“Howard Dean yesterday blamed President Bush for the deaths of thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims – prompting a swift rebuke from Republicans.
Appearing in Boston before members of the New England Press Association, the failed presidential candidate sharply criticized Bush for failing to respond to the disaster.
“Michael Brown is testifying that he had direct contact with the (president’s) chief of staff – as the levees were breaking,” Dean said, referring to the former FEMA head’s testimony before a congressional committee yesterday. “Thousands of people died in New Orleans because the president didn’t pay attention and denied that he knew about it. . . . it turns out that wasn’t true.”-from the Boston Herald story.
If you require additional evidence of the truth of Dean’s comment, see “GOP panel blasts U.S. response to Katrina,” from today’s Washington Post, with the headline courtesy of the Seattle Times.
Executive Summary:
“…leaders from President Bush down disregarded ample warnings of the threat to New Orleans and did not execute emergency plans or share information that would have saved lives, according to a blistering report by House investigators.”
“Appearing in Boston before members of the New England Press Association, the failed presidential candidate sharply criticized Bush for failing to respond to the disaster.”
I beg to differ with your discription of Howard as a “failed presidential candidate”. I don’t think he failed but that the DNC failed him.
It’s from the newspaper story, not Howie.
Well, my mistake then but that paragraph wasn’t in quotes. I still feel it was an awful statement regardless.
I agree. I’m protective of Dean myself. But I just figured it was better not to start a Sunday morning with a misunderstanding.
Any morning is best started out that way.
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We need more Deans.
Yes, agree and thanks for pointing out my error.
Does anyone know if the Boston Herald is a Republican rag? Does Kimberly Atkins have a history of thuggery disguised as journalism?
Certainly this identifier of Dean is a hatchet-job. Why not “Chairman of the Democratic National Committee”? Or “former Governor of Vermont”? Or even “former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination”?
Pure hatchetry.
The traditional media likes to bring up “the scream” and the “failed presidential candidate” words. That’s how they “frame” him. When they start referring to Bush as our “president who is a habitual liar,” you’ll know we have made some progress.
Beyond the concern over the improper framing of Dean, I want to encourage howieinseattle to keep these Democratic talking points coming! Sure have been a lot of them lately, but it is difficult to get proper “traction” in the MSM (as we just saw). So front paging current Dem Talking Points is to me a great idea! Bravo Howie!
keepinon: your support is heart-warming. I’ll see if I can keep the “Democratic Talking Points” series going. I am going on vacation next week and can’t decide whether or not bring a lap top.