THANK YOU, HOWARD DEAN

[derby378]

I just wanted to get that off my chest. You're the reason I became a full-fledged Democrat in 2003.

We will never forget the contributions you have made to the Democratic Party.

I just hope that we can keep your spirit alive over the next few decades.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

:applause:

[Tumbulu]

1. From me too! many thanks !(nt)

[Supersedeas]

38. many many thanks

[MissMarple]

2. Dean has been a catalyst for the progressive movement.

And we continue moving forward into a pragmatic, progressive future. Thank you, Dr. Dean.

[Kaleko]

18. What MissMarple said

plus a big extra dollop of appreciation on top.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Absolutely. We would not be celebrating on 1/20/09 if it were not for you and

your 50 State Strategy.
You brought the Democratic Party back in from the woods.

[shireen]

duplicate post. nt

[shireen]

4. Howard Dean is a hero

i love the guy, and feel disappointed that he's not part of the Obama administration. (I was a Clarkie in '04, but admired Dean.)

If DU plans to do something for him, like sending roses or a donation in his name, count me in.

[cachukis]

5. Dean done it!

[polichick]

6. I hope Obama appreciates what Howard Dean accomplished...

...both with his grassroots YOU HAVE THE POWER campaign and with his 50-State Strategy.

Sometimes it seems as if Barack is willing to ride the coattails of others (Boomer civil rights activists, guys like Dean) without acknowledging or rewarding them.

[rhett o rick]

9. PE Obama has decided that to survive in Washing the DC he will need the strong arm help of the DLC.

I am sure he appreciates the help Dean and the hundreds of thousands of us grassrooters, but we did all we could and now he needs Clinton, Emanuel, Davis and the DLC to survive. We can hope he will throw us a bone once in a while, I think he will, but we just have to stay mobilized for 2010. Our first goal is to keep a Democrat in the Presidency and Democrats in Congress. Our second goal is to push them to be progressive.

[polichick]

12. While some of the appointments creep me out, I'm grateful every day...

...that we don't have to deal with President McShame and Vice President Psycho Sarah ~ and that we finally have a DREAM GREEN TEAM almost 39 years after the first Earth Day!!

(And God bless Howard Dean!)

[Pastiche423]

16. Obama has made it clear that he does NOT appreciate

the incredible work Gov. Dean has done that more than helped put him in office. It's a damn shame!

I :loveya: Gov. Dean! You will not be forgotten.

[defendandprotect]

58. Is Obama leaving any room, at all, for Howard Dean in Democratic Party . . . ???

Might Dean move on elsewhere if the populist fire in his heart for his

country and his people keeps on....???

Or will be return to country doctor...?

[defendandprotect]

57. Yes, Howard Dean's work should be rewarded, if it is appreciated . . .

but that's the question --

Obviously, Rahm/DLC hate Dean -- and progressive strategies --

they want more movement to the right, more corporate agenda -- and more

Republicanism in the Democratic Party.

I would suggest that that kind of DLC-thinking can also effect DU very negatively.

[Pharaoh]

7. I Took this Pic of Dr Dean

At the Madison Rally at the Kohl Center in 2004

He was Awesome

[tbyg52]

8. Thank you, Dr. Dean.

:patriot:

[rhett o rick]

10. Thank you Howard Dean. Don't get lost, we will need you again.

We have to work to dislodge the power of the DLC and CorpAmerica in the Democratic party.

[MelissaB]

11. Thank you, Dr. Dean, from the bottom of my heart.

:yourock:

[bigwillq]

13. Dean is why I became so interested in politics.

Thank you, Dr. Dean. :bounce:

[mod mom]

32. me too.

[sonias]

14. He will always have a big place in my heart

I love the good doctor.

:loveya: Howard!

Wish we was headed to the Surgeon General's position.

Sonia

[UrbScotty]

15. THANK YOU HOWARD!

:patriot:

[MasonJar]

17. Kudos to you, Howard. You are the savior of the Democratic Party.

Many of us appreciate you very much. Just know we will remember your contributions and the machinations you had to endure from so-called fellow dems to accomplish them. You are a great American hero. Someone please forward this post to Dr. Dean.

