Transcript from CNN of Candy Crowley and Howard Dean

[madfloridian]

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0408/18/ip.00.html

SNIP..."CROWLEY: And I understand that. But getting out to vote is about passion. And what you were able to do was to take the anti-war voters and really make them passionate about voting. And I'm wondering if that position can instill that sort of passion in November?

DEAN: I think a lot of people in the press made the same mistake that you just made. It turns out I supported the four prior wars. I supported George Bush Sr.'s Iraq war, I supported the Afghanistan war, I supported -- of this president -- I supported Bosnia and Kosovo. I didn't support this war because I didn't think the president was telling us the truth. I still think the president wasn't telling us the truth.

Not only that. Even today, why would anybody in the military trust this president? He sent them to war without equipment, he sent them to war 50,000 short of what General Shinseki told them they needed.

And today, a year after we've been in Iraq, he's now saying, well, maybe we should give the National Guard some benefits. Why would anybody in the military trust this president with our defense?

The reason that I inspired Democrats is I was able to stand up and say, this president does one thing and does something else. He has done it today again. I wouldn't trust him -- I wouldn't trust him if I was in -- had a friend or a family member in the armed services today...."

[Richardo]

1. Bring it, Dr. Dean!

YEAH! :toast:

[Eloriel]

3. Damn, that clarity and honesty is just

almost aphrodisiac. I get absolutely euphoric when I hear the truth like that.

[madfloridian]

8. You tell it, Eloriel.

:hi:

[deutsey]

2. Yea, Dean

:thumbsup:

[AmerDem]

4. you have a misspelling in your subject heading!

It's COWley not Crowley!

[qb]

5. Poor Candy. It must pain her to hear such things about her true love.

[CarolynEC]

6. Have I ever mentioned I adore this man?

And here, just this one little this segment of the transcript, is a perfect How-To lesson for every dem who gets in front of a microphone between now and November 2.

Crowley tries to pin him down on war/not-war... Howard turns the question into an opportunity to talk about how Bush can't be trusted.

Excellent!

THAT is someone who knows how to debate. It doesn't matter what questions are being asked. If you've got smarts and skills -- and if you are well-informed! -- you can turn even the nastiest pitch into a home run.

Howard ought to hold a day-long training session for some of the other Dem surrogates out there!

[NYCGirl]

Is it just my imagination or was Candy C FLIRTING with the Doc?

I didn't see the appearance.

[madfloridian]

9. Maybe a little at this beginning segment.

CROWLEY: Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean was the early front- runner in the Democratic race for the White House. Now he is backing John Kerry, of course, and he joins me from Burlington, Vermont, where I bet the weather is lovely.

And you're looking very rested, Governor.

HOWARD DEAN (D), FMR. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: It is lovely. I've lost a few pounds, not so many of those peanut M&Ms we used to have on the campaign plane all the time.

CROWLEY: Well, you look terrific.

[Ripley]

7. They just keep on spreading the lies don't they?

The first time I heard Dean, he was on TV talking about health care. I was in the other room and ran in to see who the hell that was making so much sense...and he was a freaking doctor!

I didn't even hear his stance on the war until well into his run. And frankly, at Dean Meet-ups, the war was not the number one issue.

He did such a great job filling in for Tina Brown last week. He is a natural as an interviewer on TV. Wasn't he going to start a show?

[ASanders84]

10. I love Dean.

[dave29]

11. Again

and again, truth to power from Dean.

[underpants]

12. Can I call the RW spin on that?

How does HE know he never served in the military.

Of course I have no idea who they are going to get to say it, Ollie?

[madfloridian]

13. He is so used to being right wing spun, it rolls off his back.

They do it so well to all of us.