Howard Dean

[underpants]

They, the powers that be, tried to tell you that you couldn't take on the whole country.
They told you it was too expensive.
They told you it was a fool's purchase.
They told you to stick with their plan.
They told you you needed to pick your spots.
They told you to spend money just they always had.
They told you to just do what had always been done.

You didn't listen to them. No matter how today turns out you have a Democratic office in every state in almost every county or Congressional district. Bush is chasing down votes in Nebraska and Kansas for crying outloud and hiding out in Montana to do telecasts.


You were the first person most people heard say "This war is wrong" from there it was okay to come out in the light and say what we all know now (and then).

You stuck to your guns and now everyone is listening.

I thank you.

[gaspee]

1. I love howard

Even if he's not liberal enough for me (VBEG)

He got a hugely raw deal from the press in 2004.

I voted for Kerry, but Howard was my man.

I want Gore to run this time. BUt I'll vote for the dem that the rest of my party memebers collectively decide to give the nomination to.

[Cha]

2. Wow! That's Cool Underpants!

Why is this just over in "Editorals and Other Articles"..in should be in GD,too! :)

[underpants]

11. Everything is going to get swallowed up in the GD's today

It will be all caps land by 5 PM.

I thought this should sit here for a while but feel free to post on Mr. Dean over in GD.

[Cha]

16. KNR! ~ Makes sense.. I really do love your

thank-you/tribute post to the Chairman! It's one of those kee-pers!

[tomephil]

3. Thanks

Howard

It is largely because of you.

Thanks!

[underpants]

9. FIRST POST-Welcome to DU

I see that you have been a member for a while though

:hi:

[caledesi]

4. "They " are losers. LOL! I love Howard Dean nt

[jensmygov]

5. Howard

GOD BLESS YOU DR. DEAN!!!!!

[underpants]

7. Welcome to DU

:hi: if'n I haven't before

[chaumont58]

6. Hear! Hear!

As the Brits might say.

[Action_mac]

8. I thank him...

Also, I believe he would have been our best choice for President. However, the position that he holds now is very important because he will hold the line in the fight for dems... Praying for the change we need to have balanced and JUST government.

[wryter2000]

84. Welcome to DU

Better late than never. :) :hi:

[quispquake]

10. I COMPLETELY agree!!!

The good Doctor is to be seriously commended for his 50 state plan...otherwise, we may never have had decent people running in races like Foley's & Ney's & a few others we may now pick up...Hopefully it's a philosophy we continue to use in the future...

Thanks Dr. Dean!!!!!!!!

[underpants]

12. There is no better offense than not punting all the time

For a football analogy

[crickets]

57. Exactly n/t

[Green Mountain Dem]

13. That's Howie just doing....

what he does, the same thing he did here in the Green Mountains of Vermont, and we are still reaping the rewards of his leadership.

[Cha]

17. That's neat to hear from a Green Mountain

Stater!

[maseman]

40. He's a fucking genius

I always knew and said he would do this right. And he did.

[MoJoWorkin]

14. I TOTALLY AGREE----Dean is owed a big thank you by all of us...

However, I already heard some on tv giving props to Rahm instead--- not even mentioning Dean's 50 state strategy. Give me a break!!

[wabranty]

15. It's all about the GOTV

The 50-State campaign is brilliant because it stopped the outsourcing of Democratic GOTV. You can't win people over with an army of underpaid and exploited people. This is what is killing progressive politics according to Dana Fisher (Activism, Inc: How the Outsourcing of Grassroots Campaigns Is Strangling Progressive Politics in America). Democratic activists need to be visible even between campaigns.

Dean gets it; when will the rest of the party leadership?

[bemildred]

18. I thank him too.

The man kept his word.
:applause:

[madfloridian]

19. Giving this a recommend.

He has worked his butt off for the party. He never pouted when he lost, just turned around and worked for the party.

:toast: to Howard Dean

[Cha]

35. ANd to all those who believed in

Dean! :toast: Cause he believed in us..:)

[Chichiri]

20. Thanks, and WHY HAVEN'T YOU VOTED!?!?!?

. . . or at least changed your avatar?

[Virginia Dare]

21. He had a tiny bit of luck...

but you can't take away all of the hard work he did and the chances he was willing to take, even when being second guessed. Howard Dean, I salute you, sir!

:kick:

[Pharaoh]

22. Howard Rocks!

K&R

[gully]

23. I agree, and the media was crediting Rahm Emmanuel if we win the house.

Sorry but while Rahm is great, he fought Dean on the 50 state strategy. Dean deserves credit - either way as you said!

[fooj]

24. Howard knows that it's all about the people...

Cheers, Dr. Dean! :toast:

[understandinglife]

25. Dear Gov Dean .... thank you!!

BE AMERICA. ---

[Graybeard]

26. 50 state strategy. BINGO!

