Dean calls for end to 'culture of corruption'

The Bush White House is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history since President Warren G. Harding's, said Howard Dean

Dean said that if Democrats don't stand up for themselves, voters won't have any reason to believe they would be well-represented.

"We have to stand up and say who we are and why we believe what we believe," he said.

Dean said if the Democrats were to regain power, the party would be strong on national defense. He said the party never would send troops abroad without telling them the truth about why they were going, and without adequately arming them.

Dean said that Democrats also would make sure every American has access to health insurance.

"If 40 industrial nations can do it and balance the budget at the same time, it's time to have somebody in the White House who can chew gum and think at the same time," he said.

Dean said Republicans should not have interfered in the Terri Schiavo right-to-life case.

"I'm tired of the ayatollahs of the right wing," Dean said. "We're fighting for freedom in Iraq. We're going to fight for freedom in America."