Which prominent Democrats deserve the most thanks?

[spooky3]

Besides Michael Moore, who has his own thread, how about Howard Dean, who gave others the backbone to speak up?

How about Pres. Clinton, who did whatever he could to help?

and...please add your nominees!

[seraph]

1. Big Dog. (nt)

[Catshrink]

29. Big Dawg here too! Up out of his sickbed to campaign.

Damn it I love that guy!

[Richardo]

2. I'm a Clarkie and I say Howard Dean.

Made it legit to call Bush on the carpet after the 2002 "We're scared to be called traitors" election.

[Jack from Charlotte]

34. No question about it. Dr. Dean is #1.

[Beaverhausen]

39. Gov. Howard Dean, M.D.

the next Secretary of Health and Human Services

[calimary]

53. Howard Dean. Bar NONE. Should replace Terry McAuliffe as

DNC chair. We need him now, more than EVER!

[0rganism]

3. Dr. Dean, Wes Clark, Bill Clinton, Barak Obama, Al Franken

at least those are the ones who come to mind, offhand.

[charlyvi]

4. I agree about Howard Dean

He spoke up like a Democrat--not a faux repub. He made people realize, in grand FDR tradition, that it doesn't have to be this way. Liberal is a proud and glorious tradition, a tradition that has given us ALL of our social programs. Liberals don't just value property, the value people. Dean made us see that again. The party owes him a great debt.

[AlamoDemoc]

don't forget Rev. Jessie Jackson and the PUSH coalition

[Burma Jones]

5. Wesley Clark

Showing that you can be smart, have a heart, be a General and love ALL your country. Thanks Wes, see you around........

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Ted Kennedy For Saving Kerry's Ass When He Was Floundering In Iowa...

nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Howard Dean!!!!

Made it okay to be a Democrat again!!!!

[madmax]

8. Max Cleland and the VN vets.

[starbuck6446]

9. They ALL do... they were all magnificent! Even...

Zell's meltdown helped us, so thank him too! ;-)

[Daocrat]

10. Thanks FOR WHAT? It's not over yet!

Let's save the thanks until AFTER WE WIN. With any luck, in a few short hours, we'll have plenty of time to thank everybody on your list. :)

[spooky3]

17. Thanks for what they did during the campaign WIN OR LOSE!

[Dob Bole]

11. All Dem candidates for President, this year and past...

They have been trying really hard. Carter, Clinton, Gore, Dukakis, Mondale, McGovern...all of them deserve a round of applause.

As well as Dean, Kucinich, Sharpton, Gephardt, Graham (especially), Braun, Clark...nah, not Lieberman so much. But thanks to his daughters for being beautiful!

[napi21]

12. Howard Dean deserves the MOST!

Without him for the last year, the dems would be still cowering in the corner!

[against all enemies]

13. Clinton and his crew. They fine tuned the message.

[NNadir]

14. I have never been prouder of being a Democrat, never prouder of being

an American.

[Catch22Dem]

15. Dean & Clark

As a Clarkie, I say Dean REALLY deserves the thanks of all of us though.

[mwb970]

16. Howard Dean set it in motion.

I have heard him on a couple of radio programs lately and he is sounding so great, and right as always. I really think we owe it all to him.

[Indykatie]

26. Wesley Clark

I think he did a lot to enhance Kerry's credibility on Iraq.

[Straight Shooter]

18. Howard Dean.

I love that man's spirit :)

[Mountainman]

19. Howard Dean, we wouldn't be here doing this if he hadn't woken us up

[Booster]

20. Don't forget Cynthia McKinney - the lady with the balls that

the men are supposed to have. And, of course, Michael Moore, a personal hero for me. I think he risked his very life to get the truth out.

[Booster]

42. Damn, I forgot Max Clelland - a true hero.

[pdx_prog]

21. MAX!.....Bubba, Teddy, Mary Beth, and ZELL!

[AmerDem]

22. how about Kerry for being our candidate

and a candidate that will make America proud once again!

[spooky3]

30. and Edwards and their wonderful families who campaigned tirelessly.

[Mojambo]

23. Dean , clearly. n/t

[BootinUp]

24. Wes Clark, Howard Dean, Sens. Lautenberg, Feingold, Byrd, Rep. Rangel...

Kucinich, Pres. Carter, Clinton, V.P. Gore.

That enough? I can think of more. :)

[faithfulcitizen]

25. WESLEY K. CLARK! he turned this once republican into...

a democratic workhorse this year! :loveya:

[spooky3]

27. George Soros for putting his money where his heart and mind are.

[Fleshdancer]

28. Howard Dean

He gave millions of Democrats their voice back. Without him, we wouldn't have created nearly as much momentum. And with his Democracy For America organization, his gift just keeps on giving.

[Mojambo]

31. Joe Lockhart and Mike McCurry

They saved that campaign, IMO.

[no name no slogan]

32. Dennis Kucinich-- for showing that peace isn't a dirty word

For giving us the courage to not only fight against the wars, but to actively work for PEACE.

