Three cheers to Chairman Dean

[AllentownJake]

For developing the strategy that got us ahead in the delegate count. If you would have only been a little more cool and collected I think you would have been President of the United States. Without your experiment in 2004, 2008 would not be a possibility.

Oh yeah and a belated THANK YOU for 2006 that was great too!

I hope you are given a position of Diginity and great responsibility in the next Democrat Administration.

[tekisui]

1. He and Trippi paved the way for Obama.

[mzmolly]

28. Absolutely! And, for the beginning of the end of the corporate strangle hold

on this nation. :toast:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

46. Obama is Dean 2.0, without a doubt.

[Nitrogenica]

2. Chairman Dean was our party's broom. Great job!

[SCDem]

3. I will always be a Dean supporter

I actually wrote one of my State's DNC members to encourage her to vote for Dean as DNC Chair. I think he has done a great job as Chair and if Obama wins the Democratic nomination and wins against McCain - I am so excited for the future of the Democratic party - I think it will be bursting with acticity in small and large pockets all across the country.

[Cha]

15. Me too, what's not to support? :)

Thanks for writing that letter. Dean's one the best Dems to come along and slowly slowly help us outta this fascist mess.

[Seabiscuit]

52. I used to say that until someone suddenly pushed Edwards out of the race.

The way Harry Reid was talking the other day, I'm beginning to suspect more and more that Howard Dean and the DNC had something to do with that.

Edwards was our only hope this year.

After the remaining candidates destroy each other on the way to the convention, leading to 4 more years of Repuke hell in the White House, I will have given up on the DNC completely. And I'll slap a bumper sticker on my car that says: "Don't blame me. I voted for Edwards".

[guidod]

89. Pushed Edwards out? Pleeeeeaz.

[cali]

93. seek help

that's just paranoid and delusional bullshit. All of it. Including the hero worshipping of Edwards. Sick.

[SoonerPride]

4. Hip hip Hooray! Hip hip Hooray! Hip hip Hooray!

I likes me some Dr. Dean.

[NastyRiffraff]

5. I wish he had been the 2004 nominee

I think he would've won. However, he's a GREAT chairman.

[blm]

63. 2004 nominee was STUCK with the party infrastructure as it EXISTED under Terry McAuliffe

and he had allowed many of the state party infrastructures to weaken and collapse without any rebuilding during his four year stewardship, including in crucial states like Florida, Michigan, and Ohio.

Dean is STILL working to build those infrastructures.

Kerry won. The RNC stole that election and McAuliffe's DNC sat on their hands for four years and LET them do it.

[Guaranteed]

6. Democratic. Democratic Administration. nt

[depakid]

11. Things that make you go hmmm

There are a lot of them around here these days....

[StevieM]

7. Dean and the party establishment are fighting for Obama. Hillary is fighting for the American people

But you're right, Obama didn't get where he is by truly outperforming Hillary. He owes his lead to dominance in undemocratic caucuses. We don't even know whether he would have won most of those states at all. He certainly wouldn't have won 79% of the vote in an Idaho election.

Steve

[ej510]

18. Lol!

"Dean and the party establishment are fighting for Obama. Hillary is fighting for the American people."

Oh puhleeze!!!!!! Hillary is fighting for Hillary.

[blayne]

72. Don't mind him.

StevieM. Over 500 post and a member since 3/22/2008 is my guess. I don't trust or listen to anyone who hides their profile information. Of course, a good friend of mine says he doesn't trust anyone who doesn't drink or cuss. I think all 3 are good rules.

[SoCalDem]

23. Primaries & caucuses are inter-party events

if there are two candidates someone will always win..A or B.. and the grand total will equal 100%.. whether or not the state ends up being won in the general or not..

Hillary had a chance to participate..she chose to NOT participate

[Ikonoklast]

31. Except Americans in the states that 'didn't matter'

Obama will win in the general because of his fifty-state strategy.
Hillary would lose because she lacks one, or, at this point, any strategy except slash and burn.

The 'Party Establishment' is for Obama? You mean the DLC is voting against their own interests?