Dean: " Don't concede any states. It's a sign of respect
to ask a person for their vote, even if you expect them to say
no." Dr. Dean really has his priorities straight, win,
yes, but with respect.  

[ChairmanAgnostic]

27. YEEEE - HA!, Congrats, Dr. Dean, YOU Y O U did this. YOU da MAN!

and thank you for saving our nation.

now for the hard work.

[civildisoBDence]

63. Ditto that YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAW!

Make that a YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!

And you're exactly right--now comes the real work of DISMANTLING what the Bush hogs have done.

Newsprism

[madfloridian]

28. And he never got his 3-piece suit he laughed about.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/555

"When a backer bellowed the updated Harry Truman slogan that became a mantra for Dean's presidential campaign--"Give 'em hell, Howard!"--a wicked grin rippled across Dean's face. "I'm trying to be restrained in my new role," he chirped. "I may be looking for a three-piece suit." Then he burst into laughter and exclaimed, "Fat chance!"

Just before he became chairman...a moving event.

[theplutsnw]

29. I would prefer he were President

but he sure makes one hell of a party chair!

[dalloway]

30. I LOVE HOWARD. He was BORN to LEAD.

[suziedemocrat]

31. Howard Dean makes me wish polygamy was legal. I LOVE him!! n/t

[Morgana LaFey]

32. If you pay attention to Dean,

you'll see that he's almost always a year or more! ahead of conventional wisdom, but a reliable gauge of where most people will be -- eventually if not way sooner. Political prescience.

It's downright eerie at times.

[slipslidingaway]

33. K&R! nt

[Lugnut]

34. Thank you up

Thank goodness for Dr. Dean.

[Diane R]

36. Howard Dean .... a truly courageous American Hero. n/t

[RandomKoolzip]

37. Fuckin' A!

Thank you, Doctor!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

38. K&R im glad to see at least one of our regular hard working daily grunt duers...

high on the board and posting on my favorite presidential contender,,, good op by a great DUer... we won because of folks like underpants

[mopinko]

39. .

[radiofreesrini]

55. the actual CONTENT of the scream !!!

"Not only are we going to New Hampshire ... we're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we're going to California and Texas and New York. And we're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan. And then we're going to Washington, D.C. To take back the White House. Yeah!"

And that's exactly what he's going to do. We're almost there !!!

And yeah, i voted, just haven't updated the avatar.




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print custom stickers !!!!
www.StickerNation.com

[Mojambo]

41. This is a special man

I'm so glad he was able to ascend to an authority position in this party.

You're making a difference Dr Dean, and we all know that's why you're in this.

Kudos!

[kirbyenthusiasm]

42. absolutely

abso-freakin-lutely.

i'm proud to say I supported Dean from the first day he criticized Bush's war. I saw him speak in Central Park in New York in 2003, and I voted for him in the primary. Dean is one hell of a Democrat.

[crickets]

58. Welcome to DU, kirbyenthusiasm!

:toast:

[Guaranteed]

43. It's just beautiful. nt

[rat618]

44. Way to go Howard

Who is screaming now? Time for the media pundits to apologize and give Howard his due. The only screaming is going on in the White House.

[wryter2000]

85. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[Bitwit1234]

45. Smart smart man

He did his way and we won. And he did not use dirty tricks, robo-calls, lies and sneaky campaigns. He did it in an honest American way. He makes rove look more and more sleezy doesn't he.

[Spiffarino]

46. Thanks, underpants.

You summed it up perfectly. Howard and the honchos at the DNC are bringing back the small "d" in democrat by making the Democratic party the people's party.

Thank you, Howard, for making me love being a Democrat all over again.

Let me also add my tremendous - if slightly grudging - respect and huge thanks to Rahm Emanuel and the DCCC for fielding and funding a stellar group of candidates to run in national races this year. Without his tireless energy and political gifts the job would only have been half done.

Now it's time to stop bickering boys...2008's a comin'!

[melody]

47. Where would we be without people like him

VERY well put!

Howard Dean is easily well-heeled enough to go off and enjoy his life in quiet contentment, but his country means more to him than his own well-being. He cares more about the ideals of this nation than he does his own pocketbook. While we were ranting about the white men earlier (with Allen's near-victory), I think we should give a bigger round of applause to the "rich white men" who truly get it -- men like Dean.

[krkaufman]

48. Ya gotta say we're a lot further ahead than anyone expected...

... so let's not lose the momentum.

[Straight Shooter]

49. My "Go Dean!" button is still pinned to the dashboard of my car.

Repubs have Rove. We've got Dean. We are the winners, in heart and spirit, and now in Congress.

Bless you, Howard. Live long and prosper.

:toast:

[crispini]

50. .

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

floaties for Howard.....

