http://www.msnbc.com/news/989481.asp?vts=110520030830
Quote:
“[The Confederate flag is] a racist symbol but I also the Democratic Party has to be a big tent,” Dean said Tuesday night, refusing to recant his statement that the party must court Southerners who display the symbol of the Confederacy in their pickup trucks.
“Poor white people need to vote their economic interest,” he said.
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So ... the Dems need to make more of an effort to embrace racists, and those people he is trying to encourage to vote for him are called po' white trash.
Ya know, I've thought all this "Dean can't open his mouth without screwing up" stuff is a bit overplayed, but, damn.