Howard Kurtz Disrespects Howard Dean

Howard Kurtz today:

"Howard Dean, speaking with reporters Tuesday afternoon following a campaign appearance in Bedford, N.H., expressed relief that the 30-year wait for answers about what happened to his brother might finally be over. As he has since the disappearance of his brother, Dean was wearing a belt buckle that belonged to Charles Dean as he spoke. "'This has been a long and emotional journey for my mother, Jim, Bill and me,' Dean said. 'We greet this news with mixed emotions but are gratified that we may now be approaching closure to this painful episode in our lives.' "Dean, in a soon-to-be released autobiography, called the capture and death of his brother 'the most traumatic events of my life.'"

I wonder if the remains would have been found if Dean wasn't running for president.

I seriously doubt that finding Charlie has anything to do with Dean's candidacy. As the AP observed when the news first broke about Charlie's remains, the group charged with locating all missing Americans (Joint Task Force-Full Accounting) was created in 1992. In fact, Dean visited the suspected site last year when he was Governor, and pushed for an excavation.

More importantly, the Dean family has suffered for three decades not knowing what happened to Charlie. They are finally getting a chance for closure, and Kurtz has the audacity to question the discovery of Charlie's remains? Fucking insensitive hack.

ntodd  ¶ 5:07 PM