[The Deacon]

51. I Applaud Gov. Dean & The Birth Of A New Era In Democratic Politics

(Of course, in 2004 he was my second pick - between John Edwards & Wesley Clark - for President.)

[Castleman]

52. Bless you Howard!

You had rough going in 2004, and you could have gone home to piss and moan, but you didn't.
You stuck to your guns, continued believing in all of us. You never gave up on this party, or the people who make it great.
You pushed us all to work together, to have candidates who were clearly ahead to help those who needed help,
to make sure every candidate had a fair shot at winning, and never for one second quit beleiving we could DO IT.
Guess what Howard?
We did it.
All the hard work has paid off.
Tonight I look at my country with new eyes.
They're filled with tears.
Because of your hard work and dedication, tonight I realized how much love for this country I still have, when I'd thought that love dead and gone.
I owe that to you.
Thank you.

[heliarc]

53. Thanks Howard Dean!!!!

You get the last laugh for screaming at the top of your lungs that you'd take the campaign to all the states of the union. Today we all scream with you!

[Nostradammit]

54. We love you Dr. Dean!

YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eridani]

56. However centrist his policy positions were/are--

--he is far and away the Democrat with the most radical approach to party organizing. And it's just started to work. Now we have to deal with this vote suppression and election transparency stuff.

[Broken Top]

104. However centrist. Dean's policies..

 I am very pleased!  I was all set to go into mourning last
evening but instead am dancing about so happy with the
results.  Thank you, Dr. Dean for the leadership that helped
the Democrats to come to life again!  Now, it's up to us to
support the new HOUSE and work toward taking the White House
in 2008, but we need to clean up the election process so that
7000 lawyers aren't needed and folks have confidence their
vote is counted.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

59. Headline should be - DEAN DELIVERS nt.

[drb]

72. A-fucking-men!!!

Woo-hoo!

[Joey Liberal]

60. Thanks Howard Dean!

[Historic NY]

61. Thank you Dr. Dean, for listening to the thousands of

patients that wanted to fix the heart & soul of the Democratic Party. Your prescription has once again proved, "that the Doctor knows best". Now its on to 2008. :dem:

[mdelaguna2000]

62. Right on! Howard deserves major credit.

Thank you Howard.

[HamdenRice]

64. Just what the Dr ordered -- Making "House Calls" in 50 states

Thanks to our party organizer in chief, Dr. Dean!

[obiwan]

65. Thank you Howard Dean...

...for helping to rescue the Democratic party from oblivion.
Once again, in the long run, you have proven correct. America
owes you a huge debt of gratitude, and so does Rahm Emmanuel
and the Democratic party. You are a man of integrity and
wisdom, and a great American. Thank you.

[Dudley_DUright]

66. Dean is a visionary

He saw this wave before anyone else. Bravo Dr. Dean. :applause:

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

79. Without Dean and the 50-state strategy, the wave would have been impossible

Thanks to Dr. Dean and everybody else who made this possible.:toast:

[hippiechick]

67. Thanks, Doc ...

I :loveya: and THANKS for the tireless work and inspiration.


:applause: :applause: :applause:

[GOPS Worst Fear]

68. Take a look at Time Mag's Man Of The Year For 2006!!!

He certainly has to be the front runner!

[connecticut yankee]

69. Thank you, Howard

for your vision

for all your hard work

and, most of all, for fighting for what you believe!

I loved you before -- I love you doubly now.

[erpowers]

70. Thank You Dean

It was great when he came out and stood his ground. Mainly he has not bowed down. Yes, he did stand his ground on issues of corruption and the Iraq War. He may have been the guy who made it okay to say the war in Iraq was not going well.

[Olney Blue]

71. Thank you, Dr. Dean!

:patriot:

[DinahMoeHum]

73. This "Democracy Bond" holder says thank you, Dr. Dean !!

The Doctor Is In !!

http://www.campaignsource.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=D0587203099&Category_Code=MEM

:kick::kick::kick:

[SeanQ]

81. Indeed!!! :D This is a good day for us!! (k&r)

Time to double my bond! https://www.democrats.org/democracybonds.html

[Vidar]

74. Howard's the best!

[oc2002]

75. Beware the DLC, for they shall smite thee in the back first chance they get.

Congrats Dean. I was a big supporter when he ran for President and saw him destroyed by insiders.

This is Dean's victory over the insider, power mongers like the DLC, and their people.

[jlcx2]

76. I spent 4 hours in line to vote and

I wouldn't change a thing. It was great to see the good doctor's ideas at work. I've never seen so many young voters (under 25). Thank you Governor Dean for putting my faith back into our system!

