Happy 57th Birthday, Howard Dean.

[madfloridian]

You said we would take our country back, and we are. We are still inspired. You are in a different leadership position than you thought when this flash video was made a while ago...but it is part of history now. The organizing meetings last night inspired a lot of people to get involved. On the conference call with your brother the other night, you said we had the power and we are about to use it. I think you were right...it will take all of us together.

http://www.crocuta.net/Dean/This_Is_Howard_Dean_thankyouvideo.swf

[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. Happy Birthday Dr. Dean.

[Erika]

3. Happy Birthday Dr. Dean

We're coming along.

[Kire]

2. I remember his 55th birthday.

I attended a party for him. One of many all over the country.

[theplutsnw]

17. Me too! Happy Birthday Dr. Dean!

[incapsulated]

4. Happy Birthday, Howard...

And many more!

[Dangerously Amused]

5. Happy Birthday Dr. Dean, and please... many many more!

Thank you for your courage, intelligence, wisdom, honor and integrity.

You are well loved and greatly appreciated here!

Warmest regards.

[snowbear]

6. Happy Birthday Doc !!!

[Name removed]

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[Kurovski]

21. "Out of time"? What's that mean?-- Happy Birthday to Dean!

(Galt, dude! lose the badly photoshopped pic, :-) I'm series111 )

[Andromeda]

8. Happy Birthday Dr. Dean...

I'm glad you're out there looking out for us. I breathed a sigh of relief when you became Chairman. Nobody else could do it as well as you do.

:toast:

[madfloridian]

9. And a card to sign....

http://shadowbfa.blogspot.com/2005/11/happy-birthday-howard.html

[Cha]

13. I got these quotes from a well wisher off

the "birthday card" to Dean..

"At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.
Howard Dean

And his statement about Bush's compassion.

The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon.
Howard Dean

Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party. We get lectured by people all day long about moral values by people who have their own moral shortcomings.
Howard Dean

[newyawker99]

10. Happy birthday Dr. Dean!

:party: :toast:

[Kurovski]

11. Give Dean a B-day gift. Donate to the DNC!

https://www.democrats.org/page/contribute/

[Cha]

12. I just sent Dean a birthday greeting..

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GOVERNOR DEAN!
Thanks for all you're doing for our country and for injecting our party with some Spine with a lot of help from your friends!"

http://www.dnc.org/page/petition/chairman

[NYCGirl]

14. Happy Birthday, Dr.! And here's a baby pic of the good doctor:

You'll notice he still has the same haircut.
:evilgrin:

Howard as a toddler.

[Cha]

20. Imagine that kid growing

up to do what he does!

[ananda]

15. Happy B'day, Howard Dean!

You da man!

[klook]

16. Happy birthday, Howard!!

And keep up the good work!

[klook]

18. Nov. 17 in history

November 17, 1863 - Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address
November 17, 1913 Panama Canal opens
November 17, 1927 Tornado hits Washington D.C.
November 17, 1936 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
November 17, 1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
November 17, 1967 Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon
November 17, 1973 President Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
November 17, 1977 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
November 17, 1980 John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in U.K.

Nov. 17 Birthdays:
1755 - Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France, 1814-24
1790 - August Ferdinand Mobius, mathematician, inventor, Mobius strip
1887 - Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall, WW II-African campaign
1901 - Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor
1906 - Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO, Honda Motor Co
1914 - Archie Campbell, Bullsgap Tennessee, comedian, Hee Haw
1916 - Winson Hudson, community activist, rural Mississippi
1917 - Jack Lescoulie, Sacramento California, TV host, Jackie Gleason Show
1925 - Rock Hudson, Winnetka, Illinois, actor
1930 - David Amram, Philadelphia. Pa. musician; composer, Splendor in the Grass
1930 - Bob Mathias, Tulare California, decathelete, Olympics gold 1948, 1952
1937 - Peter Edward Cook, Torquay England, actor/comedian
1938 - Gordon Lightfoot, Ontario Canada, folksinger
1941 - Peter Hoagland, Rep-D-Nebraska
1941 - Gene Clark, Los Angeles, Calif. Rock vocalist and guitarist, The Byrds
1942 - Martin Scorsese, Queens, NY. Director
1943 - Lauren Hutton, , Charleston, South Carolina, model/actress
1944 - Tom Seaver, pitcher, New York Mets, 300 game winner, Cy Young 1969, 1973, 1975
1944 - Lorne Michaels (Lipowitz), Toronto, Ontario. Comedian, producer of NBC's Saturday Night Live
1944 - Danny DeVito, Neptune, New Jersey, actor
1945 - Elvin Hayes, NBA basketball star (San Diego, Houston, Baltimore)
1946 - Martin Barre, guitarist, Jethro Tull
1958 - Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actress
1960 - RuPaul, drag queen/model/actor, RuPaul Show

Source: http://brainyhistory.com

[Cha]

19. bush needs to do his "I am not a crook"

moment today..

"November 17, 1973 President Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"

[Cha]

32. May as well add something

else that happened on Nov 17, 2005 in history..

snip~
"Video - War Hawk Rep. Murtha (D-PA) Calls for Immediate Withdrawal
November 17, 2005"

More at..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2256738


And to top it off..Congressman Murtha had recommended Dean for Party Chair way back in January, 2005..

snip~
"Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) is actively lobbying Democratic National Committee (DNC) delegates to select former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as their next chairman.

The endorsement of the leading antiwar presidential candidate by one of the Democrats’ most prominent early supporters of the Iraq invasion signals a rehabilitation of Dean’s image in the House and greatly increases his prospects of leading the party, many Democratic lawmakers and aides said.

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) is writing letters in support of Howard Dean.

Several lawmakers said support by the hardscrabble, old-school Vietnam veteran, who endorsed former Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) in the presidential primaries, would compel the DNC to take a second look at the firebrand governor and not simply write him off as an extreme avatar of the party’s antiwar wing.

At Dean’s request, Murtha wrote to Pennsylvania’s seven delegates to the DNC last week explaining why he is endorsing a candidate with whom he shares so few positions.

“I am not with him on all the issues, but he understands the party’s problems, what we need to do and how to get there,” said Murtha. “And he has executive experience. … A lot of people in the party don’t understand just where we are. We need a change. We need something different.”



Fascinating to me now..cause I really like Murtha from just seeing him on tv..
http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/010505/murtha.html

[RazzleDazzle]

22. Another sterling example of how one person can make a difference

Imagine this world without ever having had a Dr. Dean...

[Lugnut]

23. Happy birthday Dr Dean!

[Cha]

24. I just saw that tribute to Dean..

That was quite a "Thank you, Howard Dean"!

[madfloridian]

25. That was a different time, a different goal...but we are flexible.

Aren't we, zidzi? He doesn't have to be president (yet) to make a difference. He has proved that. Reminds me of this cartoon from 2004...I watched these crazy GOP guys and Bush blaming us for all the mess. I thought about this...check the headline on the woman's paper.

[Cha]

26. That's got to be one of the

weirdest ironies in history.

We get the mentally challenged one for prez(sic) and Dean goes on to do very sane things for his country:)

:patriot: :patriot:

[PlanetBev]

27. I'm proud to share birthdays with Dr. Dean

Turned 55 today. I smell me some senior discounts!

[Cha]

28. Happy Birthday, PlanetBev!

My niece who is a Jr at college in Albany, NY turns "21" today! :party:

[David Zephyr]

29. Happy Birthday, Dr. Dean!

:hi:

[madfloridian]

30. Here you go.

Renee in Ohio's put him in a birthday hat with balloons. LOL

[realFedUp]

31. Happy Birthday Doc!

:hi: