He gaffed by vowing to court Confederate flag fans, and pro-Dean comics used the n-word for blacks at a fund-raiser in New York.They used the N-word? I'd read about the f-word profanity at that event two nights ago, but this is the first I've heard of their using the N-word.An embarrassed Dean said the jokes were "wrong," but the incident could well come back to haunt him.