My Father (REPUB) Voted For Bush* ..... He Just DONATED To DEAN!

[matcom]

Matcom's note: i personally have NOT decided on a candidate yet. (Dadcom) did this on his own, based (FINALLY) on research.

Matcom's note #2: Dadcom is ex CIA, a repuke all his life, political neophite until given the facts, voted for Bush*, etc.. etc..etc..

-IF you don't already know and follow the story of my father, just ask. even if I am not around, SOMEONE will fill you in

Dad just called. He just wrote a check to the DEAN campaign for $100. Dad knows the players in the admin. he worked with MANY of them. following is a short summary of what is now behind HIS reasoning:

-Dean is the only candidate willing to denounce this "PHONY WAR"

-Dean has brought politics BACK TO THE PEOPLE

-Dean is NOT the phenomenon.... the "PHENOMENON" (Grass Roots) launched Howard Dean

-Kerry had his opportunity. he fucked it up. he was the BEST voice against this war and he chose NOT to be strong. he wears a "pink tutu"

-No other candidate has the guts to galvanize the electorate and stand up to the coruption

-the "Grass Roots Movement" is the ONLY way to get this country out of the clutches of the NeoCons.

one final note. my father is BY NO MEANS a DEM! he DID change his party affiliation to "Independant" shortly after the start of the war. he has learned a TON since finding the Internet. i am VERY proud to say, he has learned a TON from me.

Dad,

Don't know yet if i will follow suite yet (endorsing Dean) but i want you to know that you are an inspiration for thousands who are trying to "educate" the public regarding the high crimes this administration perpetrates on an HOURLY basis.

I am proud as hell to be your son and want to thank you for opening your mind to the FACTS.

I Love You.

-Matcom

[efhmc]

1. That is really great.

It certainly speaks well of you as an educator and your father as a person willing to see what is true.

[LeftCoast]

2. Hey! That's really cool!

I'm supporting Dean, myself. I hope if Dean doesn't get the nomination your Dad still votes ABB!

[UrbScotty]

3. Good for DADCOM!

:-)

[Clete]

4. So does that mean Dean could sway the South?

[Eloriel]

27. Big parts of it, IMO

All he needs to be able to do is to get his message out there relatively unfiltered. He'll NEVER win over social conservatives (fundies), but he's got a great message.

Civil unions could be the main sticking point, but I think he's got an iron-clad response for that (other than for the die-hard fundies whose vote we'd never get anyway): It's about equal rights. I want everyone to have the same rights I do.

Eloriel

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

31. And Dean's economic record

especially the revitalization of downtowns, sits well with the local storekeepers in the small towns.

[tedoll78]

38. That,

And his position is pretty much the same as Cheney's. That shuts-up the fundies every time.

[HFishbine]

42. Doesn't have to

Plenty of Deaners down here. We're spreading the word. Don't worry about it.

[Cha]

5. How sweet your salute to your Dad is! And I'm glad your

Dad had come around so brilliantly, but Kucinich is denouncing this war for what it is, too! Bless his heart~ Dennis is out there working for the truth! And I'm for Dean!

I've been for Dean since about a half an hour after Gore said he wasn't going to run and I've seen no reason to change. ..It's only gotten stronger! :-)

[goobergunch]

6. Nice!

:bounce:

and a :toast: to Dadcom!

[arcane1]

7. excellent! I wish I had your success...

My dad has "bring 'em on" as his e-mail sig line, fer chrissakes! :-(

edited to add:

:toast:

[GCP]

8. Time for dadcom to join DU

Would he like to come to the Boston get-together?

[Nay]

9. Wonderful, Matcom

Dare we hope there are lots of folks like your Dad? I feel like I am waiting in suspended animation until the 2004 elections. So much is riding on them.

[Howardx]

10. same story with my dad

he broke with the repubs in the 90's after a lifetime of being one. now he supports dean too

[Cha]

12. Amazing!

:toast: to your Dad, too, Jones!

