Video Of Howard Dean's Appearance On 'Wolf Blitzer Reports'

[Mark Williams]

I thought you guys would enjoy this video. Howard Dean is really getting better at these TV gigs. Also, I'm glad he stuck by his comment about the GOP.



Howard Dean Video Link

[Beaverhausen]

1. Thank you!!! Dean kicked ass

He had tons of facts and figures at his fingertips. He didn't let wolfie get away with anything!!!

I still love the Gov!

[spooky3]

7. Agreed! And Wolfie's tone of voice was sickening.

[corbett]

14. Exactly Right!

Yet another wonderful video clip. I missed the live broadcast because I only watch CNN when I have to.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050601/the_key_to_im...

[PassingFair]

2. Fasten your seatbelt folks,

it's going to be a bumpy ride!
YYYYaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[KoKo]

3. THANKS! It's an excellent view for DU'ers wondering what DNC Chair

is doing for us. Unlike the "Former Chair Mr. Lobbyist in My Bankaccount" Howard Dean is really working for US ...the Common Man..and OMG he's really great at it.

Listen to how he over-rides Blitzer and slays the Repug Dragon Talking Points.

Some criticism from Dem's is that he doesn't get into Vote Fraud/DRE's and he isn't putting out the "Downing Street Memo Minutes." But, that isn't his Job Description.

Where are the "Back Up Troops" for Dr. Dean? Where are the OTHERS IN DEM LEADERSHIP who should be OUT THERE backing him up?

They seem absent. Kerry works on his "Health Care for Kids." Edwards promotes his new "Poverty Center" at UNC in Chapel Hill, NC.

But the very people that we intrusted with our votes are "silent."

Let's give it to Dr. Dean in his role as "CEO of DEM PARTY!" So far...he's an A+...love it!!!

[vademocrat]

4. Thanks for posting this!

I love Howard Dean and I love that he didn't let wb drown him out. Although I could barely stand to listen to wb's whiny rhetoric

[cestpaspossible]

5. Since I cancelled my Basic Package in April

I haven't missed any of the good stuff!

Thank you dembloggers.com and crooksandliars.com !!!

[LSK]

6. THANKS!!!! nt

[LosinIt]

8. Thank you, Leslie Blitzer is truly an ASSHAT

It was like Howard was under cross-examination. That useless piece of shit Blitzer should just place his lips firmly around Bush's dick where it belongs.

[Blue Belle]

9. I loved how he stayed on message and didn't let Wolf turn...

his words against him. I just wish he would have called the problems in Ohio voting what it is - FRAUD!!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. Dean made the points that need to be made over and over

Repukes are out of touch with the common people. Repukes are for big governments with huge deficits and for intruding into private family affairs.

As another poster said, where are the other Dems who are echoing Dean's points?

[NashVegas]

11. Tee Hee Hee

"that's a wonderful rhetorical technique."

[Cha]

12. Thank you for this..

Dean has got to be just getting better and better swiping down the predictable rhetoric from the timmys, wolfies, judys of this world.

Doesn't wolfie listen to himself on tv? Can't he hear what a whinger he is?

[NightOwwl]

13. Blitzer totally lost control.

Dean had him so flustered he lost his trademark monotonous drone. Then he had the nerve to tell Dean he should be more "precise" in his language. (Wolf, just because you are too stupid to understand him doesn't mean we are.) Objective and professional, that's Wolf for you.

ETA: Blitzer is a complete and total ass who wouldn't know journalism if it bit him on the butt. I would love it if during one of these interviews Dean would call him out on his unprofessional conduct.

[Gyre]

15. Thank you SOOOOO much!

That was a great snip for those of us who can't stand to watch TV.

Gyre

[bklyncowgirl]

16. Thanks

I like the way Dean answers the question without dancing around it and then gets back to his main theme. The man's good and other Democrats should take note.

[DemsUnited]

17. Wolf Blitzer had a good point, peoples.

Make no mistake, my man Dr. Dean kicked butt on that interview.

However, what Blitzer was(rather dogmatically) pointing out is that Dean does the Dems no favors by saying "republicans" when he really means "current republican leadership". Blast away, Dr. Dean, but be clear you're targeting "republican leadership", not the 50 million folks who voted for the Dark Side in 2004 but may now be looking for a face-saving way to join the Force.

Dean himself said Blitzer had a point about language precision. He also pointed out in the interview that the Democratic party was beginning to look like the Republican party of the 70s, at least in terms of fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, and accountability. If that's a message he wants Republican voters to hear, then he really does need to be careful to say "I hate the current republican leadership", not "I hate republicans".

[sojourner]

24. In agreement on this point - Dean hates repug LEADERSHIP

not the misled but loyal repugs theyselves. Needs to fine tune himself on that one.

