Howard Dean Speaks For Me (Petition)

[Tamyrlin79]

If you agree, you may now sign the petition to that effect that will be delivered to Democratic leaders and those who issued public criticisms of Howard Dean:

http://www.petitiononline.com/Dean/petition.html

The Daily Kos thread that got this effort started can be found here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/10/215519/522

There is also an image-link there that they are asking people to blogswarm with and a link to the current signature count.


Rock On! :headbang: :hippie:

[beyurslf]

1. Done

[emdee]

2. Done. Thanks! n/t

n/t

[liberalnurse]

3. I'm on the list now!

:woohoo:

[OffWithTheirHeads]

4. Thanks for tis info!

Signed, sealed and delivered!

[DeepGreen]

5. Great !!!!

Thanks

Keep it going Howard !!!!

:yourock:

[okieinpain]

6. done

[Me.]

7. Vichy Democrats

There is also an action alert at the top of Kos which if you click on it refers to Feinstein and Biden as Vichy Democrats. That's about as perfect a label for their type of democrat as I've ever read.

[Tamyrlin79]

10. Maybe this shows my youth, but...

What does the "Vichy" label connotate? It sounds French... Something from the French Revolution?

[Me.]

12. Vichy government

“In World War II, the right-wing government of unoccupied France after the country’s defeat by the Germans in June 1940, named after the spa town of Vichy, France, where the national assembly was based under Prime Minister Pétain until the liberation in 1944. Vichy France was that part of France not occupied by German troops until November 1942. Authoritarian and collaborationist, the Vichy regime cooperated with the Germans even after they had moved to the unoccupied zone in November 1942. It imprisoned some 135,000 people, interned another 70,000, deported some 76,000 Jews, and sent 650,000 French workers to Germany.”

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0026975.html

[Matariki]

8. YES! thank you! n/t

[SoCalifer]

9. Done

Thanks for the link.. :thumbsup:

[PassingFair]

24. Hey, SoCalifer, I have a question for you!

I notice all of your union "flash" and I wonder if you have insight that I don't have into union endorsements.

I was involved in Dean for America in the early days before the primary. I went to several rallies and fundraisers for Dean. I felt a bit like I was swimming upstream with a few other salmon.

As the primaries heated up, several local unions came out strongly for Dean, I remember that the IUPAT (Painter Union, I think) and AFCSME and another union with purple insignia endorsed him. The first union rally I attended really blew me away. Suddenly, we salmon had joined up with vast SCHOOLS of determined fish. Fish that knew how to make noise and change the course of the current. I cried that day, I was so happy to see such a HUGE influx to the progressive movement. Although I grew up in Detroit, I was never fortunate enough to be in a union.

Now, the UAW and the AFLCIO were not so forward with their endorsements. In fact, I had to wait for the nod from my county chairman to propose a resolution that Dean be supported for DNC Chair. The UAW still has a huge amount of political power here in Michigan.

My question is, why aren't they encouraging THEIR members to fight against this administration? There's nothing STOPPING them from endorsing, they seem to be afraid to put their necks out for any candidate. But, JEEZE! It can't get much worse for the big unions than it already is, could it?

Any input would be appreciated, and I fully support Unions!

[KarenS]

11. Signed !! Thanks!! n/t

[ribrepin]

13. Done

[Zhade]

14. Done.

NT!

[Cha]

15. Thanks, Tamyrlin!

That's a Cool picture of Dean on "DEAN SPEAKS FOR ME"

12 people signed just after me..Someone named "howie deaniac" signed..:D

[liberalismresurgent]

16. Great

Now i have to reply to a few messages before i can post my own. I don't like that.

[Arugula Latte]

17. done n/t

[IndyOp]

18. 2777 signatures so far - Thanks!

[RobbinsdaleDem]

19. Done

[Lecky]

20. Signed :)

[usregimechange]

21. 2845 me

[derby378]

22. 2915 signatures so far - not damn near enough

Keep 'em coming, DUers!!

[ClayZ]

23. Done and Kicked

:kick:

[Not_Giving_Up]

25. I'm number 3157

Keep this kicked!

[AuntiBush]

26. Dean Just Got My Signature: Guess it wasn't such a worthless

Saturday after all! Dean certainly speaks for me, too!

[MelissaB]

27. He got my signature and the background on my computer.

[Citizen Jane]

28. Signed.

Thanks for posting this.

[bigwillq]

29. DID IT EARLIER!

GO HOWARD GO!:bounce:

[lady lib]

30. Done.

[HR_Pufnstuf]

31. Howard was right.

He said "pretty much a white, christian party" and it is.

Read this and tell me different:
http://www.retrovsmetro.org/book/chapter_4.html


"The Republican Party, as represented by its affiliated lawmakers in the state legislatures, is almost 99 percent white, 82.2 percent male, and 1.1 percent minority. By contrast, Democratic state lawmakers are about 80 percent white, 72.6 percent male, and 20.1 percent minority."

[bvar22]

32. 3060 including mine.

Pass it on!

[Andromeda]

33. Done!

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[blueblitzkrieg]

34. Wow, signatures are coming fast!

I signed, then refreshed and 15 or so people had signed after me. Pretty quick!

[NoPasaran]

35. I made it 3,773

[SeattleGirl]

36. Done! n/t

[Gloria]

37. Done and kick!

eom

[democrank]

38. Done.

Let our mortified "leaders" line up with Lieberman for a Dubya group hug. While they`re busy doing that, Dean can show the rest of them what it means to have some backbone.

[ldf]

39. done

4476

[MoonRiver]

40. Done, and sent it on to others.

:kick:

[justgamma]

41. It's up to 4718 now.

Can someone tell me why the signatures are now saying "pending approval" I know there was a freeper jerk on there when they stopped displaying the signatures. Is that why? What do they do to approve the signatures? The confirmation e-mail?

[Lindacooks]

42. Done and kicked!

[CanOfWhoopAss]

43. The kick is up....... GOOOOD!!!!

[CanOfWhoopAss]

44. Up to 5247 now

[UDenver20]

45. kick...

[nedbal]

46. Done - 6731 Total Signatures

[derby378]

47. KICK!!

Keep 'em comin', guys!