[Mr. Mulliner]

It's absolutely obvious that he meant Saddam. Not that he wouldn't be demonstrating just as much stupidity and political irrelevance if he'd said what he meant, but there's no way that Howard Dean meant Osama in this context.

[codercpc]

But he repeated it twice.

Do you think they would ever let Repubs get away with this, even if it was a mistake?

I kept waiting for Tim to correct him, or for him to correct himself, but he never did.

[Lazamataz]

It's absolutely obvious that he meant Saddam.

Then why did he say it twice? Then why didn't Russert the Potato correct him?

[daybreakcoming]

***It's absolutely obvious that he meant Saddam***

How dare you put words in the mouth of this great statesman? /sarc

Let the pearls continue to fall from his lips.