Traitor... Or Just A Schmuck?

Much has been made about the following Howard Dean quote during the dem debate:

We need to remember that the enemy here is George Bush...

This has been used by right leaners, from Joe Scarborough to the New York Post, to show that Howard Dean is a vicious traitor, who views Bush as a greater enemy than Osama Bin Laden.

Of course, context is everything, and the full quote is:

We need to remember that the enemy here is George Bush, not each other. (emphasis mine)

Now, I have no great love of Dr. Dean (quite the opposite in fact) but it's clear, to me at least, that Dean, in this case at least, was not directly attacking the president in any sense related to foreign policy or national security. He was responding to attacks likening him to Newt Gingrich, a figure akin to Hitler by the Democratic faithful.

His "Enemy" quote was quite obviously a political metaphor. Bush is the democrat's political enemy. That's a simple fact. Republicans or others who use this as proof of Dean's Treachery against the good ol' USA are using tactics no better than the filthy, out of context, language-rape-partisanship of Maureen Dowd. And is that where you want to be guys? Well, is it?

What's really amusing about Dean’s denial of Republican affinities, is that he was using the same accusations against the other dems mere months ago, with his "Democratic wing" crap. Hypocrisy, not treachery, is Dean’s greatest sin.

It seems the inevitable childlike refrain, "I’m a real democrat, and you’re not," shall soon completely consume the democratic debate, as they make a mad dash to placate their leftist base. Much to the amusement of their enemies. Mwuhahahaha!

Also, Wesley Clark is a big giant dweeb. And Ian has long been thinking of Clark's chances of becoming #10 we'll see about his further predictions...

 

Posted by Captain Mojo at September 27, 2003 02:17 AM | TrackBack