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A Good-Tempered Man Several times I've heard television journalists complain that Howard Dean has to learn to control his temper. Actually, it is his temper that I find attractive. An honest man with sincere convictions will get angry when he hears lies. Some of our greatest presidents had ferocious tempers. George Washington, Andy Jackson and Harry Truman are three examples. You don't see other candidates getting angry because they are all phonies. Their so-called convictions are just campaign positions manufactured by their staffs. They don't really believe in anything except getting elected, so they really don't care what is said....

Dick Gephardt has been working toward this moment for decades. A politician almost since he was in school, the 62-year-old Missouri congressman has bided his time, paid his dues, swallowed his pride, done whatever was needed to keep himself on track to one day become president. Now, 15 years after he made his first run for the White House, Gephardt is the only repeat candidate among 10 Democrats seeking the party's nomination. When he dropped out of the 1988 nomination race, Gephardt said he had run because "I could not bear the thought of sitting on the west side of...

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark headed to Hollywood last night seeking some of its most abundant commodity — money. He was to court to Larry David, creator of “Seinfeld;” writer-producer Norman Lear and lesser-known moguls but equally important Democratic donors Jerry Moss and Dick Donner. While the Democratic candidates have been roving Hollywood for months, and some, such as Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) and Rep. Dick Gephardt (Mo.), for years, Clark and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean are newcomers. Several weeks ago, Clark was in Los Angeles wooing “George of the Jungle” producer Jordan Kerner, and Hard Rock Café and Morton...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The AFL-CIO has again postponed a meeting to consider endorsing a presidential candidate, a blow to Democratic hopeful Dick Gephardt who is counting on strong union support to boost his sagging campaign.</p> <p>AFL-CIO President John Sweeney had said he would hold a mid-October meeting to consider Gephardt, but only if there were sufficient support from about two-thirds of the federation's 13 million members. The former House minority leader, with the strongest support among labor groups, was seen as the most likely candidate for a rare endorsement in the primary race.</p>

Well, it was just on the O'Reilly Factor, but I was surprised to watch as Gephardt really didn't directly answer any question except for the one on taking the 10 Commandments out of the Alabama courthouse.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Howard Dean-Dick Gephardt feud intensified after the two men appeared on the Sunday talk shows, and Gephardt repeated his claim likening Dean's views to those of Democratic nemesis Newt Gingrich. The comparison drew a sharp rebuke from Dean. "I'm not going to put up with that," the former Vermont governor said on CBS' "Face the Nation" program. "I'm just simply not going to take any guff from Washington Democrats who are part of the problem and not part of the solution." Gephardt maintains that Dean deserted his fellow Democrats during their "darkest hour" by siding with...

CNBC DEBATE: THOSE DESPERATE DEMSDemocrats So Desperate To Attack President Bush, They Will Say Just About Anything! _____________________________________________________________________________ CLARK NEEDS TO CHECK HIS NUMBERS Clark Claimed Social Security Could Be Saved With Just One-Third Of Bush Tax Cuts. “George Bush said that he would protect Social Security, but all he’s done is present tax cuts. His tax cuts total three times the amount of money needed to make the Social Security system solvent for the next 75 years.” (Wesley Clark, CNBC/The Wall Street Journal Democrat Candidates Debate, 9/25/03) Bush Tax Cuts Cost $1.7 Trillion. (“Estimated Budget Effects Of The...

Gephardt said that when he becomes president, he will talk to France. After the recent speech by the French Prime Minister at the United Nations, I am amazed that George Bush talked to France. But, Bush is famous for being courteous to people who don't deserve courtesy. Let us quickly turn to North Korea, which is both philosophically and politically quite similar to France. Little Dicky Gephardt said that President Bush screwed up that situation by criticizing the North Koreans for breaking The Treaty. This, Gephardt said, is why the North Koreans broke the treaty. No, you are not suffering...

Dick Gephardt's disgraceful rhetoric underscores perfectly why Washington politicians rarely become Presidents. As Retired General H. Hugh Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 9/11, has said, "Sometimes people in a position of power lose perspective on right and wrong." Unfortunately, Congressman Gephardt is one of those who has lost perspective on right vs. wrong. He is so intent on winning the Democratic primary, that he has forgotten the effect his words have, not just on those serving overseas, but on our enemies as well. It is one thing for the Congressman to disagree with President Bush's stance...

