Howard Dean brings back the ‘Dean Scream’ for Chris Christie: ‘You’re not going to win’

If you remember former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean at all, it's probably because of his bungled 2004 presidential campaign, which went down single-handedly thanks to a poorly delivered yet highly enthusiastic "Dean Scream."

Now, after more than a decade, Dean has brought back his infamous scream to deliver a message to someone who probably needs to hear it most: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

"I'm going to say this to Chris Christie," Dean said at Thursday night's Democratic State Conference launch party at Harrah's in Atlantic City. "You can't win Nevada, and you're not going to win South Carolina, and you're not going to win in New Hampshire, and you're not going to win anywhere else, and you're going to be right back here in the State of New Jersey, and you're going to be out of a job!"

"YEAH!!!," Dean added, employing his trademark scream.

Then, Dean got down to business, discussing everything from student loans to Christie's penchant for skipping pension payments. Via NJ.com:

Dean then launched into a rapid fire speech castigating Christie for skipping pension payments (something done by several of his Democratic predecessors) and Republicans in general for not doing enough to help with burdens of student loans, and the need for early childhood education.

"If you want the system to work, you have to work for everybody, and the Republicans only care about the system working for them, and that will not work for the United States of America," Dean said.

Prior to his 2004 outburst, Dean was considered a front-runner for the Democratic nomination, which ended after he finished a very distant third in that year's Iowa caucus. So, naturally, the man knows a little something about losing elections.

And in that sense, maybe Christie ought to heed his advice. After all, it's tough to drop $82,000 on snacks at a football stadium without holding some sort of political office.

[NJ.com]