Reply #63: At the time NOONE, except a very few were standing up to Bush

[mandyky]

They were passing tax cuts and voting for the IWR, etc. In case you didn't know, Dean had many supporters in the Congress, esp. the House and the CBC. When Dean gave his "I Wanna Know" speech (DNC Winter Meeting 03), here at DU we were calling Daschle and the Senators the pink tutu crowd. A lot of people out here wanted Dems to stand up. Dean gave those people a voice.

And Howard Dean never "viciously" attacked anyone. He told it like it was about Bush and the Congress. Dean did one time say something implying he was the only anti-war candidate, and he apologized to Kucinich (not sure about Sharpton and Braun and Graham).

As for TNR, they endorsed the war and was it Leiberman? It is kind hard for me to take this article (or many of theirs) concerning election 2004 seriously. The crap in the article was all DLC and RNC talking points against Dean. As for Rove wanting Dean, I think he was bluffing.