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Dean goes over the cliff Posted: December 17, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com "But the capture of Saddam Hussein has not made America safer."Wait a minute. Wait a minute. That was an amazing statement. We ought to stay and think on it a bit. The statement came from Howard Dean, who had carefully re-crafted his "big foreign-policy speech" delivered in Los Angeles on Monday to reflect circumstances after the capture of Saddam. So many people are saying stupid things, that the "stupid things people are saying" commentary is accumulating at a torrential rate. Bloggers are in overdrive – see Andrew Sullivan...

HOWARD DEAN gave a speech yesterday in which he proved with finality that he hasn't a clue about international affairs. He called the capture of Saddam Hussein "good news" then immediately reiterated his stance that the war in Iraq was wrong. Of course, without the war, Hussein would still be in power. He criticized President Bush for breaking away from America's historical allies, then said he would use the United Nations as "a way to leverage United States power." Does he really believe that France, Germany, Russia and China are not using the U.N. to leverage their own power over...

<p>December 16, 2003 -- YOU won't be seeing any video of Howard Dean's x-rated, epithet-ridden New York fund-raiser because Team Dean made sure to bar the TV cameras. Which suggests they expected trouble. Maybe it was the same foresight that inspired Dean to seal his records as Vermont governor for 10 years because of worries, as he put it in a moment of candor to Vermont public radio, about "future political considerations. We didn't want anything embarrassing appearing in the papers at a critical time in any future endeavor."</p>

Howard Dean is coming to Arizona tomorrow. "Welcoming Committees" are being formed right now to great him. A Social Security reform group called For Our Grandchildren is organizing some of the greeting parties. Some FReepers are going to be involved too. Here's the info: Sun City Rally: 8:30am at Sundial Recreation Center 103rd Ave. at Boswell Blvd ("Welcoming committee" meeting at far end of parking lot.) Jessica Bortolini will be meeting demonstrators on the far end of the parking lot to organize. If people are looking for Jessica, her car is a green Honda civic. Yuma Rally: 12:30pm at Ramada...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3718010/WASHINGTON - In a major foreign policy address Monday, Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean hailed the capture of Saddam Hussein as “good news for the Iraqi people and for the world,” but also claimed that his capture “could have taken place six months ago.” Dean foreign policy adviser Susan Rice said after the speech that the former Vermont governor meant that if the Bush administration had done thorough planning for the aftermath of the military conflict, it could have developed better intelligence sources and in turn might have more quickly captured the deposed Iraqi dictator. “The capture of Saddam has...