Dean: "DNC must rebound, refocus"....more from Stanford.

[madfloridian]

There is so much he said there about policy, ideas, goals. He talked a whole hour, then answered questions as well.

http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=15485&repository=0001_article#

SNIP..."Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean gave an animated, hour-long speech to about 1,700 students at an ASSU Speakers Bureau event at Memorial Auditorium Monday night, where he talked about the future of the Democratic Party, moral values, globalization, public service and that scream."

"Greeted by a standing ovation, Dean, who ran for the Democratic nomination for the presidency, began his remarks by posing the question, “Where do we go from here?” He said Democrats should be optimistic about the road ahead."

SNIP.."“We don’t need two Republican Parties in this country,” Dean said. “Truman once said, ‘If you run a Republican against a Democrat who acts like a Republican, the real Republican wins every time.’”

Dean urged the Democratic Party leadership to present “an opposition model, a real difference” to the Republican platform. “If you ever want to win again, then stand for something, stand for what you believe in,” he said.

Democrats are “bad at messaging” their moral values, which Dean said are rooted in “a sense of obligation to each other.” He advocated speaking about charged issues on Democratic terms."

[Larkspur]

1. Yep, can definitely see that Dean is employing Lakoff's concepts

Give 'em hell Howard!!!

[Rose Siding]

2. Isn't it amazing?

It's just freaking amazing to see a DEMOCRAT out there *now*, still taking swings, still telling a truth that's universal, employing methods we know- that we've read about, that we recognize as wise and that we understand.

There is no "oooo, what did he really mean?", no hunting for a secret code, no second guessing, just saying it out loud at sixty miles an hour.

Amazing.

[PassingFair]

3. Thanks for posting this, Mad!

Now take a hot tub and sleep in until noon.
Report back A.S.A.P.
Don't exfoliate, we need you at thickest skin!