January 22, 2004
Primal scream
In the hall of mirrors that is politics as presented by America's media, Howard Dean's wacky speech/rant to his dazed foot soldiers in Iowa Monday night (now dubbed his "I Have a Scream" speech) has (a) had an undeniable impact on prospective voters and (b) become a self-referential story of its own. Check out Fox News, the Houston Chronicle, NPR, the New York Post, Newsday, and USA Today for just a sample.
Since the next stage in the short-lived evolution of such a thing will be handwringing analyses ruing the fact that too much was made of the story... it's best just to enjoy some of the jokes at Howard Dean's expense, like Jay Leno did:
Did you see that speech Howard Dean gave last night? I heard that the cows in Iowa are now afraid of getting mad Dean disease.Posted by Alan at January 22, 2004 12:08 AMI’m not an expert in politics, but I think it’s a bad sign when your speech ends with your aides shooting you with a tranquilizer gun.
Howard Dean is a doctor. He acts more like a postal worker.
What kind of a bedside manner is that? "We’re gonna go in there and pull out your spleen! Then fix that appendix! Then take out your tonsils, then we’re going to take your darn heart and replace it!!!”
One-liners via NewsMax