Howard Dean has advice for LOSER Bernie Sanders on Daily Show

Thanks, Trevor Noah, for (not) acknowledging that Howard Dean is a SURROGATE for Hillary Clinton:

Dean endorsed Clinton in December, snubbing Sanders, who is currently mounting an insurgent presidential bid similar to one Dean ran 11 years ago. And Dean appears to be stepping up his work for the former secretary of state’s campaign as the threat from Sanders becomes more real.

Here's some of what's said in the Howard Dean segment:

Trevor Noah:
If you were to put yourself in Bernie Sanders' shoes, what do you think is going through his mind right now?

Howard Dean:
It's very tough for him right now, because, uh, I went through this, and, eh, you know, he hasn't done well, and he probably knows in his heart that he's not going to get enough delegates, and it's, uh, tough because, he's got all these people believing him and all this time. The hardest thing about losing is not your own loss, it's the people who've believed in you's loss...

New topic - an angle I haven't heard reported:

Trevor Noah:
When we talk about the delegates... and You, you are a superdelegate. What powers do you possess?

Howard Dean:
Uh, not, not that many. The real reason that superdelegates were invented is not to cook the books, it was because when we didn't have them, none of the office-holders would come to the convention... On the Democratic side, you have to run a campaign to get to the convention, and there was no elected official who wanted to run against theirs own activists, they just wouldn't show up. So in order to get them to show up, we told them they could just come essentially without running. Never in the history of the Democratic party since we've had superdelegates ever been a race which was decided by superdelegates. And I'm pretty sure the superdelegates will vote for whomever has the most pledged delegates.

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Earlier in the week, Dean suggested (and then dialed back) that it's time for Bernie to drop out:

Hey Trevor, your predecessor would have pointed out that Dean's been campaigning for Bernie's opponent...

Disclaimer: Regular readers are aware that I maintain Bernie will win the Democratic nomination - he's a WINNER in my book..

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detroitmechworks's picture

And I can only imagine how Oliver would have handled this.

"You're LYING, Howard! You're changing your position more than your underwear, and you're not even bothering to put in the spin cycle! And now here's a picture of a rabid honey badger, which probably will show more emotion to this attack than you will."

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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.

Trevor Noah just lacks the talent to carry a show like the Daily Show.

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Damnit Janet's picture

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"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison

KenInCO's picture

He's a pleasant enough guy and fairly likable and amusing. What he lacks is a fire in his belly to expose liars and hypocrites. He just wants to entertain and be liked. He won't ask tough, probing questions that a guest would find difficult or offensive. Ironically, it makes him come across as rather milquetoast and less funny and likable than if he had an edge to his style like Jon Stewart.

I agree that John Oliver and Samantha Bee are both far better because they are edgy. I also think that the correspondents and the writers behind Trevor are as weak as they've been in my memory. The Nightly Show scripted bits can be silly and hit and miss, but I find myself watching it more often than The Daily Show. At least the panel discussions are more interesting on average than Trevor Noah's interviews.

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as a super delegate he is voting for Hillary, when his state voted for Bernie by 90% margin.

In fact, people on twitter asked Dean that and he basically replied "I'm not elected by the people. I'll vote for who ever I feel is best for the country".

Agreed Trevor needs to step up his game and ask controversial questions or he'll be gone. I stopped watching the DS soon after Stewart left. It's lost it's edge to put power in its place.

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Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.

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It is disheartening to see Samantha falling for the "First woman president" reason to elect a sociopath.

She also was making excuses for the Dem super delegate system, essentially saying look at the repub candidates, that's what will happen without super delegates. Now it is looking like a defense of Hellery.

Sad to see her fall like this. But it is what it is.

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Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.

It is sad. On the other hand, her takedown of John Kasich last week was friggin brilliant.

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"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison

She said she was insulted when he 'shooshed' Hillary at a debate because women get told to shut up by men all their lives. I turned off the radio at that point. I guess she thinks women can be RUDE and interruptive and not get called on it.

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"Without the right to offend, freedom of speech does not exist." Taslima Nasrin

It is obvious his marriage to a veteran has changed a lot of his commentary, and not for the better. I've found myself screaming at him almost every show for some idiotic propaganda. sigh

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Could it be sour grapes?

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If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass

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'What we are left with is an agency mandated to ensure transparency and disclosure that is actually working to keep the public in the dark' - Ann M. Ravel, former FEC member

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Bollox Ref's picture

When it comes to losing, Howard Dean (a former Markos employer) might want to look in the mirror.

How many delegates did he win?

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

poor comparison to Bernie. What exactly did he achieve as a candidate?

