Dean Scream #001010110

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Tuesday July 26, 2005 · 1:51 PM PDT

2005/07/26 · 13:51

argh!

I took Howard Dean to task at Dean Nation for his indefensible comments about how "The president and his right-wing Supreme Court think it is "okay" to have the government take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is."

I mean, come on, Howard...

There's simply no way that Dean's comments can be spun to make them even remotely defensible. Dean's tendency to shoot his mouth off was endearing to us Deaniacs as a matter of pride during the campaign, but as DNC chair it's been a constant embarrassment.

In a cross-blog dialouge with Jeremy Young and Matt SInger, I agreed that the rise of Republicanism, characterized as adherence to the Elephant above the Stars and Stripes by kos recently on the front page, is the premier political battle of our time to which no quarter can be given.

However, Dean's trajectory of late has me worried. It's a different one from early 2003 or even late 2004. The new trajectory takes us too close to Democratism should the trend be extended to a futue where Republicanism is defeated - if we replace the Elephant with the Ass, has America been well-served?

Far better to make the course correction now - and ensure that there is no overcompensatory swing to the same kind of excess for which we rightly castigate the Right for. Update [2005-7-26 17:17:22 by azizhp]: in case you're wondering why Dean's comments are factually incorrect, ask yourself. How many Bush 43-appointed justices voted in favor of Kelo? How did Scalia and Rehnquist vote? How did Ginsburg vote?

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