A new term is coined: Dean Divers

[Cooley Hurd]

Bill "Shameless Repug Hack" Schneider just announced on CNN's Inside Politics that hundreds of reporters and researches have descended on Montpellier, VT to dig into Dean's sealed (and public) records, and the staff at the archives have taken to calling them "Dean Divers."

Let the smearing begin (or continue, as is the case here). :grr:

[realFedUp]

1. but but but I thought Republicans wanted him IN...

yeah right. I hope someone makes notes of
who's digging and take a group photo.

[trogdor]

20. They want him nominated...

...because they think he'd be easy to knock down. Can't do that without ammo, though. I imagine the pickings are slim in Montpellier.

Anyway, it's stupid. There's so much real stuff on Bush, it's pitiful.

[maddezmom]

2. I hope and pray it's not a fellow democratic campaign. n/t

[w13rd0]

5. Gep's team...

...has been camped out there for months. You can find plenty of stories on it. This isn't exactly breaking news. Just ask some of our residents here...

[maddezmom]

10. well it's news to me

and I'll take your word for it. :(

[NewYorkerfromMass]

So we should play ostrich and let the GOP sink us?

I'll bet Dean's staff is doing a lot of the digging so they can come up with more believable defenses for the next charge.
I'll bet the DLC is digging too for the sake of prudence.

[maddezmom]

11. you are right

guess I need to take off my rose colored glasses.

[mmonk]

3. What's their angle?

[w13rd0]

4. the well-funded opposition research teams...

...of some primary opponents have been there for months. Ed Gillespie, Dean Divers, the ABD crowd...buckshot...

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Like raccoons rummaging thru the garbage...

Politics is dirty business - this underscores it.

[sangh0]

6. Does anyone here believe

that Dean's campaign is NOT doing any oppo?

[slinkerwink]

7. we're doing oppo, all right, on bush

but it seems that campaigns like Kerry and Gephardt are imploding without our help---we'll just let them implode further, no need to look for records on them ;-)

[sangh0]

12. Is Dean doing any oppo on the Dems?

Yes or no?

[slinkerwink]

13. I think so too.....

we can't play the ethical card here---we need to win the nomination and the general election. It's a standard practice to use in politics when running against any opponents.

[sangh0]

15. I also think Dean is doing some "diviing"

He'd be stupid not to, and the one thing Dean is not is stupid

[Scott Lee]

25. sangh would prefer we lose to Bush. No oppo, dammit!

[sangh0]

26. Did you read my #15?

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[DemBones DemBones]

9. Too bad there weren't any Bush

investigations like this. I'm sure that nothing would deter hard-core Deanies from standing by their man but most of us think it's a good thing to know if a candidate has something unethical in his past -- and we do think it should apply to all candidates, not just Howard.

[blm]

14. Kerry's been scrutinized by the top BFEE operatives for over 30 years.

He bears up to the scrutiny. Dean collapses under scrutiny because he has shifted in his policies so much and had a strong Libertarian bent as governor.

[JaneQPublic]

16. What would you call someone who researches Bush's records?

:evilgrin:

[killbotfactory]

17. LOL

Hahahaha

good one.

[maddezmom]

18. like to hear them say that on CNN!

:wow:

[Jerseycoa]

22. Well done, JaneQ

:7

[killbotfactory]

19. Oh no! They might find out that Dean...

Balanced the budget while promoting good social causes like healthcare for children.

Then Dean will be DOOMED!

[slinkerwink]

23. omg, Dean is the Anti-Christ!

Find the 666 tattooed onto his head before we're all DOOMED....;-)

[Jacobin]

21. Here it come: Whitewater, Blackwater, Greewater, all kinds of made up

crap "substantiated" by pieces of paper that are meaningless.

It's gonna be a yearlong shit storm

Get your hip boots out.

[SEAburb]

28. How about Yucca Mt Water //nt

<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>

[Scott Lee]

24. And here is ADJHS...right on time!

Man, it must be finals or something. They are really pouring on the Dean dirt digging.

Extra credit for the essay "How Dean Blew Up The Hindenburg"!

[janx]

27. At one point I heard Dean say that there were enough open

records to keep people busy. He invited them to Vermont and assured them that they could probably dig for six months! LOL!