Thanks to a visit to Maine , the Dean of the Democrats himself has yet again outdone himself. Some of the more outrageous claims were that he was “tired of the ayatollahs of the right wing,” followed by, “We’re fighting for freedom in Iraq. We’re going to fight for freedom in America.” It simply amazes me that some Democrats can continue to compare this administration to the very dictators that we are trying to rid the Middle East of, and worse get away with it without an utter from rank-and-file Democrats. This was my favorite:

“To deal with the “culture of corruption,” Dean said, there needs to be an ethics code in Congress and stronger campaign finance laws.”

Right, the First Amendment-trampling McCain-Feingold disgrace is exactly what we need more of.
And this one:

“More than 400 party loyalists listened as Dean described Democrats as a party of moral values, while criticizing Republicans as trying to divide Americans over race, sexual orientation and country of origin.”

Charles Schumer, anyone? Jesse Jackson? Al Sharpton? Julian Bond? Those are some divisive race-baiters if I ever heard of one. I guess Dean didn’t get the memo from Hillary that illegal immigration would be in the best interest of the Democrats to capitalize on, rather than lamely accusing the Republicans of dividing Americans based on “country of origin.”

As worried as I am about the 2006 elections, it’s comments like these by the DNC Chair that give me some hope that Americans will see through him and his counterparts. As we saw recently, the current ruling Republicans wouldn’t be a whole lot better, but we certainly have at least a better place to advance from right now than with a Democrat-ruled Congress.

Hattip to Drudge .