Isn't the Democratic Party With Howard Dean as Chair Something to Behold?

[David Zephyr]

Thank you Howard Dean for leading the way, for putting spine back in our Party.

You've got the Republicans running for the hills and eating their own just six weeks before the mid-terms!

This is the Democratic Party that I love!

Go Howard!

[orpupilofnature57]

1. A loyal Democrat ,and a good man.

[focusfan]

41. you've just got to love Howard Dean

i love the fact repukes are scared also

[juajen]

2. K & R

I believe he's done a marvelous job. I love, love, love him.

[MoonRiver]

3. He's the best thing that's happened to this party in a looooong time!

:kick:

[havocmom]

4. A couple of us were discussing the difference in DNC now

drop on by and post your observations about how it is a better organization now than it was before Dean.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2134645

The Doctor ROCKS!

on edit: typo

[blm]

17. hey thanks -

you snagged some eyeballs. ;)

[havocmom]

18. All ya gotta do is give me a heads up

PM any time you need a crowd. I know a little about marketing. ;)

[bonzotex]

5. right on! go Howard! n/t

[NYCGirl]

6. Awww. I haven't see a pic of Dr. Judy in a while! NT

[Qutzupalotl]

7. I don't know if it's more Dean's success or Bush's failure.

But as long as the word gets out that the Republicans are crooked, I'm satisfied.

Thanks Howard, for saying so!

[madfloridian]

8. Bush was bad the first four years....change did not happen then.

I am inclined to think there is a more feisty spirit now because of the outspoken chairman who is working for change.

[blm]

37. I see it differently, mf - I think it's his ACTIONS and not

the outspokeness. Terry Mac would be outspoken and could even be outrageously so at times, but he wasn't doing the mundane everyday work that needed to be done state by state, county by county that makes the party truly stronger - Dean is - and THAT is the difference.

[Renew Deal]

9. What did I miss?

[madfloridian]

10. The OP I think is speaking of the fighting spirit that is beginning...

a general overall thing.

[calimary]

11. And it needs to be nurtured like crazy. This is a tender little shoot,

just now starting to poke its head up out of the garden floor. It's delicate and fragile, and can still be trampled out of existence. We have to make sure that doesn't happen. Howard's 50-State Strategy is gonna produce dividends. Especially in the long run.

[madfloridian]

12. Well put.

We are having to fight the battles about this locally and statewide in Florida. Not easy.

Some stick their necks out, get attacked, and then get fearful. It will take a while.

[David Zephyr]

14. Oooooooooh! "50 STATE STRATEGY" Yehooooooooooow!

50 State Strategy.
50 State Strategy.
50 State Strategy.
50 State Strategy.
50 State Strategy.
50 State Strategy.
50 State Strategy.
50 State Strategy.
50 State Strategy.

How good it sounds!

[David Zephyr]

13. Yeah.

Fighting spirit! It's a wonderful thing! :thumbsup:

[KoKo]

15. Giving the funds to get one full time emplyee and a RoboCall was worth

the $40,000 initial investment he gave to NC. So, yes...He's been amazing given the Toads he's had to fight to get money to "Grassroots."

Go Howard!!!!

[Kolesar]

46. I have been funding the DNC monthly since Howard asked me to

...so there's where some of that $40,000 came from. I trust Dr. Dean because he is authentic.

Everybody should fund the DNC monthly.

[cadmium]

16. I agree

It is the only way to go, esecially with the massive advantage the Republicans have in corporate media bias and their thirty years of building conservative grassroots.

There is no instant gratification substitute for local level party building.

Dean is kicking ass

[doctor_garth]

19. ask me on Nov 8

and I'll tell you.

[David Zephyr]

22. I'll be happy to remind you on Nov. 8

This is not the same party that we suffered with the past two elections. They are not afraid of George Bush and Karl Rove. Not afraid at all.

[eridani]

20. Major advances in grassroots organizing

--and taking vote suppression seriously. Or at least making headway--too many Dems still don't.

[mdmc]

21. YES

:hi:

[Olney Blue]

23. Thank you, Dr. Dean.

:kick:

[OzarkDem]

24. He's great

Dems would not be where they are today without his leadership in turning the party around. Thank you Dr. Dean. When you're done, please run for president, ok?

:kick:

[CarlVK]

25. The guy who will make the difference. YES.

He is actually the person who pulled me back toward the Democratic Party after I got so goddamned pissed off at the DLC GOP-appeasing bullshit that I didn't even want to know them.

I cheer for Dean every day and think the work he is doing is so vital to reshaping this sore party. Good Democrats should support him at every turn.

[Chico Man]

26. Compared to Keith Olbermann..

Howard still has a lot of work to do. He seems quite innocuous when you compare his message to the powerful messages coming from Olbermann..

The Democrats need a stronger message.

I'm not impressed yet and I am really very scared about the upcoming mid terms. We'll see what happens.

[CarlVK]

27. Olberman's great where he is. And so is Dean.

Everybody has a role, and its often risky to wish that people step out of theirs just to appease an anger.

[Chico Man]

42. I'd like to see a Dean speech voted up to #1 on the greatest page

Or any Democratic candidate, for that matter. Who is leading the party?

[texpatriot2004]

28. Howard Dean speaks for me. Thank you Dr. Dean. nm

[midnight]

48. Me too..... I voted for him in the last presidential primaries.

I just loved the fact that he was able to say what needed to be said.

[Straight Shooter]

29. I can't pass up any opportunity to say how much I admire Howard Dean.

If we do take the House and/or Senate, it will be due in great measure to his unrelenting courage and steadfast belief in the power of ordinary people to make a positive change. Because of his unfailing and unflinching leadership, we may just make America the land of the free and the home of the brave once again.

