Howard the Doc is sinking in the polls. So what does he do? Howza 'bout a trek down to Georgia to see if he can get Jimmah Carter to endorse him? From the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation.
Howard Dean may not have earned an endorsement from former President Jimmy Carter with his pilgrimage to Carter's hometown Sunday, but he did get an important boost from the senior Democratic statesman who drew parallels to his own race to the White House.
I don't know if I would like to be compared to one of the most incompetent presidents of the 20th Cenury.
Carter --- whose 1976 Iowa caucus victory put him on the political map --- told a packed congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church that he and Dean share more than their outrage over the war in Iraq.
Dean would probably be just as incompetent as Jimmah.
"Twenty-seven years ago, I was in the same position as Howard," Carter said during his Sunday school lesson. "When I won in Iowa, it surprised people."
And little did we know then how much he would fuck up as president.
Like Dean, Carter said, he "sometimes said things that had to be retracted," because of his shoot-from-the hip style.
In other words, he was a fucking idiot.
Like Dean, Carter said, he "was immersed in condemnations" from opponents.
Turns out most of the opponents were right.
And like Dean, Carter said, honesty became the sticking point of his campaign."My main issue when I was running for president was telling the truth," he said.
And dontcha just know that Bill Clinton learned not to make that mistake. And speaking of telling the truth, I just heard Dean, on Hardball, say that Jimmah Carter endorsed him. Sorry Howie. That's a lie.
Dean's Plains pit stop --- which lasted just a few hours --- was a last chance for the candidate to align himself with the popular former president before heading into the tight Iowa caucuses today.
And you could tell just how desperate Howie was. He had his wife, Judy Steinberg, (Oh wait! Now all of a sudden it's Judy Dean) fly out to make an appearance.
I think Howie screwed up his campaign in Iowa when he told that old Republican dude to sit down and shut up.
So it looks like Kerry is winning. John Edwards is coming in second. How the fuck did that happen? Dean is third. If he doesn't do well in New Hampshire he's toast and my friend Michael owes me a bottle of Delamain cognac. He's in France on a business trip (tasting wine) and when he finds out how poorly Dean did in Iowa he's gonna be in tears. I'm not too happy either. I was looking forward to having Dean as the Dimocrat nominee. And now Rachel Lucas won't be able to blog on how much she hates Howard the Doc.
Gephardt is toast. He's from Missouri and he can't do any better that fourth in Iowa? It's a good thing Michael isn't here 'cause I'd really be having fun. I told him Gephardt would be dead after New Hampshire. He's dead now.
I would have never thought that Kerry would win in Iowa. I never thought Edwards would finish number 2. Michael and I had a discussion about the VP nomination and I thought it would be Edwards. I'm looking even better and if Edwards can do well in New Hampshire, with South Carolina coming up he might be able to get the presidential nomination. Stranger things have happened.
I think Dean is finished. Too bad. He would have been a lot of fun during the regular campaign.
Kerry won Iowa? Where did that come from?
Posted by denny at January 19, 2004 09:26 PM