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Dean: I Didn't Say 'Panic Attack' [Yes, He Did]
NewsMax.com, Fox & Friends ^
| Jan. 19, 2004
| Carl Limbacher
Posted on 01/19/2004 1:23:06 PM PST by Carl/NewsMax
Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean denied that he ever suffered from "panic attacks" during a Monday morning interview with Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends," insisting that neither he nor a reporter who recently interviewed him had used that term to describe an episode where he hyperventilated upon taking office as Vermont governor in 1991.
Citing a recent interview he gave to People magazine, Dean complained to "Fox & Friends" host Steve Doocy, "I think if you read People magazine it says no such thing. The quote that you just read, it didn't say anything about a panic attack."
People's interviewer did, however, twice ask Dean about past "anxiety attacks," prompting the former Vermont governor to detail his hyperventilation experience.
Noted People's Ann Driscoll, "It sounds as if you had a little bit of an anxiety attack when you got the word that you were now governor."
"I did," responded Dean. "I hyperventilated and I started hyperventilating and I thought, You better stop that or you won't be much good to anybody. . . . To suddenly get told that you have responsibility for 600,000 people it provokes a little anxiety."
And in fact, it turns out that Dean himself has used the term "panic attack" to describe his old ailment.
Just three months ago, the Associated Press reported, "The candidate, who rarely talks about his personal life, said his brother's capture and death caused him to seek therapy for bouts of anxiety. Dean was quoted calling the episodes 'panic attacks,' although his aides said he quickly described that as a poor choice of words."
Still - despite his own use of the term - Dean complained Monday that Fox had hit him with a low blow.
"It's amazing to me the kind of stuff that you just did," he told Doocy. "It says nothing of the sort that I had a panic attack in People magazine. I'm shocked that you'd say such a thing."
TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anxiety; howarddean; hyperventilation; lyingliars; panic; panicattack
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Btw, I'm not sure why Dean is getting so defensive about this. It's not like he would suffer politically from such a disclosure. Admitting to having panic attacks would probably result in a net gain in votes for him among the Loony Left.
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posted on
01/19/2004 1:42:35 PM PST
by
SpyGuy
To: Tall_Texan
"To suddenly get told that you have responsibility for 600,000 people"And that's the problem with leftists. They aren't *responsible* for 600,000 people they are *accountable* to 600,000 people. No wonder these guys get so twisted up.
That there's astute, Tex.
To: Carl/NewsMax
So much of how Dean reacts to things is exactly like many short men I've known in my life. Must be a common over-compensation.
To: kingu
Right on! Dean also evaded Steve's question over the facts about the issuance of the J. Carter invitation. Wesley Clark runs a close second to weasle words and evasion, but, then, all the others run a distant second to Dean. If he's a dem, he's a liar.
Regards . . . Penny
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posted on
01/19/2004 1:53:59 PM PST
by
Penny
To: Fester Chugabrew
Believe me, I am on the verge of a panic attack every time I think Howard Dean could possibly become the next President of the United States. Good to know that you aren't on the verge of panic attack (or hyperventilating). Dean has the proverbial snowball's chance.
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posted on
01/19/2004 1:57:51 PM PST
by
Cboldt
To: OldFriend
His brother's death is the only "adversity" that Dean has in his past that he had to "get over." He wasn't poor, he didn't serve, so that's all he has.
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posted on
01/19/2004 2:00:44 PM PST
by
stands2reason
("Dean is God's reward to Mr. Bush for doing the right thing in the war on terror." Dick Morris)
To: Carl/NewsMax
According to the World Book Dictionary for 2004, panic and anxiety attacks are one and the same.
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posted on
01/19/2004 2:04:31 PM PST
by
mass55th
To: Carl/NewsMax
There should be no doubt that Dean is having a perpetual "anxiety attack" or "panic attack". He has more facial ticks and twitches than a group Clint Eastwood impersonators on a coffee bean diet. He has a hard time remembering what to say when asked simple questions. Instead of gazing around the room like a contestant on "The Price is Right" in search of an answer (like Clark does) he just blurts out the first thing that comes to his vulgar mouth. Judging by some of his bizarre statements, he may also suffer from Touretts Syndrome.
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posted on
01/19/2004 2:06:06 PM PST
by
Jaysun
(The liberal mind is so open - so open that ideas simply pass through it.)
To: Carl/NewsMax
It'd be interesting to see the actual People Magazine article.
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posted on
01/19/2004 2:09:09 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: Fester Chugabrew
Last number I heard was 290 million. Add the illegals and yer up to 300 million.
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posted on
01/19/2004 2:10:46 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: Carl/NewsMax
Howie is suffering from foot in mouth disease.
To: Jaysun
he may also suffer from Touretts Syndrome.What syndrome? Sounds series. Is it contagious?
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posted on
01/19/2004 2:16:14 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: Carl/NewsMax
This story is little more than a little fluff for the right-wing, only available via the usual FNC and VRWC websites.
Whatever Howie's mental state, the Dim primary voters aren't going to hear about this from ABCNNBCBS anytime soon.
To: Jaysun
Judging by some of his bizarre statements, he may also suffer from Touretts Syndrome.
Lay off the Tourettes. It's about as funny as jokes about cerebral palsy. Not very funny if you know someone who suffers from it.
To: SpyGuy
Aren't these the same liberals who worried about Reagan's finger on the nuke button?
Much better to have a guy who has panic attacks. We would need to turn the oval office into a padded room.
To: Cobra64
"It'd be interesting to see the actual People Magazine article." Funny you should ask. I just finished transcribing it.
To: mass55th
>>World Book Dictionary for 2004, panic and anxiety attacks are one and the same.
Is there a doctor in the house? Are they 2 different things or what?
To: stands2reason
Trouble is no one knew his brother was dead until a month ago.
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posted on
01/19/2004 2:26:30 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Seems me to coward dean has rabies.
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posted on
01/19/2004 2:27:02 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: cspackler
This is from the printed version of People magazine's story:
"While traveling in Laos in 1974, his 24-year-old younger brother Charlie, a peace activist, was killed by communist guerrillas; the State Department later told the Deans he had been beheaded."
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