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REPUBLICANS NOMINATE HOWARD DEAN
RSN ^ | 12/22/03

Posted on 12/27/2003 11:00:26 PM PST by South40

Democrat frontrunner Howard Dean has been unofficially nominated as that party's 2004 presidential candidate by a special preliminary strategy session of the Republican National Convention.

"Pleeeeeeeeease nominate Dean, pretty pretty pretty pleeeeeease, with lots of sugar on top!" read an official press release posted at the Republican National Committee's website last night.

Conservative patriarch William F. Buckley, reached at his National Review offices, leaned way, way back in his chair, put the tip of his eyeglasses to his mouth, and said, "The gravaman of our response to the exigency in which we find ourselves runs thus: we dare you. We double dog dare you, dear sirs. We double-triple-quadruple blind three-legged dog dare you, with all due apologies for the colloquialisms, to put forward Mr. Dr. Governor Howard Dean McGovern as your esteemed candidate for president." (RealStory @ nationalreview.com)

The Dean campaign, which had earlier accepted an endorsement from Al Gore, gladly accepted the RNC's support.

Dean spokesman and campaign manager Joe "Trippy Joe" Trippi accepted that support in an appearance Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert.

"It's cool with us, man," Trippi told Russert. "We want two million people to give us a hundred bucks each, and we don't care if it comes from Al Gore or Al Capone, or Aljazeera for that matter. (RealStory @ deanforamerica.com)

"We want a new president, and a new political system," Trippy Joe continued. "We don't need corrupt money from corporations and unions. We're using the Internet to get it directly from the people."

Dean has been on the defensive ever since he established himself as the frontrunner and immediately came under withering fire from his fellow Democrats, who want to paint him as too liberal and idealistic to be nominated.

At a recent rehearsal for a "Hair"-inspired extravaganza planned for the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, Dean responded to a flurry of criticism in characteristic 'shoot from the lip' style.

Questioned over his commitment to national security and his opposition to the war in Iraq, Dean responded firmly, "As president, I would pledge to do everything in my power to protect the American people. Just as long as the UN gives me permission."

Concerning his downplaying of the capture of Saddam Hussein, Dean repeated, "I don't see how the demise of an evil maniacal multibillionaire dictator bent on our destruction makes us one bit safer."

And cornered over a series of gaffes related to his and his party's foreign relations acumen, Dean insisted, "It is because of the foreign policy strength of Democrats like me that to this day the USSR does not dominate Prussia."

In hopes of soliciting enough anonymous $100 campaign contributions to ensure the nomination of Dean, the Republican National Committee will hold a benefit auction this New Year's Eve that includes some novel pledges by some very prominent conservatives.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; dean; howardean
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Any political party that can't cough up anything better than a traitorous, brain-damaged, socialist wank like Dean deserves the beating it's sure to get.
1 posted on 12/27/2003 11:00:26 PM PST by South40
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To: South40
LMAO! This is a well deserved laugh at Dean's expense. Good catch.
2 posted on 12/27/2003 11:06:05 PM PST by onyx (Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
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To: onyx
Note the source. lol!
3 posted on 12/27/2003 11:09:49 PM PST by South40 (My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
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To: South40
I did. First thing! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 posted on 12/27/2003 11:11:25 PM PST by onyx (Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
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To: South40
What I find most amazing is that the democrats took the French position in the 2002 election campaign and got beaten like a Mule, yet they still think this strategy will work in the general election in 2004. The Democrat Party is in the midst of a total meltdown and for me it's a beautiful thing to witness :-)
5 posted on 12/27/2003 11:13:21 PM PST by MJY1288 (WITHOUT DOUBLE STANDARDS, LIBERALS WOULDN'T HAVE ANY !)
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To: South40
Trippi kinda sounds like Lehane; where is Lehane?
6 posted on 12/27/2003 11:17:26 PM PST by Atchafalaya
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To: Atchafalaya
You're right. With this quote...he does.

we don't care if it comes from Al Gore or Al Capone, or Aljazeera for that matter.

Or Buddist Monks, or the Communist Chinese, etc...

7 posted on 12/27/2003 11:21:44 PM PST by South40 (My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
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To: MJY1288
The Democrat Party is in the midst of a total meltdown and for me it's a beautiful thing to witness :-)

Me too. I'm loving it. Especially when folks like Russert know Dean and the others are mincemeat, but can't bring himself to "pound" them.

