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In reply to the discussion: Howard Dean Does The Unthinkable. Explains That Bears Actually DO S#!t In The Woods. [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)42. BTW, all, the Dean for America meetups were some of the most awesome political actions I
have EVER been a part of.
Instead of sitting and just listening to some authority tell us stuff, we always actually did somekind of political work at each meetup: writing letters, organizing phone trees, hassling out the language for a petition, networking with community groups, etc. etc. etc. It was like being a real grown-up Democrat, not just some junior member who was to be kept out of the real decisions.
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TrollBuster9090
May 2013
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He made me want to be a democrat again, after the bitter disappointment of Clinton and Wellstone
MNBrewer
May 2013
#21
"I welcome their hatred" vs "If I beg and grovel they will love me". go Howard! nt
msongs
May 2013
#10
Good thing Dr. Dean was there to restore the IQ points lost from a few seconds of the rest of those
abq e streeter
May 2013
#17
I'd still like to see Dean run again....there's just something about him that
snappyturtle
May 2013
#19
I've always thought the same thing! I've always thought he at least belongs in the Senate, and the
TrollBuster9090
May 2013
#22
Another example of Dean speaking common sense, and not giving a s#!t if somebody 'accuses' him of
TrollBuster9090
May 2013
#25
Good for them. It always amazes me when a liberal/progressive common sense politician is presented
TrollBuster9090
May 2013
#28
When he was the Head of the DNC he had a 50 state strategy that helped tremendously here
Dustlawyer
May 2013
#39
Some friends & I went to Iowa for Dr. Dean. I later got his autograph on a biography of
patrice
May 2013
#41