From December 8, 2005
CNN transcript: http://tinyurl.com/yg9sdd

"DEAN: We believe that talking about the president's failed strategy in Iraq is not unpatriotic. It may undercut the president, but it does not undercut our troops. We're going to save their lives, and we're going to learn from the experience in Vietnam and not wait for five years with promises made for political reasons here at home.

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BLITZER: If anything, Howard Dean has been very consistent over the past few years, including when he was running for president.

MATALIN: Howard Dean is in some form of denial. Let me make a New Year's prediction for you, Wolf. The Democrats are going to have to dump him as a party chairman. He can't do the two things a party chairman is required to do, which is to raise money or get the message out.

When you look at a country that has gone from tyranny to sovereignty, to a transitional government, to a constitution, and next week is going to have the first self-determined elected government in the region, that is progress. He can be in denial, but who doesn't have a plan, doesn't have a policy, is the Democratic Party. And he's certainly not helping the Democratic Party, who are back-pedaling from their chairman faster than a (INAUDIBLE).
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A definite nod here for Matalin for a PUN-DENSE AWARD.


It's hard to beat William Kristol though for saying in April '03 that the differences between Sunni & Shia Moslems in Iraq were a matter of 'pop sociology'.

It's a wide open field...
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