A real life socialist who’s running for President. I never thought I’d see the day. Halleluja!

Dr. Dean is just what this country needs.

Out with the Constitution and in with the Little Red Book. Mao would be so proud.

This is supposed to be a man of the people…

It’s common practice to seal records. Note that everything he has DONE as a governor is public record – you can’t seal what the press has already reported on. What’s been sealed is who-said-what-when-and-to-whom, which is really common sense when running for office. In today’s attack-ad campaigns, any random quote can easily be taken out of context and used against you.

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If you’re interested in staying up-to-date on News coverage of Dean, I maintain a site linking and archiving all the major news stories (about 3 dozen) each day/night.

It’s called “NEWS COVERAGE OF DEAN” (formerly “Media on Dean”) at:

http://www.davecullen.com/dean.htm

Each entry lists the paper/wire/station, headline, key text and link.

Latest entries in the past hour include Howie Kurtz: “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” MSNBC presenting both “The Democrats ‘ Iraq opportunity,” and in another piece asking, “Is Democratic presidential contender Rep. Dennis Kucinich more of a blessing or a curse for his rival Howard Dean?”

You have a point, though I don’t believe anyone gets to a position of political power if he or she is bothered by a little bickering. I suspect I’ve read more into Richard’s comments than he meant, and suspect the discussion could’ve been better served had I cooled my jets a little.

Not sure if you meant me or not,

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This should prove interesting, but I hope it doesn’t dissolve into the bickering that some of these comments reflect.

Your comment about Al Gore, although true, deserves clarification. I saw the spot on TV where he supposedly stated he “invented” the Internet. I’ll agree with you that he didn’t actually state it, however, it was a very, very poor choice of words. The exact quote is:

“During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”

I know he was trying to be brief, but here, he should have rephrased it so it didn’t give the impression that he was taking credit for creating it. It would have saved him from a lot of unnecessary flak.

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Before:

Does anyone but me think it�s interesting that our tax dollars are going to be subsidizing the campaign of Howard Dean through his guest-blogger spot on Lessig�s Stanford U. blog?

I don�t have a problem with it (as long as George W. gets equal time), I just think it�s an interesting use of public money.

After:

Netizen news flash: even private colleges like Stanford take federal funds, and are therefore required to abide by federal regulations such as Title IX. You can look it up.

Okay, Richard–there are the two disconnected dots of your argument. Now connect them: Show me the federal funds paying for this blog. In particular, show them in a way that makes your “as long as George W. gets equal time” comment make sense.

While you’re at it, explain to me why you don’t say this about every appearance in every campus newspaper or on every campus radio station by any politician. Or do you? I think it would be absurd to do so, but maybe you do.

Or were you just taking a cheap shot? That’s what I figure.

P.S. I’m neither a Dean supporter nor an opponent. I just think this was a cheap shot.

As to Dean’s policy positions, I think they’re pretty well known from the speeches he gives Wednesday nights on NBC, and they’re been developed with the help of his doctor wife Abbie, his press secretary C. J., his chief of staff Leo, and Josh Lyman and all those other folks. (Oh, wait – that’s the pugnacious, arrogant, and diminutive former governor of the OTHER New England state, Jed Bartlett, so never mind, my mistake. Dean is obviously reaching out for the Elle Woods vote.)