Mon, 26 Jan 2004

Tapes From Vermont TV Show a Howard Dean Rarely Seen on Campaign Trail

Apparently, Dr. Dean was once a human being! I never would've suspected it following his screaming speech in Iowa last week.

Seriously, though, this was the governor I admired in 1998 - not the maniac on the presidential trail. He's pandering as much to his "core" or "base" as much as Dubya is - they just happen to be in different directions. But pandering is pandering, and patronizing is patronizing, and I don't appreciate either in anyone who would be our President.

As governor, Howard Dean was a measured, pragmatic, nonideological chief executive who could tip his hat to a Republican.

(link) [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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