"Dean Roars into Town"....thorough write-up of Lawrence, KS, visit.

[madfloridian]

I am very impressed with the good local coverage he is getting in his visits. That is his goal right now, getting the word out locally. He is not using the national media at all really right now. He feels that is how you start...locally. This is excellent coverage, with man on the street interviews as well.

It is very long, and I am quoting from his remarks at a fundraiser in a private home.

http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/197427
SNIP..."But the Hiebert crowd got a little more red meat than the Liberty Hall attendees.

On abortion specifically, he said, the party must commit to making abortions "safe, legal and rare" while maintaining women's rights to choose.

"The issue is not abortion," Dean told the closed-door fund-raiser. "The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do."

And Dean told the Hiebert fund-raiser that gay marriage was a Republican diversion from discussions of ballooning deficits and lost American jobs. That presents an opportunity to attract moderate Republicans, he said.

"Moderate Republicans can't stand these people (conservatives), because they're intolerant. They don't think tolerance is a virtue," Dean said, adding: "I'm not going to have these right-wingers throw away our right to be tolerant."

And concluding his backyard speech with a litany of Democratic values, he added: "This is a struggle of good and evil. And we're the good."

When told of Dean's remarks, Derrick Sontag -- executive director of the Kansas Republican Party -- said he was "shocked. My immediate reaction to that whole dialogue is, it's full of hatred," Sontag said. "The Democratic Party has elected a leader that's full of hatred."

[BayCityProgressive]

1. LOL full of hatred?

Says the Nazi attacking gay and women's rights. What an idiot.

[Not_Giving_Up]

2. Go Howard Go!

The Democratic Party is NOT the one full of hate. The very fact that they feel the need to bash him says something!

[FreedomAngel82]

6. I agree

At least they said some good things though. Sounds like Mr. Dean is doing good and he's right. We are the party of good. I'm excited for him and all that's going on and hopefully things will work out for us in 2006 and 2008. :) Oh and I'd love to go to a Dean event. I've never been to any. :( Hopefully he'll come around here too.

[Southsideirish]

3. Let me count the ways I love Howard Dean. On second thought, I can't

There are too many of them.

[tanyev]

4. Get used to it, Derrick.

It's about time you felt a little Shock and Awe.

[patricia92243]

5. It;s fun to watch the Republicans be so scared.

[FreedomAngel82]

7. It is fun

Hehe. It's like a new spectator sport. ;)

[madfloridian]

8. Here is a news video about Lawrence if you are on high-speed.

Quicktime format, about 18 mbs. Pretty fast download on highspeed. It is really well done and a lot of fun to watch.
http://www.6newslawrence.com/stories/2005/feb/25/dean/

Right click the link, and save target as.

His goal is good local coverage, and he is doing pretty well.

[mandyky]

9. Great article

Great news

[madfloridian]

10. I see CNN picked up on these quotes today.

I did not see it, but someone posted a video clip of it.
Judy sounded rather disapproving.

"Moderate Republicans can't stand these people (conservatives), because they're intolerant. They don't think tolerance is a virtue," Dean said, adding: "I'm not going to have these right-wingers throw away our right to be tolerant."

And concluding his backyard speech with a litany of Democratic values, he added: "This is a struggle of good and evil. And we're the good."

http://www.edwardsdavid.com/BushVideos/cnn_ip_bytes_dean_wants_repubs_050228-01.rm

Link was courtesy of dzika in a GD discussion.