dr. Dean did during his concession speech in Iowa. The SCREAM was so indelible and left such a lasting impression on the public that it will probably be mentioned in his obituary before it's noted that he was a doctor, governor, or DNC chairman.

These are just a few snippets of the inanity. I could go on, but I'm getting a headache.

Dr. Dean's Selective Condemnation

I wonder why Mad Dr. Dean chose to condemn the anti-Semitic literature distributed to those watching the mock impeachment inquiry. I assumed that he helped choreograph that bit of performance art.

It's strange that he would speak out against that insanity, but stay mum on Durbin calling the American military Nazis.

Considering the typical trash that Dr. Dean dishes out, he hardly seems to be the person to pointing fingers at others when it comes to bigoted, hate-filled propaganda.

From AP:

Dean Condemns 'Anti-Semitic Literature'

WASHINGTON -- A handful of people at Democratic National Headquarters distributed material critical of Israel during a public forum questioning the Bush administration's Iraq policy, drawing an angry response and charges of anti-Semitism from party chairman Howard Dean on Friday.

"We disavow the anti-Semitic literature, and the Democratic National Committee stands in absolute disagreement with and condemns the allegations," Dean said in a statement posted on the DNC Web site.

Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, organized the forum on Thursday at the Capitol to publicize and discuss the so-called Downing Street memo. That document suggests that the Bush administration believed that war with Iraq was inevitable and that the administration was determined to use intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the ouster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

...Conyers' event occurred in a small Capitol meeting room, and an overflow crowd watched witnesses on television in a conference room at DNC headquarters. According to Dean, some material distributed within the DNC conference room implied that Israel was involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

One witness, former intelligence analyst Ray McGovern, told Conyers and other House Democrats that the war was part of an effort to allow the United States and Israel to "dominate that part of the world," a statement Dean also condemned.

"As for any inferences that the United States went to war so Israel could 'dominate' the Middle East or that Israel was in any way behind the horrific September 11th attacks on America, let me say unequivocally that such statements are nothing but vile, anti-Semitic rhetoric," Dean said.

"The inferences are destructive and counterproductive, and have taken away from the true purpose of the Judiciary Committee members' meeting," he said. "The entire Democratic Party remains committed to fighting against such bigotry."

Dean is not the man to be lecturing anyone on vile rhetoric, since he's the source of so much of it. He has no credibility.

Moreover, his statement mischaracterizes the "meeting." He makes it sound like it was a legitimate gathering of the Judiciary Committee, when it actually was a demented protest performance by loony Dems.

The selective nature of Dean's condemnation proves how empty his words are. It's about damage control, nothing more. He has not spoken out against Durbin's Nazi, Soviet, Pol Pot references to our military. Isn't that vile, too, and worthy of condemnation?

Dean was in a bind here since it's no secret that portions of the Dem base, the far, far left, regularly regurgitate those same Israel-9/11 conspiracy theories. He had no choice but to admonish those whackjobs.

It's also no secret that anti-Semitic remarks were made by the Dems at the mock hearing, not just anti-Semitic literature passed out at Dem headquarters.

"...[W]itness Ray McGovern, a former intelligence analyst, declared that the United States went to war in Iraq for oil, Israel and military bases craved by administration "neocons" so "the United States and Israel could dominate that part of the world." He said that Israel should not be considered an ally and that Bush was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

"Israel is not allowed to be brought up in polite conversation," McGovern said. "The last time I did this, the previous director of Central Intelligence called me anti-Semitic."

Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), who prompted the question by wondering whether the true war motive was Iraq's threat to Israel, thanked McGovern for his "candid answer."

At Democratic headquarters, where an overflow crowd watched the hearing on television, activists handed out documents repeating two accusations -- that an Israeli company had warning of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and that there was an "insider trading scam" on 9/11 -- that previously has been used to suggest Israel was behind the attacks.

So what happened here?

Dem activists at Dem headquarters passed this garbage out as Dems made the same bigoted statements during their pretend hearing looking into the impeachment of the President.

Dr. Dean then condemned the anti-Semitic literature.

How could he keep a straight face and say, "The entire Democratic Party remains committed to fighting against such bigotry"?

That's a lie. Members of the Dem Party knowingly took part in an event that was staged to draw attention. That doesn't sound like the entire party is fighting bigotry. They're promoting it.

The entire episode is a disgrace. So much about the Democrats these days is disgraceful.

The Dean Distraction

For the past few days, Democrat strategists have been whining about the Dean problem. They insist that Republicans are focusing on the lunacy of Mad Dr. Dean’s remarks to distract the public from the important issues. They claim it’s part of the Republicans' evil plan.

Frankly, I think this is absolutely ridiculous. It makes the Democrats look even more unstable than they do already. The argument that the Dems are making is based on the premise that the Bush administration would prefer to have conservatives talking about Dean’s divisive, outrageous, and in some cases, bigoted statements, than about the benefits of the Bush Social Security plan or the qualifications of the Bush judicial nominees or the success of Bush policies in helping to break up an al Qaeda terrorist cell.

