Dr. Dean, I personally would probably not shout through your speech. But I think it low-class when you refuse to meet with rank and file Democrats, with the credentials to prove it, who have not interrupted your stumping; have been trying to get you to realize that you and the rest of the Party leadership are imperiling an institution, The Democratic Party, that many of us have supported ardently throughout the years; and who have been made to feel by you and your associates as though that support and dedication is as nothing to you. Not only is that low-class, it is none too bright, sir. Just as I would not have recommended that Senator Obama alienate much of his original base by the position he took on FISA among other things, I would suggest that you must stop dismissing a wing of the Party whose votes will be needed by the Democratic nominee - whoever that turns out to be.
Speaking to reporters later on his bus, he dismissed the protesters.
"I'm not sure all of them are Clinton supporters," he said. "I think some of them are having fun at the Democrats' expense. I think shouting through somebody's speech is low-class."
You can read the full coverage by Jim Morrill about Dr. Dean's stop in Charlotte at Campaign Tracker: Hillary protesters greet Dean in Charlotte.
