RNC deputy chairman demands apology from Dean

[babylonsister]

:cry:

RNC deputy chairman demands apology from Dean
By Alexander Bolton
Posted: 03/28/08 07:36 PM


A senior Republican Party official demanded that Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean apologize late Friday afternoon for calling Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) “a blatant opportunist” who has “cast aside his principles.”

Frank Donatelli, the deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), sought to drive a wedge between Dean and Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) over the comments.

“Howard Dean owes John McCain an immediate apology and both Senators Clinton and Obama should unequivocally denounce this disgraceful attack,” said Donatelli.

While the candidates have generally tried to stay above the fray, the parties and surrogates have not held back in their criticisms.

Dean turned up the rhetorical heat Friday, blasting McCain over the war in Iraq and the faltering economy.

more...

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/rnc-deputy-chairman-demands-apology-from-dean-2008-03-28.html

[truedelphi]

1. Good for Dean.

Let McCAin apologize. He's the man trying to keep in office the party that has destroyed this nation

[annabanana]

2. Dean should tell him to STFU!

I'm tired of those moldy crusty corrupted rethugs telling Dems what they ought to do...

[Thickasabrick]

28. Hell yes. Since when did McCain become "holy ground"?

[havocmom]

3. What the hell are they smoking at the RNC?

:rofl:

[Warren Stupidity]

4. LEAVE JOHN MCCAIN ALONE!!!!!!!!

And as a followup: how many purported Democrats will agree that we need to keep a 'hands off' policy with respect to McCain.

[fascisthunter]

5. Lol... sure. He'll Apologize for Telling America the Truth

He'll get right on that. :rofl:

[samdogmom]

6. It's true. Why apologize?????

I sure hope Republican's are finally starting to realize that they can't bully Howard Dean.

[spotbird]

7. Dean will get a great belly laugh

out of this request.

[annabanana]

8. (that was a DEMAND, spotbird)

They are so delirous with their remnants of power. . . The word "request" would never pass their lips.

[maseman]

10. Don't pick on the old fucker

That's basically what the RNC is saying. WAAAAAA...you f-ing babies.

[mitchtv]

9. Donna Brazille will apologize

I mean she will won't she?

[Mabus]

11. If Dean said McCain had "cast aside his asparagus"

and said we'd all be "screwn" for another four years if McBlame was elected then maybe the deputy RNC guy would have understood what Dean meant and kept his mouth shut.

btw, who deputized the RNC guy anyway?

[lpbk2713]

12. I demand an apology from the rethuglicans.

For what they did to my country during the seven years they owned all branches of government.

There's no way they can point their fingers at anyone else on this one.

[Larkspur]

13. What was it Truman said about whining Republicans...

"I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell."

and

"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything."

Howard Dean speaks for me!!!

[madfloridian]

14. LOL

:rofl:

[CanonRay]

15. The truth hurts!

[Kurovski]

16. Disgraceful attack? There's that manufactured outrage again.

[Kingofalldems]

17. Mr Donatelli

What Cheney said to Sen. Leahy.

[OwnedByFerrets]

18. Kinda thin skinned over there arencha? LOL

Someone take your RNC flavored passy??:rofl:

[riverdeep]

19. Well, let's see.

Blatant opportunist: check

2000) McCain: Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson are 'agents of intolerance'.

2006) McCain offers commencement address at Falwell's Liberty University while preparing a run for the White House.

Unprincipled: check

2001) Opposed Bush tax cuts. Crossed party lines to vote with Dems.

2003) Opposed Bush tax cuts. Crossed party lines to vote with Dems.

2006) Favors Bush tax cuts as he prepares for Presidential campaign.



Sorry, don't see a grounds for apology here. Unless it's coming from McCain.

[NanceGreggs]

20. I think Dean should apologize:

"I deeply regret the fact that Sen. John McCain is a blatant opportunist who has cast aside his principles. I only articulated what what I thought everyone already knew, and sincerely apologize for any shock I caused to those who were still ignorant of the obvious."

[RC]

26. Right On.

:thumbsup:

[Thickasabrick]

29. Excellent!!!! n/t

[annabanana]

35. Nance! That is perfect! He surely owes them a 'republican apology".

Nothing more.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

44. Yahtzee!

Perfect :)

:rofl: :applause:

[OwnedByFerrets]

49. Fantastic Nance.....

you are marvelous!!

