Dean Loses It

National Review Online ^ | Jan 20, 2004 | Byron York

[Snake65]

Yeah but if all the Dean maniacs jump ship and support Clark, General Ripper might win in New Hampshire. Dean is a Yeltsinesque buffoon. Clark is scary.

[alloysteel]

Howard Brush Dean III, child of privilege, Birkenstock doc, and beneficiary of some $3.8 million in trust funds, equities and financial instruments, turned out to be not ready for prime time. He went into meltdown when he realized that almost nobody was that angry with George W. Bush.

As far as being "liberal", who could tell? Dean has been all over the map on several different issues, and trying to pin a distinct label on him is like nailing Jell-O to the wall. His positions turn out to be simply illogical. One thing for sure, nobody lacked an opinion on Howard Dean.

[oyez]

Dean is a bad actor.

I'd hate to think that guy would have his hands on the "football." For even a minute.

[hispanarepublicana]

Well, Dean's tirade is still playing at the "bottom of the hour" radio news, and it's 9:30 cst here. Of course, I'm listening to Fox Radio.

[Akira]

I would have loved to know what Harkin was thinking behind that smile, which HAD to have been forced.

[Akira]

Ha! I didn't notice that. My wife and I were playing a game and just listening in the background, but obviously Dean's rant got our attention.

After so much Dem watching on TV, we both needed a hot shower to clean ourselves off.

[troublesome creek]

Harkin is such a putz. Fake smile plastered on his face, acting like just another down-home Iowan when, in reality, he is just a hardcore communista wanker. He'd carry Teddy's jockstrap if he could lift it or, rather, if he could find it among the folds........

[JFC]

Glenn Beck is talking about Dean's rant on his talk show. It is sooooooo funny. I think it has to be on Saturday Night Live......... he went wacko and I think he has more to come.

[alloysteel]

Try to imagine Tom Harken thinking to himself, "What the H*ll am I doing here, and how quick can I get out the door?"

[wai-ming]

Time to stick a fork in him.

How about "stick a pin in him."

Perhaps the self-proclaimed "human pin-cushion" has been the victim of voodoo attacks from the other candidates. That could explain his nervous quirks.

[Akira]

Is it just me, or did Dean remind anyone of the WWF?

LOL! That is EXACTLY what I said to my wife when I saw it. I kept looking for Mean Gene to jump up there and stick a microphone in his face, while Dean started touting "Deanomania, baby!!!".

[Irene Adler]

Your screen name is SO TRUE! I am going to have to remember it.

[Cobra64]

I missed it. Do y'all think it will be re-broadcast or on the news?

[blanknoone]

I am disappointed that he imploded so thoroughly so early. I knew he wouldn't win, but I was hoping he would pick up some states so that he would have to be 'respected' at the convention.

What is consensus here, Clark or Kerry?

[palmer]

Dean is a Yeltsinesque buffoon. Clark is scary.

Agreed, and both have maniacal supporters. Sure there were throngs of women lined up for Clinron, but this is more worship of class warfare ideals.

[ken5050]

Harkin & Gore are BIGGER losers than DEan..

[Irene Adler]

As an Iowan, I appreciate the embarrassment to Harken provided by Dr. Nasty Dean. However, it will do him no damage at all; he is teflon for some reason, in Iowa. Which is strange because he is truly a vicious, lying wretch. I have read that he is personally unpopular, even in the U.S. Senate, and that is saying something.

[alloysteel]

Clark or Kerry?

Doesn't matter. Either of them will turn out to be sock puppets for the regime of the "Former Occupant of the Oval Office, 1993-2001". That cancer is still eating through the body of whatever is left of the Democrat party. Only a really horrendous crash is going to provide the necessary incentive for that organization to carry out housecleaning and purging of its ranks, and it may not survive even then.

[troublesome creek]

As a former Iowan, I have had to try to explain to friends here in my adopted state how Harkin keeps getting re-elected. For the life of me I've run out of ideas on how to answer that question. He is so obviously false and hypocritical - and, those are the mildest adjectives I can use.

[Poincare]

Hey Howard!

Move on.