If Only This Picture was Taken a Second Later

Picture from the SF Chronicle:


Caption that ran with picture:
Former presidential candidate Howard Dean is surrounded by well-wishers after his speech. Chronicle photo by Christina Koci Hernandez

Description of that picture from today's Daily Cal letters section:
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Saturday story about the Free Speech Movement’s 40th anniversary commemoration includes a significant mistake. In a picture captioned, “Former presidential candidate Howard Dean is surrounded by well-wishers after his speech,” I am shown hugging Dean and whispering in his ear. I was actually saying, “You sure are a selfish, egocentric, self-centered S.O.B.!” My remark was justified, because Dean completely violated advance agreements about his speech. [emphasis mine]

Dean was scheduled to speak for 10 minutes and was required by campus rules to be non-partisan in his appeal for students to vote. Instead, he spoke for 23 minutes and delivered a passionate pitch for Kerry against Bush. By doing so, Dean eclipsed the rest of our program, and turned a commemoration of the FSM into an episode of self-promotion and partisan politics.
Michael Rossman
Free Speech Movement event coordinator
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