Certain Democrat Leaders calling for Dean to Apologize...should he?

[mopaul]

joe LIEberman included.

tell big lies, get rewarded. tell the truth, get burned at the stake.

[demnan]

1. it has become a crime to tell the truth

Unfortunately this is the same quality which will defeat Dean if he ever tries to run for President again. (Sadly).

[Bluebear]

2. Not only no but HELL no

Never apologize for the truth and LIEberman can Cheney off.

[bowens43]

3. Lieberman is a Democratic leader? Since when?

[Atman]

4. I thought you said "democratic leaders"

Joe Lieberman is neither a democrat, nor a leader.

He is a pandering, quivering, republican suck up, and an embarrassment to our party. Zell Miller on Qualudes.

[ElectroPrincess]

5. Hell No! We should instead censure the DINO Senators to STFU /eom

[acmavm]

6. NNNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!

The only mistatement Dean made is calling the republican party Christian. They are as un-Christlike as is possible. Maybe if he would have called them the party of white psuedo-Christians he'd have been more accurate. But why quibble?

Dean shouldn't apologize for a damn thing. Look at the people he's talking about. Liars, sneaks, sticky-fingered thieves, people who wouldn't hesitate to sell out anyone for a buck and a little power.

[Disturbed]

8. Rethugs are the party of white psuedo-Christians.

Yes, that is more accurate.

The Dems that are dissing Dean &/or distancing themselves from his remarks are the chickenshit Dems.

[mopaul]

23. and the gop is the CHRISTIAN ONLY party

[bklyncowgirl]

7. If Dean said anything that was demonstrably untrue he should apologize.

Since he was telling the unspeakable truth, the answer is HELL NO!

Of course he can continue to expand and refine what his statements and continue to pound the gist of the message--which is the Republicans are the party of wealthy elitists and religious fanatics--home which I expect is what he'll do.

[slor]

9. The friggin' rethugs were just...

bragging about being the party of Jesus, and all that BS "moral values" crap. Now they are offended? Fuck them ! Dean DO NOT BACK DOWN!

[liberal N proud]

10. HELL NO!

It is a strange land and strange time when a man lies and no one says anything about it but when a man expresses his observations and it happens to be accurate he is expected to apologize.

America is lost!

[gademocrat7]

11. NO!

Dr.Dean is telling the truth. Rethugs have never cared for minorities, except when it could help further their own greedy agendas.

[Kazak]

12. Hell no, in fact, keep 'em coming...

It's working beautifully! :D

[Demit]

13. Should a former Repub senator apologize then, too?

John Danforth said the same thing in a March op-ed in the NYT: "By a series of recent initiatives, Republicans have transformed our party into the political arm of conservative Christians." http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/033005H.shtml

Maybe, as some DUers have suggested, this is all theater, agreed upon by all the participants, to keep the media trained on what Dean is saying. That is giving a BIG benefit of the doubt to DLCers like Lieberman and Biden, but I am hugely happy that Dean is refusing to back down, in any case. Viva Howard!

[senseandsensibility]

14. ?

You're kidding, right?

[OHdem10]

15. No, No No --Remem ber not more than

a month ago Danforth(Ex Republican Senator--a Minister by Profession_
and Bush's Amb to UN ) wrote an OP ED Piece which was spread everywhere.
Danforth purpose in writing the arcle. __He accused
his own party of becoming a Christian Party. He did not mean
this as flattering--He meant it as a danger. Not one negative
comment was made when Danforth for saying this.

The Media are trying to discredit Dean. Bush is in trouble.
They have this wild dream they can push the Centrists forward
to run the country. The Problem I have is-- the Democratic Centrists
are reallyConservative Democrats.--nothing Centrist about them.
They can be rolled easily. This is a way to get Bush's SS Plan
in effect. Bush in trouble. Discredit DEan Use the Spinless Democrats with Moderate Republicans as a working group who can work with Bush.

Do all this in the name of Civility and getting things done in Washington.

Remind people Danforth said his own party was becoing a Chrisitan Party.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Oh, Hell NO!

I am looking forward to cleaning House...and Senate.

[acmejack]

17. The answer is this HST quotation:

"If republicans will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them"!

[Kazak]

18. I don't seem to recall Cheney apologizing...

At least Dean knows how to tell it like it is without resorting to profanity. :shrug:

[magellan]

19. Sounds like certain Democratic leaders have cajones-envy.

The "too polite" party better get its act together. They need to stop cowering under coarse Republican attacks, stop mincing words, and start pulling BEHIND Chairman Dean and the people who are depending on them to do proper battle with these villains.

[vlad]

20. No-only to add on that congressional republicans

have never worked an honest day in their lives.

But No, and Hell NO!

If they stop lying(repub) then maybe we can stop hitting at certain truths.

[robcon]

21. Who asked him to apologize?

I haven't heard that. Who??????????

[mopaul]

26. on cspan the lady read a report about it possibly occurring today

lieberman mentioned. i swear i heard it on my t.v. machine.

[Ronnie]

22. No.

...

[G2099]

24. Hell no!!

Apologize to puke liars and murderers? No.

[Warren Stupidity]

25. Q: are the republicans claiming that they are not the christian party?

I thought not.

Sit down and shut up.

Oh and send the DNC some money.

[Grayday]

27. Nope, no way, never.

[The2ndWheel]

28. Should he? No.

Will he? More likely than not. I know Dean is an outsider, but he's now part of the system. You may try and change things from the outside, but it always seems to ooze a tentacle as it grows to bring you back in. Or it may use one of those anti-escape orbs.

[tnlefty]

30. Welcome to DU, Grayday and NoMoreMyths!

Give'em hell, Howard!

[aintitfunny]

29. NO, NO, a thousand times NO

It is well past the time someone stood up and threw some of the shit right back at them. Joe Lieberman is useless.

[Telly Savalas]

31. Even if you think his comments were out of line (which they weren't)

there's nothing more slimy than a politician making an insincere apology. Let's leave the faux contrition for the GOP.

[KlatooBNikto]

32. My question to you is: Why are you calling people like Lieberman

a Democrat and a Leader to boot?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

33. Piss on 'em! No apology!

[Ladyhawk]

34. Can we make a list of these "Dem Leaders" so we can write and tell them

to shut the fuck up? Seriously.

I want a list.

[mopaul]

35. lieberman and biden come to mind