A Dean Of Good Conscience [Reprise]

Washington Times ^ | Dec 18, 2003 | R. Emmett Tyrell

[William McKinley]

Dr. Howard Dean poses for me an unanticipated moral dilemma. Throughout the 1990s, I debated him on a little-known public affairs show taped in Montreal -- beautiful Montreal, I should add. It is a grand city with much of the elegance of France and the added asset of having almost no native-born French.

[William McKinley]

I don't think, rereading this, that Tyrell is the one currently lighting the fire that is threatening to engulf the angry metrosexual.

Instead, it sounds to me like he is standing nearby with a gascan, wondering if he should pour...

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[okie01]

I agree.

And I believe he's reaching in his pocket for a book of matches.

Reading between the lines, one would suppose that there is much more worth revealing than Dean's characterization of the Hawkeye Cauci as unrepresentative "special interests".

One juicy item -- which has already been reported, but hasn't gained much exposure as yet -- is Dean referring to the death of Yassir Arafat as "the next tragedy".

If I am not mistaken, Mark Steyn also guested on this show and may have some Dean stories of his own.

[William McKinley]

I think there is very obviously more. He talks in this article about how the media is now viewing the tapes of those shows (and he wrote this mid December). So what Tyrell is talking about here is something else; things that are not on the tape. Things said to him directly.

Reporters report.

Tyrell seems to be wondering if being a gentlemen means that he should not say anything because Dean was a political pup.

But Tyrell should report, and let us decide if it should be dismissed as the rantings of a neophyte who has grown. Particularly since there is a lot of evidence that he is just as prone to sticking his foot in his mouth now and saying whatever he thinks will work, regardless of what it means.

[Cicero]

Maybe later. There's no reason why Tyrell should help hillary and her servants in the liberal media nail Dean now. Let the Democrats find their own dirt. Time enough to hammer Dean later, if necessary.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Since Dems have no problem bringing up Bush's past drinking to score cheap points, I don't see why he would hesitate....