Dean on The View Now (11:48)

[Armstead]

[Nite Owl]

1. Who's the one in

the striped shirt?

[babylonsister]

4. Elizabeth something; married to a (former?)

NFL quarterback and was on one of the 'Survivor' shows.
Hasselback is her name.

[jasmeel]

5. I totally despise her. She's a born again nutbag.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

2. Dean should be stronger on the fact that Bush IS a racist!

[napi21]

8. Dean did just fine with his answers.

He said Shrub's policies have hurt all people who aren't in the top 20%, wether they're black, brown, or white! He's right! It's another argument if you ask why are most poor people black or brown.

We need to stop beating up on the one Dem who is doing the most for the Party now!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

11. I'm sorry - I disagree - I think the blatant racism needs to be shown for

what it is. And Dean is just the man to do it. Criticism is not beating up. I love Dean.

[Guaranteed]

14. That would totally destroy his credibility.

Besides, how in the hell would he "show it for what it is?"

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

17. All these qualifications. Why did he feel the need to stress that the Pres

isn't a racist when he could have said that the response to the disaster was driven by inherent racism. It's the truth, for fucks sake. And it isn't like he's the only one thinking it.

[Guaranteed]

19. He had to stress it BECAUSE everyone was expecting him to say it.

He had to make it clear that that wasn't what he was saying- because he can't prove it.

What he could prove, he said.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

24. A republican would never have done it. Not saying we need to stoop to

their level but they are better than us at communicating a very specific message and nothing else. Sometimes this tactic would be to our benefit. I believe this is one of those times. That's all I'm sayin'.

[madfloridian]

30. Bush is not a racist per se....he is cold, uncaring, clueless.

He is that way about white or any color. He just does not give a damn about anyone but very rich people.

It has nothing to do with skin color. Bush's America has hurt all of us who are not rich.

He is callous, he has no empathy at all.

[OneGrassRoot]

15. I agree...........

I'm relatively new here and love it, but one thing I've noticed (and obviously many others, too, 'cause there've been heated discussions) is that we can't even get a concensus on many issues here. Man, no wonder the Dems appear fucked up.....we're a reflection of them or vice versa. I know it's cause there are sooooo many issues that require attention and change (that's putting it mildly, I know), but we're so quick to vilify any of "our" people if they don't do every single thing the way we want it. Call me Pollyanna, but I wish we could get a list of people together we, as a community here at DU, can all support. I can't think of any one Dem leader or potential leader liked by everyone here. Can you?

We've gotta find someone to really put our support behind in a unified fashion or we're screwed. It's one thing to get BushCo out of there, but we need to come together with a common vision and decide who we'd like to lead us in that common vision.

If this pisses anyone off, I'll just blame it on PMS and the fact that I missed Howard with the bushbot....;-)

[StellaBlue]

3. That damn Bushbot

DRIVES ME NUTS.

I think she's probably older than me (I am 26), but she comes across as SUCH an immature, sheltered, freeper!

grrrrrrrr

[Bombtrack]

9. She's the worst kind of Northeastern rich snob who's faced NO adversity

in her sweet frigging life.

[thefloyd]

20. I agree with you fully

I am sure she believes her success is due to "working hard" but I am almost certain her looks had much to do with her success

[StellaBlue]

35. check out my Elisabeth-dedicated thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4779892

haha

[NicoleM]

34. Not entirely true.

I can't stand that little twit, but I'm pretty sure her mother had breast cancer and may have even been near death at one point.

[Bombtrack]

6. Think I hate Meredeth Viera even more than the fembot Survivor contestant

Atleast it's clear she's just some airhead bimbo Xtian. Viera is just some stuck up biased republican soccer mom posing as an objective pseudo-journalist.

[babylonsister]

10. Is Viera a repug? I haven't watched this show (except

for Dean today) since I discovered Democracy Now is on at the same time. Today she seemed on board w/Star and Joy, who are definitely dems.

[Bombtrack]

12. I definetly think she is. I only caught the last minute or 2 of Dean's

interview, but the rare occasion I've watched this AWFUL show, I've caught wind of Meredith Viera's bias. I think I might have caught it on election day and she made a strong indication she voted for Bush, with the fembot was so demonstratably delighted about and showed it in her typical bubbly immature way.

[Guaranteed]

16. No, she was bashing Bush earlier as well.

She was just bringing up a counterpoint to Dean's contention that Bush's policies hurt poor people and black people.

Dean should have responded that these types of policies have been in place since well before Bush's term, as well.

[Bombtrack]

18. I'm still pretty confident she voted for Bush

sorry I can't provide a tape of the election day episode of that show.

[Guaranteed]

21. You're probably right.

She's nowhere near that other Repuke, though.

[qanda]

22. I don't know about that

She marched against the war in NYC during the Republican Convention. She's hard to read, but she is definitely not a Bushbot.

[Child_Of_Isis]

7. They brought up his wife.

Which was stupid. How many of them would give up their careers to advance their husband's career? I wished he would have asked them that.

[napi21]

23. I think Deans answer was GREAT!

We discussed it, and she said staying with her career would make her happy. What makes her happy makes me happy.


How much better can you get than that?????

[Guaranteed]

25. It doesn't get better than that.

:)

Totally non-political and sincere. Boom.

[Child_Of_Isis]

26. Yeah his answer was great. He did a fine job.

My point was... their question was stupid.

[Armstead]

27. That humanized him a lot

Contrast that to Ken Mehlman, a walking,talking robot who never reveals any hint that he is a human.

(I'm single too, so I'm not bashing Mehlman for that. But he nevcer shows a human side -- which shows the difference between the reality of someone like Dean as a 3D human, and not just a political automaton. )

[napi21]

33. Political automaton? Naw, just another HACK!

That's all Shrub and the Pubs have! What else can you call them when they dutifully read their talking points of the day?

I know Dean said he is dedicated to being the Chairman of the Dem Party, and he's doing a terrific job! I wish he would reconsider, have another election for chair, and run for Pres in 08!

He seems to have all the attributes most people on DU are looking for. He's an honest man, speaks what he believes in, won't back down from his comments, and can actually THINK and come to rational decisions!!!!

Gee, I wonder if he has a cloe somewhere????

[StellaBlue]

13. VIVA BEHAR!

:)

:applause:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

28. I was in the audience of the View about a month ago...

I did get the feeling that the only one who wasn't politically aligned was the Stepford gal. Joy doesn't even pay her a second's worth of attention anymore, because she knows she can wipe up the floor with this nincompoop.

[DemonFighterLives]

29. Dean did great even with that babbling feminazi in the corner

I know Feminazi is rush's word :puke: , but this bot is the perfect example.
Meredith did get a little weird toward the end, kind of competing with the bot for a chance to gotcha Dean.
Thanks for the heads up. Dean still speaks for me!

[jbond56]

31. video

Grab it while you can. (limited bandwidth)


http://jbond56.sitesled.com/deantheview91505b.mpg

[Guaranteed]

32. Kick- definitely worth seeing! nt

[insane_cratic_gal]

36. I don't get video on this

it pops up my media player but there is nothing there.