Dean Scream
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Dean Scream
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2004 Us Presidential Election
The 'Dean Scream' is recalled with mixed reactions, with some commenters reminiscing about its impact and others downplaying its significance, while also drawing parallels to other political gaffes.
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recursivecaveat
about 2 months ago
Sometimes I think wistfully of the days when a major political faux pas was doing something like wearing a helmet once: https://web.archive.org/web/20200303230948/https://www.polit...
welcome_dragon
about 2 months ago
The whole hubbub about this was stupid. Now I didn't care for the guy but come on, it's a pep talk
GarnetFloride
about 2 months ago
I remember that. One of the big factors was that GarageBand came out just before this happened and tons of people now had an audio workstation to play with, which certainly helped it go viral.
bezusfaphoon
about 2 months ago
BYAAAAH
bezusfaphoon
about 2 months ago
BYAAAH
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