Why "HoHo" nickname?
Eric J in MN
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Sun Dec-12-04 11:06 AM
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Why is Howard Dean sometimes called "HoHo?" Where does that come from?
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Sun Dec-12-04 12:56 PM
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1. What are the first 2 letters of Howard?
I think repeating Ho - Ho Ho isa hip hop thing or something! It's a nickname the kids (supporters) gave him.
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Sun Dec-12-04 02:18 PM
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2. It's been used pejoratively on DU by a couple of posters
with the goal of invoking memory of one Ho Chi Minh, who was called Uncle Ho Ho.
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Mon Dec-13-04 09:59 AM
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4. There was a poster who was confronted
on the issue via a username......well known for mocking Howard Dean. It had nothing to do with Ho Chi Minh......and it was indeed approached by the moderators. Thanks Mods.
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Mon Dec-13-04 11:13 AM
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5. and now that poster has been banned and is over at KOS
telling his long sad story about how rotten DU is.
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Mon Dec-13-04 01:15 PM
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6. I'm late checking in......
My heart goes out to Kos.....I sense they will address the issue more expiditiously......We know there was an issue for a long time.
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Mon Dec-13-04 01:52 PM
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8. Nothing to do with Ho Chi Minh? If it hadn't, the name would have
invoked the image of Santa Claus and have been all fun and friendly.
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Sun Dec-12-04 02:48 PM
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3. some newspaper reporter in VT called Dean that
and used it as an insult. Ultimately they guy ended up admiring Dean, but he wrote some scathing articles about him during most of his time as governor.
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Mon Dec-20-04 10:32 AM
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14. Yeah, it was a newspaper nickname for him in VT when he was Gov.
Originally used by his opponents in Vermont, but was sort of adopted as a term of affection by his supporters.
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Mon Dec-13-04 01:44 PM
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7. It's invariably used as an insult
The Kerry staffers used it during the primaries, if I recall correctly.
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Mon Dec-13-04 02:20 PM
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I sometimes refer to "My HoHo" and it's anything but an insult.
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Tue Dec-14-04 01:54 PM
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10. It is like the term Deaniac.....it evolved.
It is often used now in a fond way. I see it often at the blog.
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Wed Dec-15-04 10:57 AM
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11. A big new york city supporter
named David, used to have an email account hoho4pres@hotmail.com . That was the first time that I had heard Dean referred to as Ho Ho.
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Thu Dec-16-04 07:33 PM
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12. When I saw that on DU I thought it
came from what they use to call "Howard Johnson's"..but maybe that was HoJo!:silly:
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Fri Dec-17-04 06:35 AM
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13. Remember when Howard Johnson's didn't have coke
They had their own swill called HoJo Cola? Tasted like :puke: as I recall!
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