Certainly, it benefits the Republicans every time Dr. Dean opens his mouth. That much is true. Talking about the insane things that Dr. Dean says, making people aware that a maniac is the chairman of the DNC, is most definitely a plus. However, an argument could be made that following Dean’s loony adventures is a disadvantageous distraction for the Republicans.

It helps the Republicans when the focus is on President Bush, when he takes his message to the people. The Republicans have ideas. They have an agenda. They don’t need to waste time on highlighting Dr. Dean’s ramblings.

Naturally, Republicans need to respond to Dean’s insanity. Although they do benefit when the media focus on Mad Dr. Dean, Republicans do not need to exploit.

In their joint appearance Thursday, Harry Reid and Dean’s charge that the Republicans are criticizing the inflammatory rhetoric only to avoid dealing with more important issues is as absurd as the demented comments Dean made in the first place.

Dean Does the Dirty Work

When you're in a hole, it's best to stop digging. It's good advice.

Dr. Dean hasn't learned that lesson. Rather than ease up and try to get out of the hole he has dug for himself with his insane, inflammatory rhetoric, Dean has decided to use a backhoe.

The question is: How much deeper can Dean's throat get?

From AP:

Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean on Wednesday defended his recent harsh criticism of Republicans, including his observation that they are "pretty much a white, Christian party."

Dean noted that he, too, is a white Christian. But he said the GOP is too narrow in its scope and the Democratic Party is far more diverse.

While even prominent Democrats in recent days have distanced themselves from some of his comments, the outspoken Dean, appearing on NBC"s "Today" show, said criticism of him is meant by Republicans to divert attention from the country's problems and make him the issue instead.

Dean told a forum of journalists and minority leaders Monday that Republicans are "not very friendly to different kinds of people, they are a pretty monolithic party ... it's pretty much a white, Christian party."

Challenged on that during the NBC interview, Dean said "unfortunately, by and large it is. And they have the agenda of the conservative Christians."

"This is a diversion from the issues that really matter: Social Security, and adequate job opportunity, strong public schools, a strong defense," Dean said.

Asked about it on the "Fox & Friends" show, GOP Party Chairman Ken Mehlman joked that "a lot of folks who attended my Bar Mitzvah would be surprised" he heads a Christian party.

"We gotta get ourselves beyond this point where when we disagree about politics, we call the other guy names," he said.

Said House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.: "Last week's scandal was Deep Throat. This week's scandal was Dean's throat, and apparently Dean likes the taste of his own foot."

Although Hastert offers up a very unpleasant image there, it is pretty funny.

Democratic New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Tuesday that Dean is doing a good job, but is not the party's spokesman.

Last weekend, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and 2004 vice presidential candidate John Edwards criticized Dean for his recent remarks, saying he doesn't speak for them.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, talking with reporters Wednesday, said she did not agree with the statement Dean made about the Republican Party.

"The role of the chair of the Democratic National Committee is one that is different than the role of the Democratic leader of the House or in the Senate," the California congresswoman said, "and sometimes the exhuberance of that position results in statements that neither of us would make."

"I don't think that the statement the governor (Dean) made was a helpful statement," she said. But Pelosi said she thought that Dean was "doing a good job."

"Listen. Any one of us at any given time will make a statement that we may, in retrospect, say maybe that was a little over-enthusiastic," she said. "And I can put that statement in that category for Governor Dean."

Biden, asked about Dean Wednesday during an interview on the Don Imus radio show, also said the chairman is doing a good job.

"A lot of things he does say, I agree with," Biden said. But he also said that Dean "has views that are slightly different than mine .. .But look, he's a lightning rod. ... It's probably good that there's a guy out there that's a lightning rod ... ."

Pelosi thinks Dean can be a "little over-enthusiastic." A little? That's her idea of getting too excited? Obviously, the woman has lost touch with reality.

Actually, Pelosi spells out Dean's role perfectly. She clearly reveals the Dem strategy. It's Dean's job to make the most hateful, rabid, foaming at the mouth statements to attack President Bush and Republicans so people like Pelosi and Biden don't have to.

The Dem Senators and Congressmen can distance themselves a bit from Dean. They certainly still make hateful, irresponsible comments; but they don't need to go as far over the edge as the Mad Doctor. That's why they're glad he's the chairman and that's why they think he's doing a good job. Dean does the dirty work.

I actually agree with Biden.

It is good that Dean is out there--good for the Republican Party. 2006 is looking awfully bright!

Mad Dr. Dean Delivers Again

This time, he was spitting out his madness in San Francisco--

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, unapologetic in the face of recent criticism that he has been too tough on his political opposition, said in San Francisco this week that Republicans are "a pretty monolithic party. They all behave the same. They all look the same. It's pretty much a white Christian party."

"The Republicans are not very friendly to different kinds of people," Dean said Monday, responding to a question about diversity during a forum with minority leaders and journalists.
"We're more welcoming to different folks, because that's the type of people we are. But that's not enough. We do have to deliver on things: jobs and housing and business opportunities."

The comments are another example of why the former Vermont governor, who remains popular with the party's grassroots, has been a lightning rod for criticism since being elected to head the Democratic National Committee last February. His comments last week that Republicans "never made an honest living in their lives," which he later clarified to say Republican "leaders," were disavowed by leading Democrats including Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.

Dean was outspoken -- as usual -- as he trolled California this week, stoking his party's coffers, and meeting with grass-roots activists. His San Francisco visit was at the tail end of a cross-country road trip, and Dean said that he will continue to pound the pavement -- and the GOP -- to get the Democratic message across to new voters, particularly in minority communities.

Wade Randlett, a key party fund-raiser, complained that Dean's approach was "shrill, angry and dismissive of all things Republican."

It's amazing a Dem actually picked up on what a lunatic Dr. Dean really is.

More amazing is that NO ONE in the party is muzzling the guy before he completely destroys the Democrats. You'd think there would be some Democrats who would demand that Dean takes it down a notch or else gets the axe. A few lame comments by Biden or Edwards are nothing.

Dean has crashed and burned once. He's a loser. Why he was chosen to be the head of the DNC is beyond comprehension.

Some gems from the always entertaining Mad Dr. Dean during a San Francisco roundtable discussion:

On Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: "Gov. Schwarzenegger has been a big disappointment to a lot of Californians ... Americans are tired of politicians that break their promise, especially in an area like education ... so I think there's going to be a lot of questions about whether the governor really cares about average Californians."

On Schwarzenegger's endorsement of the Minutemen: "This is why I don't agree that there's no difference between Republicans and Democrat ... you would never have heard a Democrats talk like that ... I think the Republicans are always like this. I remember (former Republican Gov.) Pete Wilson ... got elected by victimizing immigrants. Republicans always divide people."

On illegal immigration: "(Democrats) understand we have a border problem. But we think that if you enforce the laws you already have, the people who are already here ... they haven't broken any laws, they paid their taxes, a lot of them are paying into the Social Security system and getting nothing. Those people ought to be on a reasonable track toward citizenship."

On past promises by Democratic officials to minority communities: "It does make a difference that we now have senior management that is African American (and minority) ... which means we're not going to have the white boys' club make all the decision anymore. Everybody's going to be included."

On San Francisco politics: "It's always a pleasure to come to San Francisco because I don't look so liberal when I come to San Francisco."

On the Democrats' strategy for the 2008: "We're trying to resurrect this party. We're going to be in every state. You're not going to see any 18-state strategies. We're going to be in places like Mississippi and Kansas and Idaho. We're going to be in the Republican counties of California from now on; we're not going to try to win by getting San Francisco and Oakland and Berkeley ... we're not going to sit around anymore. We are going to fight back. We haven't been fighting back."

Dr. Dean is definitely a keeper.

Does Dr. Dean Have the Plague?

Two prominent Democrats, Joe Biden and John Edwards, are running from Howard Dean like he has the plague.

I think it's an orchestrated attempt to pander to different factions of a fractured party. I believe the Democrats have taken a cue from John Kerry. They are trying to be all things to all people, like Kerry did during his failed campaign. Unfortunately for the Dems, by trying to cover all bases, they don't adequately cover any.

Mad Dr. Dean's mission is to appeal to the fringe Michael Moore, MoveOn, leftist nutjobs, while Biden and Edwards are sent out to keep the less radical, more sane Dems happy.

From AP:

Democrats Joseph Biden and John Edwards are criticizing party chairman Howard Dean, saying his rhetorical attacks on Republicans have gone too far.

...Dean "doesn't speak for me with that kind of rhetoric and I don't think he speaks for the majority of Democrats," Biden, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."

...Edwards said Dean "is not the spokesman for the party."

Dean is "a voice. I don't agree with it," Edwards, a former senator and the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2004, said Saturday at a party fundraising dinner in Nashville, Tenn.

The thing is Dean is the DNC CHAIRMAN. He may be only a single voice, but he's a very, very, very loud one.

The strategy of having Dean talk like a lunatic to the party loons and other Dems dispute his remarks won't work. As long as Mad Dr. Dean keeps dishing it out, Republicans, Independents, and Bush Dems will keep rejecting the Democratic Party.

It's not as if the Dems are offering any ideas. They have no ideas, which makes the rejection so much easier. It's not difficult to turn your back on someone as abrasive, and stark raving mad, as Dr. Dean.

It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

--William Shakespeare

Dems Must Edit Dr. Dean

Becoming the Party of Change
By Howard Dean, AlterNet
Posted on June 2, 2005, Printed on June 2, 2005

Editor's note: The following is excerpted from Howard Dean's June 2 speech at the Take Back America 2005 conference in Washington, D.C. This transcript has been edited for clarity.


So much of what Dr. Dean says needs to be edited for clarity. This excerpt conveniently omits the mad doctor's most outrageous remarks. AlterNet didn't edit for clarity. They edited for content. They edited to give an impression of sanity.

This is really a joke! The Dems are rewriting history when it's only a few hours old!!