Monday, February 21, 2005
Why I Love Howard Dean, Reason # 3459038450
Because he kicked the Prince of Darkness' butt to the curb in Portland last week:
In his new role as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Dean has stressed that Democrats are stronger than Republicans on defense. “Defense is a lot broader than swaggering around saying you’re going to kick Saddam’s butt,” Dean said Thursday, drawing cheers from the crowd in this city that overwhelmingly voted Democratic last November. Perle said the war in Iraq was justified based on the intelligence available at the time. “Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable to others,” he said. Dean also said the Bush administration has ignored the mounting threat in Iran and North Korea. “We picked the low hanging fruit in Iraq and did nothing” about the other, more dangerous regimes, he said.
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