Defanging Howard

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Thursday February 03, 2005 · 7:09 AM PST

2005/02/03 · 07:09

There they go again...

Part of Dean stump speech in his run for DNC chair includes the phrase:

"I hate the Republicans and all that they stand for...

but I also admire their discipline."

Well, guess what? This has filtered down to become a DLC talking point regarding how divisive Dean can be....

...and at this point, I just hand my head in despair knowing damn well that if Howard gets in he is going to be forced to parse every damn word which comes out of his mouth in order to see how it can be taken out of context.

And so every colorful turn of phrase, every use of irony, every instance of trope

http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsATrope.htm

will be watered down so that all that attracted us to Dean...his candor, his quick wit, his clever use of rhetoric...his spontaneity will be effectively defanged...

and I don't know how he can avoid this. Read More

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