More on Dean from the SF Chronicle

[CAcyclist]

I forgot to add a link to the letter section - most of which supported Dean. Here's the buried link to Dick Cheney's AP article (very hard to find on SF Gate, wonder why that is) and Tom Meyer's Anti-Dean political cartoon. But then there is Jon Carroll championing Dean - so cool.

Also , I think people should contact Karen Finney, the DNC spokesperson quoted in the Cheney article and thank her for her supportive words. That's the way to do it!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/12/politics/p193858D10.DTL&hw=cheney&sn=002&sc=951

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/12/politics/p091002D08.DTL&hw=cheney&sn=003&sc=940
Howard Dean is "over the top," Vice President Dick Cheney says, calling the Democrats' chairman "not the kind of individual you want to have representing your political party."

"I've never been able to understand his appeal. Maybe his mother loved him, but I've never met anybody who does. He's never won anything, as best I can tell," Cheney said in an interview to be aired Monday on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes."
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Karen Finney, a spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee, objected to Cheney's characterization of Dean.

"Governor Dean must be doing something right if the vice president of the United States would stoop so low as to use the governor's mother as a way to deflect from answering the concerns of the American people," Finney said Sunday. "It's no wonder President Bush's approval ratings are at an all-time low."

Dean said Saturday that positive responses from influential supporters have reinforced his determination to keep talking tough.

"People want us to fight," Dean told the national party's executive committee. "We are here to fight."

Addressing Iowa party activists later Saturday in Des Moines, he added: "We need to be blunt and clear about the things we're going to fight for. I'm tired of lying down in front of the Republican machine. We need to stand up for what we believe in."


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/12/EDMEYER.DTL

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/13/DDGM7C8B5I1.DTL

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Howard Dean makes the unremarkable statement that the GOP is the party of white Christians, and other Democrats run and flee and say, "Oh no, oh no!"
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People should stop believing the bullfluff that Fox News represents some significant percentage of the populace. The latest Nielsen ratings show that the Fox News Channel has 1,758,000 viewers in prime time, with only 416,000 falling into the 25-54 demographic. This is in a nation of 300 million people. However much noise it makes and however much room it takes up in the brains of media people, Fox is a very small muffin in a very large bakery -- a small, wizened, bitter muffin. Ignore it; everyone else does.

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Most Americans are neither ultraconservative nor superrich, and they are interested in hearing the truth. The Democrats should be interested in telling the truth, and telling it in a strong and convincing manner. They cannot flinch when the White House does one of its "gay marriage booga booga" dances. Be not afraid, Democrats. This is not an occasion in which the meek will inherit the earth. Speak for the people, because the people need you to end the madness.

[lady lib]

1. Love this quote,

"Fox is a very small muffin in a very large bakery -- a small, wizened, bitter muffin. Ignore it; everyone else does."

:thumbsup:

[CAcyclist]

2. Me,too!

It would look so good on a T-shirt