Some Colleges Would Toss Him Out for not Crediting Sources
From the Dean for America campaign:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 3, 2003
DICK GEPHARDT KNOWS THAT WHEN YOU FIND A WINNING MESSAGE, STEAL IT!
Representative Dick Gephardt has recently caught on to a surefire winning message – the message of Governor Howard Dean, M.D. Tonight, he repeated Governor Dean’s quip, “We cannot be Bush lite” for the third time, without crediting the Governor.
On being “Bush-lite”
Howard Dean, January 24: Dean, speaking to seniors at a retirement home in Durham New Hampshire, said that Dems won’t beat Bush ‘by portraying themselves as Bush-lite.” (National Journal, 1/24/03)
Howard Dean, March 28: “If your platform is Bush-lite, we can’t beat Bush.” (Omaha World Herald, 3/28/03)
Howard Dean, April 2: “We're not going to beat George Bush by being Bush-lite.” [AP, 4/3/03]
Howard Dean, April 4: “We are not going to beat George Bush by being Bush-lite.” (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 4/4/03)
Dick Gephardt, April 25: “I do not think we're going to defeat George Bush by trimming around the edges and, in effect, being ‘Bush-lite.’” [Lou Dobbs Moneyline, 4/25/03]
Dick Gephardt, May 3: “We cannot be Bush-lite.”
Note Joe Trippi's Explanation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 3, 2003
DICK GEPHARDT KNOWS THAT WHEN YOU FIND A WINNING MESSAGE, STEAL IT!
Representative Dick Gephardt has recently caught on to a surefire winning message – the message of Governor Howard Dean, M.D. Tonight, he repeated Governor Dean’s quip, “We cannot be Bush lite” for the third time, without crediting the Governor.
On being “Bush-lite”
Howard Dean, January 24: Dean, speaking to seniors at a retirement home in Durham New Hampshire, said that Dems won’t beat Bush ‘by portraying themselves as Bush-lite.” (National Journal, 1/24/03)
Howard Dean, March 28: “If your platform is Bush-lite, we can’t beat Bush.” (Omaha World Herald, 3/28/03)
Howard Dean, April 2: “We're not going to beat George Bush by being Bush-lite.” [AP, 4/3/03]
Howard Dean, April 4: “We are not going to beat George Bush by being Bush-lite.” (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 4/4/03)
Dick Gephardt, April 25: “I do not think we're going to defeat George Bush by trimming around the edges and, in effect, being ‘Bush-lite.’” [Lou Dobbs Moneyline, 4/25/03]
Dick Gephardt, May 3: “We cannot be Bush-lite.”
Note Joe Trippi's Explanation
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