Great job, Howard Dean, on MSNBC earlier

[question everything]

that shrill interviewer (when will woman learn that talking fast makes them shrill?) tried to pin him down about the new poll results, about Kerry, about the effect of Saddam's verdict - could not wait for him to start whimpering and pulling hair. He stood his ground, kept telling her "as I just said," repeated his confidence in our taking over the House and basically held his stand with dignity and - dare I say it? - statesmanship.

Great job Governor Dean!

[blm]

1. They're grasping at everything they can to cover for a GOP steal.

The problem is too many in the public are hip to the way they do it.

Thankyou RFK and ALL Election fraud activists.

[DURHAM D]

2. Good for Dean but, about the shill comment...

What do you call men that talk fast ?

[Actionmac]

4. Tony Snow

[question everything]

6. Chris Matthews wannabe

That Tony something on CNN used to be a fun reporter before he took over with Heidi something and both of them talk fast, cut their interviewees in mid sentence that I just gave up on them and moved to MSNBC and what a delight mature Andrea Mitchell was there this morning.

They have 24 hours to cover the news why do they have to appear out of breath?

Elizabeth Edwards was on Matthews a couple of weeks ago and I happened to have it on, waiting for Olbermann. And the poor woman she started talking fast just to keep up with him and, too, to hold her stand and to resist wherever he was trying to take her - to trash the Kerry campaign.

Perhaps this is the deal. Talk fast to confuse the guests so that they won't hear everything, may agree to something that they do not and, boom, they get their new headline news.

After watching any of them I really appreciate Keith Olbermann who quietly sits and let his guests take their time in answering him.

[sandnsea]

10. blowhards, but I get your point

New rule for the women I guess - don't be shrill now, the boys won't like that. :eyes:

[Sparkly]

3. "Don't be ridiculous."

I think that's what he said to Norah when she asked if he was "conceding Tennessee."

(I have to say I disagree that talking fast makes women "shrill," though.)

[chieftain]

5. I loved that. One of the main reasons I love Dean

is his refusal to give mealey mouth responses to lies and absurdities. Another reason I love him is his decision to not write off huge chunks of the US as hostile to Democratic policies. If we win big, a tremendous amount of the credit goes to the good doctor.

[blm]

7. True. The dumbest strategy Clinton ever devised was targetting states after they

lost Congress in 94. By 1997 the party infrastructure in many crucial state was already collapsing and it only got worse after McAuliffe took the reins in 2001.

He had a DC-centric mission with NO strategy to rebuild the party infrastructure across the country or to secure the election process to counter the RNc's election fraud tactics.

[madfloridian]

8. A RW blog wrote that Dean refused to define middle class...LOL

Bill Hemmer kept pressuring him on Fox today to define middle class. Dean said if you think you're middle class we won't raise your taxes.
Then he went on to talk about doing away with the tax cuts for oil companies and insurance companies.

A whole blog piece about Dean refusing to define middle class. Hilarious.

[question everything]

11. Yes, Nora on MSNBC tried to pressure him on taxes

and then ended by saying: we will keep these tapes for future uses.

Who does she think she is? And, chances are, by the time these tapes would be pulled and used, no one will ever remember her name..

[EC]

9. Don't think she is shrill

but her horsy laugh grates on my nerves...always wonder about those who have to live with her and how they can....

[WildEyedLiberal]

12. Transcript anyone?

[madfloridian]

13. Media Matters after Norah for that interview. Video, partial transcript

Every interview got hung up pumping him on tax cuts. Ridiculous how they used the talking points of the GOP. He did a good job responding.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070002

"MSNBC's O'Donnell cherry-picked polls that favor GOP
Summary: During an interview with Howard Dean, Norah O'Donnell selectively cited polls to suggest that the Democratic advantage in the generic congressional ballot has been considerably reduced. However, several other recent polls show Democrats with leads in excess of 15 percentage points.

During an interview with Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean on the November 6 edition of MSNBC's Decision 2006: Battleground America, host Norah O'Donnell cherry-picked polls suggesting that the Democratic advantage in the generic ballot has been considerably reduced, while ignoring polls showing a much larger Democratic advantage. O'Donnell questioned Dean about what she described as "the latest poll numbers," including a Pew Research Center poll that showed Democrats with a four-point advantage. An onscreen graphic also showed a Washington Post/ABC News poll, which found Democrats with a six-point advantage, and a USA Today/Gallup poll, which showed Democrats with a seven-point generic-ballot advantage. However, as Media Matters for America has noted, there are several other recent polls that show Democrats with leads in excess of 15 percentage points, including those from Time, CNN, and even MSNBC news partner Newsweek. Dean responded to O'Donnell by noting the CNN poll, which shows Democrats with a 20-point advantage, and claimed that "there's half a dozen polls out."

Later in the interview, O'Donnell asked that Dean "guarantee to me today that the Democrats will not move to increase personal income taxes across the board." In response, Dean said: "I will guarantee you that we will not raise personal income taxes across the board." O'Donnell then said that she would "save this tape for what happens just in case," further suggesting that Dean and Democrats could not be taken at their word."