Dean on the September 11, 2003 anniversary

[Khephra]

September 11, 2003

BURLINGTON, VT--Governor Howard Dean, M.D. released the following statement on the anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001:

"Two years ago, the unthinkable happened. 3,000 Americans lost their lives to mass murderers who wished only to take the lives of our people, and take them indiscriminately. The national wound left by those attacks will be long in healing, and for the many Americans whose lives it touched, we can offer only our comfort for their perseverance and our prayers for their lost.

"In the days and weeks that followed that horrendous tragedy, we demonstrated the best of who we are as a nation. Through the masses of people helping one another cross the Brooklyn Bridge, to the thousands and thousands of Americans who donated blood or food or clothing for the survivors, to the candlelight vigils in cities and towns across America, to the phone calls from loved ones and long-lost friends offering aid and solace, we all shared a common grief and a common unity. We were struck a cruel blow that day, but we responded by drawing closer as a nation and as a people, and in our fellowship we were as strong as we have ever been.

"As Americans, we grow together, we work together, we celebrate together, we hope together, and when some of our numbers are fallen, as on that awful day two years ago, our great American hearts break together, and we mourn and we draw strength, and stand together. As one community, America can never be broken."

http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8950&JServSessionIdr012=u8hu9i5lrb.app2a&news_iv_ctrl=1301

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Damn uniter.

Thanks for the whiff of fresh air.

[Cha]

2. RIF said it best~

[babzilla]

3. now I'm all verklempt

"As Americans, we grow together, we work together, we celebrate together, we hope together, and when some of our numbers are fallen, as on that awful day two years ago, our great American hearts break together, and we mourn and we draw strength, and stand together. As one community, America can never be broken."

[AWD]

4. He lied!

He claimed the attacks happened on September 11th!

Last week, he said it was on "9/11"!!

Which is it??

Waffler! Waffler!! Liar!!!

[babzilla]

6. beg pardon

that's a rookie flip-flop, not a waffle.

And you fancy yourself a politician, get it straight, didn't you see Lieberman on Hardball?

Holy Joe's decoder ring says:

rookie=Dean
cowboy=*
waffler=Kerry

[Cha]

8. LOL!

:kick:

[BushGone04]

5. Very well said

I'm a big Kerry supporter, but that's a hell of a speech by Governor Dean.

[KaraokeKarlton]

7. Dean writes all of his own stuff, too

So you know this came from him directly, not from some speech writer.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

9. Written like a man...

who should be president. :)

So much anger and divisiveness on this board now, I know it's only going to get worse, but I see even normally fair people getting crazy.
I can't even read 1/2 the stuff, it's so ugly, and so many threads dissolve into sniping -- what's the point, anyway?

We're all just talking to same group of people day after day on this board, and just digging in deeper.

Hopefully we will all have a group hug when the primaries are over and we have chosen our man (or woman) to unseat Bush...