If this is Friday, this must be ... Colorado?
Democratic National Committee head Howard Dean's tour of Southern states must be wearing him out a little, since he made a brief slip this morning.
"We want not just Barack Obama to be president of the United States, we want Bev Perdue as the next governor of the state of Colorado," he said.
Dome missed the slip at the time, as did most of the cheering crowd.
Hat Tip: Matt Willoughby
| Dean's State Slip |
Top ten things Howard Dean might have been thinking when he mentioned “Colorado:”
10. If you listen closely you will hear that he said, “The next governor of this state full of collards.”
9. Colorado was originally part of North Carolina when we were one of the original colonies. The state extended west into the wilderness. If you start walking west you will get to California, then Colorado and then China, then the Southport Marina. So Howard’s comments are technically correct, in a manner of speaking, you could take it that way, maybe.
8. The people in Colorado would love to have Bev…… as would any state. She is such a fine lady. But they can’t have her!
7. Sometimes Dr. Dean gets excited and starts yelling. He might not have known exactly what he wanted to say so he blurted out something that sounded like Colorado. Colorado is also the name of a Chevrolet truck so he may have been telling us how to lower fuel consumption.
6. At least he did not call anyone a pansy. Let’s give him his due.
5. He might have been thinking about Obama being in France with Carla Bruni. He may have been trying to say that Carla has some nice “Colorado’s.”
4. He probably had a flashback to his own campaign when he started screaming, “And then it’s on to Colorado..... and then it’s on home.”
3. What is all the fuss about? If Bev is the governor of Colorado or North Carolina she will do a fine job. We could work a deal where their gov and our gov could do a timeshare arrangement. Their gov could spend time here… if their gov is a lady. We have had enough men for a while. Then Bev could go out there sometimes. We could be sister states. It would be fun. And when a tough issue came up the gov could leave their state for the sister state…….rather than Italy. (I checked online and you can get a cheeseburger in Colorado for less than $43.00, with onion rings.)
2. He just got it twisted. He was talking about Bev being the governor and then he remembered about InBev buying out our beer companies. And they make some beer in Colorado or maybe they sell a lot of Silver Bullets out there. I think they use the melted snow to make beer that comes in silver cans. He just got confused. I sometimes get confused myself.
1. I think he was trying to talk Southern style and got confused. Trying to be “one of us.” He was either talking while dipping a mouth full of snuff or trying to talk with a “Dare County accent.” (This may actually be close to the truth.)
Well, hell, we've already got a Senator (Dole) who doesn't live here and doesn't represent us. We might as well have a Governor who does the same. It's all part of the 50 state strategy.
Now Dome cubbies, remember to put on your Mildred the Bear listening ears when you go to cover big political speeches. What Gov. Dean really said was: "We want Bev Perdue as the next governor of the State of Eldorado." In all Candor, this was certainly a reference to Montgomery County and a tip of the hat to former Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan.
When Bob Jordan was lieutenant governor, folks didn't go prattling on about the Great State of Mecklenburg because they were chatting up the Great State of Montgomery, including Eldorado, Troy, Star, Biscoe and all the rest. In fact, loyal fans of "The Andy Griffith Show" sometimes find themselves confusing Biscoe with the first name of Brisco Darling of the mountain bluegrass family.
It was right nice of Howard Dean to take a page right out of the Clerk's Office of Howard Sprague and make sure that Beverly Perdue doesn't forget about Eldorado when she makes her rounds across the state especially when she stops in unannounced to visit Mont-Gomer-y County, and tells everyone:
"Surprise, surprise, surprise."
David McKnight
Hear hear! Rocky Mount, Rocky Mountains. Same diff.
...Colorado can have Bev Perdue if they want her.
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Re: Perdue for governor ... of another state
If that had been a Republican comment it would be national news...as an independent I'm getting a bit tired of all this...Any chance Dr. Frankenstein could bring back George Washington? He thought political parties were to be avoided at all costs.