“Who would you rather have in charge of the defense of the United States of America, a group of people who never served a day overseas in their life, or a guy who served his country honorably…”

— Howard Dean (doh!), endorsing John Kerry in 2004

Endorsing the “undocumented” immigrants in 2001: “They make a big contribution to the life of the city.”

To his credit, it was a few days before 9/11, which probably changed his mind about this … as it did about gun rights apparently.