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In what I hope becomes a recurrent theme, the Post this morning presents a catalog of misstatements and foolish comments made by Howard Dean, under the headline Dean's Remarks Give Rivals Talking Points :

Howard Dean's penchant for flippant and sometimes false statements is generating increased criticism from his Democratic presidential rivals and raising new questions about his ability to emerge as a nominee who can withstand intense, sustained scrutiny and defeat President Bush.
Dean, for instance, recently spoke of a "most interesting theory" that Saudi Arabia had "warned" Bush about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Although Dean said he does not believe Bush was tipped off about the assaults that killed nearly 3,000, he has made no apologies for raising the rumor.

It doesn’t stop with this most recent foolishness, but goes ahead and covers various other flaps: misleading statements on his reason for sealing gubernatorial papers, penchant for playing loose with the truth during speeches, backtracking and denying prior statements, etc.
- posted by Anonymous @ 8:36 AM