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May 04, 2006

Gosh

...the stuff he says? He's strange.

[...Howard]Dean took a swipe at the Republican Party, saying the Democratic Party is one of inclusion and religious freedom.

"I was recently asked about the difference between the Democratic and Republican parties," Dean said. "When it comes right down to it, the essential difference is that the Democrats fundamentally believe it is important to make sure that American Jews feel comfortable being American Jews."

Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, who is Jewish, addressed the group on Tuesday.


UPDATE: I guess Mr. Dean's happy to have the Jooz, but he seems to have a bit of a problem with staffer's significant others questioning him.
Democratic Party Chair Howard Dean on May 2 fired the party's gay outreach advisor Donald Hitchcock less than a week after Hitchcock's domestic partner, Paul Yandura, a longtime party activist, accused Dean of failing to take stronger action to defend gays.

... "This is retaliation, plain and simple," said Yandura. "This shows what they think about domestic partners."

Yandura said Tuesday night that Dean was using Hitchcock as a "scapegoat" for problems of Dean's own making.

"All I did was ask questions about what the party and Dean are doing about its GLBT constituency, Yandura said. "I have yet to see any answers."


Yeesh. I can feel the love. Old Tah-rayzah Heinz Kerry shot her mouth AND her foot off for months, but it's hard to sh*tcan the bankroll, huh?


Posted by tree hugging sister at May 4, 2006 08:18 AM

Comments

Huh?

He's whacked.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 4, 2006 09:41 AM

Whatever he's smoking, he should share.

Or maybe not...

Posted by: tree hugging sister at May 4, 2006 10:16 AM

Problem is he seems to be sharing it with both parties these days....

Posted by: Crusader at May 4, 2006 10:47 AM

Got that right, Crusader. Either that, or it's just the second hand smoke.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at May 4, 2006 10:54 AM

But did he inhale? Oops wrong guy.

Posted by: major dad at May 4, 2006 12:24 PM

It's his exhalations that are causing the trouble.

Posted by: Nightfly at May 4, 2006 04:38 PM

Not to mention his inhalations.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at May 4, 2006 07:30 PM

"When it comes right down to it, the essential difference is that the Democrats fundamentally believe it is important to make sure that American Jews feel comfortable being American Jews."

Well, this Jewish Republican takes that particular comment rather personally, so to the good doctor, the best DNC Chairman in the history of the GOP: fuck you, schmuck.

(See, "schmuck" is Yiddish, Dr. Dean, so saying that is...oh, it's not really worth trying to explain it to you, is it? I mean, I know Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's is the only Jew in Vermont, so I suppose you might have trouble relating.)

Posted by: Dave J at May 4, 2006 08:16 PM