# Should Howard Dean, the DNC chairman, be censured for this statement? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 15, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-howard-dean-the-dnc-chairman-be-censured-for-this-statement/290250 "2005-02-15T20:47:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-howard-dean-the-dnc-chairman-be-censured-for-this-statement/290250/81 "2005-02-17T22:22:45Z")
I’m blaming my brainfart on the dog. Just sayin’, is all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-howard-dean-the-dnc-chairman-be-censured-for-this-statement/290250/82 "2005-02-17T22:29:05Z")
He really should issue a press release correcting himself. Surely he can’t be serious about hating EVRYTHING the Republicans stand for, let alone the inflamatory part about actually “hating” the Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-howard-dean-the-dnc-chairman-be-censured-for-this-statement/290250/83 "2005-02-17T23:08:58Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > He really should issue a press release correcting himself. Surely he can’t be serious about hating EVRYTHING the Republicans stand for, let alone the inflamatory part about actually “hating” the Republicans. That statement was made almost three weeks ago. It looks like it got trumpeted around FreeRepublic and [TownHall.com](http://TownHall.com) for about a week, and then quietly vanished. If a man like Dean, who got more negative attention in 2004 from his political opponents than any other Democrat except Kerry himself, didn’t feel any political pressure from this statement when it was fresh, why on Earth should he bother to attract more attention to it by issuing a retraction now? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-howard-dean-the-dnc-chairman-be-censured-for-this-statement/290250/84 "2005-02-18T00:38:32Z")
The thing is, why should conservatives care if Dean puts his foot in his mouth? One distinction between Dean and Lott which I don’t think has been mentioned is that Howard Dean is not an elected official. The Senate Majority Leader is a significant public servant. Howard Dean is just a political party chairman funded only by DNC donors, is he not? ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-howard-dean-the-dnc-chairman-be-censured-for-this-statement/290250/85 "2005-02-18T00:45:40Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > He really should issue a press release correcting himself. Surely he can’t be serious about hating EVRYTHING the Republicans stand for, let alone the inflamatory part about actually “hating” the Republicans. Just as soon as Bush issues a press release about how we found the weapons of mass destruction. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-howard-dean-the-dnc-chairman-be-censured-for-this-statement/290250/86 "2005-02-18T01:12:19Z")
Aw, I hope he didn’t hurt the Republicans feelings. He’ll represent my interests just fine. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-howard-dean-the-dnc-chairman-be-censured-for-this-statement/290250/87 "2005-02-18T01:15:39Z")
I can think of few things more evil than lying about WMDs to start a “pre-emptive” war. Endorsing a candidate that does such an act would be one of them, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-howard-dean-the-dnc-chairman-be-censured-for-this-statement/290250/88 "2005-02-18T01:45:46Z")
> [@Orbifold](#): > > That statement was made almost three weeks ago. It looks like it got trumpeted around FreeRepublic and [TownHall.com](http://TownHall.com) for about a week, and then quietly vanished. If a man like Dean, who got more negative attention in 2004 from his political opponents than any other Democrat except Kerry himself, didn’t feel any political pressure from this statement when it was fresh, why on Earth should he bother to attract more attention to it by issuing a retraction now? Yeah, you could be right. Sometimes it’s better to let sleeping dogs lie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-howard-dean-the-dnc-chairman-be-censured-for-this-statement/290250.md?page=4)