Frog
2003-12-07 18:32:14 UTC
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If you want to know why Howard Dean would be such a horrible
candidate for the Dems in 2004, look no further than the
reaction of his campaign manager to a campaign ad run by the
Club for Growth... http://tinyurl.com/y4fe
I really love this ad because it talks about an important issue
to the American people, it doesn't overreach in the slightest,
and yet it's devastating to Dean. The advertisement slams Dean
for wanting to raise taxes and compares him to other Democrats
in the past who wanted to take money out of the American
people's pockets like McGovern, Mondale, and Dukakis.
So how does Dean's campaign manager Joe Trippi respond to it?
Take a look...
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"Dean has called for rolling back all of President Bush's tax
cuts and using the money to provide health care and to relieve
the pressure on state and local taxes. Dean has not indicated he
would raise taxes beyond their previous levels, but Americans
undoubtedly would see their taxes increased if all Bush's cuts
are repealed.
Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi called the ad "absolutely
wrong" and a "bald-faced lie" because it characterizes Dean as a
tax-and-spend Democrat.
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I could point out that the ad didn't characterize Dean as a tax-
and-spend Democrat, it just slammed him for wanting to raise
taxes, but that's not the most salient point.
What's really noteworthy here is that Dean's campaign manager is
denying that he's a tax-and-spend Democrat. Yet, repealing all
of Bush's tax cuts and spending the money is one of the core
issues that Dean has been campaigning on! For Trippi to deny
this, would be like Karl Rove denying that Bush intends to fight
the war on terrorism if he's reelected. Anyone with the
slightest, barest, tiniest shred of intellectual honesty who has
followed the Dean campaign has to admit he is going to raise
taxes and then spend the money on new programs.
How can Dean possibly beat George Bush if he's afraid to tell
the American people about something he has been running on in
the Democratic primaries practically from day one? If anybody
thinks Dean is going to get by claiming that he's a "moderate"
governor from VERMONT, who's for gun rights, and balancing the
budget, while his positions on the war, taxes, and civil unions
stay off the radar screen, they've got another think coming.
If you want to know why Howard Dean would be such a horrible
candidate for the Dems in 2004, look no further than the
reaction of his campaign manager to a campaign ad run by the
Club for Growth... http://tinyurl.com/y4fe
I really love this ad because it talks about an important issue
to the American people, it doesn't overreach in the slightest,
and yet it's devastating to Dean. The advertisement slams Dean
for wanting to raise taxes and compares him to other Democrats
in the past who wanted to take money out of the American
people's pockets like McGovern, Mondale, and Dukakis.
So how does Dean's campaign manager Joe Trippi respond to it?
Take a look...
=======
"Dean has called for rolling back all of President Bush's tax
cuts and using the money to provide health care and to relieve
the pressure on state and local taxes. Dean has not indicated he
would raise taxes beyond their previous levels, but Americans
undoubtedly would see their taxes increased if all Bush's cuts
are repealed.
Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi called the ad "absolutely
wrong" and a "bald-faced lie" because it characterizes Dean as a
tax-and-spend Democrat.
======
I could point out that the ad didn't characterize Dean as a tax-
and-spend Democrat, it just slammed him for wanting to raise
taxes, but that's not the most salient point.
What's really noteworthy here is that Dean's campaign manager is
denying that he's a tax-and-spend Democrat. Yet, repealing all
of Bush's tax cuts and spending the money is one of the core
issues that Dean has been campaigning on! For Trippi to deny
this, would be like Karl Rove denying that Bush intends to fight
the war on terrorism if he's reelected. Anyone with the
slightest, barest, tiniest shred of intellectual honesty who has
followed the Dean campaign has to admit he is going to raise
taxes and then spend the money on new programs.
How can Dean possibly beat George Bush if he's afraid to tell
the American people about something he has been running on in
the Democratic primaries practically from day one? If anybody
thinks Dean is going to get by claiming that he's a "moderate"
governor from VERMONT, who's for gun rights, and balancing the
budget, while his positions on the war, taxes, and civil unions
stay off the radar screen, they've got another think coming.