Howard Dean has decried the sexist treatment of Hillary Clinton during her campaign, and he has called for a national discussion of the issue of sexism. Why didn't Dean say anything about these unfair attacks during her campaign? Get this:
...he was slow to pick up on charges of sexism because he is not a regular viewer of cable television
Is it too much to ask that the chairman of the Democratic party
follow the news? That he listen to the loudly-expressed concerns of
half the Democratic party? As our friend
Becki Jayne notes:
Convenient timing. After Hillary suspended her campaign, after years of abuse. Thanks for insulting the intelligence of millions of Clinton Democrats, women, and men who love women with a blockheaded, cockapootie, lame to the 10th power, contemptuous excuse. Between the Democratic party and the GOP, voters have a choice between stealthy corruption and in-your-face corruption. What a world!
I certainly applaud her parting shot:
If Obama losing in November means Howard Dean and the new--we don't need no steenking working class--coalition pushers will exit the DNC, the incentive to reject the party's Anointed One just multiplied.
I can't believe that I once admired Dean. But Obamamania has caused me to reassess my feelings toward a whole bunch of people.