[disgruntella]

11. that is terrific

It's always good to hear a story of someone getting politically empowered! (especially when they switch from Republican to Democrat... gotta be honest)

I'll be interested to ask my dad what he thinks of Dean, if he's read the Time cover story (I'm sure he has). He is a self-identified "independent" who used to be a Republican but is now disgusted with Bush Jr & co. However, I think he might be disgusted to the point that he won't vote at all.

[Cha]

13. To People who think they are so disgusted that they won't vote

@ all I say that's Exactly what the rePukercons want!

Wouldn't it be nice if EVERYONE voted them OUT?!

[disgruntella]

18. i agree with you

After re-reading my post, I'd say that my dad is more disgusted with the government and politics in general than specifically with Dubya et al. I don't know if he has the faith in the system to switch parties.

However, my mom is mad as hell at Bush. I'm curious what she thinks about Dean too. We are going to see Molly Ivins speak in a couple of weeks, yeah!

[Cha]

23. That should be interesting going to see Molly speak!

Are you in Texas?

Go Tex DEms!

[disgruntella]

26. Molly is coming to Billings, Montana

I guess she's "on tour" -- it's a benefit for the ACLU/Montana Foundation.

http://www.billingsnews.com/story?storyid=6051&issue=162

I wouldn't miss it for anything!

[Larkspur]

14. As a Dean supporter, I welcome your dad

but I disagree partly with him on this point

-Dean is NOT the phenomenon.... the "PHENOMENON" (Grass Roots) launched Howard Dean

I think that the "Phenonmenon" worked both ways. Like a good doctor, Dean listened to his patient (the American electorate, specifically alienated Democrats and left-leaning Independents), did some research into the problem and devised a strategy or treatment program to treat what ailed his patient. Unlike the other candidates, Dean worked WITH his patient as a partner, not as a dictator or overlord.

As a person who works as a software engineer in a customer service field, I do my programming to serve my customers needs or make their work easier, not just to fiddle with bits and bytes. To do that I have to listen to how they do things currently, what aggravates them about their work and what they would like to be able to do that they can't do under the current system. With that information, I can devise a system the meets most if not all their needs and desires.

One of the problems that I see in the Democratic Party, and I see this in my Democratic Town committee as well, is that the Party's customer service program SUCKS!!!! Personally, I've never felt welcomed in the party, which is one reason why I left it over 10 years ago. I returned last year because I saw what Bush did in 2000 and that leaving the Party didn't make it better. It made it weaker. Not that I alone can solved the Party's problems, but that my voice needed to be heard within the party whether they liked it or not. I'm more confident in myself now and understand customer service concepts better now than I did when I left the party 10 years ago, so I now voice my opinion even though I know that right now they most likely won't like it, but someday they will agree to some of it, if not all of it.

[dorktv]

29. Good for you on coming back!

My local Dem district kind of sucks too but if you work with them, not against them, you can get what you want sometimes.

[CMT]

15. Thanks for the support, Dadcom

and thanks for posting it Matcom.

[Fridays Child]

16. Family Smarts - as the Dadcom is bent, so grows the Matcom.

Dadcom rocks! :thumbsup:

[Terwilliger]

17. D.A.D.C.O.M is pHat-C.O.M

sleeT!

[wryter2000]

19. Wow, Matcom

Kudos to you and your dad. The decent republicans in this country have been cruelly used, imho.

[Liberal_Andy]

20. That is very cool, Matcom!!!

:toast: to your Dad!

[JackSwift]

21. Dean is going to have a lot of

swing and Rep base appeal. These folks that say he is too liberal don't seem have read his record, which is very moderate.

[w13rd0]

28. Not only that...

...but it makes anyone who listens and agrees re-evaluate how the media and the GOP frame issues. Easy labelling, slander, whatever. They say, well hell, I've been a Republican for 20 years, but what he says makes sense, does that mean I'm a liberal? It's an open door to opening a mind, evaluating issues based upon the facts present and honestly presented, and it can do absolute wonders...

