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COMICAL BUMBLER MISSPEAKS AGAIN

Noted dumb talker Howard Dean delights his fans with another quirky Deanism:

MATTHEWS: Do you believe that the president can claim executive privilege?

DEAN: Well, certainly the president can claim executive privilege. But in the this case, I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can’t play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it’s called. He’s got to go out there and say something about this woman who’s going to a 20 or 30-year appointment, a 20 or 30-year appointment to influence America. We deserve to know something about her.

Forget Harriet Miers. Perhaps we need to know a little more about Howard Dean.

(Via AreYouConservative)

Posted by Tim B. on 10/06/2005 at 01:48 AM
  1. If Howard Dean didn’t exist Karl Rove would have had to invent him.

    Posted by Randal Robinson on 2005 10 06 at 03:03 AM • permalink

  2. I think he meant playing doctor.

    Posted by rhhardin on 2005 10 06 at 03:07 AM • permalink

  3. Surely he was thinking of Bill Clinton when he uttered “hide the salami”.

    Posted by Hank Reardon on 2005 10 06 at 03:10 AM • permalink

  4. What the?

    #1 Somebody should send that to the Australian Rove.

    Posted by JamesP on 2005 10 06 at 03:37 AM • permalink

  5. LAWRENCE ET AL. v. TEXAS
    CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
    No. 02–102. Argued March 26, 2003—Decided June 26, 2003
    Responding to a reported weapons disturbance in a private residence, Houston police entered petitioner Lawrence’s apartment and saw him and another adult man, petitioner Garner, engaging in a private, consensual sexual act. Petitioners were arrested and convicted of de-viate sexual intercourse in violation of a Texas statute forbidding two persons of the same sex to engage in certain intimate sexual conduct. In affirming, the State Court of Appeals held, inter alia, that the statute forbad hiding the salami in the state of Texas.

    Posted by larrikin on 2005 10 06 at 04:01 AM • permalink

  6. #4 someone should send midget rove far far away.

    Posted by vinny on 2005 10 06 at 05:39 AM • permalink

  7. Salami?
    Nah, his cocktail frank is MIA.

    Posted by gubbaboy on 2005 10 06 at 05:59 AM • permalink

  8. This is almost as funny as when Dean declared he is a metrosexual and then admitted he didn’t know what the term means.  Dean tries so hard to be hip.

    Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2005 10 06 at 07:15 AM • permalink

  9. #6 - fuck, yeah.

    Posted by James Waterton on 2005 10 06 at 07:22 AM • permalink

  10. #8 - I never understood why anyone would want to be called a “metrosexual”: Seems to me that the ultimate “metrosexual” was Chris Tucker’s character in The Fifth Element....

    Posted by Challeron on 2005 10 06 at 07:33 AM • permalink

  11. Considering what a poor thinker/speaker Bush is, it’s a delight to listen to and read about the nuanced wit and wisdom of Dr. Demento.

    Can you imagine anyone seeking medical attention from this nitwit?

    Posted by blerp on 2005 10 06 at 07:42 AM • permalink

  12. Ugh, I’m not really sure I want to know any more about him, thanks.

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2005 10 06 at 07:53 AM • permalink

  13. “Can you imagine anyone seeking medical attention from this nitwit?”

    Oh, blerp, it’s worse than that: the guy was a pediatrician. Can you imagine the looks on some Vermont parents’ faces after they consulted with Dr. Dean? I wonder if any of them ever brought their kids twice.

    Posted by Urbs in Horto on 2005 10 06 at 08:01 AM • permalink

  14. Dean said this while he was out “Giving The Ferret A Run”

    Posted by swassociates on 2005 10 06 at 09:00 AM • permalink

  15. That’s not even the best quote from the transcript:

    “I thought long and hard before I opposed Judge Roberts, and I opposed him because I thought he would protect the most vulnerable Americans.”

    In Dean’s defense, given the following sentence (“Now we’ll get a change to see”), I think the transcriber was just drunk.

    Posted by Ken Summers on 2005 10 06 at 09:16 AM • permalink

  16. If the Democrats had any common sense at all, they’d disconnect Dean’s brain from his larynx, pronto. How fortunate for the rest of us that outbreaks of intelligence among the Demos have become about as common as sightings of the great auk.

    Posted by paco on 2005 10 06 at 09:21 AM • permalink

  17. paco, Dean’s brain and larynx haven’t been on a first name basis for years.

    And I’d much rather play hide the salami with the Secretary of State. Especially if she wore those black boots and leather duster.

    Posted by Some0Seppo on 2005 10 06 at 09:52 AM • permalink

  18. SomeOSeppo: Oh, I think they work together in tandom very closely. Dean’s larynx serves as an amplifier for his synaptic misfires. We are talking about a deranged mind (deratiocination? non-ratiocination?).

    Posted by paco on 2005 10 06 at 10:21 AM • permalink

  19. Well count me as someone who is very happy that someone like Howard Dean exists.  Just to think that he was the forerunner among Democratic candidates for the 2004 US presidential election.  And who were his competitors?  John Kerry, Al Sharpton, Carol Moseley Braun.  Hells bells, with that kind of competition, even Karl Rove could have been elected, not his puppet President Bushitlerkatrinahalliburton.

