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Dean: "I'm Not Coached"

LEBANON, N.H. – A humbled Howard Dean, saying, "I have my warts. I

sometimes say things that get me in trouble," argued Thursday that voters

would see through his flaws and rally to his troubled presidential

candidacy.

"I'm not blow-dried. I'm not coached," Dean said as he sought to recover

from his third-place Iowa finish and mounting concern over his scream-

filled speech on caucus night. "I don't look at polls, and even if I did they

didn't do me any good in Iowa."

You know what struck me about these comments? If you'll remember in 2003, Dean used a line that was written for him for his appearance on the short0lived HBO series K-Street, in an actual speech he made in real life. Dean actually stole his lines from the series and used them in real life...yet, he wants you to believe he isn't "coached."

Speaking of his speeches and his many gaffes of late- he scared me to death when he started screaming out state names and went "YEAAHHHHHH" like a madman a few days ago. I know everyone and their brother has talked about this already, but I noticed it when I first saw it, and couldn't help wondering how he's loose on the streets and not locked in a small padded cell somewhere.

Also, here is another bit from a different story...if it's true, and his advisors are looking at the polls, it would seem that Dean, himself, watches the polls too, which means- he was being dishonest when he said he doesn't watch polls in the quote above. Dean lying? Who could imagine such a thing?

Political analysts and pollsters are watching to see if Monday night's

enthusiastic, fist-pumping speech becomes one of those famous

presidential campaign moments etched indelibly in the public's mind.

Dean's own advisers privately acknowledge the speech was a major

blunder that has hurt his standing in polls.

More later tonight on John Kerry and his constant flip flops and lies about his position on the Iraq war...and comments on a piece from Rich Lowry about Ted Kennedy's flip flops and lies.
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Various comments on Dean's scary speech after his 3rd place finish in Iowa.

David Letterman: "Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving?" Here's a little tip, Howard: cut back on the Red Bull."

Jay Leno: "I'm not an expert in politics, but I think it's a bad sign when your speech ends with your aides shooting you with a tranquilizer gun."

Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) introduced the clip by saying,: "That whole 'Dean anger thing,' it's a bum rap. The guy has his emotions under control."

Pat Buchanan, a former Republican presidential candidate, said: "Dean's Iowa defeat was a real setback to him, but his post-game commentary was a disaster. That tape will be on every national talk show, I don't think it's survivable."

Democratic consultant James Carville, who was in New Hampshire attending campaign events, said of Dean's Iowa speech: "It hurt him."

You know you're in deep when Carville (a loony that is even scarier than Dean) says a speech hurt your campaign.

Posted by Josh at January 22, 2004 04:01 PM | TrackBack