Jackboots? Check! - Howard "The

Jackboots? Check! - Howard "The Duck" Dean's supporters are playing rough, electronically speaking, spamming journalists who offend the ex-governor:

"'When negative press gets written, we'll ensure that letters to the editor get printed in response. . . . The last couple of months have proven the effectiveness of our efforts at media response,' the DDF says.

Sometimes this is rough stuff. When New York Daily News columnist Zev Chafets slammed Dean's appearance on Tim Russert's 'Meet the Press,' the DDF denounced the piece as 'crap,' declaring:

'So here's what we're gonna do. First, we're gonna write Zev (zchafets@yahoo.com) and let him know what we think of his vitriol.'

Suggested themes: 'Russert used Republican lies for his policy research. . . . Anyone who saw Dean's performance knows it wasn't his best, but it was a hell of a lot better than Chafets's columns.'

Chafetz has the mob figured out:

Says Chafets: 'They were polite, but they took issue with the idea that Dean hadn't done well. They were not unintelligent, but it was pretty clear to me they were writing from talking points.'"

OK, let's try this for size: Howard Dean is pimping whatever soul he has to get the Democrats' loony left sewn up for the convention - which is where campaigns like his flourish. If nominated, he will give the Democrats a setback that'll take them another decade or two to recover from. He's a vote whore, willing to

There. I've offended the Duck. Spam me, baby.

Oh, wait - Scrappleface beat us to the punch. Damn you, Scrappleface!

Posted by Mitch at July 26, 2003 03:11 PM