Dean taking the day off according to news

[candy331]

Dean getting much needed rest to now come out and slay the dragons.

[Hep]

1. Now they're going to attack him for taking a day off

Great. Now he's lazy, right?

[RogueTrooper]

2. He was campaigning in the morning

but he is off this afternoon.

[spooky3]

5. Very glad to hear this. It's almost as if someone

read the thread on DU about this and realized it was a good idea.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

3. Surprising - since it's so close to the caucus. Guess he needs the rest...

n/t

[Padraig18]

4. I can hardly wait to read how the 'usual suspects' spin this one...

:eyes:

[TrueAmerican]

6. Getting old

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Great commentary. :eyes:

[Padraig18]

7. Was that a comment? n/t

[xultar]

16. Yes, n/t

[Hep]

9. Thanks for messing up my machine

with that mature, informative post.

[bitchkitty]

24. Heads up -

For those of us with small monitors, it's kind of annoying to have a big horizontal scroll. I wonder if you'd mind shortening your lines of smilies a bit?

On edit - it's not the smilies, it's your banner. Could you shorten that please. I think there's a rule about image size.

[xultar]

14. No shit, I was gonna say that he deserved the rest, too bad

you can't see your own faults enough to know that you are just as guilty as those you judge guilty.

Not a personal attack, said like a Mom

[Dookus]

28. why pick a fight

where there isn't one?

Seriously, these pre-emptive insults ("the usual suspects") are lame, padraig.

[beyurslf]

8. He'll need his rest for the non stop campaign through the end of

the caucuses.

Anyone else going to IA Monday?

[robbedvoter]

10. Will he clear brush?oh, sorry, that's his middle name. Chop chedar?

[Padraig18]

11. Took just about as long as I thought it would...

See: Post #4. :eyes:

[TrueAmerican]

12. :eyes:

:eyes:

[Padraig18]

15. :eyes: right back atcha!

:eyes:

[xultar]

17. :eyes:

:eyes:

[Hep]

18. It's probably best

that Dean opponents let smileys do their talking for them. They weren't getting anywhere on their own.

[TrueAmerican]

20. Just learning from Dean supporters

:eyes:

[Hep]

21. Well, Dean supporters have a lot to teach folks

Glad you decided to be prostrate to us.

[Don Claybrook]

13. At least he's showing up in Iowa

Hell, even Bill Frist and Tom freaking DeLay are showing up in Iowa, a claim that not all of the Democratic candidates can make.

[candy331]

22. Claybrook that was sooooooooo

funny. Me likes it.

[Clark Can WIN]

25. Tom DeLay is probably there to promote his choice for the nomination

DeLay’s ploy: Building up Dean to aid GOP
By Jonathan E. Kaplan

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) is drawing as much attention as possible to former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in the hope that this will compel other Democratic presidential candidates to go out on a limb and match his anti-war rhetoric.

Delay’s tactic, a well-placed source told The Hill, is a version of the axiom: “My enemy’s enemy is my friend.”

http://www.hillnews.com/news/031903/dean.aspx

OK, here's the part where you attack the source or insert some other dismissive comment.

[Don Claybrook]

29. I went with choice B, dismissive comment

Whether he was serious or trying to play psychological games at the time, the article is old, and DeLay is, like the rest of the GOP, scared out of their wits by a Dean candidacy. You don't have to like Dean to admit that it's true. Howard Dean is ready to put a boot through Tom DeLay's dental work, and wobetide the GOP operatives who aren't ready for that.

[HFishbine]

19. Source?

"Alright, you want facts, I'll give you actual facts. Rumor is, once when a reporter asked him about Medicare, Dean responded by tearing the head off a goat."

- Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show

[rucky]

23. If Dean can take the day off, Can we take the day off...

...from talking about Dean?

Just a day to rest & regroup... and give the other candidates some ink.

[sangh0]

26. I thought Dean was "rejuvenated" by all the attacks

He said so himself

"I am rejuvenated and ready to fight," he said. "When people attack me, that rejuvenates me."

Surges by Rivals Put Dean on the Defensive in Iowa
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/13/politics/campaigns/13DEAN.html


So let's see. Dean is "rejuvenated" so he takes a day off.

[slinkerwink]

27. thank you for your much needed positivity!

:yourock:

[KaraokeKarlton]

30. He's probably taking the day of to read opp research on his opponents

But you can guarantee that his day won't be spent idly. ;)

[Hoppin_Mad]

31. He deserves it ! Rest up for the big week ahead Dr ! We're behind you -eom