THIS IS WHO THE LIBS WANT AS PRESIDENT? WOW!

Let's go ahead and give the terrorists maps of our oil pipelines, and every nuclear power plant while we're at it. If Dean is President maybe we will!


Nuke flap dogs Dean
By David R. Guarino
Tuesday, January 6, 2004

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says former Gov. Howard Dean and other Vermont officials violated federal law by releasing secret protection plans for its nuclear power plant in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The NRC's charge had Vermont officials scrambling to impoundtop-secret nuclear documents the Democratic presidential front-runner wrongly made public.

Some of the documents regarding the Vermont Yankee nuke plant include so-called ``safeguards information,'' which is to be released under ``need to know requirements and . . . not publicly releasable,'' said NRC spokesman Scott Burnell.

The documents are included in files Dean made public - even as he opposes the release of other records on the grounds that they may include similar security or personal information.

``They have been made aware that these documents aren't supposed to be publicly available,'' said Burnell. ``They have assured us that steps are being taken to remove the documents from public availability.''

Burnell said visible warnings on the records weren't heeded by Dean's office, the Vermont secretary of state and the state archivist - making civil or criminal charges a possibility.

``If warranted, there is going to be an investigation,'' Burnell said.

Dean has come under steady fire for refusing to release many of the files from his 11 years as Vermont governor until 2013.

The front-running Democrat has said he doesn't want his gubernatorial records released for political reasons but said he also worries that security data and things like constituent medical information could accidentally be released if all his documents were made public.

The NRC review follows a Herald report last month that documents containing security and personal medical information were tucked in Dean's public files.

The documents undercut Dean's argument that files should remain private and have been used by his competitors, most recently by U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman during a debate in Iowa Sunday.

Dean has also been criticized for reports of lax security at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant after the 2001 terrorist attacks.

Officials at the Vermont state archives told the NRC that documents were released only after an OK from Dean's office, according to Burnell.

Dean campaign spokesman Jay Carson refused to comment. But Vermont Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz, a Democrat, said her office is equally to blame for the gaffe.

``Because of the very quick and intense interest in Gov. Dean's records, we simply missed this batch,'' Markowitz said. ``It was ultimately a result of the pressure our office had, we weren't ready for it.''

Markowitz said governors are supposed to exclude data not subject to public records laws. But, she said, her office is the last check. ``We're the custodian of the record. The buck stops here,'' she said.

The nuclear files have been removed from public view. Archivists and officials from the NRC will soon review all public documents to ensure there aren't other secret files available, officials said.

We're trying to be sold this idea that Howard Dean is some great threat to the government and as the *revolutionary* that he is we should rally behind being the Democrats we are. And yet every day we learn more and more how undemocratic he is. How unliberal he is. How unprogressive he is. How unwilling to take a real stand he is. He was against the war and yet wishes to leave troops there for a few more years. He isn't willing to relinquish the reconstrction contracts in Iraq. He isn't willing to cancel NAFTA and withdraw from the WTO. He isn't willing to end the war on drugs. He isn't willing to legalize gay marriage. He isn't willing to have universal healthcare or remove it from the insurance companies grasp. He isn't willing to repeal the Patriot Act. He isn't willing to repeal the latest provisions of the Patriot 2 act that were passed. He isn't willing to have the government fund higher education. He isn't willing to reduce military spending. Maybe its just me but I really don't see much of a Democrat in Dean or the other leading candidates.

I really don´t think that Dean has a chance against Bush. The media and general public claim that Pres. Bush isn´t very intelligent. Well, I know for a fact that Pres. Bush would never say something so stupid as Howard Dean when he once said on a Democrate debate how he roots for the white southener whom has a pickup truck and a confederate flag in the back.

Bush 2004!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, I imagine that most liberals would like to see Dennis Kuchinich as he is the most "liberal" of the candidates. Despite the Bush Administrations quest to segregate humanity with his assinine "your either with or without us" childish mentality there are indeed several democrats that are not liberal.

I think the media is the only one that has bestowed the title of Bushs Democratic opponent for the next election on Dean. I believe when the smoke clears Wesley Clark will have that privilege. Deans smile is almost as nauseating as Bushs sneer.

I think Joe Lieberman is the only acceptable Democrat candidate to folks in the mainstream. The press, by and large, is not in the mainstream. They are far to the left of most Americans, but they can't see that. The press, represented by the New York Times, ABC News, the Washington Post, etc. -- is out-of-touch with the folks who actually make this country work.

The press is ignoring Joe, and acts as though Dean has already received the party's nomination.

The Democrat's have no idea how stupid they look.

This is an easy prediction: If Dean is the nominee, come general election day, the Democrats are not going to carry even ten states in the electoral college.

You can bet on it.
Dweeb