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Dean Takes Limbaugh's Advice on Clinton Insult
NewsMax.com ^ | 12/20/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 12/20/2003 2:36:49 PM PST by kattracks

In a move urged by the Democrat's talk radio nemesis Rush Limbaugh, presidential front-runner Howard Dean called former President Bill Clinton on Friday to clarify remarks that fans of the former president found insulting.

Speaking to a Manchester, New Hampshire audience on Thursday, Dean had complained, "When Bill Clinton said the era of big government is over, I believe that we must enter a new era for the Democratic Party -- not one where we join Republicans and aim to simply limit the damage they inflict on working families."

The remark outraged more than a few Democrats, including Bruce Reed, a Clinton adviser and president of the Democratic Leadership Council.

Reed fumed to the Kansas City Star:

"For Governor Dean to suggest that all the Democrats did under Bill Clinton during the 1990s was damage control is an affront to President Clinton. ... One day Dean says Americans are no better off with Saddam [Hussein] out of power. Now he seems to be saying Democrats are better off with Bill Clinton out of power."

Commenting on Dean's break with the former president, Limbaugh noted Friday, "This is a dangerous strategery for Dean. He's challenging the Godfather of the Democrat Party."

The top talker then warned, "That kind of thing will get you dumped in Fort Marcy Park. I would recommend [Dean] call Bob Torricelli or Andrew Cuomo and find out what happens when you cross Don Clintleone."

Before Cuomo and Torricelli decided to end their election campaigns last year, they were urged to do so in phone calls by the former president.

It's not clear whether Dean heard Limbaugh's warning, but later that same day he called Clinton directly, bypassing Torricelli and Cuomo.

After assuring the former president that he hadn't really meant that it was time for Democrats to leave him behind, Dean told reporters, "We're not going to turn our backs on Clinton. We're not that crazy."

At a Burlington, Vt., town hall meeting later in the day, Dean said that he wanted make America the kind of country it was under Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.



TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; dean; howarddean; limbacher; rush; x42
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1 posted on 12/20/2003 2:36:49 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
make America the kind of country it was under Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.

Now that's just down right scary!!

2 posted on 12/20/2003 2:40:29 PM PST by EggsAckley
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To: kattracks
"At a Burlington, Vt., town hall meeting later in the day, Dean said that he wanted make America the kind of country it was under Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.

Any number of things can be said here, but a country under people like Clinton is a country going under.

3 posted on 12/20/2003 2:41:41 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: kattracks
Dean told reporters, "We're not going to turn our backs on Clinton. We're not that crazy."
Interesting.....This could be taken a few different ways.
4 posted on 12/20/2003 2:42:19 PM PST by Peace will be here soon (Beware, there are some crazy people around here !!! And I could be one of them !!)
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To: kattracks
Of course, and I don't want to say this too loudly, Dean can get a lot of Democrats back by dissing Clinton, because they left the party precisely BECAUSE of Clinton. Not to worry though, he evidently chickened out. Draft dodger, and coward, like Clinton.
5 posted on 12/20/2003 2:44:00 PM PST by Enterprise
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"We're not going to turn our backs on Clinton. We're not that crazy."

Especially when he has a lit cigar.

6 posted on 12/20/2003 2:44:59 PM PST by Faraday
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To: Peace will be here soon
Hell- Keep putting Clinton out there....His advice
and expertise only lost the Senate, House, Presidency,
and a few Governorships across the country...and his
great assist in Florida in '02...reelected Jeb Bush in
a landslide....He and McAwful are two of the best things
going to reelect Republicans....Heehwwwwww...Jake
7 posted on 12/20/2003 2:47:32 PM PST by sanjacjake ( Luvya-Dubya)
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To: kattracks
Nikita Dean pays his respects to Don Clintone. Film at 11.
8 posted on 12/20/2003 2:47:51 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: kattracks
Dean said that he wanted make America the kind of country it was under Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.

Bwahahahahahahaaa!!!

What a mismatch!
9 posted on 12/20/2003 2:53:56 PM PST by rs79bm (Insert Democratic principles and ideals here: .............this space intentionally left blank.....)
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To: kattracks
"Dean Takes Limbaugh's Advice"

Did Rush hit him up for any pills?

10 posted on 12/20/2003 2:55:38 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Enterprise
but a country under people like Clinton is a country going under.

Why does Monica and "down on its knees" come to mind?

11 posted on 12/20/2003 2:58:09 PM PST by Young Rhino (http://www.artofdivorce.com)
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LOL. Gee, I don't rightly know.
12 posted on 12/20/2003 3:01:26 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: kattracks
One day Dean says Americans are no better off with Saddam [Hussein] out of power. Now he seems to be saying Democrats are better off with Bill Clinton out of power."

Nice comparison: "with Bill Clinton out of power.". It puts Bubba right up there on the level of a dictator. Of course, the nation is better off with Bubba out of power.

13 posted on 12/20/2003 3:07:51 PM PST by Paul Atreides (Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
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To: kattracks
Dean's a friggin' idiot.
14 posted on 12/20/2003 3:14:25 PM PST by b4its2late (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: kattracks
Kiss the ring, Howie.
15 posted on 12/20/2003 3:14:32 PM PST by Billthedrill
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Um, what kind of ring?
16 posted on 12/20/2003 3:18:41 PM PST by Paul Atreides (Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
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To: kattracks
make America the kind of country it was under Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.

You have to be a complete moron to make such an asinine statemnt.

17 posted on 12/20/2003 3:21:11 PM PST by Bullish
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To: EggsAckley
Communists infestation is what he will have if elected.
18 posted on 12/20/2003 3:24:25 PM PST by cynicom
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To: Paul Atreides
The one Hillary wears. One shows respect to the Clinteones...or else...
19 posted on 12/20/2003 3:25:04 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: kattracks
""We're not going to turn our backs on Clinton. We're not that crazy."

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TRANSLATION:

"We know who has our FBI files...And we know that you never turn your back on a "back-stabber"

FRegards,

20 posted on 12/20/2003 3:26:55 PM PST by Osage Orange (Stop Repeat Offenders.........DON'T RE-ELECT THEM..!!!)
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