Dems in '08:party:

[spiral]

77. howard dean

heartfelt gratitude from a peacenik from the sixties

[Lisa0825]

78. WELCOME TO DU!!!

You picked a great day to make your first post! :pals: :party: :patriot: :kick:

[underpants]

109. Another FIRST POST-Welcome to DU

:hi:

[underpants]

110. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[DirtyDawg]

80. Not in Georgia...

...Try as he might, Howard's efforts in Georgia fell on deaf ears in the form of one Bobby Kahn, the 'head' of the demos here. Kahn, and his high-handed, arm-twisting, arrogance, were instrumental in the defeat of Roy Barnes, the former Demo Governor (Kahn was his enforcer), and now that same attitude and his refusal to listen to anything that Howard Dean and his people were trying to do, has cost Georgia once again. Hey, Democrats in Georgia. Get rid of Bobby Kahn's sorry ass if you ever expect to win statewide elections again. Even though the State Legislature may have converted to Democratic, the Guv, the Lt. Guv (for the first time ever), are both Repigs...both US Senators and a majority of Congressmen are all repigs...hell, while the rest of the country was waking up to the reality of the deceit, lies and failures of bushco, Georgia sent more repigs to Congress - God, what a bunch of redneck, pecker-woods. I saw a 'blog' about why Georgia was 'bucking this trend'. One guy said, 'Georgia is simply not 'trendy', we don't follow the crowd.' - to that I say, 'oh yeah, is that what we were doing by continuing to practice segregation? The crowd we didn't follow then must have been the rest of the country outside Dixie, cause we certianly fell in line with our classy neighbors of SC, AL, MS, et. al.

I can't decide if I want the new Democratic-controlled Congress to punish states like Georgia for our continued mindless support for these criminals, or get serious about getting some leadership in the party here that will get with the program - or both.

[SeanQ]

82. Become a democratic delegate

Get others like you to do the same. Then select a new chair!

[DirtyDawg]

90. I misspoke...

...Georgia's legislature 'did not' return to the Democrats...don't know what I was reading, but it - House and Senate, remain decidedly Republican. If you think about it, Georgia, along with her Southern neighbors, have with this election managed to officially turn the clock back fifty years. Once again the 'Solid South' has retired the trophy for backward, racist, mindless, selfish bigotry...and apparently is proud of it.

[wryter2000]

83. Bless you, Dr. Dean

Someone from IN called Momma this morning and said he was so angry in 2004 when Dems didn't spend any money there. Now, we did, and we swept!

:loveya: Howard Dean!

[Cooley Hurd]

86. underpants - this sends a message to the DLC: We don't want you...

...and we don't NEED you. If you want back into OUR party, then STOP PLAYING PATTYCAKE WITH THE CORPORATIST!:thumbsdown:

THANK YOU, Governor Dean!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[underpants]

111. I am e-mailing this to Dean at the DNC

and the DLC.

[crispini]

87. I wish I could nominate this thread twice.

:loveya:

[Seabiscuit]

88. Were it not for Dean, the Repukes would still control both houses of

Congress through 2008.

As a former "Deaniac", my gratitude for Howard Dean's courage and wisdom knows no bounds.

[buddysmellgood]

89. The scream of victory!!! Go Howard!

[Mr_Spock]

91. He's da man!

Hard working and determined to win - he's brought home the bacon and I'm lovin' it!!

[demigoddess]

92. all thinking dems love howard

i would vote for him in a minute

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[tk2kewl]

93. We are now a mean Dean fightin' machine!

:kick:

[Duppers]

94. Yeah for Howard. I love you.

Thanks for posting this.

[bemildred]

95. Dean rules. nt

[graywarrior]

96. Truer words have never been written.

[mom cat]

97. His smile and his scream are both beautiful! I might add that Deval

Patrick also ignoted the "experts" and stuck to his walues and his committment to the voters and won by a landslide!
Listen up! People can hear the truth and can also discern a bald faced lier. Here is to integrity and deriving ones power from the governed. It is a quaint idea, but it still works best!

[GetTheRightVote]

98. NIce very nice indeed, awesome.

:kick:

[dpbrown]

99. Thank you, Howard Dean!

Competitive in all 50 states!!!

[Odin2005]

100. DEAN'S DA MAN! YEEEEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Kurovski]

101. My gratitude to Howard Dean.

At this point I can only look askance at anyone who doubts that he has been good for the Dems and America.

It would leave me wondering what they think success for all of America would look like to them.

[byronius]

102. Thanks, Howard.

[sonias]

103. I thank you too Howard Dean

It was you that first gave me hope back in 2004 and you delivered it real time last night. Keep working for us Howard and keep giving them Hell!

Sonia

[cadmium]

105. What else is there to say

Outstanding job.

Thanks should also go out to dems who said OK Dr Dean this is the strategy let's go for it. It took a lot of national and local dems pitching in -- in big city wards and small town precincts.

[Little Star]

106. Howard, Your the best!!!!!

[NNadir]

107. The unsung hero.

Dean has done all Deaners everywhere proud.

[bemildred]

108. Kick. nt