Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Hahaha. Hahahaha!
Uh oh...
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Saturday story about the Free Speech Movement’s 40th anniversary commemoration includes a significant mistake. In a picture captioned, “Former presidential candidate Howard Dean is surrounded by well-wishers after his speech,” I am shown hugging Dean and whispering in his ear. I was actually saying, “You sure are a selfish, egocentric, self-centered S.O.B.!” My remark was justified, because Dean completely violated advance agreements about his speech.
Dean was scheduled to speak for 10 minutes and was required by campus rules to be non-partisan in his appeal for students to vote. Instead, he spoke for 23 minutes and delivered a passionate pitch for Kerry against Bush. By doing so, Dean eclipsed the rest of our program, and turned a commemoration of the FSM into an episode of self-promotion and partisan politics.
Michael Rossman
Free Speech Movement event coordinator
Two questions. First, why wasn't this sent to the SF Chron? (Maybe it was, and just wasn't published) Second, is it really suprising that Howard Dean is a "selfish, egocentric, self-centered S.O.B."? He ran for president. It seems all of those things are implied.
That said, saying such a thing to someone is rude as hell. There are more appropriate ways to express discontent with another's actions. This method just makes Rossman seem like an ass and makes his opinion that much more irrelevant to Dean.
That said, Howard Dean would also be a total ass for breaking his agreement with organizers. Here's the picture, by the way.
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