Howard Dean's Call to Action
LAS VEGAS -- Howard Dean came home today.
The Democratic National Committee chairman delivered a call to action this morning at the Yearly Kos convention, urging attendees to avoid slipping into partisan attacks and rather to focus on broadening their own circles of influence.
"What Americans want is to not just beat up on the right wing," Dean said. "People want a unified country again."
Dean was greeted as a conquering hero to a packed ballroom at the Riviera hotel -- despite the early hour (8 a.m. PDT) of his speech. He received several standing ovations, and one woman who rose to ask a question admitted to being "so nervous."
For many of the people gathered here this weekend, Dean's 2004 presidential campaign was the official birth of the online progressive movement. When he initially entered the contest, Dean was the longest of long shots - a little known former governor of Vermont. But Dean built a nationwide online community of donors an activists, raising more than $50 million and ascending to the top of the Democratic field by the end of 2003. His campaign crashed spectacularly in Iowa, New Hampshire and beyond, a collapse that left many within the party and the media wondering whether Dean signaled a fundamental change in politics or an easily ignored anomaly.
Dean today cast the '04 campaign as a phase in a larger movement, not an end in itself. "I knew at that time that this was not dead," said Dean. "The campaign wasn't dead because it wasn't a campaign, it was a movement to take back America."
As he has since becoming DNC Chairman last year, Dean insisted that Democrats are the party of "real American values," values that include the belief that "it is immoral to send troops to a foreign country without telling them why they are going" -- a line that was followed by an extended standing ovation.
For the most part, however, Dean avoided the fiery formulations that defined his presidential campaign in favor of empowering rhetoric aimed at the participants. "You are the vanguard of real change in America," he said. "You are the way we talk to ordinary people and make them feel valued again."
He urged members of the progressive "netroots" to move beyond simply blogging and grassroots organizing to entering the political arena themselves; "Ultimately, if a generation wants to make its mark on politics, you have to participate in politics," Dean said. "Voting is the bare minimum."
Dean's speech kicked off a busy day at the Kos convention. Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner will deliver a noontime speech, the only potential presidential 2008 White House candidate to make such an address. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) will headline tonight's schedule.
Check The Fix later today for updates.
By Chris Cillizza |
June 10, 2006; 3:31 PM ET
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Posted by: there's always someone that wants | June 11, 2006 6:46 PM
Dean's comment to "move beyond simply blogging and grassroots organizing to entering the political arena themselves; "Ultimately, if a generation wants to make its mark on politics, you have to participate in politics," is also the viewpoint of our group promoting Condi Rice for president.
There are thousands of people across the nation who have stepped up to say Condi is their choice for 2008. She was the top choice at the California state convention, which shows if she is on the ticket in 2008, her star power might bring the state into the Republican side of the electoral college tally.
Also in June, our group was at the Texas state convention, again being active instead of just pounding a keyboard. Money has been raised to put ads on the radio across Texas before the convention, which attracted thousands of delegates to come to the Condi Rice 2008 booth.
If you have heard about any of this, then it just shows how the mainstrem media is ignoring the Condi movement underway to promote her as the choice of the people for 2008.
website is www.4condi.com
Posted by: TINA | June 11, 2006 4:45 PM
The only way to get the foot in the door is getting the foot there to begin with.
Dean's approach is the wrong one, because pushing far-left extremist agendas to the forefront just alienates the swing voters (and a midstream face lift doesn't remove 4 years of what was touted). It makes winning a majority in congress and the senate almost impossible in the South and Midwest (states that MUST be won to get a toehold, CA, MA, NY won't carry the country).
Dean and Kos don't "get it" as they're too far out of the mainstream to understand the real "meat and potatoes" politick. They thought anger (ABB) would rally the votes, but today's voters are smarter, tuned in, and don't buy into the fluff (they read the literature from both parties, too). It flopped as it's issues not parties that count now -- and it's going that direction more and more as folks tire of the slick $$$$$$$$$ propaganda and mouthpieces.
