Howard Dean's confederate flag posters fail to win support
Nov. 14, 2003

Yesterday morning, Dartmouth students awoke to find posters -- complete with Confederate flag backgrounds -- advertising today's lecture by Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean on bulletin boards across campus. The poster, which purported to be an ad created by the Dean campaign on campus, was a hoax and neither Generation Dean nor the Young Democrats was involved in its creation, according to Young Democrats President Paul Heintz '06.

"Whoever is doing this is engaging in the most negative form of campaigning imaginable or participating in the most awful sort of prank," Heintz said. [More...]

Howard Dean's careless comments stir feelings of racism and stereotypes
Nov. 2, 2003

Howard Dean talks to White people about African-Americans.

Arizona Daily -- "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks," the former Vermont governor was quoted as saying in Saturday's Des Moines Register. "We can't beat George Bush unless we appeal to a broad cross-section of Democrats."

Dean said Saturday that he was intending to encourage the return of Southern voters who have abandoned the Democrats for decades but are disaffected with the Republicans. [More...]

Dean orders Sharpton to stay away from the White trash vote
Town Hall - 11/07/03

WASHINGTON -- Howard Dean wants the white trash vote. That's not exactly what he said, but that's clearly what he meant when he said he wanted the votes of "guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.'' It was a beautiful moment. It produced at the very next Democratic debate the perfect liberal storm: a comedy of class snobbery, regional condescension and political correctness, with a touch of race-baiting thrown in for good measure. [More...]

Sharpton is right when he calls Howard Dean's agenda 'Anti-Black'
Oct. 29, 2003

Washington Post -- Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton launched a blistering attack on Howard Dean yesterday, accusing his rival of promoting an "anti-black agenda."

"Howard Dean's opposition to affirmative action, his current support for the death penalty and historic support of the NRA's [National Rifle Association's] agenda amounts to an anti-black agenda that will not sell in communities of color in this country," Sharpton said in a statement. [More...]

Dean uses slideshow to teach White people about African-Americans
Sep. 19, 2003

Metro World News -- On Wednesday, Democratic front-runner Howard Dean was on John Kerry's home turf going after the Senator on the race issue.

NewsCenter 5's Shanaynay Johnson reported that Dean isn't flinching from the controversial statement he made during the September 9th Black Caucus debate. During the contest Dean said, “"I'm the only White politician that ever talks about race in front of White people."

While visiting Massachusetts Dean explained that he is the “only candidate who takes the time to show predominantly Whites audiences what Black people look like.” During the event he presented a slide show depicting African-Americans of various shapes and sizes. He also displayed a full size, anatomically correct African American model. [More...]

Howard Dean's civil rights hypocrisy
Sep. 27, 2003

American Daily -- Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton launched a blistering attack on Howard Dean yesterday, accusing his rival of promoting an "anti-black agenda."

"Howard Dean's opposition to affirmative action, his current support for the death penalty and historic support of the NRA's [National Rifle Association's] agenda amounts to an anti-black agenda that will not sell in communities of color in this country," Sharpton said in a statement. [More...]