ANOTHER HOWARD DEAN GAFFE:

Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean told a Tallahassee audience today that southerners have to quit basing their votes on “race, guns, God and gays.”

In other news, Dean told a group of American Indians that “you have to quit voting based on who gives you the most liquor on election day.”

Okay, actually the last was the comment of the reader who sent this link. But the stereotyping is just as bad in the real example.

UPDATE: Hey, maybe it’s not a gaffe — he’s picked up a coveted endorsement because of it.