Howard Dean threatens to leave the Democratic Party

The article that sparked Dean’s threat asserts that President Obama’s budget will “rescue the Pentagon”:

Although the White House doesn’t advertise this fact in the six-page budget overview it put out this morning, the new budget eliminates nearly all of the cuts that sequestration imposes on the Pentagon. Instead of $500 billion in cuts, Obama proposes only $100 billion, and you have to look closely to spot it (“$200 billion in additional discretionary savings, with equal amounts from defense and nondefense programs”).

Poor spelling aside, Dean’s tweet is significant. Just four years ago, Dean was chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

  • emaleroland

    an independent whacko – aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh

  • emaleroland

    an independent whacko – aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh

  • Brian Roastbeef

    Yep. Over the past four years the Democrats have shed all of their quiet rational moderates and fiscal conservatives. Howard Dean is… wait what, Howard Dean?!

  • Brian Roastbeef

    Yep. Over the past four years the Democrats have shed all of their quiet rational moderates and fiscal conservatives. Howard Dean is… wait what, Howard Dean?!

  • nc

    Go for it, Gov…

  • nc

    Go for it, Gov…

  • http://www.facebook.com/brett.mcmicken Brett McMicken

    go for it, ol’ yeller

    • tdpwells

      LOL

  • http://www.facebook.com/brett.mcmicken Brett McMicken

    go for it, ol’ yeller

  • syvyn11

    Please. Don’t.

    Well, I (didn’t really) try. Good luck with the Greenies Howie.

  • syvyn11

    Please. Don’t.

    Well, I (didn’t really) try. Good luck with the Greenies Howie.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002109532283 Jillane Kent

    So, while all federal agencies should be trimmed, Dean is whining about the one facet of the government that is explicitly mandated, per the Constitution? To think that, before his infamous and trademarked “Dean Scream” this man was on the fast track to the Presidency….

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002109532283 Jillane Kent

    So, while all federal agencies should be trimmed, Dean is whining about the one facet of the government that is explicitly mandated, per the Constitution? To think that, before his infamous and trademarked “Dean Scream” this man was on the fast track to the Presidency….

  • https://twitter.com/SmileyRoffle Smiley

    And the long-expected Democrat civil war begins.

    Well, long-expected by everyone not a shill or collectivist.

  • https://twitter.com/SmileyRoffle Smiley

    And the long-expected Democrat civil war begins.

    Well, long-expected by everyone not a shill or collectivist.

  • http://twitter.com/die_mich_zwei Spatial Awareness

    Newsflash to “Dean the Scream” @GovHowardDean ==> Independents, Republicans & Conservatives DON’T WANT YOU…. There’s always the Communist Party, cupcake. It’s right where you belong.

  • http://twitter.com/die_mich_zwei Spatial Awareness

    Newsflash to “Dean the Scream” @GovHowardDean ==> Independents, Republicans & Conservatives DON’T WANT YOU…. There’s always the Communist Party, cupcake. It’s right where you belong.

  • amaze830

    I hope you do leave the Democratic Party.

  • amaze830

    I hope you do leave the Democratic Party.

  • Yeah I Said It

    A democrat finally turning on his own party ?! Well now I’ve seen everything.

  • Yeah I Said It

    A democrat finally turning on his own party ?! Well now I’ve seen everything.

  • Stu Gotts

    Yeaaaaaahhhhhh!!

  • Stu Gotts

    Yeaaaaaahhhhhh!!

  • http://twitter.com/MuchLuck Much Luck

    Much like Bluto threatening to leave Animal House….

  • Sinjun

    so newest star for Castaway II: Crazy guy on an island

  • Hajjster

    Why not become a part of the Republican establishment, Howard? You’ll fit right in!

  • Thought Criminal #1

    So, the Democrat Party isn’t Communist enough for Howie.

  • Right Wired

    Doesn’t he mean “communist”?

  • Jack Deth

    If Howard Den left the Democrat party, would anyone notice?

    • JustLikeAnimals

      It would be quieter.

  • TocksNedlog

    Howard Dean is like Harry Reid on uppers.
    “Yeeaarrgghh!!!”

  • JustLikeAnimals

    The DNC is pretty f*&^%$#d up if Howard Dean can’t stand it anymore. Hussein may be the best thing to happen to the Republican party in much the way he is to the firearms industry.

  • Mark81150

    Every time I see Dean, I expect his eyes to pivot separately, like a lizard.. He doesn’t even look sane,.. his eyes are just not right, like he’s heavily self medicated.. He’s a doctor right?.. so who keeps track of what scripts he’s writing?