[Mooney]

64. What a mountain of horseshit.

Caucuses have been a completely legitimate part of the primary process for 100 years. Nobody ever complained about them until Hillary Clinton got her ass handed to her due to her own failure to take them seriously and prepare for them.

But I'm sure I don't have to tell you about the history of caucuses. I'm sure that you find them so unfair and so undemocratic that you've worked tirelessly to address this hydra-headed beast of voter disenfranchisement with your elected representatives, and I'm sure that once this primary season is over and Hillary Clinton emerges victorious, that you will continue your crusade to end the gross charade known as the caucus.

A grateful nation thanks you.

[FVZA_Colonel]

67. How, exactly, are the caucuses "undemocratic?"

I'd really like to know.

[sasquatch]

83. Will you give it a rest?

[Lucky 13]

8. I heart Howard Dean. nt

[VenusRising]

9. Yeeeeaaaaaahhhh!!!!

I :loveya: Governor Dean!!

He's the first politician I ever gave money to.

[Condem]

10. Jake

Well done.

[stillcool]

12. Thank You Doctor Dean!!

that must be a bitch of a job..Chairing two parties like that. :toast:

[Georgie_92]

13. I agree!

[crispini]

14. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrgh!

:loveya: Howard

[Alexander]

16. Dean's done an excellent job. The 50-state strategy works.

With Obama as the nominee, we have a real shot at picking up or keeping:

Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Oregon
Virginia
Wisconsin

That's 66 Electoral Votes right there, likely enough to differentiate the winner from the loser.

[FarLeftRage]

17. What do you mean by "If you would have only been a little more cool and collected"???

Dean did not do himself in by his actions in 2004... it was the motherfucking m$m and others who truly feared him and his message.

[AllentownJake]

20. I love Howard

But he got a little excited at times and I'm not talking about the scream. Half of Obama's popularity when I talk to people is how calm and self assured he seems.

[psychmommy]

21. i love your scotus clowns.

they are so appropriate. also i love dr dean he is a genius and i wish he would continue running the dnc. he has been an awesome chair. he has my utmost love and respect.

[stopwastingmymoney]

66. Damn Straight!

I was hoping someone would point that out!

[kma3346]

73. That is so true

One of my biggest regrets was that I fell for the crap that the media was spewing about him at the time, and decided to support Kerry instead of Dean. That was before I started reading DU and other progressive blogs and listening to progressive radio. He would have been a fantastic president.

[LittleClarkie]

Huzzah, Huzzah, Huzzah!

Three cheers for the 50 state stragety!

[fadedrose]

19. The Clintons/Friends spread it around that Dean was not electable

They did that in Iowa at the caucuses. They had a pile-on of the other candidates (not all, but most) on Dean at the debates....(Dean should have been elected president....

Just think, no Iraq war, no tax breaks for rich, health care would be on the books, more alternative energy measures, NAFTA would be improved....Bin Laden captured!! (that is, if he really did "IT").

I remember Carville on Crossfire saying with his usual smirk, "we have better candidates than Dean..bla bla" and I was so mad at him.

[Larkspur]

49. We have better candidates than Hillary

and Obama is proving that.

I heard somewhere that Obama's campaign manager made Joe Trippi's book about the Dean Campaign's use of the Internet required reading for his college class that he was teaching before becoming Obama's campaign manager.

[frogcycle]

22. yeah. now if he can come up with a strategy

to put all this shit behind us and rally everyone around one solid prospective POTUS

[barack the house]

24. Howard Dean is a legend I guess it's his royal sottish heritage. Bless you Dean.

[lojasmo]

25. 50 state strategy is genius.

Senator Obama will have LONG coat tails during his race to the white house.

[BumRushDaShow]

26. K&R Long overdue!

:kick:

[Laelth]

27. My hat is off to the good doctor. k&r

:patriot:

-Laelth

[4_Legs_Good]

29. That "scream" was the lamest reason to sink a campaign ever!

By which I mean, what the media did with it. I thought it was cool, and I woulda cheered my ass off had I been there, but they really worped it.

Oh well, he's doing a good job as DNC chairman. Keep it up Dean!

