Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/12/09/news/state/106702.prt" target="_blank">http://www.bismarcktribune.com /articles/2005/12/09/news/state/106702.prt</a> >>North Dakota Rep. Earl Pomeroy is accusing Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean of overstepping his bounds, saying the former presidential candidate should not give up on the war in Iraq. On Monday, Dean likened the war in Iraq to Vietnam and said, "The idea that the United States is going to win the war in Iraq is just plain wrong." "My words to Howard Dean are simple - shut up," Pomeroy told WDAY Radio in North Dakota on Thursday. Pomeroy later told the Associated Press that he is tired "of the overblown rhetoric on both sides." "We have young men and women with their lives on the line," he added. "The debate has fallen far short of what they deserve." Pomeroy said Dean wasn't representing Democrats like him when he discussed the war. "He is not hired to make major policy announcements on behalf of all the Democrats," Pomeroy said. "As our party chairman I believe he needs to focus on the nuts and bolts of winning elections."<<
