Inspiring article on Dean. I'm feeling hope about this party.

[wildflower]

However you feel about Bill Schneider & CNN...I found this piece inspiring. Dean earned their "Political Play of the Week."

For Dean, it's the empowerment

By Bill Schneider
CNN Political Unit
Friday, February 11, 2005 Posted: 3:45 PM EST (2045 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Howard Dean went from being the hot new face of 2003 to the laughingstock of 2004. Now he is poised for a Democratic Party takeover in 2005.

(snip)

This third act earns him the political Play of the Week.

One word captured the message of the Howard Dean campaign for president last year: Empowerment. Now he's conquered the Democratic National Committee. And his message is?

"You have the power."

(snip)

The Dean takeover is a lot like the takeover of the Republican Party by conservative activists in the 1960s. Conservatives felt disempowered after 30 years in the wilderness.

In the short run, the Goldwater takeover looked like a disaster for the GOP. But in the long run, well, look at what happened.

It was hard to snip here. Read the rest at

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/11/dean/

[madfloridian]

1. That is very good from Bill Schneider....nice one.

SNIP...."What impressed them was Dean's refusal to go on the defensive.

"Once Howard Dean lost the Iowa primary, there was no licking of wounds; there was no baying at the moon," says Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, who has endorsed Dean. "There was, let's move to another stage now. We've got the right idea here."

What did Dean do?

"He formed Democracy for America, which took what was the foundation -- the Internet foundation -- and the enthusiasm, reaching out to the grassroots for his campaign and made it a national campaign," says Abercrombie.

[wildflower]

5. Thanks! I hated cutting that piece out...it's so hard to snip.

Very uplifting.

-wildflower

[NYCGirl]

2. That's from Schneider and CNN? WOW. NT

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. The grassroots are gaining a voice!

:bounce:

[Padraig18]

4. Nice article--- just amazed the Schneider wrote it!

:wow:

[moggie12]

6. Wolf Blitzer had an earlier piece on Dean and it was good, too

The promo for it showed "the scream" so I was expecting a slam job, but it was even-handed & showed Dean in a good light.

CNN is schizo -- you never know from one day to the next what tack they'll be taking (or even from the promo to the actual news piece).

[wildflower]

7. What kinds of things usually win the "Political Play of the Week"?

I wasn't previously familiar with it, so I was wondering. I'm guessing it's unusual for it to be a Dem idea or person?

-wildflower

[moggie12]

8. Yes, they're usually revolting

I can't say I've seen a lot of them, but of the ones I've seen I can't remember one that featured a Democrat. There was one a week or two about Bush that made me wretch, but for the life of me, I can't remember what it involved (must be repressing the memory...)

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[wildflower]

10. I don't think so. My favorite part is the end...

"The Dean takeover is a lot like the takeover of the Republican Party by conservative activists in the 1960s. Conservatives felt disempowered after 30 years in the wilderness.

In the short run, the Goldwater takeover looked like a disaster for the GOP. But in the long run, well, look at what happened."

It just makes you hopeful, you know?

ON EDIT: I just realized the other thing I liked so much about this piece.

It's the idea that it's never over, if you don't let it be. You (the editorial you) don't have to be sunk by one scream (or whatever). You can make a comeback. It's like those toys you push over and they keep popping back up...what are those called?

-wildflower

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[mandyky]

14. LOL Weeble Wobbles

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down. :)

[wildflower]

15. LOL..I was thinking that should be our nickname, but on second thought! nt

[Cha]

17. Yeah, Dean definetly feels that

way, too..check out my sig.

[DearAbby]

12. Howard Dean will lead the Donkeys to Armageddon?

I think that is *'s job...have to have enough dead bodies so Jaysus can step out of the clouds.

Your doom and gloom is noted, save it.

[Debi]

13. WE HAVE THE POWER!

:dem:

[flpoljunkie]

18. Asbolutely, but we must use it. Remember what Ben Franklin said...

http://www.bartleby.com/73/1593.html

Benjamin Franklin (1706–90)

QUOTATION:
“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”

“A Republic, if you can keep it.”

ATTRIBUTION:
The response is attributed to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN—at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation—in the notes of Dr. James McHenry, one of Maryland’s delegates to the Convention.

[Cha]

16. I wasn't laughing and the only

reason ..others were ..is because of cnn and the rest of the fascist mediawhores playing The Scream the best way it would suit their intended purpose.

ol' bill got that right about "You've Got The Power"!