Video of in-depth Dean interview with a Denver station. Excellent.

[madfloridian]

This is a very good interview with Howard Dean by Aaron Harber in Denver. It was the only interview Dean gave. It is an in-depth interview, and his Wall Street background shows through. About 15 minutes.

http://www.harbertv.com/index2.htm

Quote from a Denver paper:

"Harber was impressed with Dean, who is not, he emphasized, a raving maniac. "He's a smart guy. He comes across as very level-headed, very reasonable." Harber wasn't unfamiliar with Dean. "He married a college classmate of mine and I interviewed him seven or eight times on my radio show. It was an easy interview to do."

[madfloridian]

1. Couple of things from the interview.

He talks about more coming out in Oct. probably about stances for the party.

He says the platform will not be formed in DC, but will include views from all over.

He tells more about his thoughts for health care, like expanding what we have already in place to everyone.

He says we won't win until we are not afraid to lose.

[madfloridian]

2. Ok, I am going to kick this again....good stuff here.

:hi:

Afraid the video will not stay too long. It is quite good and includes a lot of topics.

[Larkspur]

3. I'll watch it after I get home tonight.

I'm looking forward to it.

[Demobrat]

4. I cant watch at work

and my pitiful little dialup system at home cant handle it, so I'm grateful for any little snippets!

[madfloridian]

5. I am taking some parts and transcribing.

In between some DFA stuff I am working on at home. Got some media stuff to get out to the local papers...but the local papers don't really want to cover it. Trying to figure how to get their attention as we meet with a congressman next month on the DSM.

They simply ignore us so far. They will carry the Democratic meeting announcement, but just barely. Usually it is just one GOP event after the other.

[madfloridian]

6. Kick for the night bunch. He covers issues here some.

It is a good interview.

[madfloridian]

7. Here is some of what I transcribed...pretty close to actual words.

We are just barely learning to be a minority party. When you are a minitory party you have to fight back. For example when they say we are pro-abortion, we need to make it clear that no one is for abortion, that we we believe the woman should make up her own mind about her health care...they think Tom DeLay should do it.

President has not done a good job of keeping us safe from terror. He's focused on the wrong targets, he's not keeping us safe at home. He spent 200 billion dollars on a war which created more terrorism.

Discusses a lot about the values added tax, which I do not understand.

Spends a lot of time on how the president's tax cuts for his friends could have given us a good health care system and education system.

Goes into the fact that a national health care system by the Democrats would not be a cadillac system, but no one would ever have to worry about bankruptcy if they were ill.

Tax code is too complicated...throw the whole thing out and start over. Says flat tax is like the value added tax, does not think it would work. Would hurt middle class too much.

He points out that the president has taken tons of money out of the Social Security program to give to his friends....

He goes into how his state tried privatizing Medicaid near the end of his term....said it was much more expensive than if the government ran it. And the government did a better job. Says Bush is doing a very bad job running the Medicare system...referred to CMS which is in charge. Said he would put a doctor in charge of it, someone who worked with patients.

Goes into GAP, which I gather he meant something like generally approved accounting practices....says the Bush admin does not do that.

Package our goals in concise statements of values and principles. One main thing is we believe if you work hard in this country, you ought to get a fair shake.

When asked how we lost under the circumstances last year, he says we were afraid to lose. If you are afraid to lose you can't win.

[Demobrat]

8. Thanks!

:)