by mcjoan
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/10/142143/837/490/533445Congratulations to the Netroots Nation crew for once again securing Howard Dean to give the keynote address in Austin. Via e-mail:
We are thrilled to announce that Gov. Howard Dean will kick off the 2008 Netroots Nation convention as Thursday's evening keynote speaker.
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee and governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 addressed the Netroots community at the 2006 and 2007 conventions. This year, we're especially proud to recognize his efforts to create an active, effective movement by organizing in every precinct and in every state.
Dean has been one of the most influential forces in the progressive movement. As chairman of the DNC, he has worked to make Democrats competitive in every race, district and state, while integrating national and state party operations and standing up for Democrats' core values.
His belief that every citizen matters, from California to Connecticut, from Alaska to Mississippi, echoes our belief that the voices of all Americans deserve to be heard.
Netroots Nation is July 17-20 in Austin, TX. So if you haven't registered, now's the time!
See you in Austin!
Daily Kos and the entire netroots owes an awful lot of its very existence to Howard Dean. He reinvigorated those of us who had reached a point of utter despair after the disaster of Campaign 2000, the run up to the Iraq war, and what we all saw coming in the years of George W. Bush. I'm here today because, on August 24, 2003, in downtown Portland, I heard Howard Dean say "You have the power!" I believed him.
And I believed him when he told us in his keyote address at last year's convention in Chicago that he's in this fight for the long haul, and that we have to be, too.
It takes a long time to put folks out of power who have entrenched themselves the way that the right wing has.... I don't want people to become patient. I think impatience is a good thing.... But, this is not a one day or one election struggle. This is something we have to do every single day for the rest of our lives. Every single day for the rest of our lives. And when we get knocked down, we're going to stand up again for the core principles of America, because America was knocked down by the far right wing of the Republican party in the last eight years, and by God, we're going to get up and recover and stand up for what we used to stand up for. We're going to regain the moral leadership that made America a great country and we're going to live again in America, and stand up and lead the world to the promised land.
That's why I'm still here, and why I'll be in Austin. Because there's nothing like a pep talk from Howard Dean to keep the activist fires burning.
Netroots Nation '08 ( Event Details )
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - Sunday, July 20, 2008
Austin Convention Center
500 East Cesar Chavez Street
Austin, TX 78701
http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=163224
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