Indiana State Dem Chair sends Begala a letter in support of Dean.

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Sat May-20-06 05:37 PM
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Indiana State Dem Chair sends Begala a letter in support of Dean.

This is a post at Music for America by downwithtyranny. It includes a great letter from the Indiana chair to Paul Begala. I think it is good that we now know of two letters, this one and the one from the Utah state chair.

The author's subject line, not mine.

Paul Begala, Gross Nose Picker, Groovin' With Fellow Inside-the-Beltway Corporate Slimebucket, Bob Novak}

You may have noticed that I've never been a fan of Democrats taking advice from Republican propagandists like Bob Novak, a dangerous and partisan gossip-monger (and probable wartime traitor). Last week Novak joined in the vast right-wing conspiracy-- the non-partisan one-- to discredit grassroots progressive hero Howard Dean by trumpeting the ignorant Inside-the-Beltway claptrap Begala has been pushing. Novak's crocodile tears for DNC assets being spent ineffectively by Dean should be a clear warning that Begala and Novak are all wet and that progressives need to support Howard Dean and his 50 state strategy.

Here is a portion of the well-done letter.

Dear Mr. Begala:

I write to express my extreme dismay at the comments you recently made concerning Gov. Howard Dean�s leadership of the Democratic National Committee and his implementation of a national vision that includes a funding component for every state.

You clearly aren't aware of the political landscape in the Midwest and have spent too much time in Washington, D.C. You've done a great disservice to our Party and to those of us working
at the grassroots level to win back Congressional seats, as well as statewide and local offices.

Indiana could have easily been lumped in with Utah and Mississippi as Republican bastions. I know we look like a red state to folks on the East Coast. As Presidential races go, we turn crimson on CNN an hour after our polls close.

But we had Democratic Governors at the Statehouse for 16 years prior to 2004. A majority of our mayors are Democrats. We are poised to win back a Democratic majority in the Indiana House of Representatives which we have held for 14 of the last 18 years.

If that history doesn't impress you, here's a fact that's made other ears inside the Beltway perk up: This year, Indiana has three � one, two, three � nationally targeted Congressional races. That means we could send a trifecta of Democrats to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, potentially delivering 20 percent of the seats Democrats need to win back a
majority in that chamber.

You need to read the whole letter. It is funny, witty and great.

Ok, I can't resist another comment or two from the letter. As we all know Begala sort of maybe apologized with one side of his mouth and implied missing money with the other side at the Huff post. He got called out on that as well.

I think you owe a personal apology to Howard Dean, to the state chairs across America who
have benefited from his leadership and to the DNC-funded staff members who are working hard
to elect Democrats at every level of government.

On a personal note, I want you to know that I've issued an edict to my staff that if they pick Their noses, scratch their derrieres or pop their pimples on work time, they have to move to
Washington to work for you.

The author links to his site:
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2006/05/all-congressional-indiana-primary.html

I think there are some great state chairs who much appreciate the attention they are getting. And I think Paul Begala would need to talk to the Finance and Oversight Committee set up by Dean for ....well...oversight.