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June 24, 2003
This story about former Vermont governor and - as we're told every five minutes - doctor Howard Dean is great. Every day there's a larger and larger part of me hoping this guy gets the Democratic nomination. It's not only because it will set up a McGovern-Mondale-scale landslide, but because the campaign will be almost as much fun as if Al Sharpton (who I've endorsed in the primary) won the right to challenge George W. Bush.
During his announcement that, after running for president for months, he's running for president, Dean was asked how he'd win over Democratic Party leaders. Dean responded: "They'll come around once they get to know me. It's a bit of a club down there. The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, I mean, they all know each other. They all move in the same circles. What I'm doing is breaking into the country club." Everyone's mouths fell open, because Dean's 17-year-old son Paul was cited only a few days ago for breaking into a country club and stealing beer! Yes, Dean's son drove the getaway car laden with stolen brew.
I love this part of the story: "That was an incredibly unfortunate phrase," Dean said of his absurd comment bringing to mind his son's larceny. But he doesn't take responsibility for it himself. No, he asked a press aide, "Why do I say these things?" How can someone else tell you why you say idiotic things, governor-doctor? Maybe Paul Dean over-heard his father trying out this line and decided to act it out literally. I mean, what 17-year-old needs to break into a country club to get beer? Most of them get an adult to buy it for them. I guess the entitlement mentality has reached into the Dean family, so much so that his kid feels he has the right to steal beer from the rich.
This story about former Vermont governor and - as we're told every five minutes - doctor Howard Dean is great. Every day there's a larger and larger part of me hoping this guy gets the Democratic nomination. It's not only because it will set up a McGovern-Mondale-scale landslide, but because the campaign will be almost as much fun as if Al Sharpton (who I've endorsed in the primary) won the right to challenge George W. Bush.
During his announcement that, after running for president for months, he's running for president, Dean was asked how he'd win over Democratic Party leaders. Dean responded: "They'll come around once they get to know me. It's a bit of a club down there. The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, I mean, they all know each other. They all move in the same circles. What I'm doing is breaking into the country club." Everyone's mouths fell open, because Dean's 17-year-old son Paul was cited only a few days ago for breaking into a country club and stealing beer! Yes, Dean's son drove the getaway car laden with stolen brew.
I love this part of the story: "That was an incredibly unfortunate phrase," Dean said of his absurd comment bringing to mind his son's larceny. But he doesn't take responsibility for it himself. No, he asked a press aide, "Why do I say these things?" How can someone else tell you why you say idiotic things, governor-doctor? Maybe Paul Dean over-heard his father trying out this line and decided to act it out literally. I mean, what 17-year-old needs to break into a country club to get beer? Most of them get an adult to buy it for them. I guess the entitlement mentality has reached into the Dean family, so much so that his kid feels he has the right to steal beer from the rich.
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