Dean for President and Vice President???

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Since Dean flip flops around more than a sucker fish plopped on a hot sidewalk in summer I suggest that we nominate the following ticket:

Dean for president and Dean for vice-president!

The Dean for president can campaign against the Iraq war, against past policies of the Republicans, and against the disastrous policies internationally of Bush/Cheney. He can campaign in states like California and the East Coast.

The Dean for vice-president can campaign in the mid-west and south as well as crucial swing states like Pennsylvania and Ohio and point out that the war in Iraq was a positive action and that the policies of Reagan, Bush and Bush have lead to a stronger military and a stronger foundation for our nation's economic and military security. He can point out that he differs on some issues from the Dean that is running for president but that it is healthy for the ticket to have a true ideological balance. He can also point out that he is in constant open dialogue with the Dean that is running for president and that both remian open-minded on a variety of issues.

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Flip Flop
HOT OFF THE GRIDDLE:
Medicare
"I think it's one of the worst federal programs ever..."

-Gov. Dean in the San Francisco Chronicle, 8/17/93

" one of the worst things that ever happened… a bureaucratic disaster..."

-Gov. Dean to the AP, 8/3/93
"...n my campaign for the presidency, I will make the health of all Americans my first priority."

-Gov. Dean on DeanForAmerica.com Healthcare Plan.

YESTERDAY'S SPECIAL:
Raising Taxes

Dean originally supported repealing the entire Bush tax cut.

"That’s why it’s so ridiculous to say we’ll keep the middle-class tax cuts...There were no middle-class tax cuts."

-Gov Dean, as quoted in the AP, 9/18/03
"At a campaign stop, Dean made his now familiar call for repealing President Bush’s tax cuts - but with the unfamiliar qualifier "some."
Answering a question about foreign aid, Dean said he would continue it, "but I do plan to get rid of some of the tax cuts to (former Enron Corp. chief) Ken Lay and the boys."

-AP, 9/19/03

North Korea

"I concur with most of the president's policy on North Korea...."

-Gov Dean on Face the Nation, 1/6/03
"North Korea has become the biggest threat to peace in East Asia in half a century...U.S. policy has been incoherent, inconsistent and dangerously disengaged."

-Dean for America Policy paper at Deantv.org.

Terrorism

"We have to stop terrorism before peace negotiations"

-The Forward, 11/22/02
Dean, speaking about the Middle East, said he didn't "believe stopping the terror has to be a prerequisite for talking."

-CNN, 9/10/03

Iraq
""It's conceivable we would have to act unilaterally ...."

-Des Moines Register, 10/02

"I believe that Iraq does have chemical and biological weapons...."

-PBS, 2/25/03
"What I want to know is why the Democratic Party leadership is supporting the president's unilateral war against Iraq?"

-AP, 3/2/03

Campaign Finance
Dean said he has already raised the $100,000 from a sampling of states needed to qualify for the public money. The former Vermont governor promised to make it an issue in the Democratic primaries if any of his rivals decide to skip public financing.
``I think most Democrats believe in campaign finance reform,'' he said."
-Gov. Dean to the AP, 3/7/03
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean backed away from his pledge to adhere to spending limits, saying some advisors want to explore opting out of the Watergate-era public financing system because of his sudden fundraising success.
-AP, 8/16/03
Death Penalty
"I don't support the death penalty for two reasons. One, you might have the wrong guy, and, two, the state is like a parent. Parents who smoke cigarettes can't really tell their children not to smoke and be taken seriously. If a state tells you not to murder people, a state shouldn't be in the business of taking people's lives."

-Gov. Dean in 1992
"As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder of a child or the murder of a police officer. The events of Sept. 11 convinced me that terrorists also deserve the ultimate punishment."

-Gov. Dean statement, 6/03

Social Security
""The way to balance the budget, Dean said, is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans pensions, while the states cut almost everything else."

-Gov. Dean in Newshouse, 3/3/95

"I also would entertain taking the retirement age to 68."

-Gov. Dean to NBC's Meet the Press, 6/03
"I have never favored Social Security retirement at the age of 70, nor do I favor one of 68."

-Gov. Dean in the 8/5/03 Democratic Presidential Debate

Cuba
''If you would have asked me six months ago, I would have said we should begin to ease the embargo in return for human-rights concessions..."

-Gov. Dean to the Miami Herald, 8/26/03
"...But you can't do it now...."

-Gov. Dean to the Miami Herald, 8/26/03

Trade
Dean supported NAFTA.

-Time Magazine, 9/11/03

"Free trade is good...."

-Gov. Dean to On The Issues 2000
Opposes NAFTA and other free trade pacts.

"We ought not to be in the business of having free and open borders with countries that don't have the same environmental, labor and human rights standards."

-Gov. Dean in the 9/3/03 Democratic Presidential Debate

Environment
"I believe that there are few things we in public office can leave to our children and their children that are more important than the spectacular wilderness, clean waters, and beautiful forests that we now enjoy. As governor of Vermont, I took action to protect our environment and preserve our land. "

-Gov. Dean on deanforamerica.com
"EP under Governor Dean meant Expedite Permits, not Environmental Protection."

-Annette Smith, Director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment

"Howard Dean's environmental record in Vermont is toxic."

-Tom Elliott, fmr. Political Director of Vermont Sierra Club