David

Edit: typo

[Voltaire]

56. I was there

And it was awesome. After a cold and I mean COLD weekend of banging on doors and pounding the pavement it was great to have what turned out to be a pep rally for some very tired and hardworking troops. I will never love a candidate as much as I love Howard Dean, but I feel gratified and vindicated at all the work us Deaniacs did is 2004 coming to fruition in Obama's campaign. We WERE right. We knew it then and we know it now. YES WE CAN!

[fadedrose]

57. The scream didn't sink anything - other factors....

The Clinton's/DLC were at it again in Iowa back in the day. They started a heavy "unelectable" campaign against Dean and he lost the Iowa primary he was predicted to win by almost everybody.

His supporters were so downcast that he needed to cheer them up, though he himself needed some cheering up. He gave his encouraging and thankful speech to the crowd and ended it with the famous scream.

That was the night I went online and started to contribute to Dean. Not a lot, am not rich, but just had to do something for him.

[Lugnut]

30. Yeeeaaarrrggghhh!

Thank you Dr. Dean!

[msallied]

32. I think he's right where he needs to be.

He might not have won the election, but he's kicking ass for the party and that in a lot of respects is great for America.

[EFerrari]

33. I would eat canned spinach for Howard Dean.

:toast:

[MelissaB]

34. Kicking for Dean!

:kick: :dem: :dem: :kick: :dem: :dem: :kick: :kick: :dem: :dem: :kick: :dem: :dem:

[Justitia]

35. Howard Dean threw his heart & soul into Our Party & we've all winners now. Thanks Guv! -eom

[davidpdx]

36. I agree with you

but let me just elaborate as others have mentioned about Dean's 50 state strategy. This means being competitive in all 50 states, not writing off states as one campaign consistently has. That is what I appreciate about the way Dean is approaching taking back our government. The goal (if I'm not mistaken) is to have win the presidency, hold on to the US House and Senate and increase our numbers in both of those chambers.

This mantra of Dean is bad and against Hillary is getting old.

For the people who aren't willing to back our party's strategy, I say to them bluntly: there's the door, goodbye.

[DemVet]

37. Howard Dean needs to be fired...NOW!!!

He's the bright one who got us into this FL and MI mess and now cannot find a way out without making himself look absolutely foolish.

I call a moron a moron where I see it....and this is just such a case. Congrats Howie...you've disenfranchised over 10% of the nations Democrats in selecting a Democratic Nominee. Well done!!!

[cali]

38. I call a moron a moron where I see it

and only a moron would blame Dean for FL and MI

[MelissaB]

42. What cali said!

[Cooley Hurd]

58. Seconded!

:thumbsup:

[DemVet]

47. Duck!!!! This is obviously over your head.

[Name removed]

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[DemVet]

76. Actually....

You used "your" in your post where you should have used "you're." Who is the idiot now? Just look in the mirror.

[cali]

94. still you.

you're still quite the little idiot. But I kind of enjoy your consistency.

[AllentownJake]

44. I actually stand by him

For being principled and enforcing the rules that Terry "I'm with stupid" Mac wrote before he got there because we are a party of rules. But thanks for playing.

[Larkspur]

51. No the MI and FL elected leaders who broke the rules need to be impeached

They not Howard Dean disenfranchised their people by breaking party rules because they wanted their states to be the deciding factor in the primary. I noticed that the MI and FL leaders were Hillary supporters. Not surprised! The Clintons always think rules are for others, not them.

[Frisbee]

82. "The Clintons always think rules are for others, not them"

Hmmmm, who does THAT remind you of....?

[sybylla]

69. Yeah, it's always the fault of the adult in the room

not the two kids who can't play well with others.

[40ozDonkey]

39. Agreed, Howard Dean made the DNC a national party again...

He will long outlive the hate of Clinton supporters. Thanks to him, the DNC will too.

[Vidar]

40. Cheering for Howard!

[Coexist]

41. knr!

[Name removed]

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[AllentownJake]

45. Since when

Was making a typo evidence of being a Freeper?

Want an invite to My MyBo page?

