2004 political presidential cartoons about Iowa primary precinct caucus and caucuses news, reports information on 2004 Democrat and Republican candidates, campaigns issues
"Dr. Cocky"
Howard Dean political cartoon.
Howard Dean was in Montrose, Iowa, yesterday declaring himself tantamount to the ‘Congressional Exterminator.’ According to an article in today’s New York Times, Dean is quoted as saying that if he won, members of Congress were “going to be scurrying for shelter, just like a giant flashlight on a bunch of cockroaches.” The article cites the question prompting Dean’s statement: how would Dean handle Congress and the entrenched Beltway bureaucracy. Excerpts from NY Times: “Howard Dean, who is increasingly giving his presidential candidacy an anti-Washington cast, cranked up his rhetoric on Tuesday, saying that if he won, members of Congress were "going to be scurrying for shelter, just like a giant flashlight on a bunch of cockroaches." …The remark was one of dozens of sharp comments about "Washington politicians" that Dr. Dean, the former governor of Vermont, tossed out in a 15-hour, nine-city, 329-mile sprint across Iowa, as he intensified his effort to separate himself from the pack by claiming the "outsider" mantle. … Dr. Dean said: "We need to clean house in Washington. That's what this campaign is about." At lunchtime in Mount Ayr, he responded to a question about whether he had a bad temper by saying, "The problem is, everybody gets along and goes along in Washington, and nothing ever happens."