CRUD REPORT FLASH 2002®: "VT GOP Chair Calls on Dean to Open Record To Public
Thu Jul 31 2003 15:43:44 ET

Montpelier, VT - Vermont Republican Party Chairman Jim Barnett today called on former Governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean to open his gubernatorial record to public scrutiny. Dean has sealed his papers for a decade.

'If Howard Dean plans to run on his record in Vermont, he needs to share that record with the public' said Barnett. 'The American people should not just have to take his word for it.'

'By refusing to subject his record to public scrutiny, Howard Dean is telling the American people to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,' Barnett continued.

'If Howard Dean is serious about straight talk, he can start by being upfront with the American people about his tenure as Governor of Vermont. If he doesn't open his record, it obviously means there's something he wants to hide from us,' said Barnett.

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The irony of a Republican calling for a candidate to open his records after what the current administration has done to open government is so... 90's. Think Cheney and energry comission. Think Bush and the Saudi intelligence report. Think the whole executive branch and any number of its own reports it didn't like the facts in... I guess they have something to hide.