SandyK
Posted by: SandyK | June 11, 2006 12:24 PM
I see Sandy being correct about nominating Conservative Democrats if they want to win. The McGovern reforms enabled the extremists of the party to dictate the agenda and it's paid a price ever since. Except, I'd still go the Centrist route for both practical and ideological purposes; and I'd suck it up and support Lieberman [Could he have gone that wrong since he was the Party's nominee for Vice President just six years ago?].
I don't know any details about Dean's 50-state strategy other than the name; but, if it includes winning the correct state houses and legislatures from '06 to '08 to '10, then the Democrats would be in position to control the re-districting resulting from the 2010 Census.
Not everybody is shortsighted, and looking at today's picture only.
Posted by: Nor'Easter | June 11, 2006 11:30 AM
So what's the Dean hypocritical prescription? Defeating Liebermann.
Lamont's everything anti-Liebermann Dean and his brother could call up. And now they claim the DP needs more "moderate/centrist" candidates by ousting the Moderate-Left Joe?
What the Dems are doing is killing themselves by amputating limbs to treat a tumor instead of treating it to save the limb and self. Turning the Democrat party into the GOP to win doesn't serve the country any good, it forces folks to want a viable third party instead (where's Perot when we really need him??), as they are tiring of the Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum choices now. Turn the DP into yesterday's leftovers even more so.
Want to win in 2008? Nominate the conservative Democrats. That siphons the votes from GOP candidates, leaving only partisans to vote for their candidates. That'll tip the 49/50 percentage to win elections. Don't do that approach, and play funny with anti-candidates, lick 8 more years of wounds, again.
You guys will soon learn how wrong Dean is, and how far he took the Dems on a long ride as payback for losing the nomination.
SandyK
Posted by: SandyK | June 11, 2006 11:01 AM
what's interesting is that America seems to have an attention span shorter than Georges'...
he's been doing nothing but lieing since he was elected....no come to think of it that was a lie, FLORIDA is a family state for him:
any way,
well since el Zaquistor was actually a fabtication of the current governments imagination...an "evil doer," of epic proportions...
well who cares? certainly not me, I'm not buying 3 day old bread and calling it a bargain...especially when it's made from sawdust with no nutrional value...
that's the bottome line isn't it....no friggin nutritional value...
speaking of News, we have our own version of Radio Free Europe....nowdays
I listen to NPR and BBC...when I want the news...
not CNN or the newsfeeds...how did the Soviets keep the russian peasants down? Pravda...the Soviet NEWS agency...pure propaganda...FOX CNN what have you...eliminted Rather rather nicely didn't they...serendipity?
I listen, but I also have first hand knowledge of how things work,
I worked in Washington DC for 20 years, and some of that was with the military, and a lot of my friends were "in the business,"
it's not too hard to see the media manipulation for what it is...
yeah, the media, they know what's going on...
media people, are not insiders, they are ordinary people getting fed
information, planted information...they are
people that don't know the difference, and good people that can't believe that Americans would knowingly create situations that hurt other people...
Because they were never taught how to think in manipulative ways, as a staging process...to the next level
I ask you to remember one thing:
What kind of people seperate married couples (families) and children as a way of preventing an uprising of a class of people, or keep people who speak the same language from being sold together, or keep people from learning to read and write....
I'm talking slave owners, but that's only an emotional thing, what I'm really talking about is cold blooded manipulation of a people, I'm also talking class of people, and caste system...one that you've created by not thinking for yourselves.
is it soooo hard to imagine these people manipulating the government and media to control a country or countries for the benefit of a few?
nicaragua/sandistas/Iran/shah of iran/noriega/panama/saddam/iraq
UAE/Saudi's piloted the 9/11 WTC scam...
these people, an elite upper class, have actually existed since the inception of the United States, they were part of a compromise to let democracy in, it's really not what they want, but to get a free hand they agreed to participate...
their families taught them to manipulate the military or have access to controlling it...
most of these people's families are _still_ in power.
that kind of cold bloodedness, is inherited and taught, cooperation with other families that are inherited wealthy....of all nationalities, for instance (UAE/Saudi's/bushs' family)
.
not saying _all_ inherited people are like that, but if it's not in your family history, you're not going to recognize it for what it is, and you'll believe the (tinfoil helmets, koolaide, conspiracy theory) comments that say
"don't look here," "I'm busy raping your sister,"
when I first started posting here some time back I compared the administration and people working with them to child molestors...
that still holds true,
you want to stop them, point at them, identify them....
it's not an event based activity it's a way of life
you need to see the way of life and indentify the perpatrators for what they are...
forget about the single events, the predatory response to "what are you doing," it's explainable, unless you know who you're dealing with, then it's a prelude....
