But, but, but, but . . . I thought Obama and us DLCers had banished Howard Dean to the Arctic?

[RB TexLa]

How is he on the stage? How?????

[FLAprogressive]

1. Wow...how "grateful" of the "Democratic" Liars & Crooks

[charlie and algernon]

3. LOL

why are you even here today?

[FLAprogressive]

6. because I want to celebrate the election of our new president. doesn't mean the DLC should get a

free pass for royally screwing over Howard Dean.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. Because he hates gay people and Mavis Staples and likes coffee. n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

4. Dog and pony shows

don't count. A cabinet position (Sanjay Gupta??????) would have had substance.

[RB TexLa]

7. But post after post said the public humiliation of him was to be total and

absolute. So how could this have happened? :shrug:

[Shiver]

10. Technically, Dean isn't qualified to be Surgeon General

Someone else, a few months ago, gave the exact reasons. I forget exactly what they were - looking for the post right now.

Health and Human Services, though, I think he would have been better for, as well as a few other positions.

[RB TexLa]

16. Well, obviously there should have been an exception made, and the fact the it wasn't

is very telling. :rofl:

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. Gupta was not appointed to a cabinet or cabinet-level position

[Le Taz Hot]

13. OK, fine, MR. TECHNICAL!

:P ;)

[Coexist]

5. wait... if he wasn't there, it would be a 'snub'; if he's there, its 'token'; not a big enough role

some here live to be insulted.

[charlie and algernon]

8. exactly

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

9. Seriously, why won't Obama let Howard Dean be president? n/t

[fla nocount]

11. You DLCers and BO have no power over Dean.

Certainly not banishment. He's a loose cannon on deck and he will remain one.

[FLAprogressive]

14. hear hear --- the marginalization and mocking of Dean will not bring him down

I hope the bloviated DLCers are happy with the DLC and DNC becoming coalescent yet again......these people mock Dean but he won it for us in 06 and 08.

We'd be facing a Republican majority if blowhards like Harold Ford had been running the show.

[RB TexLa]

15. But post after post said he was kicked out of Washington and beaten every hour

as punishment. :rofl:


I just don't understand how he could be out in public today? How could it have happened?