Howard Dean couldn’t be a better spokesperson… for the GOP as his latest half-cocked rant about “divisiveness” in politics included calling Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki an “anti-Semite” and accusing Katherine Harris of being a “crook” and comparing her to Stalin.
Howard Dean is easily one of the most singularly unhinged people in American politics today, he’s a walking embarrassment to the Democrats and to the nation, and the Democratic Party elected him their chairperson and chief spokesman.
I’ll give them points for honesty, but the more people who see the kind of spittle-flecked hatred that has invaded the Democratic Party the less support they’ll get…
Actually, Dean specifically said Katherine Harris “is not Stalin”. How does that warrant comparison?
Here’s what Dean said:
“She doesn’t understand that it’s… improper to be chairman of a campaign and count the votes at the same time. This is not Russia and she is not Stalin.”
Dean is comparing Harris to Stalin, and Harris being Secretary of State in 2000 to the actions of Soviet Russia. There’s no way that even in context Dean’s remarks could mean anything else. Even if your interpretation were somehow correct, it would still be a ridiculously idiotic non sequitor.
Any way you spin it, Dean comes off looking like the raving wacko he is.