"I was just sitting down,"
"I didn't mean any harm,"
and so on...
patterns of actions...consistent lying, persistent giving of the countries assests to certain individuals....
you could take the Republican investment in the California election to replace dicklyss cunning ham....
recoreded phone messages from the President and Vice President, to certain households and an unprecedented amount of cash spent to make sure that a Republican got elected to cunning ham's seat....
what was that about?
people feeling like they were on a roll, wanting to take the steam off of people feeling like they could get the country back....
did they advertise about how they did it?
no, it was on NPR....not as an exposure, just as an aside...
nothing is as it seems.
front page the next day, "Republicans Win in California, Democrats Can't Deliver,"
I'm not partisan, but the Republicans, president and vice president were deeeeeeeply invested in that single election....
because it damped spirits...
deception is a well used tool, and WHO OWNS the media?
corporations do....
evil is not a single thing, it's the intent behind the movement...
the only way to stalk a predator is to be one...take care of yourself by thinking about persistent patterns that have been occuring with this complicit congress and administration...CSI
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what are Americans being fed? and why do the rest of the people in the world refer to them as "the mushroom people?"
because they are kept in the dark and fed BULL SH-it...
Posted by: America is talking about | June 10, 2006 9:30 PM
all spin no substance,
terminate, the distraction, focus on revealing...
it's the simplest strategy, simply tell the truth...
why was getting a republican worth the Presidents and the VP's time? and all that money...
look at the big picture, work with the truth, not countering the spin...
once you reveal what is going on, the public will react strongly enough to do your work for you....
peel the cover off of the cover up....
government complicity in managing the world resources for a very priveleged few...
eat them.
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Posted by: it's really all about taking the curtain off the Oz show... | June 10, 2006 9:07 PM
that's tidy,
perhaps they can explain it to MR Dean as he will probably check in on the coverage later...
I've seen him reading here before...
Sounds like maybe the FBI need to look into this manipulation of media by the current government, neh?
thanks.
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Posted by: Yeah, | June 10, 2006 7:47 PM
Thanks Howard for ensuring our majority.
the 50-state strategy siphons off need money from the states which you need to keep blue.
Keep pouring money and resources into Alabama, Georgia, Utah, and Ohio, it's money that won't be used in New Mexico, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota,and Michigan states that we have a chance to flip.
VivaDeWine06
Posted by: vivabush04OH | June 10, 2006 7:45 PM
Well the con artists may have more up their sleeve than previously thought. C-span was going to cover the Convention, and in fact advertised it. But this morning they announced they had to break away from the Convention due to 'technical difficulties', even though yesterday and this mornings broadcasts were airing fine other than a few quick blips that appear ALL the time. They say they just lost the satellite feed. Well Ok. Things happen. We all assume its' being corrected. But when Kos went to the C-span website for any information, all Convention scheduling and references had already been COMPLETELY removed.
But they will keep the film to air at some other time. On C-3 at 3:00am Mr. Lamb??
Then we have Zarqawi; the finding of him, the attaching of the 500s, the digging up, the shampooing of and the portraiting of, with the fingerprinting and identification of:
within hours.
NOW TELL ME AGAIN, ANYONE, THAT IT TAKES *TIME* TO CONNECT, OR DISCONNECT IN THIS CASE, THE DOTS TO ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME!
They can move, when it damn well suits them.
Posted by: motherwolfe | June 10, 2006 7:09 PM
I'm glad to see Howard Dean where he is. A 50-state strategy is the only way to take America back from the lunatics and con artists.
Posted by: Drindl | June 10, 2006 4:46 PM
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