Reply #66: No, he took office on August 14, 1991 [View All]

[dpbrown]

"Dean was thrust into the governership when Gov. Richard Snelling (R) died suddenly in August 1991."
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/dean.html

"Dean was elected to three consecutive terms as lieutenant governor; on August 14, 1991, Gov. Robert Snelling suffered a fatal heart attack. Dean was treating a patient when he heard the news and rushed to Montpelier to a hasty swearing in ceremony."
http://www.bop2004.org/dtaweb/bop2004/default.aspx?SECTION=CANDIDATE&CID=8

"HOWARD DEAN, M.D., was born in New York City and grew up in East Hampton, New York.... He became governor upon the death of Governor Richard A. Snelling on August 14, 1991."
http://www.nga.org/governors/1,1169,C_GOVERNOR_INFO%5ED_163,00.html

It's a sad state of affairs in which posts that denigrate broadly by using phrases like "par for the course for Dean bashers" are allowed to stand, but rebuttal posts, including links to the facts, are deleted.

Back off, post deleters.

Dan Brown
Saint Paul, Minnesota