This is the full video of Howard Dean stumping for Obama and for voter registration in Charlotte, NC. The loudest disruption starts about 5 minutes in. It is rude, it is overwhelming. It happened in Raleigh, in Charlotte, in Atlanta, and other places.
Dean's bus arrives in Charlotte, NCIt is so loud, I am ready to stop watching the speech because it is embarrassing to watch Howard Dean being subjected to this.
I posted something here early, got my butt jumped. Deleted it rather than fight.
Not going to fight, just going to post it. This is in the New Hampshire Union Leader for the world to see, yet we are supposed to ignore it here. I have a lot of mixed feelings about that.
We have a chairman who has nearly given up his home life to travel the country and build the party. He was ridiculed by these people and the candidate they supported during the primaries when he stood up for the rules.
I was often told to stop posting about the fiasco in FL and MI. I was told I was wrong when I said it would lead to further division down the line.
I was not wrong. This small vocal, very rude, group is not about to back off and slink away with their tails between their legs just because we ignore them.
This NH woman calls Obama "the paper boy" whom Dean backed. Every one of our Democratic leaders should be outraged, and up in arms. They are not, and they won't know about it if we don't tell them.
Feelings for Clinton still strong across NHBy far, the most scathing criticism of Obama came from Clinton supporter Kathleen Brock of Hampton, who contributed the primary maximum of $2,300 to the New York senator.
"He revolts me," she said of Obama. "He can choose Bugs Bunny for vice president or he can choose God, presuming he doesn't think that he's God. It won't matter."
Brock acknowledged that as an independent, she voted for President George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, but wanted to see a woman as president and especially backed Clinton's plan for universal health care coverage.
"She's a realist, an experienced, mature person who has the judgment and the strength to be president," Brock said. "And if the campaign was any proof, she can certainly take a lot of flak."
Brock holds out hope that somehow, Clinton will be "acclaimed by the convention" as the Democratic nominee. But if not, "then I'll definitely vote for McCain. I want the Democratic National Committee to get a clear message. The way they treated Hillary in Michigan and in Florida was like gang rape and we were forced to watch it.
"Obama is just some little paper boy that Howard Dean decided to get behind," she said.
That is not acceptable. Ignoring it will not change anything at all. Perhaps giving it the light of day will cleanse some of the dirtiness around it.
Watch the video as long as you can. Dean is fulfilling his dream of campaigning through the South in hopes of making a difference. He is being subjected to a rudeness that is ill-deserved.
