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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=466771&mesg_id=466771

I am sure some of you do remember. Well Governor Dean was just on CNN a few minutes ago and I will paraphrase here because the transcript is not up yet. But he said that his words were taken out of context by the print media and then the White House gave an incorrect question to print media to ask the Kerry campaign to give an answer to. Now why would they do that do you think? My suggestion would be for some people here to get a grip and wait to see what the people involved say before going off like this and making yourself feel embarrassed based on what the media reports. It is unbecoming.

Don

I will post the transcript when it is up at the CNN transcripts page.

<snip>DEAN: No, I said no such thing, and some enterprising print reporter -- actually, in fairness to the print reporters, they were spoon-fed by the White House, who claimed I said that. Of course, I said nothing of the sort.

You know, politics is a tough game. But I do think the print reporters have got to be a little more careful before they make up stories that aren't so.

O'BRIEN: At the same time...

DEAN: And then they went over and told John Kerry what the White House had said I said... O'BRIEN: My next question for you.

DEAN: ... which wasn't true, so they had Senator Kerry trapped into responding to something that the White House said, not that I said. This is a ridiculous flap caused by too much time on the hands of print reporters.

O'BRIEN: Yes, in fact, he said something like that's not our position.

DEAN: Sure.

O'BRIEN: And you say that comment was actually a response to...

DEAN: To the White House.

O'BRIEN: ... something that was not happening at all.

DEAN: It was a response to the White House. That's a ridiculous non-story.

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