The 'Bizarre Rant' That Destroyed Howard Dean

NewsMax ^ | 1/21/04 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Howard Dean's "bizarre rant" after his defeat in Iowa is looking like the fatal blow to his campaign, according the New York Post and others.

"I used to be on the Dean bandwagon, but now I feel as if he's imploding," said medical student Eliza Shulman.

"I was really scared when I saw him on TV. I can't believe I used to be for that guy. It's embarrassing."

The Post quoted "stunned" strategists for Democrat rivals, including this one: "I don't know how he'll ever be able to convince voters that he has the gravitas, temperament and judgment to be president."

The two-day-old outburst continues to be the talk of the nation. Jay Leno last night had his audience roaring with jabs at the former front-runner: "Did you see that speech Howard Dean gave last night? I heard that the cows in Iowa are now afraid of getting mad Dean disease."

On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart showed comical footage of a previous rant in which Dean practically choked on his own hatred as he vowed to send President Bush "back to Crawford, Texas." Stewart likened him to Gollum, the split-personality creature from "Lord of the Rings," and showed a graphic with Dean's face superimposed on Gollum's body.

Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway told the Post, "This was the latest episode in the new reality show: 'Howard Dean's Freak Show.'

"He comes across either as a child who's throwing a temper tantrum and taking his ball and going home from the sandbox, or a grown man whose temper is really disturbing."

[toomuchcoffee]

Heh heh heh...

[Happy2BMe]

WE WILL BURY YOU!

[cweese]

...that link is no longer valid. does anyone have another source for it? i missed it yesterday. thanks!...

[highnoon]

My morning drive time radio show played it every 10 minutes or so yesterday. Still laughing my head off!

[sam_paine]

Where's the doggone grinch foto?

[NotQuiteCricket]

"I was really scared when I saw him on TV. I can't believe I used to be for that guy. It's embarrassing."

So, now she is going to vote for Edwards. Just a wild guess, but well, since she did such through research on Dean (watching him on T.V.) she will probably now check to make sure that the next person on her list at least looks good - nevermind that policy stuff.
So, like here she is, a med student, and she is going for the party of the trial lawyers and socialized medicine (although socialized medicine & lawyers don't go together, because you can't sue the government). I hope she is more perceptive when presented with a medical problem than she is when presented with a political one.

[NotQuiteCricket]

Did you hear the one with the chainsaw playing in the background? AND THAT'S A FACT JACK! I was just about to cry in the car it was soooo funny.

[Onelifetogive]

As I've said before, I'll say again...

Please God let Dean be the Dim nominee...
No, wait, please let Kerry be the nominee...
No, wait, please let Edwards be the nominee...
No, wait, please let Lieberman be the nominee...
No, wait, please let Kucinich be the nominee...
No, wait, please let Sharpton be the nominee...
No, wait, please let Clark be the nominee...

They all suck so bad I can't decide which I want to get the nomination...

[Leatherneck_MT]

What is really funny is that Dean's outburst is the attitude of alot of Democrats in general.

I've never seen a more childish group of adults in my entire life. If they don't get their way they WILL throw a hissy fit and pout and stomp their feet.

[Blood of Tyrants]

"showed a graphic with Dean's face superimposed on Gollum's body."

Anyone got that pic?

[Travis McGee]

I think it was just as insanely bizarro when Dean sang the SSBanner on Tuesday. That was just so incredibly out of place! I was looking for the men in white coats to come after him with a net.

[non-anonymous]

when Dean sang the SSBanner

He didn't even get the words right.

[BluH2o]

Mad Dean, darling of the media just a few weeks ago. Dean was on the cover of Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, etc., etc., some of them more than once ... all of them extolling his virtues. Now this ... their champion reduced to an embarrassing spluttering public tirade because of a early setback in Iowa and they didn't see this coming? The liberal media, when it comes to one of their own, is both gullible and clueless. Not that it comes as a surprise to any conservative ...

[John Jorsett]

I heard Leno also made a joke about Dean finishing the speech and an aide having to shoot him with a tranquilizer dart.

[Enterprise]

I was listening to the radio this morning and CBS news said Dean is doing well in the polls in New Hampstershire. It wouldn't surprise me if he won. But then, Limbaugh smelled a RAT in the media lionization of Dean, so I shouldn't be surprised in CBS stating that Dean is ahead in the polls.

[biblewonk]

--snip--On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart showed comical footage of a previous rant in which Dean practically choked on his own hatred as he vowed to send President Bush "back to Crawford, Texas." Stewart likened him to Gollum, the split-personality creature from "Lord of the Rings," and showed a graphic with Dean's face superimposed on Gollum's body.

[ken5050]

Leno had the BEST line....."Cows is Iowa are terrified of Mad Dean disease.."

[r9etb]

The really interesting question here is not what happens to Howard Dean (yawn), but instead what happens to that huge, grass-roots, internet-driven, money-donating machine that got him to the point where he could lose his mind on national TV.

Who were those people, and what will they do now that they've discovered "their man" is a whackjob?