Become a fan of Slashdot on Facebook

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
User Journal

Journal mskfisher's Journal: Dean's Head A SPLODE! 18

Journal by mskfisher

Apparently, Howard Dean didn't take his loss in Iowa too well. His speech went a little overboard, according to quotes and photos on Drudge Report:

http://www.drudgereport.com

Stinging from his third place finish in Iowa that robbed him of his frontrunner status, Governor Howard Dean tonight gave a red faced concession speech in which he vowed to go all over the country fighting to defeat George Bush. He named the states in which he said his campaign would fight, and as he rolled out the names of the states his face became red, his gestures sharp and angry. For a few moments, it appeared Dean had slipped into an unnatural state...

The images are here, in case the front page changes:

Also, there's an MP3 of part of his speech that's classic...

To quote a post on MetaFilter:

Ummm... did Howard Dean just go insane? His speech sounds like Macho Man Randy Savage participating in a geography bee.

posted by XQUZYPHYR at 7:41 PM PST on January 19

Heh.
Upon recommendation from a friend, I reversed it... the effect is fascinating and hilarious:

I love the scream at the beginning... sounds like Kermit the Frog on the receiving end of a branding iron.
In light of this latest display, I again wonder what Governor Dean's international diplomacy skills would be like.

(P.S.: 50 bonus points to anyone who can name the reference in the subject of this JE...)

This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.

Dean's Head A SPLODE! More

Dean's Head A SPLODE!

Comments Filter:
  • This is the first time I've seen Dean giving a speech. I thought he was always fired up like that.

    I distinctly remember thinking during the speech that the guy was a certifiable loon.
  • ...those pics will be in a Fark Photoshop Contest real soon? :-)

    -MT.
  • Does anybody else hear subliminal Nazi messages? :-)

    Those [yimg.com] pictures [yimg.com] are strikingly similar to these figures of Gargamel [mindspring.com].

    • Heh, yeah, that friend of mine wondered what the speech would've sounded like in German, just because he wanted him to sound evil... and according to him, German is the language of sounding evil. :)
      So I did the closest thing I could, and ended up with a German Kermit scream. :)

      That Gargamel thing is pretty cool, though...
  • Is freaking hilarious. The Kermit reference is dead on.

    On a more serious note, Dean's starting to realize that the people are not behind him on the issues. The Midwest is a good indicator for this. He doesn't understand that the NE and California whack-jobs aren't in tune with Ma and Pa Kettle working on the farm in Missouri or Idaho.
  • I just about busted a lung laughing at the reversed MP3...that opening scream is priceless.

    I'm sending you my medical bills for my cracked ribs. ;-)

    If Dean thinks that speech is going to help...ah well.

    Cheers,

    Ethelred

  • ...Those fifty points are MINE!

    And you may now consider your JE "Ba-leeted."

    (See... I'm good... indicated I know what's up without actually telling anyone else what's up... on a side note, I went to nationstates and decided to look for the particular country that was nearly invaded in the edition before the video game one, and I was surprised that I didn't see it. Perhaps if you have not yet created a country for Solemndragon's Backyard you could pick that one.)
    • In the words of the doomed guide from Jurassic Park, "Clever girl [wavlist.com]." :)

      That's an excellent name for Nationstates... although a friend and I already have one picked out. I'm actually kinda surprised blinder [nationstates.net] didn't use it - he's also a big fan of the... unnamed reference. :)
  • Just rad.

    And I can say rad because Dean is the WWF (or is it WWE?) Peoples' candidate now. How can they NOT vote for him? ;-)
  • That's great, it sounds like California's (ahem) governor doing the Wil E. Coyote and dropping an ACME anvil on his toe.... I think he have used that same line in Kindergarten Cop....
    More to come this SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!

    So there ya have it McFisher. High five da'stick.

  • The only way that speech could have been better is if the lights suddenly went down, and when they were turned back on Dean was lying in a pool of blood. Then, from across the auditorium, evil Mr. McMahon taunts him with the microphone.
    • Oh, man, that would be so great... then he could have The Big Show as his VP candidate, no less. :D
      Even though I don't have a watchable TV at this point, I still get Thursday night urges to watch Smackdown! from time to time. :)

      I'm almost weaned... almost. :)
  • From Strongbad... :)

Slashdot Top Deals

When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money. -- Kim Hubbard

Close