Howard Dean: Difference between revisions

==Sourced Quotes ==

* Referring to differences between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, he said, "This is a struggle of good and evil. And we're the good." [25]

* He called for House majority leader Tom DeLay to serve a "jail sentence" for corruption, when DeLay had not been convicted of any crimes [26]{{source}} (though DeLay was indeed subsequently indicted and arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy and money laundering.)

* In a radio interview with San Antonio station WOAI on December 5, 2005, Dean said, "The idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea that, unfortunately, is just plain wrong." [29]{{source}}

* In a speech given to the American Jewish Committee, Dean said "I was recently asked about the difference between the Democratic and Republican parties," When it comes right down to it, the essential difference is that the Democrats fundamentally believe it is important to make sure that American Jews feel comfortable being American Jews." [30]{{source}}

* Referring to Nouri al-Maliki, he told a group of business leaders "The Iraqi prime minister is an anti-Semite. We don't need to spend $200 and $300 and $500 billion dollars bringing democracy to Iraq to turn it over to people who believe that Israel doesn't have a right to defend itself and who refuse to condemn Hezbollah." [31]{{source}}

* Appearing on the 700 Club on television, he incorrectly said, "The Democratic Party platform from 2004 says marriage is between a man and a woman." [32]{{source}} Dean later apologized for misstating the party's official position: "The Democratic Party remains committed to equal protection under the law for all Americans. How we achieve that goal continues to be the subject of a contentious debate, but our Party continues to oppose constitutional amendments that seek to short circuit the debate on how to achieve equality for all Americans."

*"You have the power to take our country back."

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**From his concessionofficial speech on the evedeclaration of thecandidacy, JanuaryJune 200423, [[Iowa2003 Caucuses]]{{source}}

**From his official declaration of candidacy, June 23, 2003 {{source}}

* "I don't mind being called a liberal. I just don't really think it's true."
** [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A11710-2003Jul5?language=printer]

* "I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found. I still have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like [[Osama bin Laden|Osama]], who is very likely to be found guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to prejudge jury trials."
** --December 2003 [http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/26/elec04.prez.dean.bin.laden/]

* "As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder of a child or the murder of a police officer. The events of September 11 convinced me that terrorists also deserve the ultimate punishment."
** --June 2003 [http://slate.msn.com/id/2088207/]

* Regarding [[w:Iraq|Iraq]]: "I hope the President is incredibly successful with his policy now that we're there."

* "Some would argue, you know, in some of the books of the New Testament, the ending of the Book of Job is different. I think, if I'm not mistaken, there's one book where there's a more optimistic ending, which we believe was tacked on later."
** --January 3, 2004 [http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/101/12.0.html]

* "I think the problem with the country is that we operate on a sickness model, not a wellness model... Basically, we treat people who become ill. What we don't do is do a very good job in keeping them healthy in the first place... We lose all the educational benefits, all the things we could be doing, all the things we ought to be doing, in terms of food safety... because the emphasis is on sickness. But I really don't think there's a conspiracy to make people sick so we can heal them. That I don't agree with."

* "I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for, but I admire their discipline and their organization." --January 30, 2005 [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/276020p-236422c.html]

* "[[George W. Bush|George Bush]] is not my neighbor."
** --January 10, 2004 [http://news.myway.com/politics/article/id/38007%7Cpolitics%7C01-12-2004::07:12%7Creuters.html]

* "You -- (applause continues) -- you know, the idea that you have to wait on line for eight hours to cast your ballot in Florida -- there's something the matter with that. You think people can work all day and then pick up their kids at child care or wherever, and get home and then have a -- still manage to sandwich in an eight-hour vote? Well, Republicans, I guess, can do that, because a lot of them have never made an honest living in their lives. (Light applause.) But for ordinary working people, who have to work eight hours a day, they have kids, they got to get home to those kids, the idea of making them stand for eight hours to cast their ballot for democracy is wrong. We ought to make voting easier to do. Mail -- Oregon has got it right. (Applause.)"

* "the Republicans are all about suppressing votes."

* "The Republicans are not very friendly to different kinds of people. I mean, they're a pretty monolithic party. They pretty much, they all behave the same, they all look the same. It's pretty much a white Christian party. Again, the Democrats abduct everybody you can think of. So, as this gentleman was talking about, it's a coalition, a lot of it independent. The problem is, we gotta make sure that turns into a party, which means this: I've gotta spend time in the communities, and our folks gotta spend time in the communities. I think, we're more welcoming to different folks, because that's the type of people we are. But that's not enough. We do have to deliver on things, particularly on jobs, and housing, and business opportunities and college opportunities, and so fourthforth. I think, there has been a lot of progress in the last 20-40 years, but the stakes keep changing. I think there's a lot of folks who vote, maybe right now, in the Asian-American communities, who don't wanna vote Democrats, but they're angry with the President on his immigration policy, the Patriot Act. But, what we need to do while this is going on, is develop a really close relationship with the Asian-American community, so later on there's gonna be a benefit, you know, more equal division. There'll be some party loyalty, as people would rememeberremember that we were there when it really made a difference. That's really what I'm trying to do. If I come in here 8 weeks before the elections, we're not getting anywhere. Asking if you would vote, you're still mad at the lesser of two evils. So that's why I'm here 3.5 years before the elections. We want different kind of people to run for office, too. We want a very diverse group of people running for office, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos. I think Villaraigosa's election in Los Angeles is incredibly important for the Democratic Party. Bush can go out and talk all he wants about "this is the party of opportunity", you know, he can make his appointments, Condi Rice, or, what's this guy's name, Commerce Secretary, Gutierrez. But you can't succeed electorally if you're a person of color in thenthe Republican Party, there're very few people who have succeeded. You can pick some out, JC Watts, I'm trying to think of an Asian-American who's been a success who's a Republican, I can't think of one off the top of my head. You know, there's always a few, but not many. Because this is the party of opportunity for people of color, and for communities of color. And we're hoping to cement that relationship so that'll always be that way. ''[Q: You've been very tough on the Republicans, some Democrats criticized you over the weekedweekend for doing that, Joe Biden...]'' I just got off the phone with John Edwards. What happened was, John Edwards was, in a sense, set up by the reporter, "well you know, Governor Dean said ''this''". Well what I said was, the Republican leadership didn't seem to care much about working people. That's essentially the gist of the quote, and, you know, the RNC put out a press release. I don't think there's a lot of difference between me and John Edwards right now, I haven't spoken to Senator Biden, but I'm sure that I will. Today, it's all over the wires that Durbin and Sheila Jackson Lee and all of these folks are coming to my defense. Look, we have to be tough on the Republicans; the Republicans don't represent ordinary Americans, and they don't have any understanding of what it is to have to go out and try to make ends meet. You know, the context of what I was talking about was these long lines that you have to wait in to vote. How could you design a system that sometimes causes people to vote, to stand in line for 6 or 8 hours, if you had any understanding what their lives are like: they gotta pick up the kids, they gotta work, sometimes they have two jobs. So that was the context of the remarks. [crosstalk/laughter] This is one of those flaps that comes up once in awhilea while when I get tough, but I think we all wanna be tougher on the Republicans."

** Source: [http://web.archive.org/web/20060427191647/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/07/MNdean07.TMP&o=1 Discussion with reporters Portia Li and Carla Marinucci, in San Francisco], June 6, 2005

* "My view is FOX News is a propaganda outlet for the Republican Party and I don't comment on FOX News."
** --June 12, 2005 [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/061205_ns_howard_dean.html]

* "I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway."

* "[[Barry Goldwater]] once said, 'I'd rather be right than president.' I can't tell you how much I disagree with that Barry Goldwater."

* "The president and his right-wing Supreme Court think it is 'okay' to have the government take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is."

* "I'm tired of the ayatollahs of the right wing. We're fighting for freedom in Iraq. We're going to fight for freedom in America."

* "The Iraqi prime minister is an [[w:Anti-Semitism|anti-Semite]]. We don't need to spend $200 and $300 and $500 billion bringing democracy to Iraq to turn it over to people who believe that Israel doesn't have a right to defend itself and who refuse to condemn [[w:Hezbollah|Hezbollah]]."

* "Maybe his mother loved him, but I've never met anybody who does. He's never won anything, as best I can tell."
** --[[Dick Cheney]], June 12, 2005 [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050612/ap_on_el_ge/cheney_dean_1]

* "As somebody who is a Christian myself, I don't like it when people use religion to divide, whether that is Republican or Democrat. [...] I think in terms of his role as party spokesman, [Dean] probably needs to be a little more careful and I suspect that is a message he is going to be getting from a number of us. [...] We are at a time in our country's history that inclusive language is better than exclusive language."
** --[[Barack Obama]], June 8, 2005 [http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1334704.html]

* "I hope Governor Dean will remember that he didn't get elected to be a wimp. We have been waiting a long time for someone to stand up for Democrats."
** --DNC member and South Carolina state representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter, June 11, 2005 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/11/AR2005061100457.html]