Hey, remember Howard Dean? Well, here he is anyway.
In an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday, former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean had a visceral reaction to host Joe Scarborough’s mention of Daily Caller blogger Matt Lewis and his suggestion that Dean switch to decaf.
Time for Howard Dean to switch to decaf.
— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) May 30, 2013
“The Daily Caller is a propaganda organization,” Dean, the former governor of Vermont, said. “I’ve read The Daily Caller. I know what’s on there. Look, you got — there’s conservatives and then there’s right-wingers. The right-wingers are all about propaganda. Conservatives have a set of principles that don’t happen to be the same as mine but they are reasonable and you can do business. That’s how I differentiate that.”
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I can think of few people whose approbation I require less than Howard Dean’s. But I’m grateful that he’s directing his latest seething, ludicrous rhetoric at the Daily Caller. This is a proud moment, both professionally and personally.
The respect is mutual, Howie. Keep callin’ ’em like you see ’em. Just remember: We’re laughing at you, not with you.
I leave you with this quote from the elder statesman: “I grew up when the left had all the crazies. Today the right has all the crazies.”
Yep!
Update: Dean also said some stupid stuff about the National Review. To which Jim Geraghty replied:
Howard Dean dismisses National Review as “silly, right-wing nut cases.” Well, we have our silly moments: twitter.com/jimgeraghty/st…
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 30, 2013
BTW, lefties, the piece that Dean called “silly” objected to having Eric Holder investigate whether Eric Holder did anything wrong.
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 30, 2013
Oh, those crazy wingnuts. Why do they keep picking on Eric Holder? (Just kidding, we all know why. More like National Klanview, amirite??)
Update: Charlie Spiering at the Washington Examiner puts the whole thing into perspective and wraps it all up in 45 seconds.
