Dean scream gaining cult-like status on Web
By Blake Morrison
USA TODAY
It's been dubbed the ''I Have a Scream'' speech, delivered on -- of all days -- the Martin Luther King holiday.
Howard Dean, off a disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses, let loose with a primal scream Monday night that seems to have inspired a generation.
By Wednesday, the young voters that Dean had hoped to attract -- or at least the techno-wizards among them -- had set his words to music and created a handful of audio remixes that contained all or parts of Dean's 61-word screed. The more educational ones even featured Dean's dramatic reading of the names of 13 states.
But the highlight of the mixes was the creative use of Dean's closing shriek.
Transcripts of the speech say Dean uttered the word ''Yes!'' The ear registered ''Yeeeeeeeearrrrrrhhhhh!''
David Letterman: ''Here's what happened: The people of Iowa realized they didn't want a president with the personality of a hockey dad.''
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