"Bush appeals to the macho nature of people who don't think.." Howard Dean

[madfloridian]

I just ran across this very nice article from last month. Dean had visited a voter group. Sounds like the group had a good appreciation of his sense of humor. BTW, I find it humorous to see some calls for him to get involved in the election recounts...a little much, ya think.
I had forgotten how refreshing it is to hear criticism in that humorous way, even if from a month ago. I ran across it looking for a certain article about Dean and the voting machines.

http://www.freepress.org/dispatches

SNIP..."Dr. Howard Dean paid a visit to the Vote Mob headquarters on Wednesday, October 20th, where he spoke and answered questions for almost 200 excited but cramped progressive youth who were packed tightly into a small office space on North High Street...."

SNIP.."Dean's comments were concise, relevant, and humorous. When asked if he had read John Kerry's book, he replied, "I haven't even had time to read my own book yet," but then assured the crowd that he did it fact write it himself.

When someone on the street created a disturbance by playing a recording of Dean's infamous scream from after the Iowa caucus, he seemed amused, and said, "No one told me Karl Rove was going to be here."

Dean's presence was warm, though he was often critical of President Bush and Republicans in general with a kind of gentle venomousness that seemed highly appropriate and accurate. His barbs went over well with the audience. When asked why he thought Bush was so popular with many people, he replied, "Bush appeals to the macho nature of people who don't think. He also uses fear, but he is a very likeable person. I have talked to him, and he is smooth, quick, facile and genial. He is fun, and is appealing at a gut level, but he just isn't a good president."

[WI_DEM]

1. I think Dean pin-points Bush's appeal pretty well.

[janx]

2. I can certainly believe this. That's one frat boy who knows how

to schmooze, I imagine.