Howard Dean

First, I’m not a Dean supporter. I honestly haven’t made up my mind about the Democratic primary candidates yet. In my mind, I still want to know more about Kerry, Dean, Edwards and Clark before I make any decisions. And I honestly don’t give one rats ass what voters in Iowa and New Hampshire think. Apparently, the press believes that all voters are lemmings, and we’re not going to research the candidates and make up our own minds, instead blindly following two states which have little in common with our own, simply because their primaries come first.
However, I do think this whole Howard Dean anger thing has been blown way out of proportion. I saw the “angry” speech in question, and I have to say, what exactly about it wasn’t presidential?? That he raised his voice? That he “whooped”? The man was speaking to a rally. A rally of his own supporters. He hadn’t done as well as they’d hoped in Iowa, but they certainly did better than anyone would have expected three months ago. So in speaking to a crowd of 3500 supporters, Dean got excited?! And that is supposed to demonstrate that he’s not presidential? Please people… there are plenty of reasons not to support Howard Dean (like his stance on guns, for example). But blowing something as innocuous as a raucous campaign trail motivational speech this much out of proportion is just plain stupid. Of course, no one ever accused the American media of pandering to intelligence.