[yonif]

The Forward reported (Aug.29,2003) that Dr. Dean said: "Palestine is the best hope for peace in the Middle East, partly because Palestinians have experience with Israeli democracy and involve women in their political life."

[gridlock]

I've never seen a car-bomb that could differentiate between a man and a woman.

[TRY ONE]

"56.9% of Palestinian Arabs
"believe that a man has the right to beat up his wife if she underestimates his manhood.""

Does she get a boobie prize if she "overestimates his manhood"

[BunnySlippers]

Just in the face of Islam, women are second class citizens.

[William McKinley]

"Are Women Well Treated By The Palestinian Authority, As Howard Dean Recently Suggested?"

You have to remember, all things are relative, and compared to how women are treated by Dean's peers...

[goldstategop]

The feminazis are MIA. Phyllis Chesler gets it; why doesn't Nikita Dean? On second thought he's the fellow who thinks it was wrong on principle for America to have liberated the people of Iraq from Saddam Hussein's tyranny.

[Alouette]

involve women in their political life

They introduced the "female suicide bomber"

[huck von finn]

Any candidate running for president in 2004 is going to get this kind of thing from both the Israeli and the Palestinian sides.

Note this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/974664/posts

Currently, some people accuse Bush as being pro-Israeli, but I'm sure that vascillates too.

It's going to be a factor in the election, for sure.

[river rat]

If Dean is not carefull with that rash mouth of his, he may throw his draft dodging back out again....

Dean behaves as a bad tempered child--- who needs to be disciplined.

Semper Fi

[sr4402]

Well Documented. As usual, Howard Dean and his, so called, democratic freinds, don't have a clue. I am suprized any woman would live under such conditions.

Howard Dean speaks out of both sides of his month on this issue, and his ignorance is palpable here.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

* 56.9% of Palestinian Arabs "believe that a man has the right to beat up his wife if she underestimates his manhood."

* 56.2% of Palestinian Arabs "support the physical abuse of a wife if she insults her husband in front of his friends."

* 51.8% of Palestinian Arabs "support a man's abusing his wife physically if she does not obey him."

* 51.7% of Palestinian Arabs "recommend beating up a wife if she does not respect her parents, sisters, and brothers-in-law."

In Democratic circles, that DOES qualify as "treating women well"... :)

[Imal]

Well, Dean is right. The Palis do involve women in political life. They can be suicide bombers now if they want to.

Chalk up another victory for women's rights in progressive Palestine!

[.cnI redruM]

I think what he meant to say is that the PLO treats women like Bill Clinton treats the interns.

[aimhigh]

Since when does Howard Dean care about the truth?