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Howard Dean, We Hardly Knew Ye

By W. James Antle, III on 11.11.08 @ 12:04PM

Yesterday's news that Howard Dean is stepping aside as Democratic National Committee chairman to make way for an Obama loyalist means the screamer will enter into a new phase of his political career. Beloved by grassroots liberals for his failed 2004 presidential campaign, more seasoned Democratic hands take a dimmer view of his DNC tenure. Dean has gotten more credit for the 2006 and 2008 elections than he probably deserves. He heads the only major Democratic committee that was outraised by its Republican counterpart and didn't have much to do with recruiting the candidates who helped the Democrats retake Congress -- or with Barack Obama's campaign to win back the White House.

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Bullpup| 11.11.08 @ 12:26PM

I have to admire 2 Democrats: Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich. Those both of them could be classified as mental patients, they have a fire in them for their beliefs. I have no doubt Dennis Kucinich would kill a man with his bare hands for socialism. Howard Dean is a flame throwing, grenade tossing, nuclear weapon when it comes to dropping the hammer on the right.

I disagree with everything these toads stand for, but at least they have the passion to defend and attack for their beliefs, unlike some of us on the right.... yeah- I'm talking to you McLame.

J David| 11.11.08 @ 1:00PM

Amen, Bullpup! And I can't think of a single prominent Republican, that is accepted as such, that could be described that way. Until we fight fire with fire we are going to continue to get burned.

megapotamus| 11.11.08 @ 1:05PM

I hate to burst your bubble on Kucinich but you should examine his early career. His current role as the idealistic Leftwinger is strictly opportunistic. Is it sincere anyhow? That is a frightening but not unlikely prospect. Dean is a piece of shite.