Wisconsin for Dean Responds to Republican Plans To Protest Dean's Visit

[Larkspur]

Tomorrow

http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9540&JServSessionIdr001=w21bfoikq2.app195a&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=1301

Wisconsin for Dean State Coordinator Michael J. Tate issued the following statement today regarding plans by the state Republican party to protest Governor Dean's visit to Wisconsin tomorrow:

"We thank our Republican friends for joining our canned food drive and acknowledging the plight that the Bush economy has visited upon Wisconsin's working families.

"Since our working families couldn't afford to feed themselves at President Bush's $2,000-a-plate lunch in Milwaukee, it's worth noting that Republicans had to come to a Howard Dean event in order to help them.

"What is more repugnant than the Republicans' admission of economic failure is a contest they held awarding prizes for the 'best' poster attacking Governor Dean. The winning slogan reportedly reads 'Dean's a queen.'

It's sad that at a time when Americans are losing jobs at home and our nation its credibility abroad, Republicans spend their time on contests for homophobic slogans.

Governor Dean's campaign is one of grassroots power and inclusion, not one of bigotry and division."
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Just love how Dean's Team turns a negative situation into a positive.

[wryter2000]

1. 'splain to me

What is there to protest about a candidate coming to town to give a speech? Does that make any iota of sense?

The Dean people appear to have handled it well, though.

[rainy]

2. Did clearchannel organize this?

This is not usually an issue that draws significant protests unless egged on.

[Rose Siding]

7. No- looks like the local GOP

http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/Oct03/Oct3/1003deandanegop.PDF

Oh, I got friends in low places.....

[Cha]

3. That's the tripe of people who support bush and their mentality.

they probably think it's Clinton's fault that rush is a pill popper.

[Pez]

4. gotta love 'em

favorite republican party game: two degrees of bill clinton.

"well, dean is coming to town, and our buddy rush is in trouble... thus, clinton is the devil and we should protest dean."

*clap*clap*


seriously, i canNOT understand why people are republican. can it just be a chemical imbalance? is there a CURE?

[leesa]

5. 'Dean's a queen'??? THAT'S their winning slogan? Are these all

sixth graders? I swear that Republicans must be fed a lead diet for this degree of mental retardation to occur. Thank goodness they support the manly cheerleaders and chickenhawks! Oh brother!

[eyesroll]

6. I like Mike Tate...

I see him once a month or so (I'm in Milwaukee, and active in the Dean org. here).

He's a good guy -- he always looks like he's running in 10 different directions, and he's real young (not sure how young -- but I'm only 28 and he seems a lot younger than I am).

[janx]

8. Does anybody know how this turned out?

Wasn't this supposed to have happened yesterday?