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Howard Dean on Hannity and Colmes, March 2

by howieinseattle
Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 at 11:30:44 AM EST

"Colmes: We just had this tape of this teleconference where President Bush is being briefed on Katrina. You have Michael Brown there and you have Max Mayfield of the National Hurricane Center. And he's clearly being told "We don't know how bad this could get, but there's a possibility of a problem with the levies, and four days after Katrina hit, the president is saying "We had no idea that there could be a breach of the levies. How do you respond to that--how should Democrats react to this?

Dean: Well, I don' think it's a matter of how Democrats react to it, I think it's a matter of how the American public reacts to it. Anybody who wants to see this for themselves should go to our website, Democrats.org. You can see this tape--it's linked to the Democratic party's web site. And I advise Americans to do that, because I think they need to make up their own mind about about this. This president has a pattern of not being truthful to the American people about Iraq, about Katrina, about the Medicare prescription benefit--a long history of saying things that just aren't so."-excerpted from the transcript on Howard-Empowered People.

Since the rovians are showing "their video" with Governor Blanco downplaying the dangers to the levees, it's time to spread this one around.

Howard Dean on Hannity and Colmes, March 2 | 8 comments (8 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Howard Dean on Hannity and Colmes, March 2 (4.00 / 2)

Thanks for linking this.

I posted it late last night and was too sleepy to edit. As tired as I was, it isn't as bad as it could be, but this morning I saw that I'd done this:

Dean: Well, I don' think it's a matter of how Democrats react to it

That was a typo, and I've added the missing t at the end of "don't" in the version at Howard-Empowered.

All those places where I typed "idear" rather than "idea" on the other hand, that was intentional.
:-)

by Renee in Ohio on Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 at 12:22:52 PM EST

Re: Howard Dean on Hannity and Colmes, March 2 (none / 0)

Thank YOU for doing "the Lord's work" by allowing yourself to get anywhere near FAUX in order to pass this along.

howieinseattle

by howieinseattle on Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 at 12:49:55 PM EST
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Re: Howard Dean on Hannity and Colmes, March 2 (none / 0)

Ooh, thank you for putting it that way. That just finished off that tiny bit of residual guilt I still had for eating meat on a Friday. ;-)

by Renee in Ohio on Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 at 01:49:21 PM EST
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Latest spin (none / 1)

is that they anticipated the levees being "topped"...but not "breached".

What a load of...you-know-what. (I'm cutting back on my cussing for Lent.) If you believe they'll be topped, what's the problem with anticipating a breach? The goal in disaster preparedness is always, "hope for the best but plan for the worst" (that came from an ex-boyfriend who volunteered with Red Cross Disaster Services -- we had a few dates broken when he'd have to run off to a fire...). You think of the absolute worst-case scenario, then you make your plans accordingly -- and if the worst doesn't happen, you can scale back the plans to fit the occasion.

The problem with this misAdminstration is that they can't anticipate the worst-case scenario: Condi's "We never thought terrorists would use planes as a weapon", Bush's denial that Iraq is devolving into civil war, the lack of foresight in the Katrina debacle. Which leaves us with the ultimate Worst-Case Scenario: nearly 4 more years of incompetence and mismanagement.

Not one dollar more...

by Cali Scribe on Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 at 11:57:16 AM EST

Re: Latest spin (4.00 / 2)

Let me help you out. "What a load of bullshit from a crowd of piece of shit mother f**ckers." (I'll donate 2 letters to Lent.)

I'll fill in any time when profanity is needed during Lent.

Just because the Clintons are showing their true "primary colors" doesn't mean we can forget the moral imperative:Impeach Bush.

by phronesis (swwiener@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 at 12:04:57 PM EST
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Re: Latest spin (none / 1)

and it sucks when you can't even plan for the worst when the national guard isn't there to act. seems like they didn't even plan.

--
Albert Yee
Philadelphia, PA
http://dragonballyee.com/blog

by albert (dragonballyeeATgmail.com) on Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 at 12:02:52 PM EST
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Re: Howard Dean on Hannity and Colmes, March 2 (none / 1)

Ee need to change the LANGUAGE! It is NOT a mistake, mis-step, attributable to Cronyism, or any of the other Orwellian Euphemisms they conjure.

It is called CRIMINAL NEGLECT-PERIOD! The minute the first person died it became MANSLAUGHTER!

When is this criminal Administration going to be held accountable and where is the justice?

"The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking the most often and in the loudest voice." Theodore Roosevelt.

by Grandma M on Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 at 12:05:05 PM EST

Re: Howard Dean on Hannity and Colmes, March 2 (4.00 / 2)

OOOOOH yes, Grandma!!!

We do INDEED need to change the language.

I have been saying to anyone who would listen that language is the secret. For two years.

Every time we refer to Butch as "President".

Every time we even use his proper NAME.

Every time we refer to Small K kerry or any of the other TOTALLY discredited and failed "DemocRats" with any trace of respect.

Every time the we seriously consider anything that ANYONE in this administration says as anything more than part of a mosntrous and extended lie.

Every time we allow spokesmen for the intel services to spew their spin, to whitewash their decades of lethal support for the mistaken policies of economic imperialism without serious challenge.

Every time we allow the language to be debased by platitudes and misdirection.

Every time we do these things, we are digging our own shallow graves.

In our own shallow ways.

You've got it, Grandma.

Right on the money.

Now...pass it on.

AG

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

by Arthur Gilroy (arthurgilroy<at>earthlink.net) on Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 at 12:30:02 PM EST
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