On January 19, 2004, Dean's rivals John Kerry and John Edwards pushed him into a third-place finish in the 2004 Iowa Democratic caucuses, representing the first votes cast in primary season. Dean's loud outburst in his public address that night was widely rebroadcast and portrayed as a media gaffe that ended his campaign.
One of the three memes we got in 2004
Back in my day we got 3 memes a year and we liked it that way. Kids would whine about it and our stern mothers would say "Bradley, do you think memes grow on trees?"