Can't resist ad from 2004 campaign. Will they do the same thing to Vermonter Bernie Sanders?

[madfloridian]

[Buzz Clik]

1. Hey Grandma and Grandpa! Saw your ad about Howard Dean!

Are you two really that hateful, or just paid well enough to say any fucking thing they ask?

Christ, I hope you two died badly. (Is that mean?)

[rock]

2. It's more important what the government spends

than what it taxes. Everything it spends, it will have to tax. Incidentally, it's the repiggies who spent those trillions on wars (mainly).

[blm]

3. Especially odd since Dean used to be CATO's favorite Democrat. They turned on him only

when he decided to run for president.

Libertarian Republicans are fascists…..and LIARS. Stephen Moore will say/do anything to protect Republicans, even when he LIKES a Democrat.


The Appeal of Howard Dean

From the September 15, 2003 issue: Why he could be Bush's more dangerous opponent.
SEP 15, 2003, VOL. 9, NO. 01 • BY STEPHEN MOORE

SEVERAL YEARS AGO an obscure Democratic governor from the politically inconsequential state of Vermont was the guest speaker at a Cato Institute lunch. His name was Howard Dean. He had been awarded one of the highest grades among all Democrats (and a better grade than at least half of the Republicans) in the annual Cato Fiscal Report Card on the Governors. We were curious about his views because we had heard that he harbored political ambitions beyond the governorship.

Dean charmed nearly everyone in the boardroom. He came across as erudite, policy savvy, and, believe it or not, a friend of free markets--at least by the standards of the Tom Daschle-Dick Gephardt axis of the Democratic party. Even when challenged on issues like environmentalism, where he favored a large centralized mass of intrusive regulations, Dean remained affable.

"You folks at Cato," he told us, "should really like my views because I'm economically conservative and socially laissez-faire." Then he continued: "Believe me, I'm no big-government liberal. I believe in balanced budgets, markets, and deregulation. Look at my record in Vermont." He was scathing in his indictment of the "hyper-enthusiasm for taxes" among Democrats in Washington.

He left--and I will never forget the nearly hypnotic reaction. The charismatic doctor had made believers of several hardened cynics. Nearly everyone agreed that we had finally found a Democrat we could work with. Since then, I've watched Dean's career with more than a little interest and we chat from time to time on the phone.
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[madfloridian]

7. Ah, I remember that article by Stephen Moore.

Before he turned on him. Thanks for the link, had forgotten.

[AZ Progressive]

4. Of course they will

Though attacks against socialism probably don't have much impact anymore due to it being exhausted with Obama.

Any Democrat running for president has to be able to withstand just about anything that is thrown at them.

[Sanity Claws]

5. Was that a real ad?

I can't believe that someone would come up with something so stupid.
I also can't believe that it would actually sway someone.

[madfloridian]

6. Oh yes, it was real. Club for Growth very proud of it.

[Wilms]

8. !

"The Stupid" is one thing, but these people are just plain mean. Anti-social, actually. Maybe that's why they fear "socialism".