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[bryant]

Say what you will about Dean’s mythical temper (Real Video, will likely go away soonish), but I can’t see how he was out of line here. You get up at a Democrat’s stump speech, you call the candidate pompous and mean-mouthed, and then you try to interrupt him when he responds to you — perhaps just maybe you ought to expect to be told to sit down.

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[tahnan.livejournal.com]

Well...he did ask for rude remarks. I kind of wonder about Yahoo's report that he he delivered his "standard stump speech"--does that mean that he has a single speech he's using, or are they dismissing what he said as "oh you know it was just his usual stuff"?

[carelessflight.livejournal.com]

"Standard stump speech" is a recognized term in political reporting -- the reporters who follow the candidate around learn the speech he gives, which is typically the same every place (modified slightly for the locale and mutating over time for current events and current topics). So it's not a slam at him, just normal political language.

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

I suspected it might be, but I wasn't sure. Cool; thanks.

[head58.livejournal.com]

I liked Kos's point that the media regularly ignores anti-Bush protesters, but somehow feels compelled to run with this pro-Bush protester story. That angle hadn't occured to me.

I like what I've seen from Dean. I don't mind a President with a temper who is going to tell people to shut up and sit down when they're being idiots. Maybe that's just what we need.