Whoooooooooooooooooooa!
Just seconds ago on Wolf Blitzer's Sunday program "Late Edition," Howard Dean absolutely flattened Wolf Blitzer regarding RNC allegations that Dems took Abramoff money.
Wolf: "But didn't Democrats also ..."
My paraphrase/summary below the flip.
UPDATE: Video supplied by Can O' Fun through link in comments below. And it's better than I remembered in my hastily-typed summary here. Alternate video available from Crooks and Liars.
Wolf: "But didn't Democrats also ...?"
Dean: "No."
Wolf: "But isn't this ...?"
Dean: "No. There is absolutely no evidence that any Democrats took money from Jack Abramoff. We have gone through all of the FEC records to make sure that this was so."
Wolf: "Okay, but didn't Democrats take money from organizations controlled by Abramoff and can't it be said that this money came indirectly from him?"
Dean: "No. There is absolutely no evidence that that happaned. This is a Republican scandal only."
Wolf (now panic-stricken and becoming flustered): "But what about Senator Byron Dorgan?"
Dean: "Sen. Dorgan took money from a couple of Indian tribes. Are you really trying to say that Indian tribes are agents of Jack Abramoff?"
Wolf (Long, fifteen-second pause. There is a look on his face of total surprise and bewilderment. He doesn't know what to do or so. Finally, he appears to be listening to a voice in his earpiece.): "Okay, unfortunately, we have to let you go now ..."
Dean nods and winks at the camera.
And that was it.
THIS is how the messaging regarding the Abramoff scandal should be handled.
Dean rules yet again.
I'm just saying!