Andrew Hagen

A few quotations.

“This president [Bush] promised that he would be a uniter, not a divider, and that was a lie!” — Howard Dean. (*)

“We have got to bring the country together as a community, and you don’t get there by making intolerant comments that single out particular minorities.” — Howard Dean, commenting on remarks made by Rick Santorum. (†)

“I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.” — Howard Dean. (‡)

“I’m going to go down south, and I’m going to say to white folks who have been voting Republican, ‘All right, the Confederate Flag may be an issue for you, but what about your children’s health care? There’s [sic] sixty thousand kids in South Carolina that don’t have health insurance—and most of them are white. If you keep voting for the Republicans, they’re never going to get health insurance for your kids, they’re never going to help your schools, you’re never going to get a better job, you’re never going to get a raise. Come back to the Democratic Party—the party of Franklin Roosevelt where everybody was included!’” — Howard Dean. (§)

“There’s no reason why white guys who have a Confederate flag in the back of their pickup truck shouldn’t be walking side-by-side with blacks, because they don’t have health insurance, either.” — Howard Dean. (**)

“Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has said he doesn’t personally support the [Confederate battle flag emblazoned on the official South Carolina state] flag, but he believes it’s a local issue.” — Charlotte Observer. (††)

“I want people with Confederate flags on their trucks to put down those flags and vote Democratic.” Howard Dean. (‡‡)

“I’m tired of being divided. I’m tired of being divided by race, I’m tired of being divided by income, by gender, by religion. If this country is ever going to work, we have to acknowledge… that we are responsible for each other and to each other.” — Howard Dean. (§§)

“You know, I think we ought to look at affirmative action programs based, not on race, but on class and opportunities to participate.” — Howard Dean. (***)

“That’s about help for people who don’t have any money, and I think we should do that. But I also think affirmative action has to be about race.…” Howard Dean. (†††)

Update: 6 November 2003: “The issue of the Confederate flag has become an issue in this presidential race.… Many of the people in the African American community have supported what I said in the past few days, because they understand what this is about. Some have not. So, I say to those [people], I deeply regret the pain I have caused. Many of our white supporters have understood, but to those who do not, I regret the pain that I have caused..” — Howard Dean. (‡‡‡)

Update: 10 November 2003: “We have got to stop having our elections in the South based on race, guns, God and gays—and start having them based on jobs and health insurance and a foreign policy that’s consistent with American values.” — Howard Dean. (§§§)

Update: 10 November 2003: Thank you to Doc Searls for the link. (****)

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