Otherwise he kept the right tone, stayed "on message" and got the message across beautifully! Feels good to have a spokesman who will tell the truth about what many of us (prob'ly not all of us ) believe.

[rucky]

31. that was a waste of airtime, splitting hairs like that.

Wolf was badgering him. Dean clarified, then they could've moved on to important stuff.

[DemsUnited]

37. Blitzer badgered and spewed, but the point was valid

Don't mess up the message.

We got to take a clue from the Repubs, get the message clear and simple--Republican leadership is corrupt--and then repeat ten thousand million times.

Don't get sloppy with the message and open yourself up to the charge that you're saying ALL Republicans are corrupt. Then you have to waste time with people like Blitzer explaining what you meant.

Just keep it consistent and simple and self-explanatory

Republican leadership is corrupt, corrupt, corrupt...

[Joebert]

38. Furthermore...

I don't recall the Corrupt Republican Leadership ever saying the Democrats were a problem, just those wacky liberals.

In that vein, he's correct. Wolf's still a total ass, but he is correct.

[KoKo]

18. I keep getting "buffering" message and it won't play, keeps starting &

stopping. I'm dial up...is that the problem? Is there anything I can do that would fix this?

thanks.

[Flubadubya]

21. Try downloading it KoKo...

Right under the "Click to Start Video" with Dean's picture is a link called "WMV Link". Right click on that and click "Save target as" and you can let it download to your hard drive and watch it anytime you want to.

Oh, by the way, the file is about 11 Mb. so it will take awhile to download on dial-up, but if you've got the time, go for it!

[KoKo]

25. Thank...tried it and it worked

[OneTwentyoNine]

19. Bawhahahah....Pimp slapped Leslie all around the room....BUMP!!

"Do you think Rush Limbaugh is a nice person?" HAR! Tell em Howard....

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

20. Dean handled him masterfully

"I'm sure you got the memo when I made that statement" "That was a nice rhetorical play" ..he made Blitzer look like the Republican party spokesman he is

[AwakeAtLast]

22. I LOVED that!

All Dean, all the time, please!

If he speaks like that every time he is interviewed, I say put him on as many places as possible. That was so good, I almost jumped out of my chair. O. K., I admit it, I actually did!

[sojourner]

23. Terrific!! Howie's kickin' ass!

And thanks for posting this!!!

[nevergiveup]

26. Dean is getting better and better

He is using these inflammatory statements to get attention and then he pounces and makes his points
Good stuff

[Rainscents]

27. That was great video!!! Thanks!

[Me.]

28. All In All, It Was A Total Smackdown

Yes Leslie had a point about being precise but Dean handled it beautifully. Dean, by saying he should be more precise, confronted it without the least bit of DISSEMBLING. I particularly loved when Les tried to twist his words and Dean called him on it. I would love to see all dems handle the media the way he does. Leslie's petulant tone didn't serve him well in the least.

[CrispyQ]

29. Thank you!!!

I love this man!!

[Radical Activist]

30. Its shameful how Wolf twisted Dean's words right at the start

"Do you think 50 million Bush voters don't have to work for a living?"

Did he say that Wolf you asshat? No, he said the leadership. What a jerk.

[napi21]

35. That's OK, Dean has learned how to deal with these nuts!

Every time I see him on another interview, he gets better!

[Beacho]

32. Watching the U-boat commander getting spanked by Dean

Made my day!

What a miserable little tool you are, wolfie.

Hope you didn't invest that thirty pieces of silver in real estate, you punk!

[BigBearJohn]

33. I LOVE DEAN! I LOVE DEAN! I LOVE DEAN! I LOVE DEAN!

HE WAS AND IS MAGNIFICENT
STRONG!
ELOQUENT!
THINKS ON HIS FEET
CANNOT BE BULLDOZED BY REPORTERS

[MojoXN]

34. You gotta love the subtext graphics...

after Blitzers busts the "I hate Republicans and everything they stand for..." quote: FIGHTING WORDS. I see that CNN has taken a cue from Faux News with respect to their Democrat smearing policies. Nice one guys! You make the pussies at Newsweek look like a bunch of dumbass Dubyas.

P.S. Thank all that is holy for Howard Dean. As I watched, I couldn't help but think, "This man will be the undoing of the treasonus liar who currently occupies the office of the President of the United States."

MojoXN

[MaryBear]

36. Thanks!

This gave me an optimism boost!

Does Blitzer treat everyone like he did Dean?

[RetroLounge]

39. Well, apparently Dean is not progressive enough for some...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

RL

[ellenfl]

40. excellent job staying on message! dean is definitely

the man for this job.

thank you, howard!

ellen fl

[tavalon]

41. Wow, Howard Dean

went to the Galloway school of kick ass! And speaking of ass, Wolf Blitzer sure is one! A bitch slapped one at this point!