Some Democratic congressmen are now blaming Republicans for publicizing Howard Dean's recent ridiculous remarks, saying that everyone says something they don't eman while in the heat of the moment. That's certainly true, and if it was just one time, I would be more likely to castigate those criticizing Dean than castigate Dean himself. Unfortunately it's not just once, it's repeated and with obvious fervor that he says things like, "All Republicans are white Christians that look and dress alike," "I hate Republicans and everything they stand for," they are "liars,"
"corrupt," and "brain-dead." Just about every public appearance he makes is another chance for him to say something that does not belong in political discourse. He preaches tolerance of others while being incredibly intolerant of others. In Dean's world you cannot dislike someone because they want to kill you, but you can hate someone because they vote differently than you. Dean is an immature man, and I thank god the Dems keep putting him in important places because he is going to help them hand the center of the electorate to the GOP. While I've seen Republicans go after individuals ont he other side of the aisle, I can think of a time when I've seen a Republican make these hateful statements against an entire party. They have too much honor and integrity to stoop that low. The American people, in general, have too much honor and integrity to respect Dean for such statements.

I also got a kick out the Democrats that were trying to distance themselves from Dean. Both Biden and Richardson said something along the lines of, "Howard Dean does not speak for all Democrats." I'm sorry, but he's the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, so when he speaks, he is spekaing for the party. The same goes for when Ken Mehlman, the RNC chair, says something. Anyway, it's very hypocritical, because these same people that are trying to distance themselves from Dean previously indicted all Republicans for actions taken by George Bush, who is not the leader of his party.

Just imagine the reverse situation. A prominent Republican says during an interview that the Democratic Party is a bunch of brown black skinned people on welfare. The uproar would be monumental, and the offending Republican would be lynched in the court of public opinion, and calls for a recall election would abound. Why does Dean get a free pass? Could it be an institutional bias towards the left wing in the press?

Yes.

The Democratic Party has demonstrated over the last 5 years that they are the party of whiners (still won't "move-on" from the 2000 election), the party of bigots (use the race card every five seconds, act like the defenders of minorities, but never appoint any to high positions and do everything they can to block Bush from appointing any high level minorities), the party of hypocrisy (I loved watching Kerry and Edwards bash the rich, when Kerry got rich through marriage [twice] and Edwards got that way by soaking insurance companies and contributing to the atmospheric rise in insurance premiums), the party of low self-esteem (we must do X because otherwise the Europeans won't like us), and the party of immaturity (Dean). If they ever want to be in power again in the halls of Congress, they need to reform, get rid of the nutcases, and put some strong on defense types in charge.