Fineman attacks… Deaniacs respond

[pruner]

HOWARD DEAN AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS

Presidential candidate Howard Dean found himself in hot—or, at least, luke-warm—water this week when a mini-scandal broke over the records from his time as governor of Vermont. Like other politicians before him, Dean’s troubles began with a Web-exclusive story by NEWSWEEK’s Michael Isikoff, “What’s in Howard Deans Secret Vermont Files?” Isikoff reported that investigative reporters and “oppo” researchers have had a tough time digging up dirt on Dean because of a unique seal placed on his records, “the result of an aggressive legal strategy designed in part to protect Dean from political attacks.” Midweek, Howard Fineman wrote in a Web-exclusive column that Dean’s clumsy handling of the records flap showed the Democratic front runner might not be “ready for prime time.”

Dean has lots of friends on the Internet, and many of them wrote to express their dismay with the file flap. “It’s interesting that Mr. Fineman concentrates on Dean’s locked records—not a negative word about the Bush lockup of not only his files but also those of his fathers—and for a lot longer than 10 years,” wrote a Columbus, Ohio, reader. Others tasted a whiff of bias in NEWSWEEK’s coverage. “I thought the White House wanted Dean as the front runner,” wrote one reader, “but now I wonder if they are a little concerned about his momentum. Why else would they have one of their media operatives (that’s Fineman, of course) taking shots at Dean?”

http://www.msnbc.com/news/1001920.asp

[blm]

1. No...the teflon was always going to come off according to plan.

When it was too late for Dems to realize what a bill of goods the corporate media sold them when they said Dean was liberal (he's not), antiwar (he's not), and a straight talker (he's not).

[poskonig]

2. People over the internet

are not giving Dean cash because of the "corporate media."

Employ some common sense.

[blm]

4. Dean's seed money was NOT from the internet.

It came via his cozy dealings with utility executives while governor and his Vermont Yankee/Entergy/Koch Industries buddies.

He was perceived as antiwar by many antiwar folks that were already organized on the internet and fell into it. Trippi fostered it. Dean was willing to change some of his centrist positions to make him sound further left than he was and coopted some of the internet language like attacking the others as "Bushlite" and coopting Nader's scorn for the Democratic party and coopting Wellstone's line. Voila. The populist fighter was born. And he was attacking the other Democrats....too good to be ignored by the media who loves to tear down Dems for sport anyway.


PR and MONEY and opportunity has made big stars out of marginal talents for decades.

Dean was pushed as the ONLY Dem who stood up to Bush. It didn't matter that others were doing it as long as the press ignored them it didn't register in the public eye.

[Donna Zen]

5. Listen to blm...a truth teller

[UTUSN]

3. Kick n/t

[bpilgrim]

6. success feeds off itself - more buzzzzzzz for dean

i'm sure he's cry'n all the way to the back :evilgrin:

peace

[UTUSN]

7. Kick, Agin n/t