House of Representatives - March 08, 2005 

THERE THEY GO AGAIN

Mr. Speaker, 

Howard Dean, the new duly elected chairman of the Democratic Party, had quite a kick-off tour recently. 

He started off by making racially insensitive remarks about African Americans and Republicans. 

Then he said he "hates Republicans and everything they stand for."

Next he told a group of activists in Kansas that Republicans are evil. 

The battle between Democrats and Republicans, he said, is a "struggle between good and evil, and we are the good."

It would be easy to write this off as just another Dean rant. 

But a woman in the audience, and remember, this is Kansas, hardly a left-wing bastion, said Dean did not go far enough. 

He was too conservative, she said.

Mr. Dean is the leader of a major political party. 

Even if his demagoguery is too timid for some activists, he represents the Democratic Party and its views, and his comments are yet further confirmation that the rhetoric of the left is eroding our political discourse.