[goforit]

22. Way to go Dadcom!!!!!...................Rally the troops, asap!!!!

:bounce: :toast: :bounce:

[Eloriel]

24. I love you too, Dadcom!

'Cause you are soooooo smart:

-Dean is the only candidate willing to denounce this "PHONY WAR"

-Dean has brought politics BACK TO THE PEOPLE

-Dean is NOT the phenomenon.... the "PHENOMENON" (Grass Roots) launched Howard Dean


I really like that third point. But the "phenomenon" in question couldn't/wouldn't have happened without the first two points being true.

:-)

Toast to Dadcom! And to his fine son too:

:toast:

Matcom -- you REALLY ought to post this on the blog. Hit "Comments" under any blog entry and scroll down to the bottom of the COmments page for the comment entry form:

Official Blog
http://blog.deanforamerica.com/

Eloriel

[matcom]

34. post it for me. i don't have time

you post it for me. you have my permission to post in its entirety

[MODemocrat]

25. That is such great news about your Dad

It sounds as if your Dad is a very intelligent man, and gathers the news for himself, not relying on the radio talk shows etc. I couldn't
be happier for you, and for the rest of us. He's moving in the (right)or should I say, the (correct) direction by changing his party affiliation to Independent.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

30. Your dad isn't the only one

I was talking to my MD, who was raised Republican. She said Bush is dangerous and has ruined our relations with other countries, which can only lead to an increased threat of terrorism. She said,"I don't care who the Democrats run, I'm voting Democratic in 2004. Bush must be stopped!"

[caledesi]

32. OMG! That was beautiful Matcom...just beautiful

[stanwyck]

33. A guy I work with

who is generally very quiet about politics, but knows I'm not!, told me he voted for Bush but has donated to Dean. I was shocked. This guy is very conservative. I'm so encouraged by your post and by my co-worker.

[matcom]

35. its a crazy time

who KNOWS what might happen.

keep up the fight

[Desperadoe]

36. Good Job, Matcom

I've followed your threads concerning you and your father and I have to say it is a most interesting situation. You have done well to have helped him to get up to date on the issues.

People like your father are the voters and supporters that we need to save this situation.

Ed

[matcom]

37. i just hope others follow

the mantra HAS to be

EDUCATE

EDUCATE

EDUCATE

[CatWoman]

39. I'm never up this early

got to give this thread an early bird :kick:

[Cornus]

40. Wait 'til Clark announces

Considering your father's background, if he likes Dean he's going to LOVE Clark!

[VermontDem2004]

41. Same story with my mom

she actually introduced me to Dean(not him actually but his issues)

[Khephra]

43. Great news!

:party:

[DinahMoeHum]

44. At last week's Dean Meetup, I met some new people

who admitted they voted Repuke last go round. They all said they won't be doing that this time!!!

:kick:

[MissouriTeacher]

45. My Dad's a Republican too...

and just the other day he admitted he didn't like Bush.

I think we're seeing a growing trend. :thumbsup:

[fishnfla]

46. Matcom I know this is not your dad, but

In the current Newsweek, with HD on the cover, they insinuate(note: them, not me) that GOPers are donating to the Dean campaign because they know * can beat him. They use the paltry example of one Freeper who sent in 25 bucks. This is along the lines of the Rovespeak, "heh-heh thats the one we want"

[molly]

47. Will Dadcom vote for whomever is the DEM candidate?

[matcom]

48. don't know.

but he AIN'T voting for BUSH*!

THAT you can be assured of

[Blue_Roses]

49. wow--pretty impressive

wasn't it you that had a mother-in-law write you off after you tried to tell her some facts? If so, how's that going and if not then I'll just move along?!

What does your dad think of the book, "Sleeping with the Enemey?" Just curious. Debating whether to buy it or not. Heard there were alot of blacked out pages.