[stevenleser]

48. Sorry, that is how your OP read to me too...

it sounds like how an OP from me would sound on FreeRepublic extolling Bush or McCain, i.e., like your heart is so obviously not in it, and with codewords like 'Democrat' party or candidate, not Democratic.

[AllentownJake]

53. Well

I did grow up in a very GOP family and just broke away from the politics 4 years ago. So you'll have to excuse some of my faux pauxs.

[Adelante]

50. Democracy got in the way!!

Go Howard :toast:

[merkins]

54. K&R

Hip Hip Hooray Dr. Dean!

and mad props to the local state parties who fought for him to put him in place at the top.

[Ian_rd]

55. He had the vision to campaign in "boutique" states!

He went into red territory and made it Blue. Way to go, Howard! Don't allow the Thugs safe ground!

[tabasco]

59. WTF was wrong with the Dean scream?

It was like a yeehah! or a military hooah! A guy with some passion. OH THE HORROR!

It's not like they caught him red-ass lying or something.

The "Dean scream" reaction and Janet Jackson's boob frenzy make me think sometimes, this country is beyond hope.

The real problem is our corporate media, which is the propaganda arm of profiteering industries.

[thoughtcrime1984]

60. The 50 state strategy will be the reason that the Democratic Party

ultimately gains a stronghold on the WH and the Legislature. Also, Governorships, State Legislatures, Local Gov't., etc. The Democratic way is the best way for the masses, and Dr. Dean is an excellent courier for our message. Thanks again, Howard!

[sniffa]

61. Hear! Hear!

Thank you Governor Dean. :patriot:

[BelgianMadCow]

62. Gladly

Hip hip hip

[frog92969]

68. Go Dean!!!

And long live the DNC
:yourock:

[DFW]

70. Howard is my man!

(and the second best guitar player in this photo! LOL)

[noac7]

71. It's been done before...

but who can resist?

BYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!

[L0oniX]

74. A kick and thanks to Dean

[bbgrunt]

75. Howard's the man!!!

[1620rock]

77. Screaming Dean is a Judas goat. Thanks for nothing you

vote stealing pile of crap. We in Michigan despise you.

[bbgrunt]

91. Tears of rage, tears of grief, Why must I always be the thief?

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last

so why did MI violate DNC rules?

[PassingFair]

92. "so why did MI violate DNC rules?"

The Michigan Dem leaders wanted to front-load
the primaries in favor of Clinton.

They NEVER believed that the rules would be
adhered to.

It's kind of cute to watch them squirm now,
even though I didn't get to vote for my
candidate here.

What a MESS they made!

[Kurovski]

78. K&R. (nt)

[neuvocat]

79. He's done more for the country by not being President.

He made big changes, ones that were long overdue in order to help the country in the long term. Being Pres is great but the real, permanent change happens at the ground level, and that's exactly what he's doing.

[myrna minx]

80. K&R.

[immoderate]

81. Howard Dean is a most excellent chairman!

:patriot: :toast: :bounce: :yourock: :applause: :woohoo:

--IMM

[redqueen]

84. Hear hear!

:thumbsup:

[Usrename]

85. Taking back the party.

voter by voter

[cascadiance]

86. I registered as a Democrat the day Dean took over the DNC!

Hopefully he can continue the revitalization of the true spirit of the Democratic Party and get the DLC drones thrown out!

[defendandprotect]

87. LOVE And PLEASE .. . get rid of the DLC . . .!!!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

88. I scream for Dean

Please stay uncool and uncollected AND right where you are!
K&R

[Malikshah]

90. Too true-- But there is one last job he has to do. Come down here to

Florida with a BIG ASS BROOM. Maybe a case of whupass as well.

We have a number of Florida "Democratic" Party "leaders" down here that need to be taken to the woodshed.

Thurman
Geller
Meek
Nelson
Wasserman-Schultz.

Time to clean house and retake the legislature.

WHY?

Because we now have such heinous things on the November Ballot as

Using Tax money to help fund religious education amendment
Constitutional Ban on Gay Marriage amendment
Let folks bring Guns to work amendment

All courtesy of the Republican shits and "Democratic" enablers in this state.

They will do anything to get out the Right-of-Atilla vote.


God, I so want to leave this regressive state.