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Dean announces bid for DNC chair
CNN.com ^
| 1/11/05
Posted on 01/11/2005 1:39:54 PM PST by paudio
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, whose high-flying presidential campaign crashed a year ago in the political chill of Iowa, announced Tuesday that he will run for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee.
In a statement on his Internet blog titled "I'm running," Dean said that the Democratic Party must cultivate its grassroots and contest every race at every level.
"We will only win when we show up and fight for the issues important to all of us," Dean said in the statement.
He said that the Democrats must become the party of reform.
"The Democratic Party will not win elections or build a lasting majority solely by changing its rhetoric, nor will we win by adopting the other side's positions," he said. "We must say what we mean -- and mean real change when we say it."
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dean; democrats; dncchairman; ihaveascream
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posted on
01/11/2005 1:39:54 PM PST
by
paudio
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To: paudio
Isn't this about the 8th time he's announced this? I feel a "excited utterance" coming on...
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posted on
01/11/2005 1:41:43 PM PST
by
Brilliant
To: paudio
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posted on
01/11/2005 1:43:20 PM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: paudio
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posted on
01/11/2005 1:44:01 PM PST
by
lindor
(If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of Progress?)
To: paudio
i read howard dean's "winning back america" at the local demcrat library.
it's written in the see-dick-and-jane-run style, perfect for the dumbed down on the democrat plantation.
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posted on
01/11/2005 1:45:52 PM PST
by
ken21
(if you didn't see it on tv, then it didn't happen! (/s))
To: paudio
DNC Chair?
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posted on
01/11/2005 1:46:41 PM PST
by
PRND21
To: paudio
Shall we start the '08 victory celebrations now?
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posted on
01/11/2005 1:48:52 PM PST
by
rdl6989
To: PRND21
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posted on
01/11/2005 1:54:24 PM PST
by
bigbob
(2)
To: paudio
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posted on
01/11/2005 1:56:29 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(PEST/Suicide Hotline 1-800-BUSH-WON)
To: paudio
I so hope Dean gets the job. The rats may never recover from it.
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posted on
01/11/2005 1:59:32 PM PST
by
Bacon Man
(Everyone thinks it's funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious!)
To: bigbob
www.ebay.comI'm guessing the seller wears black pantsuits.
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posted on
01/11/2005 2:00:45 PM PST
by
PRND21
To: paudio
All I can say to this is "RUN Howard RUN!" This would be the best thing for the Democratic party Seriously, we should contain ourselves in our excitment of Chairman Dean..the Dems may get wise to it like they did last time we were keen on him for the nominee and they all bailed in favor of the war protester.
To: paudio
yes dems, please please pretty please stay close to your "principles." Michelman would be an even better chair of the DNC than Dean because it would show America the truth - that nothing matters more to you than unlimited abortion (look at how you're treating Roemer)
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posted on
01/11/2005 2:09:03 PM PST
by
sassbox
To: paudio
"We will only win when we show up and fight for the issues important to all of us," Dean said in the statement.
Funny. I thought they DID show up last time...wasn't defeating George their MOST IMPORTANT issue?
Man, I just hope he does get the chairmanship... it will make things so much more funny around here!
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To: phantom_tollbooth
"Dean is their Goldwater. Let's be careful what we wish for."
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Please don't compare a nutjob like Howard Dean to Senator Barry Goldwater. The views espoused by Senator Goldwater were consistent with America's national character and thus struck a chord with a majority of Americans, although it took most of them a few years to realize it. The GOP was rebuilt by Ronald Reagan on the footsteps of Goldwater's 1964 campaign, and it led to three straight electoral college landslides for the GOP (until George H.W. Bush pissed it all away by raising taxes). By comparison, Howard Dean's positions will not transform the Democrat Party into a majority party because they are anathema to America's national character. The majority of Americans will not rally around abortion and bigger government and defeatism, even if Dean can get a few thousand useful idiots to attend his rallies.
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posted on
01/11/2005 2:39:21 PM PST
by
AuH2ORepublican
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: paudio
I am sure that Dean's wife is praying he does get the job and stays in D.C.
Far away from her!
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posted on
01/11/2005 2:48:15 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(PRAY FOR MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH)
To: jasoncann; BigSkyFreeper
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posted on
01/11/2005 3:01:12 PM PST
by
shiva
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