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On January 19, 2004, Dean's rivals John Kerry and John Edwards pushed him into a third-place finish in the 2004 Iowa Democratic caucuses, representing the first votes cast in primary season. Dean's loud outburst in his public address that night was widely rebroadcast and portrayed as a media gaffe that ended his campaign.

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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago

Today a candidate can advocate for turning homeless people into paste and that doesn't sink them but back in 2004 this gaffe did him in. It's great how tolerant we've become as a society!

[-] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

One of the three memes we got in 2004

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Back in my day we got 3 memes a year and we liked it that way. Kids would whine about it and our stern mothers would say "Bradley, do you think memes grow on trees?"

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

In 2004, the greatest crime of all was seeming too excited about anything.

[-] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

You may LOL but thoughtful "progressives" in 2004 did not think this was funny and said it was a media hitjob.

Fortunately they were wrong, this is still incredibly funny and I thank CNN for doing whatever audio tricks to make it more entertaining.

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

kelly Whatever happened to "when they go low, we go high"?

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

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