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Dean Blows Stack During Iowa Q & A
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| 1/11/04
| Limbacher
Posted on 01/11/2004 5:59:50 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean blew his stack at an Iowa voter on Sunday who had asked him to end his "slam, bam and bash" rhetoric attacking President Bush. "Please tone down the garbage, the mean-mouthing of tearing down your neighbor and being so pompous," said Dale Ungerer during a question-and-answer session initiated by Dean after he had delivered his standard stump speech at the Oelwein Community Centre on Sunday.
Dean's response was calm at first, telling Ungerer, "George Bush is not my neighbor."
But when the Iowa Republican stood and tried to interrupt, Dean shouted: "You sit down. You had your say. Now I'm going to have my say."
According to Reuters, Dean railed, "George Bush has done more to harm this county right here with unfunded mandates, standing up for corporations who take over the farmers' land, making it impossible for middle class people to make a real living, sending our kids to Iraq without telling us the truth first about why they went."
Then, in a particularly ugly sound bite, the Democratic front-runner added, "It's not the time to put up any of this 'love thy neighbor' stuff."
"I love my neighbor," Dean insisted. "But I'll tell you I want THAT neighbor back in Crawford, Texas, where he belongs."
The episode marks the first time that the short-fused Democrat has lost his temper in public during the campaign, although last month he admitted he sometimes gets so angry he needs to be physically restrained.
"If someone punches me I am apt to chase them down, and I need to be restrained by the people who know better and have been in the game longer than I have," Dean told MSNBC.
TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; 2004election; anger; dean; deanieweenies; deanoutburst; election2004; hothead; howarddean; iowa; mistermean; mockdean2004; mrmean; nuclearbutton; pms; tempertantrum; unfit; wheelsfallingoff
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To: got_moab?
Mayor McCheese is twice as qualified as Dean to be president.
LOL!
To: new cruelty
it IS too soon, he needs to wait for a debate with Bush and implode on national TV.......when everyone is watching.
122
posted on
01/12/2004 5:08:34 AM PST
by
tioga
(10 days to CPAC ??)
To: ElkGroveDan
You thought it was a joke and so you laughed, you laughed when I had said
that loosing you would make me flip my lid.. RIGHT???
I know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed you laughed and
laughed and then you left, but now you know I'm utterly mad... And..
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa,
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.
To the happy home. With trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket
weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're
coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!
To: cynwoody
And what size shoe fits little Comrade Dean?Probably a childrens 6, but he has a size 18 mouth! What a maroon!
Pray for W and The Truth
124
posted on
01/12/2004 7:14:01 AM PST
by
bray
(The Wicked Witch of NY and Her 9 Flying Monkeys are Falling!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Is it just me or does saying that any individual is not my neighbor not repudiate everything Christ came to earth to tell us?
I'm not sure Howie is a Christian in any sense of the word. And I don't believe you have to be nice all the time to be a Christian. But I always thought that the Golden Rule applied to all of our fellow men, women, and children.
125
posted on
01/12/2004 8:44:39 AM PST
by
johnb838
(Understand the root causes of AMERICAN anger.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
Cute.
Had the same thoughts regarding monkeys...someone oughta make a "Democrat Chattering Monkey" doll...pull the string and hear "Bush Lied", "Bush is Stupid", "Bush Knew", "Bush is Eevul"...that's the best any of them can ever come up with.
To: newgeezer
ping
127
posted on
01/12/2004 9:44:00 AM PST
by
biblewonk
(I must try to answer all bible questions.)
To: newgeezer
ping
128
posted on
01/12/2004 9:44:01 AM PST
by
biblewonk
(I must try to answer all bible questions.)
To: TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa
You laughed, you laughed,
I heard you laugh
You laughed and then you left
And now I've gone completely out of my mind
129
posted on
01/12/2004 9:59:05 AM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Hey if God did'nt want angry people like Dean to be here he would'nt have created them.
130
posted on
01/12/2004 10:18:46 AM PST
by
linn37
(Have you hugged your Phlebotomist today?)
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131
posted on
01/12/2004 10:19:27 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Join the dollar a day crowd now!)
To: ElkGroveDan
This wonderful soul, Dale Ungerer, deserves some huge KUDOS for giving Dean the opportunity to expose his nasty, pompous, short fused and ugly underbelly to the nation. Hehe. YOU GO DALE!!!! HURRAH!!!!!
May Dean's comments, especially the one dealing with 'enough of this love thy neighbor stuff' become the mantra of the DNC. (Certainly the shoe fits, exceptionally well!)
To: Stultis
"Weasley "Jack 'Ripper'" Clark also has mental stability issues."![](http://wso.williams.edu/~mhacker/Strangelove/cigar.jpg)
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Mandrake: Hmm.
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Mandrake: No.
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133
posted on
01/12/2004 10:30:22 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Der Elite Møøsënspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Granted Dean showed really bad form by losing his temper. However unless I'm mistaken and this had been found to be false, the person shouting at Dean according to Fox News, was a Republican who somehow made it into the rally. Again if this is case, I think it is wrong for us Republicans to interfer with the Dem's nominating process. Even if they employ this dirty tactic when we are vulnerable. I know there are some states that allow people of differing parties to take part in the other's nominating process, but as far as I'm concerned which one of the Nine Stooges the Dems pick is totally up to them. I would also point out that the two front-runners in the Democratic field, Dean and Clark, have both tripped over their own mis-statements and are reeling off more than enough rope to hang themseleves in the general election. Clark's lastest goofs include a guarantee of no Sept 11th scale attacks if elected and a claim that Bush' No Child Left Behind is designed to destroy public schools.
To: ElkGroveDan
The
Voices
In
My
Head
Tell Me
That
"You're Insane"
To: Cultural Jihad
136
posted on
01/14/2004 1:11:17 PM PST
by
weegee
To: Enterprise
I think Clinton is a coward and would run from a fight. I recall that he did just that in Somalia.
137
posted on
01/14/2004 1:20:12 PM PST
by
HIDEK6
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