He may not have done well in most states, but he had a HUGE impact on the states where he DID do well. As a matter of fact, most of the high-profile Kucitizens in MN continued to work for Kerry after the nomination, and continue to improve our party at the local, state AND national level.

Winning this year is just a beginning. There's STILL a lot of work that needs to be done. Just because we have a Dem for president doesn't mean things instantly get better.

STAND UP KEEP FIGHTING!!!

[Individualist]

33. Absolutely Dean

[No Mandate Here.]

35. Democratic Underground, Kos, Josh Marshall, Atrios

and all the other bloggers who have created and sustained this INCREDIBLE ENERGY that will carry us through.


Sorry to not remember more of you fantastic bloggers right now

[CitySky]

36. Governor Dean.

In truth, he wasn't "my guy" in the primaries, but when I heard him speak here in Houston a couple of months ago, he solidified for me what PARTICIPATORY democracy is. We can never again think that someone else will do this for us.

He said, "voting will get you a 'D'. If you want an 'A', you need to run for office. If you can't run for office, pledge to volunteer at least 3 hours a week with your local party or for a candidate. After November 2 I'm giving you one month off, then it's time to start working for 2006."

I guess you could say I took the pledge.

[Parrcrow]

37. Al Gore -- the Great President who should have been.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

52. There's a lot of folks to thank, but I tip my hat to Gore.

He called the Iraq war for what it was early in the proceeding.

[cali]

38. Howard Dean, Howard Dean, Howard Dean

And lots of other folks, but Dr. Dean woke us all up. We owe him so, so much.

[spooky3]

46. Local Fox news just did a short feature on Dean's contributions...

internet $, 600,000 volunteers, 38% of adults now say they go on-line to get political news, etc.

He should be very proud of what he's done for the Democrats, while keeping the heat on them.

[Steely_Dan]

40. Dean - Without A Doubt!!!

This man single handedly helped the Dems find their voice. I will forever be thankful to him.

-P

[Stinky The Clown]

41. All Dems for ***COMING TOGETHER***

I have never, ever, ever seen such a united party.

Ever!

We had our primaries and the cadidates fought honorably, but never, ever with rancor.

When a candidate emerged, the support, the "rallying round", the unanimity was unprecedented.

We ususally form our firing squads in circles.

Not this time.

Forward.

As one.

To where we find ourselves today.

This is GREAT!

[chaumont58]

44. Absolutely! This is a TEAM effort

The world is going to say: "Welcome back, America!"
We all had a hand in this. I hope it will be a lesson to all to vote, VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION. Make it so overwehlming that the bastards can't steal it again!

[MrTriumph]

43. Those who took to the streets early to protest impending Invasion

And those that wired, called & e-mailed Congress to vote down the Iraq war resolution. They failed to defeat the resolution, but they did start the effort that brought down Bush.

[umtalal]

45. DEAN, BIG DOG, OBAMA, KERRY, GORE, CLARK, SHARPTON, CARTER

I say we are all in this together.

[last1standing]

47. Clinton, Dean, Clark, and most of all Kerry!

n/t

[TriMetFan]

48. Out of all of them it as to be:

Dr. Howard Dean!

I'm not saying this cause I support the man, because I didn't. I say this because He and his supporters change the Democrats. Put the fire under our asses and made us take back our Nation. One big :kick: for Dean.

[Kahuna]

49. All ten presidential candidates. They all saw a train wreck and felt..

a need to save our country. They all contributed to the debate. Big Dawg of course for telling Kerry to fight back and attack relentlessly. Al Gore and Michael Moore for telling the truth about the bush gang. Joe Lockhart and Mike McCurry for turning the Kerry campaign around. The generals who came out to repudiate * and supported Kerry. DU Admins and Moveon.org. Kudos and many many thanks to all of you. Now, I'm gonna cry. :cry:

[aneerkoinos]

50. Biggest thanks

not to prominent Democrats but to citizens of the Hip Hop Nation, Eminem and others. For saving democracy.

[lynintenn]

51. Howard Dean, Wes Clark, Joe Biden

[GreenPartyVoter]

54. Dean, Kucinich, Sharpton, Jackson

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[catzies]

55. GREAT thread. We owe a lot of thanks to a lot of people this year.

:hi: spooky3!

[spooky3]

58. thanks, catzies!

[rockydem]

56. Dean, Clark, and Cleland

Cleland was inpiration.

Dean was the energy.

Clark brought in lots of new Dems, caught the eye of independents, and showed that many in the military were in fact Democrats.

[louis c]

57. John Sweeney

The President of the AFL-CIO.

The Unions, especially the leadership, kept Kerry alive when it counts.

Front and center should be the Fire Fighters.

[TexasSissy]

59. Ted Kennedy, who got Kerry the nomination in the first place, and

campaigned tirelessly for him throughout the year. What a party guy! (and I mean that in the serious way)