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What Are You Scared of Dean?
By Matt Margolis | July 31, 2003
Drudge had an interesting story today: VT GOP Chair Calls on Dean to Open Record To Public.
Montpelier, VT - Vermont Republican Party Chairman Jim Barnett today called on former Governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean to open his gubernatorial record to public scrutiny. Dean has sealed his papers for a decade.
A decade. That’s long enough for him to run a campaign for President, get elected (God forbid) and get reelected (God forbid), without having his record as Governor see the light of day.
Eerie coincidence isn’t it? Even when Dean loses the nomination and the Democrats fail at getting the White House in 2004, Dean would have another shot to run without us seeing his dirty laundry.
“If Howard Dean plans to run on his record in Vermont, he needs to share that record with the public” said Barnett. “The American people should not just have to take his word for it.”
Dean seems to cite his “record” as Governor of Vermont quite often… He certainly seems proud of it… So what’s with the secrecy? Democrats are pissing themselves over 18 pages of the 9-11 Intelligence Report, and yet there’s no push for full disclosure of Howard Dean’s gubernatorial record when he is running for President???
“By refusing to subject his record to public scrutiny, Howard Dean is telling the American people to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,” Barnett continued.
For someone who’s entire campaign has been based on attacking the record of other candidates, both other Democrat Presidential hopefuls and President Bush, you’d think he’d be all about letting his allegedly squeaky clean record be released.
“If Howard Dean is serious about straight talk, he can start by being upfront with the American people about his tenure as Governor of Vermont. If he doesn’t open his record, it obviously means there’s something he wants to hide from us,” said Barnett.
I can’t wait to see where this goes. Of course Dean has something to hide. He’s been hiding behind criticisms of Bush rather than discussing issues and what he really thinks about them. He has yet to offer one good idea for the American people… What – national/socialized healthcare? Abortions for 12-year-old girls without parental notification? Is that the America that people really want? No, it’s not. So Dean hides behind his sealed record and steers his campaign almost exclusively on anti-Bush rhetoric.
These sealed records will be the death of the “Dean Machine.”
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August 2nd, 2003 at 12:17 pm
Lest we forget, Matt, Bush did the exact same thing.
August 6th, 2003 at 7:25 pm
So do you equally condemn the both of them, or do you give them both a pass on this particular issue.
I can’t imagine you or anyone giving a Democrat a pass because “Bush did the same thing.” So, are you bringing this up to say “Hey, Bush did it, and I think he was wrong, and also think Dean is wrong.” or did you bring it up to say “I think both Dean and Bush acted appropriately.”
You can’t praise one and chastise the other for doing the same thing.
So what’s your stand?
August 10th, 2003 at 10:51 am
I think they are both wrong, but it is a standard practice of campaigning officials. I’ll let that slide as long as we get some stability, openness, and truth back in the White House. Does it dissapoint me? Absolutely.