A note for those of you nervous about Dean [View All]

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I just got a call from my Mom in Iowa City. She is going to be hosting three of the "Texas Rangers" next week who are coming to Iowa and New Hampshire to do grassroots work for the Dean campaign. She is beside herself with excitement. A few weeks ago, she went to the Harken Steak-Fry, and was so excited to see President Clinton and all of the candidates who showed up. She has never been this involved in a campaign before - but has been so riled up about the Bush administration she felt she had to get involved. Not being able to move around very easily herself - she has felt the need to help out in whatever way she can.

She will vote for whoever the nominee is, but it was Dean who made her "wake up", so to speak, by being out in front in criticizing the Bush administration, and offering common sense solutions to our current situation in the world. She got to meet Dean and talk briefly with him for a few moments at an earlier event in Iowa. Her comment to me - "he's so presidential". She went on and on about how he really was listening to her, and responding to her comments on special needs children (my little sister has Smith Magines syndrome). He also apparantly had a good laugh when she said "you need to kick that SOB out of the White House".

I can't tell you how sad it makes me to watch all of the Dean bashing that goes on around here - when he is having this kind of effect all over the country. People are waking up to the fact that they can make a difference. We should embrace that, not fear it.

That's it.