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Stupid Things said by Howard Dean
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Republicans are "a pretty monolithic party. They all behave the same. They all
look the same. It's pretty much a white Christian party." June 6, 2005.
GOP Party Chairman Ken Mehlman joked that "a lot of folks who attended my Bar
Mitzvah would be surprised" he heads a Christian party.
Update: "I think it is true that the Republicans are, in fact, a largely white Christian
party. There's nothing the matter with that. I'm a white Christian myself. But they
don't include other folks, and this is a very diverse country. In fact, they've gone
out of their way to use other kinds of people as scapegoats in order to win
elections." June 8, 2005.
Referring to Republicans: "This is a struggle of good and evil and we're the
good." February 25, 2005.
"I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for, but I admire their
discipline and their organization." January, 2005.
"You think people can work all day and then pick up their kids at child care or
wherever and get home and still manage to sandwich in an eight-hour vote? Well
Republicans, I guess can do that, because a lot of them have never made an
honest living in their lives." June 2, 2005.
Disavowed by leading Democrats including Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and New
Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
Update: "The point I was making is clear: Republican policies have declared war
on hardworking Americans. I will continue to criticize Republican leaders and
their policies, and the Democratic Party will continue to offer constructive
alternatives." June 3, 2005.
"The Republicans are not very friendly to different kinds of people .... We're more
welcoming to different folks, because that's the type of people we are." June 6,
2005. That's probably because Republicans are “evil,” “corrupt” and “brain-dead”
“liars” who “are not nice people.” National Review.
"We've suffered a couple of serious defeats. But we're energized, because we
know that our vision for America is much better than the dark, difficult and
dishonest vision of the Republican party." June 2, 2005.
"The Republicans are all about suppressing votes...." June 2, 2005.
“You think the Republican National Committee could get this many people of
color in a single room? Only if they had the hotel staff in here.” February 16,
2005.
"White folks in the South who drive pickup trucks with Confederate flag decals
on the back ought to be voting with us, and not [Republicans], because their kids
don't have health insurance either, and their kids need better schools too."
November 2, 2003.
Received a standing ovation from the crowd of Democrats.
Update: "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their
pickup trucks." USA Today.
''I think Tom Delay ought to go back to Houston where he can serve his jail
sentence!" May 14, 2005.
DeLay has been neither charged nor convicted of any crime.
"I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found. I will have this old-
fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found
guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to
prejudge jury trials." December 26, 2003.
Delay is charged, tried, and convicted by Dean, but Osama gets the benefit of the
doubt.
"We have to be rough on the Republicans. Republicans don't represent ordinary
Americans and they don't have any understanding of what it is to go out and try
and make ends meet." June 6, 2005.
"(Democrats) understand we have a border problem. But we think that if you
enforce the laws you already have, the people who are already here ... they haven't
broken any laws, they paid their taxes, a lot of them are paying into the Social
Security system and getting nothing." SF Chronicle.
"I think the Republicans are always like this. I remember (former Republican Gov.)
Pete Wilson ... got elected by victimizing immigrants. Republicans always divide
people." Source.
Caller: Once we get you in the White House, would you please make sure that
there is a thorough investigation of 9/11 and not stonewalling?
Howard Dean: Yes there is a report which the president is suppressing evidence
for, which is a thorough investigation of 9/11.
Diane Rehm: Why do you think he is suppressing that report?
Howard Dean: I don’t know. There are many theories about it. The most interesting
theory that I’ve heard so far—which is nothing more than a theory, it can’t be
proved—is that he was warned ahead of time by the Saudis. Now who knows
what the real situation is? But the trouble is, by suppressing that kind of
information, you lead to those kind of theories, whether they have any truth to them
or not, and eventually, they get repeated as fact. So I think the president is taking a
great risk by suppressing the key information that needs to go to the Kean
Commission.
"This administration is beginning to erode the core of our democracy. " Source.
"From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he
would not have created gay people." Source.
"If Bill Clinton can be the first black president, I can be the first gay president."
February 11, 2005.
"Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party."
Dean, who last month did an impression of Rush Limbaugh that included the
sound of someone snorting cocaine, was asked on NBC whether it is
"appropriate for a physician to mock somebody who has gone into therapy and the
abuse for drug addiction?" Dean said, "I will use whatever position I have in
order to root out hypocrisy." Wash Times.
