Dean Loses It

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

[Akira]

I'm sure there will be lots of posts about this, but here's my contribution. ;-)

Talk about an amazing display (and putting lipstick on a pig). I didn't think Dean could surprise me anymore, but that was just WAY too much. I almost fell off the couch.

[kinsman redeemer]

The speech didn't start badly. Although Dean appeared oddly exuberant after what was an extraordinarily disappointing finish...

The drug started to wear off.

[alisasny]

Just reading his "state" rant above made me laugh all over again...

[mykdsmom]

Time to stick a fork in him.

MKM

[alisasny]

and Harkin cheering it up in the backround...MY MY MY

[Pukin Dog]

To quote pollster Frank Luntz when asked about Dean's speech:

"He's crazy."

[BenLurkin]

Kinda hard to understand Dean's rabid reaction to the cauci results.

Did his supporters egg him on by enthusiatically chanting "We're number Three, We're number Three"?

[1Old Pro]

Poor algor, his candidate is toast.

[COUNTrecount]

He's really good at geography.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Not sure that Dean ever had "it" to lose.

[BigLittle]

It was hard to believe, that after being outvoted 4 to 1, by the combination of Kerry and Edwards, that he would behave like that. To quote Bugs Bunny..."what a maroon!"

[Cultural Jihad]

Watching the replay of his 'victory' speech, at the point when he was thanking people, and after he thanked Sen. Tom Harkin, he then thanked an ex-Congressman supporter, and called out his name, turned behind him, and yelled out, "Wherever you are, thank you!" But the man was standing right behind him, next to Harkin, yet Dean glazed over the crowd, and didn't see him accept the accolades of the crowd. Did I misread that odd event?

[kinsman redeemer]

...Dean discussed the emotional difficulties he has sometimes had dealing with stressful situations.

THIS shouldn't be a problem once the pressure of the campaign is over and he is in the Oval Office.

< /sarcasm>

[KC Burke]

York sure ties it back to that earlier interview. In a way, it is a shame. Edwards will continue to rise and the Democrat Party likes nothing better to give to the uninformed voter than a pretty faced boy. The party of the children wants to always run a corresponding image-fluff candidate as its stalking horse. The Dean's, or similar strident leftists, are usually in the background waiting to feast of the corpse.

[tiamat]

If he had been shouting in German, he would have sounded like Hitler.

SCARY man!

Tia

[handy]

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

I half expected him so come out with... Do you smell what the Doctor is cooking?!?!?!

Hate to see him finish so poorly. He is by far the most fun to watch.

[SupplySider]

I'm not surprised. Ever notice how he works his jaw in almost every interview? Thank God he can't win.

[dfwgator]

The new Dean campaign song...

Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to
leave because I'd go berserk?? Well...
You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see
I've gone completely out of my mind.. 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 funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be
happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're
coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!

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!!!

I cooked your food, I cleaned your house, and this is how you pay me back
for all my kind unselfish loving deeds.. Huh??
Well you just wait, they'll find you yet and when they do they'll put you
in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!!! 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 funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy
to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're coming
to take me away, 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-haa!!!
To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time... (fade out)

[Walkin Man]

And in the days after the caucuses it is sure to spark discussion of Dean's emotional intensity and whether such intensity should be a disqualifying characteristic for a potential president.

"Emotional Intensity" = Crazy, loonie, nutcase, off-his-rocker, one brick short of a load, etc.