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June 30, 2003

Dr. Candidate Treats Patient on Campaign Trail

Posted by Joe Rospars

MANCHESTER, N.H., July 29 -- Howard Dean, Democratic candidate for president, treated a young woman who had been bitten by a dog while volunteering for his campaign today.

Dr. Dean, a licensed physician, briefly left a rally of supporters here in order to search his car, which was parked outside, for supplies to treat the injury.

The volunteer, a young woman from New York City who requested anonymity, had been knocking on doors in nearby Nashua on behalf of the Dean campaign when she was bitten by the dog, which belonged to a registered Democrat.

Dr. Dean did not directly examine the wound, which the woman described as being on her "rear end." She later said that a more thorough examination "would have been unnecessary."

Dr. Dean practiced medicine while serving as lieutenant governor of Vermont over a decade ago. He was with a patient when he was notified that the governor had died and that he would assume the state's highest office. He was subsequently elected in his own right to five successive terms.

Dr. Dean's most recent patient said of her experience, "I'd trust him as my doctor, and I'll trust him as my president."



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So in other words, he gave the girl some Band-Aids and told her not to sit down?

Come on, I hope this isn't a real press release anyone's putting out. Recommend the man based on his policies, not with silly puff pieces like this.



Posted by: Cypren at June 30, 2003 04:25 AM


He gave her some antibiotics "just in case" (his words). We here at Not Geniuses are at the very bottom of the media totem pole, and we break news whenever we can -- significance (or lack thereof) is no obstacle when we've got the story first.

It seems pretty obvious that if you're still undecided, you ought to go check out his positions on actual issues.

No one is required or requested to do anything in response to this piece. Most everyone who visits this site likes Dean or at least follows the campaign. If his son's incident two weeks ago is "relevant" enough to make national news, surely we won't pass up the opportunity to break news on this two-week-old blog if we manage to get a story.



Posted by: Joe Rospars at June 30, 2003 09:25 AM


"Most everyone who visits this site likes Dean or at least follows the campaign."

Is that true? I don't particularly like Dean and am almost completely ignoring the primary campaigns. I hope y'all are shooting for a wider audience than that. If not, why not just write for the Dean 2004 blog?



Posted by: Unlearned Hand at June 30, 2003 09:40 AM


Joe, where's everyone's sense of humor?

The good doctor raised hundreds of thousands of dollars yesterday and medically treated a grateful supporter while doing it. Sounds like a banner day for the Dean campaign yesterday!



Posted by: Ken L at June 30, 2003 09:59 AM


We must be boring you with all these posts about the campaign, then!

All three of us already do write for the Dean2004 blog, and yes, we are shooting for a wider audience than Dean supporters here at Not Geniuses -- thus the posts about Montana, special ed funding, Montana, foreign policy, Montana, feminism, Montana, taxes, etc, etc, etc.



Posted by: Joe Rospars at June 30, 2003 10:08 AM


I could talk about myself for awhile.



Posted by: Ezra at June 30, 2003 10:46 AM


Joe hates my state pride.



Posted by: Matt at June 30, 2003 02:08 PM


Maybe he just hates your state.



Posted by: Johnny Bardine at June 30, 2003 02:11 PM


Hey hey, now. I love Montana. He was a great quarterback and a classy guy.



Posted by: Joe Rospars at June 30, 2003 02:18 PM


One of my friends at the Dean campaign is a Texan who talks about his state, its history and its lore so much it makes Matt look decidedly disinterested in Montana.



Posted by: Ezra at June 30, 2003 02:28 PM


Aren't you'all supposed to keep this "on topic"? :)

I think the medical treatment is perfectly respectable news. And I for one was impressed by the governor's ability to remember any of his medical training when confronted suddenly by an injured supporter while simultaneously beating back a wild throng of deanites. It really was the perfect ending to an absolutely exhilarating weekend. We all then boarded that stinking, soon to be lost bus again, with great big smiles on our faces!



Posted by: Ken L at June 30, 2003 03:49 PM


the good doctor's electric blue eyes have stayed in my mind since that fundraiser last week.

....if my ass had been bitten by a dog while campaigning for him....and he had looked through his car to provide antibiotics for my ass...

i would still be bright red.



Posted by: jaime at June 30, 2003 04:10 PM