Did you notice on Drudge's homepage that the article "Howard the Duck: Dean Dodges NBC Appearance with Republican" appears right next to a story and picture of "Chicken Little"?
He's afraid he'll look like an idiot.
"do you have a question for him?”
Howard, when are you going back on your meds?
Bring out those chicken suits. lol!
Mark Steyn has dubbed Dean "The Howardly Lion"
Fits him perfectly.
It's because Howard doesn't handle well under pressure. I've seen him broadsided, straight-faced, and left speechless more than once on TV during interviews handling tough questions, and these were with relatively softball interviewers such as Chrissy Matthews and Larry King a-Live. He just can't handle it, and he doesn't want to be left looking like an idiot with his Republican counterpart. I don't think Howard is fit to be a politician and looks like he is ready to blow up on screen at any given moment.
Excerpts of DNC Chairman Howard Dean on Meet the Press
11/13/2005 1:37:00 PM
To: National Desk, Political Reporter
Contact: Karen Finney of the Democratic National Committee, 202-863-8148
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, on NBC's Meet the Press, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean laid out the Democratic Party's agenda for America. He answered tough questions from Tim Russert on a wide range of topics:
Strong National Security Requires the Truth:
"...the strength of our position on defense is not just that we'll support a robust and muscular foreign policy. It is that we'll tell the truth. Telling the truth has a lot to do with defending America. If people don't believe you, 80 percent of people in Jordan, one of our most important allies, don't believe us, than we've got a bigger defense problem than with Zarqawi."
Democrats Demand Truth on National Security:
"I think the Democrats always have to stand up and tell the truth. And that's what we're doing. The truth is that the president misled America when he sent us to war. They did, he even didn't tell the truth in the speech he gave. First of all, I think there were a lot of veterans that were kind of upset that the president chose their day to make a partisan speech. Secondly, the president didn't even tell the truth in his speech. He said the Senate has the same intelligence that everybody else did. That was not true..."
Administration Has "Fundamental Problem" With the Truth:
"Now that the cracks are beginning to appear in this corrupt administration that we have running this country, now they're all running for their own and they're beginning to stand up and say, this is what really happened. Honest Republicans are coming forward in this administration and saying, this is what really happened in the lead up to the war. And the president was not truthful with the American people. And the president is not just not truthful with the American people. I saw Ken on here talking about the deficit. The truth is, they're concealing the size of the deficit as well. Iraq is not on the books. The money they take out of social security is not on the books. This is an administration that has a fundamental problem tell the truth."
Democrats Focused on Americans' Priorities:
"We have an alternative agenda. We've made it very clear. We want a strong national security based on telling the truth to our people at home, our soldiers and our allies. We want jobs in America that will stay in America. And we believe that renewable energy is one of the areas where we can do that. We want a health care system that covers everybody, just like 36 other countries in the world. We want a strong public education system. And most of all, we want honesty back in government. I think that's a pretty good agenda. "...The Republicans want to cut $14 billion out of higher education. We're going to do better than that. And together, America can do better than that."
Democrats Fighting For American Values:
"...we all should speak about our values. I think one of the mistakes we've made is to not understand that most Americans believe that moral values include making sure that kids don't go to bed hungry at night. The Republicans are cutting the school lunch program. We want to make sure that everybody in America has health insurance. That is a moral value. The Republicans are kicking people off their health care. We ought to talk about our values. ...I'm a Democrat because of my moral values. I believe that we can't leave anybody behind. We are the party of America's values."
Alito's Views "Outside the Mainstream":
"Judge Alito is a hard working man, a good family man, but his opinions are well outside the mainstream of American public opinion. He condoned a strip search of a 10 year old when the police had no such warrant or indication to do so. He condoned the crafting of an all white jury to hear a black defendant's case by a prosecutor. He condoned the state's not having to apply to the, not having to listen to the family medical leave act. He condoned government interference in private family matters and family decision making. This is well outside the mainstream of where Americans are. I think the democrats are going to have to think long and hard as the hearings progress, about whether we should support him. There's some grave questions about him."
On the DNC Fundraising:
"We just broke the record, with six weeks to go for fundraising during the off year. And we didn't even have the ability to raise soft money to do it. We have paid operatives in 38 out of 50 states; we'll be in 50 states by the end of the year. We just won two really important gubernatorial elections and managed to deep six all of Governor Schwarzenegger's initiatives in California. I'd say we're having a good year."
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He has to send out PRESS RELEASES because he is a CHICKEN - HOWARD THE COWARD, can't face his critics...
Howard Dean on the Nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court
10/31/2005 12:51:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Karen Finney of the Democratic National Committee, 202-863-8148
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today issued the following statement on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court:
"President Bush shouldn't try to use the nomination of an extreme conservative to distract from the ethical problems his White House is facing. Three days after a top White House official was indicted, President Bush continued his troubling pattern of playing to his right-wing political base in times of political trouble. In an indication of his weakened political position, Bush has nominated Samuel Alito, a conservative activist judge, to replace Justice O'Connor, who has been a voice of moderation on the Court for a generation.
"A lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States is too important to be sacrificed on the altar of short-term political gain. President Bush's nomination of Alito is not leadership, it is capitulation.
"Alito's record suggests an activist judicial philosophy bent on rolling back the rights and freedoms that all Americans value. Alito has sought to limit the rights of women and people with disabilities in discrimination cases, demonstrated an open hostility to women's privacy rights even in basic reproductive health matters, has a record of hostility toward immigrants, and tried to immunize employers from employment discrimination cases. It is particularly troubling that President Bush would nominate a judge who would reverse American progress and make the Supreme Court look less like America on the same day that most Americans are honoring the life and legacy of Rosa Parks.