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"The real power is in the hands of small groups of people and I don't think they have titles. -- Bob Dylan"

Ken in MN's picture

...so, as a candidate, nothing. As head of the DNC he engineered the takeover of the House of Representatives in 2006, a dreaded midterm election that Democrats won in a wave (putting to shame the myth that Dems can't win midterm elections. The truth is that they can't win midterm elections when Dems run a bunch of establishment-beholden, Republican't Lite candidates.) Now, being a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wall Street, Inc, he is a major disappointment...

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I want my two dollars!

Damnit Janet's picture

never liked Dean. Fuck him.

Samantha Bee should be hosting the Daily Show anyways.

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"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison

explaining superdelegates, so Dean used argle bargle to further explain that it is not to subvert the will of the people...oh, no...it is for elected officials being able to vote against the will of THEIR people.
Well, fuck this shit.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

superdelegates were created specifically so an "unacceptable" candidate didn't win the nomination. Weren't they created in the aftermath of Sen. McGovern's loss?

(And no, I never considered McGovern unacceptable.)

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"The real power is in the hands of small groups of people and I don't think they have titles. -- Bob Dylan"

McGovern is the excuse, but I don't think he lost worse than Mondale did. They just like to jump on McGovern to give credence to their "See, liberals can't win!" argument. McGovern was worth more than today's entire Democratic Party.

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WoodsDweller's picture

would be to sell out everything you claimed to stand for and take a job as a lobbyist.

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The Intercept published an interesting article about Howie a couple of months back, which included an angry tweet from Dean reacting to an earlier Intercept piece: Lee Fang [writer] is the Tucker Carlson of the left. I continue to support single pay or [sic] and I do not Lobby.

This appears to be Governor Dean's "I'm not a crook" moment, given (as the article points out) that even though he's not officially registered as a lobbyist, he nonetheless engages in virtually all of the activities that generally define lobbying. This, it turns out, is standard operating procedure for influence peddlers seeking to evade the laughably lax and rarely enforced disclosure laws aimed at lobbyists.

At any rate, the article is a worthwhile read. Really makes clear the scope and depth of Dean's sleaziness, which of course makes him a perfect surrogate for Lady $hillary.

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Of all the has-beens willing to fall on their swords for crumbs from Hillary, Dean was the last person on earth I thought would do it. From the same state as Bernie, yet. Backs up my theory that most people are corruptible. That is why Bernie is so inspiring.

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only tolerate one another. I don't know the background. Also, I don't see where he gets off even talking about what to tell those who supported him. He won Vermont. That was it. And that was after he had already dropped out. So what killed his campaign? Was it the scream (chicken) or the fact that he came in third in Iowa (egg)?

And here's a bit of info that might not have reached the general public. My daughter was paid staff, running the local office for Dean. Shortly before the Iowa caucus, everyone in the campaign was told that they wouldn't be paid that week. That was reversed a day or two later. Don't know what happened. But clearly remember the constant fundraising.

Where Dean has ended up after chairing the DNC is very disappointing!! It makes me sad.

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because Sanders is what Dean always wanted to be ... but failed.

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"The real power is in the hands of small groups of people and I don't think they have titles. -- Bob Dylan"

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Because times have changed. At the time McGovern ran the country was moving right. Now it's moving in the opposite direction.

It is a faulty logic to base all decisions on only the past. Good navigation comes from where you have been, where you are now and where you want to end up.

They appear to be trying to stagnate things. No one in their right mind can think, for one instance, that the ACA can not be improved on. We are not somehow insulting Pres. Obama by making improvements. But that's the way they want us to think.

I will tell you this the forecast for my industry currently is 2 years of contraction. This is the industry that generally falls off the economic cliff first and is the first to recover when things pick up. The general economy follows. This is not good news.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

Shahryar's picture

as is "Nader". Might as well say "hey, Mondale got beaten soundly, better not nominate any former Senators". Or "Dukakis lost to Poppy Bush. We better not nominate any people of Greek descent (or Governors)". Or "Adlai Stevenson lost twice to Ike. Better not nominate anyone who's smart!" I think they do say that last one.

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lotlizard's picture

"Adlai Stevenson lost twice to Ike. Better not nominate anyone who's smart!" I think they do say that last one.

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tikifire's picture

Dean is such a sellout.

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more than cordial. I have lived in VT for over 25 years. Hoho was a fiscal conservative and social liberal as Governor. Bernie was and is too far to the left for him. I couldn't stop shaking my head when Howard ran for Pres and he was criticized for being "socialist". Anyone who said that should have been laughed out of the media, but this is Amurika after all.

Howard is about as good as you can expect from the Democratic party. Nice guy, intelligent, not totally insane, but pretty much loves the status quo. In spite of his positioning himself as a firebrand liberal (No Iraq War and Single payer), he ain't no revolutionary and fits right in with the Hilde-beast bunch.

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