[Vidar]

30. Howard is a magnificent leader, never mind the stinking party.

[tomreedtoon]

31. So, we've already won the House and the Presidency? Uh-uh....

I like what Dean is doing, and I think it will certainly help, but why are you straining your arms patting yourselves on the back RIGHT NOW???

Could it be that you're already expecting to lose in 2006 and 2008, and you're just getting some congratulations in while you still feel optimistic? YOU FOOLS!

Keep working and keep getting out the word. When we see how much the Democrats have won, if anyone wins at all, THEN you can start passing out the party favors. This is not the Special Olympics.

[madfloridian]

32. Because the change has started, and it can't be stopped.

Building the party all over may take longer, but it has begun. The power is already shifting to outside the DC power center. It will continue at some pace.

That is what is going on.

[OnionPatch]

33. I'm guessing you

weren't a cheerleader in highschool. :shrug:

[tomreedtoon]

35. No, I wasn't a cheerleader. I had a brain AND a penis.

The genital element pretty obviously invalidated me. The cerebral one pretty much clinched it. Have you ever tried to talk to a cheerleader? You'd be better off trying to talk to a wall. Or Bush. (Come to think of it, he was a cheerleader too, wasn't he? I guess money can buy off the genital restriction.)

Seeing the number of people who have "cheered" Democrats...especially our passive losers...I would rather not be such an obvious idiot. I will quietly do my part IF the Democrats pick a candidate that is willing to work to win, and I will yell like a crackhead with money ONLY if that candidate wins.

[OnionPatch]

36. Ok, ok, that was just a joke

I hear ya. No one said you have to cheer. I hope we'll all be screaming like crackheads with money soon. :D

[grizmaster]

39. I think your tone might be a bit over the top

but I agree this is NOT the time for celebrations.

The next two months are the time for us to fight like we've never fought before. We need to donate to the party, and the candidates. We need to volunteer for local elections. We need to get the word out and hammer back mercilessly at every swiftboat attempt.

We don't want to wake up the day after the election and realize we brought a knife to a gunfight. We need to go to the nuclear option. There shouldn't be an unspent round in our bunker the day after the election.

Then and only then, and IF we have won at least the House, we can pop a few corks.

[tomreedtoon]

50. What's wrong with strong contrast?

It's important in writing. There are too many people on DU who title their posts "K&R" or "You're right" or "I'm a Dittohead, only on the Left." Better exaggeration than me-too-ism.

Almost as bad are the posts with headers "You really have to read this" or "This is important" or "I can't believe that..." Those posts are the first to be ignored. If you don't have enough confidence in what you're saying, and can't properly "tease" your post, why post at all?

More and more, I'm posting whenever I see something wrongheaded (like absolute fanboy praise for a candidate who doesn't deserve it) or weak-minded (like this case, where Bush still runs the country but people are congratulating themslves for opposing him...not beating him, just opposing him). To break through the disco fog in those people's minds, you gotta exaggerate.

[wiley]

34. Great.

More important topic at this moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ngLMU_6J0

[sendero]

38. Amen..

.... Dean is as close to a hero as it gets in today's world. Rather than spending most of his time doing ineffectual things for PR, he's "quietly" organizing the Democratic party.

His efforts will eventually pay off, and I'm patient and supportive.

[SCDem]

40. Grassroots is where it's at

The good Governor is great at what he is doing and I am so glad he is the DNC chair. I even wrote a letter to our state DNC voting members last year telling them why they should vote for Dean for Chair.

I've been active in some type of cause all my life - but it wasn't until the 2004 primary (in 2003) that my causes were focused. Focus on your community - not only will that strengthen where you live but it will also help build the Democratic party locally no matter where you live. Take action.

In our county party now there are so many who were Deaniacs and after the Dean lost in Iowa - we sulked for about a week then reconvened and said "What now?" We got active in the local party and now it is more active and organized than ever. And not everyone in the party was a Deaniac but I think we that were and many like us all around the country became very active locally because of Dean.

Anyway I think he has done great things for the Party.

[Chico Man]

43. I'll be happy when Dean or any other dem candidate can get to the top

Of the greatest page..

So far this election season has brought us two great speeches from Stephen Colbert and Keith Olbermann..

All I can say is, what the hell are the democrats doing? Who is leading this party? Get out of the shadows and do something!!!! Stand up for once!!! Stop trying to play all sides!!!

[SCDem]

44. Are you standing up in your area?

What actions are you taking that the DNC is not?

[Chico Man]

45. I'm talking about party leaders

If this election is so important, why are no candidate speeches important or moving enough to be at the top of the greatest page? They are focusing on the same tired old talking points that failed to rally the base in 2004... recycled material that just doesn't work.

I fear it is a tell tale sign of what is to come..

[Arugula Latte]

47. I replied to the DNC's recent e-mail called "Every Voter Counts" with this

"

I am SO glad to read this: "The mobilization you were part of is part of a new
attitude for the Democratic Party. We're not going to be pushed around, spun, or
defamed by right-wing extremists or those whom they use to disseminate their
propaganda."

YES!!!!!!

FINALLY!!!!!!

The Democratic Party gets what the grassroots has been screaming about for
years!

Thank you, Governor Dean! We love you! We're SO glad you took over and gave this
party a spine transplant! You are the reason I donate to the DNC now.

Give 'em Hell, Howard! "

[Uncle Joe]

49. Kicked and recommended for Howard

:kick: