Reply #6: Dean is basically [View All]

[Nicholas_J]

doing the samew, and spent month was doing it.All of the Bush-Lite stuff was NOT directed at Republicans, but other candidates, and his criticisms of the October Resolution based on his personal opinion, and had no legal basis whatsoever. His waffling now is just as deserving of being brought to the public attention as his comments about Iraq and his Bush-Lite Labelingof other candiidates, and Kerry and Gepharts criticisims of Dean have more substance in FACT, than Deans criticisms did. But the Dean was well known in Vermont, by those politically in the know, as keeping his relationship to facts rather casual, adn fo being loose with the truth:

my favorite refernce to this is an editorial from the Burlington Free Press:

Although sometimes loose with the truth, Dean's attack strategy seems to have paid off. He has put his opponents on the defensive and has drawn considerable attention from political commentators and Democratic contributors. Polls show him neck and neck with Kerry in the critical New Hampshire primary and closing in on the favored Gephardt in the Iowa caucuses...

As Dean becomes a top-tier candidate, however, his casual approach to facts and abusive tactics against his opponents could get him into serious trouble -- and severely damage Vermont's reputation for political civility and intellectual honesty.


http://www.sover.net/~auc/deanbites.htm

So Dean spewing his opinions for months is O.K. but Deans continual flipping of stances is NOT fair game...

Hardly. Alls fair in politics, and If Dean didnt expect to be slammed, he should have been politer last year.