Dean Sees Red Over Code Orange

[cal04]

Somebody owes Howard Dean an apology.

Over the past few days, the former Vermont governor and Democratic Presidential candidate has endured a barrage of bad press and nasty commentary, simply because he expressed honest doubts about the government’s latest terror alarm. Republican pundits and politicians predictably denounced him. Senator John Kerry disowned Dr. Dean’s remarks, and Senator Joe Lieberman went further, suggesting that anyone who harbors such doubts must not be “in their right mind.”

In short, to think that the Bush administration might issue an alert for political advantage is a symptom of madness. The latest news reports, however, indicate that Dr. Dean’s suspicions were hardly unfounded.

It might be almost possible to believe that this confluence was pure coincidence, except for a telltale clue: Ten days earlier, an investigative article published in The New Republic reported that Bush administration officials have been demanding that Pakistan apprehend “high-value” terrorist suspects before November—and preferably during the final few days of July.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0804-10.htm

[havocmom]

1. Dr. Dean seems to be right on most of the time

and most of the nation needs a high colonic if doubting the veracity of the junta is considered a sign of madness.

[Pachamama]

2. Howard speaks the truth- something refreshing from a Politician & much

lacking...to bad, and to think that that is the reason he was considered "unelectable"....

Thank You Dr. Dean..... :pals:

[Demobrat]

3. Dean can take it.

He gets vilified for speaking truth to power more often than most of us brush our teeth.

[Cha]

4. Yeah, he's knows he spoke reasonably and he knows

what our media is like so I'm sure it's no suprise to him or the many that support his Democracy For America!

[TheFarseer]

5. even people I regard as RW nut-balls

are criticizing this as a politically motivated fraud to steal Kerry's thunder.

[MikeG]

6. Everyone together. Fuck you, Joe Lieberman.