"Now, as Alito goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he must demonstrate that he will be a Supreme Court Justice who uses his position on the highest court in the land to protect and advance the fundamental rights and personal freedoms of all Americans. Alito must prove that he is not a captive of the radical right-wing, and the White House must provide the Senate with all the information it needs to thoroughly evaluate Alito's nomination."
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Dean had a chance to say this to Melman's face but he is a COWARD...
Howard Dean: White House and Vice President's Office Should Cooperate With Iraq War Intelligence Investigation
11/2/2005 2:52:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Karen Finney of the Democratic National Committee, 202-863-8148
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today applauded Democratic Leader Harry Reid for forcing the Republicans in the Senate to investigate the misuse of intelligence in the run-up to the war in Iraq. Dean issued the following statement calling on the White House and the Vice President's office to answer questions about their roles in manipulating intelligence to build support for the war, smearing opponents of the war, and covering up that smear campaign:
"Last night, Senator Reid and his Democratic colleagues in the Senate stood up for the American people and for the brave men and women who have fought and died in Iraq by forcing the Republicans to investigate the manipulation of intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq.
"But the pursuit of the truth does not end on Capitol Hill. The Bush Administration must also cooperate with the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation. Americans deserve to know the truth about who in the White House -- and specifically in Vice President Cheney's office -- was involved in manipulating intelligence to build support for the war, engaged in a campaign to discredit those who tried to tell the truth, and orchestrated the effort to cover up that smear campaign. The American people also deserve answers about what role the Vice President himself played in all of this, and why people on his staff who were directly involved were promoted, not fired. It is time for the Vice President to offer candid answers to these questions.
"America deserves better. On the heels of one of the deadliest months in the war, we need to know the truth about how we got into a war that continues to claim the lives of so many of our nation's brave men and women."
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"Howard Dean raised $1.77 million through a PAC headed by his brother, Jim Dean"
November 13, 2005
Bayh's fundraising arm is 'fueled up' for potential presidential race
By Maureen Groppe
Star Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh is among the most prolific money raisers in the early jockeying among potential 2008 presidential candidates.
Bayh raised $1.17 million this year through a fundraising arm that will help him raise his profile and build a campaign team, according to recent disclosure reports. Some of that money paid for a public speaking consultant whose former clients include Princess Diana.
But even though Bayh collected more through his political action committee (PAC) than New York Sen. Hillary Clinton did through hers, Clinton showed why she is considered the most formidable fundraiser of the potential Democratic candidates, raising $10 million in six months for her 2006 re-election campaign.
Still, Bayh did raise more money than Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., who have had less-active exploratory campaigns.
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Former presidential candidate Howard Dean raised $1.77 million through a PAC headed by his brother, Jim Dean. Howard Dean, who has said he will not run in 2008 since becoming chairman of the Democratic National Committee, stepped down as head of his Democracy for America PAC in February.
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Bayh spent nearly $500,000 of the money he raised, about two-thirds of it on aides and consultants. That includes $11,375 to Richard Greene, a Beverly Hills speech consultant whose past clients include Princess Diana, race car driver David Coulthard, supermodel Naomi Campbell and top executives of media companies.
Bayh has been criticized for a less-than-exciting speaking style, but at least one political columnist has remarked this year that Bayh seems to have improved in that area.
Bayh also spent:
-- $52,500 on a polling firm.
-- $51,070 on fundraising consultants.
-- $214,928 on five full-time and three part-time salaried employees, including $9,474 paid to Tom Sugar, chief of staff for Bayh's Senate office.
After salaries and consultants, Bayh's next largest expense was travel. He and his aides spent more than $28,000 on airfare, hotels and other travel expenses.
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After Indiana, Bayh received the next largest amount of funds from individuals in New York ($267,000) and California ($168,600).
Bayh's noteworthy contributors include: Robert J. Fisher, chairman of Gap Inc., $5,000; Robert Kaplan, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, $5,000; Andrew Tisch, chairman of Loews Corp., $5,000; Adam Aron, chairman and CEO of Vail Resorts, $5,000.
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Bayh's re-election fund has raised $725,004 so far this year, with nearly 60 percent of that coming from large-dollar contributors in California, New York, Maryland and Florida -- his most lucrative states.
The contributors include:
-- Actor Robert Desiderio, known recently for guest appearances on "The Sopranos," $250.
-- S. Daniel Abraham, CEO of Slimfast, $2,100.
-- Harold Ickes, former aide to President Clinton and a campaign adviser to New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, $500. (Hillary Clinton's vice-presidential candidate - Evan Byah?)
Clinton, probably the most formidable fundraiser among the potential Democratic candidates, raised $715,851 through her PAC. Most of her fundraising prowess, however, was aimed at her reelection fund.
Kerry collected $563,885, distributing some of that to Democrats in New Hampshire and to federal candidates. Edwards, who has one of the more active travel schedules among the potential 2008 candidates, raised $624,813 and spent most of it.
Feingold raised $192,498 and Biden raised $34,246 through the PACs they started this year.
Former presidential candidate Wesley Clark's PAC raised $151,517.
Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack has raised $635,000 through a different type of political action committee, which has fewer restrictions on fundraising and more on spending.
pu$$y!
Can you do us a favor and put Deans mug on this?
Dean, not a good doctor, not a good politician. A loser all the way.
He knows he will snap and make an even bigger fool of himself and of the left wing clan of dimwit traitors that he leads.
I would expect no less for the dean-ster. Idiot.
Dean is stupid but he's not a total moron. He knows Mehlman will eat his lunch, dance with his girlfriend and knock his lights out in a one on one. So he tactically retreats.