Reply #14: They take out the qualifiers to distort him

[Armstead]

Dean actually said something like "I wish the administration had read it's history before invading Iraq becauase...."

Agree or disagree, the lack of that context makes it a very different statement, and one that is totally in line with what many peope are saying. We are repeating mistakes of the past, and to think that we can win by getting involved in civil wars is ridiculous.

Maybe, with the wisdom of hindsight, Dean could have chosen his words more carefully. But i'd rather have a guy who tells the truth but sometimes is too blunt, than these mushmouths who constantly parse every phrase and end up saying nothing.

And besides, many things that dean has said in the past that were called "outrageous" at the time, are now being repeated often as the "conventional wisdom."