    (note to Andrea:  I seem to be having a problem using the bold tag option.  Every time I trying embolding a word or phrase, usually an especially clever one, I get a message “You have used up your allotment for this month”.  WTF?  Allotment?  Since when have commenters been placed on an allotment?  I thought we all draw from a pool of bold tags available to everyone here.  And how could I have used up my allotment?  I mean, today is only the 6th!  There’s another 25 days left.  I have to have more bold tags!  Andrea, where are my BOLD TAGS?)

    Posted by wronwright on 2005 10 06 at 11:23 AM • permalink

  20. All your bold tags are belong to us.

    BWAHAHAHA!

    Posted by Ken Summers on 2005 10 06 at 11:28 AM • permalink

  21. Hide the salami, sink the slipper, pluck the magic twanger… it’s all good, baby…

    wronwright—speaking of allotments, Our Dark Master Karl wants to know when you’re going to finish the weeding…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 10 06 at 11:30 AM • permalink

  22. wronwright:

    I’ll trade you some bold tags for some italics tags.

    Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2005 10 06 at 11:33 AM • permalink

  23. Well, certainly the president can claim executive privilege. But in the this case, I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can’t play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it’s called.

    If by “salami” you mean “mushroom”, Herr Doktor, I can imagine you play that game quite well. (Hastily adds) Of course, I have not confirmed and have no way of confirming this speculation.

    Posted by tongueboy on 2005 10 06 at 12:26 PM • permalink

  24. The salami is already hidden, between Howie’s ears.

    Posted by Abu Qa'Qa on 2005 10 06 at 12:31 PM • permalink

  25. “I never understood why anyone would want to be called a “metrosexual””

    Maybe Howard thought a metrosexual was a person who likes to play “hide the salami” on the subway system.

    Posted by SeanP on 2005 10 06 at 02:03 PM • permalink

  26. I just wish Howard had said this about John Roberts’ nomination instead of Harriet Miers’ nomination.

    Posted by c. austin on 2005 10 06 at 03:59 PM • permalink

  27. It is strange that Dean’s thoughts turn to “hide the salami” when talking about Harriet Miers.  Different strokes, I suppose.

    Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2005 10 06 at 05:29 PM • permalink

  28. Oh, to see the faces of the DNC whenever Dean speaks!  It must be priceless.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2005 10 06 at 05:54 PM • permalink

  29. RebeccaH—the Dems eat this stuff up.  The funny part is, they think the rest of us are cheering, not laughing…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 10 06 at 09:04 PM • permalink

  30. What the hell?

    You’re Howard Dean, you’re looking at Chris Matthews and-

    “hide the salami” pops out.

    Wow.

    wronwright- I saw you slumming in the sewer threads at Polipundit.  Get a grip man!  I post there as _______(Old Fart).

    Hey need a Weed Whacker?

    Posted by madawaskan on 2005 10 06 at 10:48 PM • permalink

  31. What would you like to know about my Howie? I spent a decade under his governance, met him several times, and once had the pleasure of rocking him back on his heels with a pointed question about his utility mismanagement.

    Howie is a like a string-theorist. You know these brilliant mathematicians who start to lose touch with reality and see life in 22-dimensional parallel universes? He indulges in a similar form of elevated thinking. Howie’s world is a fantastic construction of Liberal and Conservative frameworks. Double the cost of fishing licenses so the resulting revenue will decrease. Force power companies to sell off existing low-cost contracts as wholesale prices climb. Stop building and maintain roads, because that would breed more cars. Build a commuter rail line, even if nobody will ride. It all makes sense inside the bubble.

    Just watch for that angry red face when reality intrudes.

    Posted by HelenW on 2005 10 06 at 11:26 PM • permalink

  32. As the metrosexuals are wont to say, Salam is not the enemy, bush is.

    Posted by thibaud on 2005 10 06 at 11:54 PM • permalink

  33. Smells like a ratings ploy: dirty political chat. A stunt worthy of Paul “Pee Wee” Reuben.

    Next up: NBC’s “Below the Beltway,” live chat with Dr Dean, Wonkette, and Nina Hartley as Miss Harriet M

    Posted by thibaud on 2005 10 07 at 12:04 AM • permalink

  34. #32 - very funny. Funny cos it’s true.

    Posted by TruthHandler on 2005 10 07 at 01:37 AM • permalink

  35. TruthHandler—leave that salami be…

    Posted by crash on 2005 10 07 at 01:52 AM • permalink

  36. Speaking of How’s Harriet fetish, didn’t Nina H, um, play a lascivious judge in one of her flicks? Got to be a photo of her in a black robe somewhere on the web… Come to think of it, her mascara recalls Harriet’s

    Posted by thibaud on 2005 10 07 at 02:16 AM • permalink

  37. Nina Hartley?

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2005 10 07 at 02:27 AM • permalink

  38. Tim, are you sure that Dean misspoke? Haven’t seen the tape but reports are that the man was smirking as he said it.

    Isn’t it possible that the dude’s a diagnosed psychotic who’s using the public platform given him to mess with everyone’s mind and indulge his sick sense of humor?

    Posted by thibaud on 2005 10 07 at 02:40 AM • permalink

  39. “Isn’t it possible that the dude’s a diagnosed psychotic…”

    No.

    Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2005 10 07 at 10:36 AM • permalink

  40. Isn’t it possible that the dude’s a diagnosed psychotic…

    Not diagnosed....  ;-p

    Posted by Barbara Skolaut on 2005 10 07 at 09:44 PM • permalink

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