Sky=Totally Blue
Why does Dean always catch shit for stating the obvious?
Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, unapologetic in the face of recent criticism that he has been too tough on his political opposition, said in San Francisco this week that Republicans are "a pretty monolithic party. They all behave the same. They all look the same. It's pretty much a white Christian party."
"The Republicans are not very friendly to different kinds of people," Dean said Monday, responding to a question about diversity during a forum with minority leaders and journalists. "We're more welcoming to different folks, because that's the type of people we are."
I like how Wonkette addresses this: "In other news, NOW members described as 'liberal feminists'! College professors called 'intellectuals'! NASCAR fans turn out to be 'middle class Americans'! SKY TOTALLY BLUE!!!!!" Heh.
Apparently, some fellow Democrats, including Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and NM Gov Bill Richardson, are complaining that Dean is being too negative and blah blah snippy snip whatever. That's cool, they're allowed to disagree. This isn't the rank-and-file party where we excommunicate members for stepping out of line. (See: slandering of Colin Powell, John McCain, Richard Clark, etc)
But this idea that all Democrats are freaking out about Dean, like we want him to hide away and not make strong statements? THAT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT. As far as I'm concerned Dean isn't speaking out enough. What, like the Republicans are sitting around playing a happy game of respect and mutual admiration? Don't make me laugh. This is a dirty game. Really, I think Dean scares the GOP more than they're letting on. He calls them on their shit and he's playing by their rules, which means down and out dirty. So we should be expecting these smear tactics hardcore. It's gonna get worse.
For the record, SFGate reprinted Dean's actual remarks and they ring just as true as the "white Christian" comment.
On Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: "Gov. Schwarzenegger has been a big disappointment to a lot of Californians ... Americans are tired of politicians that break their promise, especially in an area like education ... so I think there's going to be a lot of questions about whether the governor really cares about average Californians."
On Schwarzenegger's endorsement of the Minutemen: "This is why I don't agree that there's no difference between Republicans and Democrat ... you would never have heard a Democrats talk like that ... I think the Republicans are always like this. I remember (former Republican Gov.) Pete Wilson ... got elected by victimizing immigrants. Republicans always divide people."
On illegal immigration: "(Democrats) understand we have a border problem. But we think that if you enforce the laws you already have, the people who are already here ... they haven't broken any laws, they paid their taxes, a lot of them are paying into the Social Security system and getting nothing. Those people ought to be on a reasonable track toward citizenship."
On past promises by Democratic officials to minority communities: "It does make a difference that we now have senior management that is African American (and minority) ... which means we're not going to have the white boys' club make all the decision anymore. Everybody's going to be included."
On San Francisco politics: "It's always a pleasure to come to San Francisco because I don't look so liberal when I come to San Francisco."
On the Democrats' strategy for the 2008: "We're trying to resurrect this party. We're going to be in every state. You're not going to see any 18-state strategies. We're going to be in places like Mississippi and Kansas and Idaho. We're going to be in the Republican counties of California from now on; we're not going to try to win by getting San Francisco and Oakland and Berkeley ... we're not going to sit around anymore. We are going to fight back. We haven't been fighting back."
ROCK.
Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, unapologetic in the face of recent criticism that he has been too tough on his political opposition, said in San Francisco this week that Republicans are "a pretty monolithic party. They all behave the same. They all look the same. It's pretty much a white Christian party."
"The Republicans are not very friendly to different kinds of people," Dean said Monday, responding to a question about diversity during a forum with minority leaders and journalists. "We're more welcoming to different folks, because that's the type of people we are."
I like how Wonkette addresses this: "In other news, NOW members described as 'liberal feminists'! College professors called 'intellectuals'! NASCAR fans turn out to be 'middle class Americans'! SKY TOTALLY BLUE!!!!!" Heh.
Apparently, some fellow Democrats, including Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and NM Gov Bill Richardson, are complaining that Dean is being too negative and blah blah snippy snip whatever. That's cool, they're allowed to disagree. This isn't the rank-and-file party where we excommunicate members for stepping out of line. (See: slandering of Colin Powell, John McCain, Richard Clark, etc)
But this idea that all Democrats are freaking out about Dean, like we want him to hide away and not make strong statements? THAT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT. As far as I'm concerned Dean isn't speaking out enough. What, like the Republicans are sitting around playing a happy game of respect and mutual admiration? Don't make me laugh. This is a dirty game. Really, I think Dean scares the GOP more than they're letting on. He calls them on their shit and he's playing by their rules, which means down and out dirty. So we should be expecting these smear tactics hardcore. It's gonna get worse.
For the record, SFGate reprinted Dean's actual remarks and they ring just as true as the "white Christian" comment.
On Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: "Gov. Schwarzenegger has been a big disappointment to a lot of Californians ... Americans are tired of politicians that break their promise, especially in an area like education ... so I think there's going to be a lot of questions about whether the governor really cares about average Californians."
On Schwarzenegger's endorsement of the Minutemen: "This is why I don't agree that there's no difference between Republicans and Democrat ... you would never have heard a Democrats talk like that ... I think the Republicans are always like this. I remember (former Republican Gov.) Pete Wilson ... got elected by victimizing immigrants. Republicans always divide people."
On illegal immigration: "(Democrats) understand we have a border problem. But we think that if you enforce the laws you already have, the people who are already here ... they haven't broken any laws, they paid their taxes, a lot of them are paying into the Social Security system and getting nothing. Those people ought to be on a reasonable track toward citizenship."
On past promises by Democratic officials to minority communities: "It does make a difference that we now have senior management that is African American (and minority) ... which means we're not going to have the white boys' club make all the decision anymore. Everybody's going to be included."
On San Francisco politics: "It's always a pleasure to come to San Francisco because I don't look so liberal when I come to San Francisco."
On the Democrats' strategy for the 2008: "We're trying to resurrect this party. We're going to be in every state. You're not going to see any 18-state strategies. We're going to be in places like Mississippi and Kansas and Idaho. We're going to be in the Republican counties of California from now on; we're not going to try to win by getting San Francisco and Oakland and Berkeley ... we're not going to sit around anymore. We are going to fight back. We haven't been fighting back."
ROCK.