8 posted on 12/27/2003 11:23:39 PM PST by onyx (Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
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To: South40
Mr. Dr. Governor Howard Dean McGovern

Classic!
9 posted on 12/27/2003 11:23:39 PM PST by Rocky
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To: Rocky

Howard the Coward's foreign policy experience is pretty much confined to having had breakfast once at the International House of Pancakes. This pacifistic, leftist screwball is toast.

11 posted on 12/27/2003 11:34:46 PM PST by South40 (My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
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To: YadaYadaYada
Who knew! Welcome to FR!
12 posted on 12/27/2003 11:35:29 PM PST by South40 (My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
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To: onyx
I just watched a clip of John F'n Kerry denouncing Howard Dean's latest remarks defending Osama bin Laden on the FOX NEWS show "The Beltway Boys" ROFLMAO John F'n Kerry might have well been campaigning for George W. Bush with his remarks defending our efforts in Iraq.

Not only did John F'n Kerry expose Howard Dean for the left wing wacko he is, but he also exposed himself as the flip flopping hypocrite he is as well. IMHO the bloodbath will only get worse in the months to come :-)

13 posted on 12/27/2003 11:36:15 PM PST by MJY1288 (WITHOUT DOUBLE STANDARDS, LIBERALS WOULDN'T HAVE ANY !)
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To: MJY1288
I'm thinking Mort Kondracke will vote for Bush. That 'thang' (exchange) with Madeline Not-at-All-bright, was a real eye-opener for poor Mort. :)
14 posted on 12/27/2003 11:39:30 PM PST by onyx (Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
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To: South40
William F. Buckley, reached at his National Review offices, leaned way, way back in his chair, put the tip of his eyeglasses to his mouth, and said, "The gravaman of our response to the exigency in which we find ourselves runs thus: we dare you. We double dog dare you, dear sirs. We double-triple-quadruple blind three-legged dog dare you, with all due apologies for the colloquialisms, to put forward Mr. Dr. Governor Howard Dean McGovern as your esteemed candidate for president."

Beautiful.

15 posted on 12/27/2003 11:43:12 PM PST by Prodigal Son
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To: onyx
Madeline Not-so-Bright's teeth are brighter than she is...and they're canary yellow.
16 posted on 12/27/2003 11:43:43 PM PST by South40 (My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
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To: Prodigal Son
We double-triple-quadruple blind three-legged dog dare you

lol! I'll have to remember that one.

17 posted on 12/27/2003 11:44:45 PM PST by South40 (My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
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To: South40
Madeline Not-so-Bright's teeth are brighter than she is...and they're canary yellow.

Giggling uncontrollably. LOL! I'm going to remember that one!

18 posted on 12/27/2003 11:47:46 PM PST by onyx (Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
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To: onyx
Let me tell you my friend, I have several friends who consider themselves as life long democrats who see George W. Bush as their choice in 2004. Sure they would like to vote for a democrat, but they see no democrat strong enough on foreign policy to convince them to vote for them.

Look at Ex Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, He has already said he will vote for Bush and he is not alone. I believe if nothing major happens to change the current political climate between now and next November, the 9 democrats who want George W. Bush's job will win New York, California, Pennsylvania and quite possibly every state in the Union, including Dean's home State of New Hampshire.

The polling numbers in a match up between Howard Dean and George W. Bush shows George W. Bush winning every state and by huge numbers. Granted, those numbers could change when the field is narrowed, but I can't help to wonder how in the hell will Howard Dean be able to justify his position on this war and his many flip flops on the issues. If we think Al Gore looked bad during the 2000 debates, wait until Howard Dean tries to defend his love affair with the U.N. and how he would've never go to war without prior permission from the U.N.

Howard Dean is a flake and he makes Rob Reiner look like a right wing extremest

19 posted on 12/28/2003 12:01:50 AM PST by MJY1288 (WITHOUT DOUBLE STANDARDS, LIBERALS WOULDN'T HAVE ANY !)
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To: MJY1288
Plus, Dean is a medical doctor who supports partial birth abortion. Dean is radio-active.

Please, let them nominate him. I want a bloodbath.

I hope GWB had long coattails because he (we) need a solid US Senate majority.
20 posted on 12/28/2003 12:06:42 AM PST by onyx (Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
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