This site I just found completely demolishes Gephardt: http://www.acompletedisgrace.com

What is the definition of Irony? How about this; Democrats in the Senate vote in a nearly united fashion to give President Bush the authorization to go to war against Iraq, then, soon after, begin a litany of anti-war rhetoric. Okay, that sounds more like contradiction than irony, a norm for Dems, but I’m not quite finished yet. What if that anti-war rhetoric bolstered Saddam Hussein’s courage to stand up against President Bush, thus assuring the inevitability of war? Would you consider that Ironic? Even better is when, after stabbing the President in the back, politically speaking, the Minority Leader...

It?s Time to Show Howard Dean who's the Real Democrat A Message from Steve Murphy, Campaign Manager I don't know about you, but I've had enough. Howard Dean still insists that he's the candidate from "the Democratic wing of the Democratic party." Well, where was Howard Dean when we needed him? In 1993, Dick Gephardt led the fight to pass the Clinton Economic Plan that led to a balanced budget and the greatest economic boom this country has ever seen. That measure passed the Congress without a single Republican vote because we asked the wealthy to pay their fair share...

Gephardt Criticizes Rivals on Trade Deals By NEDRA PICKLER .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Dick Gephardt criticized his leading presidential rivals for supporting free trade policies that he argues have cost U.S. jobs, even taking to the air with radio ads in South Carolina assailing front-runner Howard Dean. ``Howard Dean claims he's fighting for our jobs, but Howard Dean supported the China Trade Deal and said he was a strong supporter of NAFTA,'' says the ad, launched Thursday. ``Dean even claimed it would create jobs. Instead, those two bad deals have cost South Carolina almost 30,000 jobs.''...

"Gep" Gephardt, the Albino from Missouri, has just launched a web site chronicling the flip-flops of infanticidal preppie Howard Dean. ****************************************************************     Dean on Social Security  :  Dean on Medicare  :  DickGephardt2004.com Dean on Social Security  :  Dean on Medicare  :  DickGephardt2004.com Dean on Medicare On the need to cut Medicare "Dean said Congress should be willing to cut or slow growth in those programs [Social Security and Medicare]… 'We just would like to see some similar kind of backbone by the new leadership in Congress when it comes to Medicare, when it comes to Social Security and when...

Ever since it was announced that nuclear waste would be dumped at Nevada's Yucca Mountain (soon to be renamed "Enrico Fermi's Port-o-potty"), people have voiced concern over the terrifying possibility that a train carrying nuclear waste to the site could derail in a residential community. Recently, after watching a Democrat debate, I had a similar thought. What if a train carrying the candidates to the debate derailed in a populated area and spilled them. Consider the following nightmare scenario: A train fully loaded with Democrat presidential candidates, on their way to a debate at the University of Louisville, is rolling...

By early December of 1987, Dick Gephardt had been stumping Iowa for two years. He had visited all 99 counties—and his first campaign for the presidency seemed a total bust. He was in last place in the polls, having once been first. He had literally lost his voice. I remember him sipping boiled water laced with lemon and honey as he trudged door-to-door in the snow. "People were telling me, 'I know I promised to support you, but I think I made a mistake,'" the Congressman told me, with a laugh, over turkey sandwiches in his Iowa campaign office last...

WASHINGTON (AP) - John Kerry wants to go one-on-one with Democratic White House rival Howard Dean.Kerry issued the challenge for a face-to-face debate during an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday.He had been asked about recent comments from Dean following a debate in Albuquerque, N.M., in which Kerry refrained from directly attacking Dean. Afterward, Dean said: "I wish he'd say to my face what he says behind my back."In response, Kerry said Sunday that he'd welcome a debate with just the two men on the stage."If he wants a challenge and he wants us to go face-to-face, I...

POLL ANALYSESSeptember 15, 2003Five Democratic Candidates Share Support Lieberman slips from lead; Clark surges into contentionBy David W. MooreGALLUP NEWS SERVICEPRINCETON, NJ -- With retired General Wesley Clark poised to announce whether he will compete to be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 2004, a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows the general would likely be a competitive candidate. Five candidates including Clark bunch together with low double-digit support, led by Congressman Dick Gephardt. If Clark does not run, support among the top four candidates is evenly distributed, as Senator Joe Lieberman has lost his front-runner position -- dropping 10 percentage...

Fri September 12, 2003 05:52 PM ET By Kay Henderson DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Richard Gephardt launched his sharpest attack on rival Howard Dean on Friday, likening his views on Medicare to past efforts led by Republican Newt Gingrich to cut the health care program for seniors. With Dean moving past Gephardt in polls in the early caucus state of Iowa, the Missouri congressman told a crowd of retired union workers that Dean's views on Medicare were "not what we stand for as Democrats" and tied him to the efforts of Gingrich, the former Republican House...

"This president is a miserable failure on foreign policy and on the economy and he's got to be replaced." - Dick Gephardt.... (check out the site: link above)