[magellan]

21. I know the truth is under attack, but has it been outright banned? n/t

[malaise]

22. Send this to Donatelli

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3078667

and tell him before he fucks himself to see if he can get one from Hagel.

Not This Time.

[Clear Blue Sky]

23. Faux outrage.

This is nothing but politics.

[Pale Blue Dot]

24. I demand Dean apologize for not calling McCain "a giant fuckwad."

I am personally very offended that Dean did not take the opportunity to label McCain as "a senile bastard" or "Bush's skidmark."

[Turbineguy]

25. Donatelli must have forgotten

Doctors must do no harm.

[SeattleGirl]

27. Oh look, I found the appropriate headwear for Mr.Donatlli:

[Thickasabrick]

30. I thought Donatelli was a Ninja turtle.

[Patchuli]

31. He ought to tell him

to go piss up a rope!

Yay Chairman Dean! Someone needs to go after McCain since we're still futzing around with Hillary vs. BO!

[d_b]

32. uh, no.

those days are over, Franky.

[MasonJar]

33. Apologize for recognizing the truth? Forget it, Pugs!!!!!!!

[Jack Rabbit]

34. Howard Dean has nothing to apologize for

Former prisoner of war and torture victim McCain caved in to Bush's demands on the Military Commissions Act.

McCain is a blatant opportunist who cast aside his principles. And Bush and Cheney are liars.

[bleever]

36. Sorry? You want "sorry"?

"It's a sorry sight to see the sorry state of the Republican party, which has for its nominee the last guy standing in a sorry field of candidates.

I'm sorry any of us have to witness this."

[starroute]

37. Donatelli? That creep?

This guy is one of the old-line dirty tricksters. I've posted far too much about him here to want to repeat it again -- but a thread I started in 2004 has a lot of the basic info:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1162991

A little googling on the Donatelli Group -- which is his wife's outfit -- will turn up a good deal of interesting information on the 2004 election and the Swiftboaters as well.

[calimary]

38. Put a sock in it, donatelli. Truth hurts, doesn't it!?

Howard Dean just so happens to be correct - AGAIN.

[yodermon]

39. Excellent move by Dean, forcing Hillary's hand on the McCain-ass-kissing front.

She'll have to agree with Dean. Any equivocation will further paint her as a McCain apologist.
Barack will agree easily, IMHO.

[dkf]

40. I can't wait for Dean to unleash on the Republicans

He has a way with words that man...

[Vickers]

41. Attention RNC Buttmunch:

Do not fuck with Dr. Dean...HE WILL ANNIHILATE YOU.

[Nickster]

42. What a bunch of crybabies. Sheesh. If you can't take the heat, get the hell out of the kitchen.

[Octafish]

43. EAT SHIT, DONATELLI!

YOU, BUSH AND THE REPUBLICANS OWE 4,005 AMERICANS MORE THAN AN APOLOGY.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

45. Donatelli him a thing Howard!

:smoke:

[Zorra]

46. Maybe McCain is abandoning his principles because he's forgotten what they are.

People with Alzheimer's or dementia often have a radical change in their personalities.

[unkachuck]

47. hey franky, I'm not a representative....

....of the Good Doctor, but I try to play one on the internets; please allow me to attempt a clarification on his behalf:

"While we honor McCain’s military service, the fact is Americans want a real leader who offers real solutions, not a blatant opportunist who doesn’t understand the economy and is promising to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years."

........................................................

....'While we honor McCain’s military service'....this means we do honor johnny for actually serving his country 45 years ago when he was much much younger unlike most of the leadership of your party....that's actually a very positive statement....

....'the fact is Americans want a real leader who offers real solutions,'....I believe the Good Doctor is referring to the fact that johnny has been hanging around Washington for 20 plus years and he's proven himself near worthless and a source of many of our problems....

....'not a blatant opportunist who doesn’t understand the economy'....I do apologized for the Good Doctors misuse of the word 'blatant'....'old' would have been much more appropriate....

....'is promising to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years.'....johnny has said that; and you really should have a talk with johnny....ask him to stop advocating '100 year wars'....I know he's very old and from a different generation and era, but advocating '100 year wars' it's something that just isn't going to resonate well with voters....

....so franky, I hope I've clarified this misunderstanding to your satisfaction....also, I sincerely hope you no longer feel the need to accuse the Good Doctor of 'disgraceful attacks'....it's just not nice, we should all be trying to get along....

[KingFlorez]

48. They always demand someone apologize for the truth

I guess they won't ever get that whining about the truth being told makes them look absolutely foolish.