On CNN today Dean said Rumsfeld was an object of ridicule. Good for him.

So true, but it was nice to hear finally. Dean was great tonight, and there's a repeat on soon.

Edit to add ridiculous to the words I never spell correctly. :silly:

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So I went and found it and can not imagine why Begala would not agree.

Others are speaking out a lot. I just happened on this because I saw Begala sort of agree it might be wrong to question the funding, might hurt Democrats. He sort of said that...mostly stood there.

Olbermann tonight. Read the transcript, absorb the video, or watch it now/soon (it's 11pmCT here, and it's on).

The best part is the last 8 minutes, but Howard Dean is great in the beginning.

Amen, brother Dean. :)

"These folks who are leading this country have priorities that are wrong for America."

It's applicable to every damn thing the administration and the Republican Party do. Amazing. Everything.

"BASH: Now, Donald Rumsfeld's comments weren't that different or probably more political than what we've heard from other administrative officials, especially the vice president, in recent weeks.

But Democrats, their response to Rumsfeld, did appear to be a lot more robust. And Dean admitted that is because Democrats historically really just have not done a good job fighting back against Republicans on national security.

And this is an example, he said, of a Democratic Party determined to be more aggressive. And they insist they will continue that when the president begins his next round of speeches on Iraq, John."

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0608/30/sitroom.01.html

who doesn't agree with this bunch of thugs fascists? Rumsfeld is truly out there, I think. He used to be respected years ago, now he'll go down in infamy as a joke. And who the hell is writing his 'stuff'? :eyes: :D

She seem sweet enough, but rather fearful.

(sorry, I just cannot get enough of that photo. It just had to be done.)

That bothers me. He was on just minutes after Dean's clip was played. He also said Lieberman was the war's strongest opponent, so maybe he pays no attention to what is going on. Just going for strategy.

"KING: You heard Dana Bash interview Howard Dean, the chairman of your party right now. He said we spent all of this money in Iraq that should be spent on Louisiana and Mississippi. Is there a danger for the Democrats to appear to be isolationalists? Or spend all that money at home. Don't worry about what's going on over there?

BEGALA: For some, yes. I mean, I think the better criticism of Rumsfeld is that he has failed in his job. As I said, bin Laden walks the earth. That is wrong. That is because, I believe, the mass incompetence of Donald Rumsfeld and President Bush.

And so, if you're working at the White House -- if you're Karl Rove, right? And I used to work there -- what do you do? You know, the president is not popular. Mr. Cheney is not popular.

The one person they have is Condoleezza Rice, who the country still likes and trusts. And yet, she's not out there.

Rumsfeld and Cheney and Bush are. And believe me -- you can check -- there are four or five different strains of venereal diseases more popular than Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld. And so, as a Democrat, I want to Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld to..."