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Howard Dean calls on Bush to release Saddam to "make America safer"
Just My Imagination | December 23, 2003 | nwrep

Posted on 12/22/2003 10:57:47 AM PST by nwrep


CLEAR BLUFFS, Iowa: Leading Democratic Presidential hopeful Howard Dean stirred the pot once again today in an ongoing foreign policy debate that has had him on the defensive since the capture of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Criticizing the capture of Hussein as a "Santa Claus holiday photo-op", he declared that the capture and the subsequent airing of the videotape showing a dishevelled Saddam has raised the ire of the Arab world against the United States.

"The Bush administration has increased the threat to the US by this symbolic capture, which does nothing to make us safer", he said in a speech to the Transgender Christmas Choir here.

"The only way to reduce this current level of threat is to release Saddam Hussein. We have squandered the goodwill acquired around the world, particularly in the Arab world after 9/11, and releasing Saddam Hussein will go a long way to restore that good will", Dean said.

Speaking to reporters afterward, Dean sought to clarify his remarks which confounded many who had gathered by saying he meant to imply that Saddam should be released to the custody of the United Nations, and not to be set free.


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2004; dean; humor; moron
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1 posted on 12/22/2003 10:57:48 AM PST by nwrep
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To: nwrep
What a moron!
2 posted on 12/22/2003 10:59:58 AM PST by LLBeet
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To: LLBeet; nwrep
I think nwrep meant it as a joke.
3 posted on 12/22/2003 11:01:02 AM PST by PetroniDE (Kitty Is My Master - I Do What She Says)
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To: nwrep
This reminds me of that scene in animal house where the fat dude says "This is great!".
4 posted on 12/22/2003 11:01:28 AM PST by plain talk
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To: nwrep
This is a gag... right? :)
5 posted on 12/22/2003 11:01:46 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("The Clintons have damaged our country. They have done it together, in unison." -- Peggy Noonan)
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To: plain talk
This should be Zotted just shear stupidity IMO
6 posted on 12/22/2003 11:04:47 AM PST by Pharmer (W is the president of the American people... Thank God)
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To: nwrep
That does it. This guy is certifiable. Absolutely loony toons! No doubt about it at all. He has not only gone over the edge, he has splashed on the rocks below!
7 posted on 12/22/2003 11:05:14 AM PST by RetiredArmy (We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American Way! Toby Keith)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
yes.
8 posted on 12/22/2003 11:05:19 AM PST by nwrep
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To: LLBeet
Isn't that the truth? Where do these characters come from? It's like they do not live in the same world that the rest of us do. How do the dems put up with him?
9 posted on 12/22/2003 11:05:41 AM PST by MamaB
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To: RetiredArmy
This is a joke. Please see the source.
10 posted on 12/22/2003 11:05:46 AM PST by nwrep
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To: nwrep
Posting from "The Onion" is forbidden.

Dean is a real hoot!

11 posted on 12/22/2003 11:05:50 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
This is a gag... right? :)

With Howard Dean, you never can be sure...

12 posted on 12/22/2003 11:07:01 AM PST by gridlock (There's no such thing as idiot-proof, only idiot-resistant. The ingenuity of idiots knows no bounds)
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To: nwrep
I know. But, the thought still stands!!!!!!!!! ;^)
13 posted on 12/22/2003 11:07:46 AM PST by RetiredArmy (We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American Way! Toby Keith)
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To: nwrep
Release Saddam, so says Dean. Howard Dean is fit for "Saturday Night Live" or perhaps for the Senate where he can compete with Sen. Byrd for twit of the year.
14 posted on 12/22/2003 11:11:29 AM PST by wilmington2
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To: nwrep
Dean has his head buryied in a mugwump and is blowing bubbles...
15 posted on 12/22/2003 11:11:34 AM PST by hosepipe
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To: nwrep
Has anyone seen Howard Dean's mind laying around? He's apparently lost it.
16 posted on 12/22/2003 11:12:56 AM PST by Spok
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To: LLBeet
What a moron!

Words fail me.

17 posted on 12/22/2003 11:25:00 AM PST by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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We have squandered the goodwill acquired around the world, particularly in the Arab world after 9/11, and releasing Saddam Hussein will go a long way to restore that good will", Dean said.

Too bad we cant release Pol Pot, Stalin, Hitler, Jack the Ripper, Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez,Charles Manson, To recover the squandered goodwill in the Nazi, Communist, and criminal world....

18 posted on 12/22/2003 11:30:06 AM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: nwrep
The fact that so many did not see the "joke" shows the that Dean has succeeded in communicating his where he stands or squats to America. He's said enough that it is quite easy to believe he said this. Very Nicely Done!!!
19 posted on 12/22/2003 11:31:33 AM PST by xkaydet65
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To: nwrep
Just when I was strting to be convinced that Clark was the biggest idiot out there dean opens his mouth and proves me wrong.
20 posted on 12/22/2003 11:41:17 AM PST by thiscouldbemoreconfusing
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