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Republicans are "a pretty monolithic party. They all behave the same. They all
look the same. It's pretty much a white Christian party." June 6, 2005.
GOP Party Chairman Ken Mehlman joked that "a lot of folks who attended my Bar
Mitzvah would be surprised" he heads a Christian party.
Update: "I think it is true that the Republicans are, in fact, a largely white Christian
party. There's nothing the matter with that. I'm a white Christian myself. But they
don't include other folks, and this is a very diverse country. In fact, they've gone
out of their way to use other kinds of people as scapegoats in order to win
elections." June 8, 2005.
Referring to Republicans: "This is a struggle of good and evil and we're the
good." February 25, 2005.
"I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for, but I admire their
discipline and their organization." January, 2005.
"You think people can work all day and then pick up their kids at child care or
wherever and get home and still manage to sandwich in an eight-hour vote? Well
Republicans, I guess can do that, because a lot of them have never made an
honest living in their lives." June 2, 2005.
Disavowed by leading Democrats including Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and New
Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
Update: "The point I was making is clear: Republican policies have declared war
on hardworking Americans. I will continue to criticize Republican leaders and
their policies, and the Democratic Party will continue to offer constructive
alternatives." June 3, 2005.
"The Republicans are not very friendly to different kinds of people .... We're more
welcoming to different folks, because that's the type of people we are." June 6,
2005. That's probably because Republicans are “evil,” “corrupt” and “brain-dead”
“liars” who “are not nice people.” National Review.
"We've suffered a couple of serious defeats. But we're energized, because we
know that our vision for America is much better than the dark, difficult and
dishonest vision of the Republican party." June 2, 2005.
"The Republicans are all about suppressing votes...." June 2, 2005.
“You think the Republican National Committee could get this many people of
color in a single room? Only if they had the hotel staff in here.” February 16,
2005.
"White folks in the South who drive pickup trucks with Confederate flag decals
on the back ought to be voting with us, and not [Republicans], because their kids
don't have health insurance either, and their kids need better schools too."
November 2, 2003.
Received a standing ovation from the crowd of Democrats.
Update: "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their
pickup trucks." USA Today.
''I think Tom Delay ought to go back to Houston where he can serve his jail
sentence!" May 14, 2005.
DeLay has been neither charged nor convicted of any crime.
"I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found. I will have this old-
fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found
guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to
prejudge jury trials." December 26, 2003.
Delay is charged, tried, and convicted by Dean, but Osama gets the benefit of the
doubt.
"We have to be rough on the Republicans. Republicans don't represent ordinary
Americans and they don't have any understanding of what it is to go out and try
and make ends meet." June 6, 2005.
"(Democrats) understand we have a border problem. But we think that if you
enforce the laws you already have, the people who are already here ... they haven't
broken any laws, they paid their taxes, a lot of them are paying into the Social
Security system and getting nothing." SF Chronicle.
"I think the Republicans are always like this. I remember (former Republican Gov.)
Pete Wilson ... got elected by victimizing immigrants. Republicans always divide
people." Source.
Caller: Once we get you in the White House, would you please make sure that
there is a thorough investigation of 9/11 and not stonewalling?
Howard Dean: Yes there is a report which the president is suppressing evidence
for, which is a thorough investigation of 9/11.
Diane Rehm: Why do you think he is suppressing that report?
Howard Dean: I don’t know. There are many theories about it. The most interesting
theory that I’ve heard so far—which is nothing more than a theory, it can’t be
proved—is that he was warned ahead of time by the Saudis. Now who knows
what the real situation is? But the trouble is, by suppressing that kind of
information, you lead to those kind of theories, whether they have any truth to them
or not, and eventually, they get repeated as fact. So I think the president is taking a
great risk by suppressing the key information that needs to go to the Kean
Commission.
"This administration is beginning to erode the core of our democracy. " Source.
"From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he
would not have created gay people." Source.
"If Bill Clinton can be the first black president, I can be the first gay president."
February 11, 2005.
"Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party."
Dean, who last month did an impression of Rush Limbaugh that included the
sound of someone snorting cocaine, was asked on NBC whether it is
"appropriate for a physician to mock somebody who has gone into therapy and the
abuse for drug addiction?" Dean said, "I will use whatever position I have in
order to root out hypocrisy." Wash Times.
Link
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