[Lugnut]

19. Thank you, Dr Dean. n/t

[WhiteTara]

20. Thank You Dr/Gov/Chairman Howard Dean

You are my hero. Thank you for your valiant service to our country. You saved us from an eternity of GOP rule.
:patriot: :applause:

[progressoid]

21. YES!

I hope I don't have to go back to being a registered "independent"

[cascadiance]

22. I also became a Democrat the day he took over the DNC! He's been an inspiration to me too!

Howard Dean needs to have a voice somewhere. If not in this Democratic administration, then starting the organization that will take over when Obama gets voted out in the primary as payback in 2012.

Barack, do NOT bite that hand that feeds you!

[Usrename]

71. There ya go! Count me in.

The doctor should seriously consider another insurgency.

[Saboburns]

23. Dr. Dean is THE man

A true progressive light in an otherwise dark land.

Thank you Howard Dean, my true Political Hero!!

[mzmolly]

24. Dean should get a cabinet position

of some kind.

THANK YOU HOWARD DEAN! :toast:

[Dr.Phool]

25. Wrong!

Dean should have been President-elect, about this time 4 years ago.


THANK YOU DOCTOR DEAN!!!!!!!!

[mzmolly]

26. True

but he isn't so ... ;)

:hi:

[defendandprotect]

28. So true . . .

And the attacks on him didn't only come from r-w and GOP ...

This is a disgrace ... and could it be "a sign" ...???

[Le Taz Hot]

35. It's the reason I resigned from the Democratic Party

after what I watched the entrenched Democrats do to him in 2004. After 30 years of VERY hard work, being an e-board member, chairs on several committees, walking the streets and sitting at tables registering voters, THOUSANDS of dollars donated, and so much more, I no longer wanted to be associated with a party that did such things to one of its members AND the progressives. And look how they're treating him now. Sanjay Gupta?????? Christ!

[Dr.Phool]

37. One of the reasons I left also.

And I was a former congressional candidate. They treat progressives like dirt anymore.

[LaPera]

70. That's the fucking DLC!

[defendandprotect]

27. Love to Howard Dean ---

and razzberry to those who have ostracized him ---

DLC/Rahm Emmanuel is in and Dean is out---????

Or maybe it's Dean and progressives are out and corporate money is in---????

[Baby Snooks]

33. You got it....

The corporate money was never out - just out of sight. There's a saying about how you don't appreciate something until you've lost it. That certainly applies to Howard Dean.

[kaygore]

29. Howard Dean: True American Hero!

Howard Dean represents what the core values of the Democratic Party SHOULD be. That trolls now rule in no way diminishes the debt that we all owe Howard Dean.

May Gos bless you and keep you safe!

[eridani]

30. I'm in the class of 2003 as well

It was Kucinich that pulled me in, but Dean who kept me there after November 2004.

[harmonicon]

31. exactly how I feel

I'd always voted for Democrats before, but it was Howard Dean that made me think, "If that's what a Democrat is, then I can be a Democrat".

[JNelson6563]

34. Thank you Howard Dean.

You are a hero. :toast:

Julie

[Le Taz Hot]

36. We owe this man so much!

Too bad President Change is shoving him out the back door like so much garbage.

[wryter2000]

39. Kudos to the good doctor

He was the first to cut through the BS and tell us we were being had. I still remember his speech when he announced his candidacy in 2003. His campaign was the catalyst for everything good that came after. I can't believe he won't have a huge part in the new administration.

Give 'em hell, Howard!

[Still Sensible]

40. Thank you Dr Dean

I hope we see you continue to be a player on the national scene down the road.

[CAcyclist]

41. Me,too! I still wear my Howard Dean t-shirts nt

[Upfront]

42. Howard Dean

Speaks for me anytime! Thank you Gov. Dean!

[The Wizard]

43. Thank you for:

Inserting a spine in some Democrats.
Your organizational skills.
Your road map to victory.
Inspiring us to take our country back.
Not caving in to the DLC.
Showing us what to do in the face of Republican intransigence.
DFA

[Indepatriot]

44. I doubt Mr Kaine can fill Dean's shoes

but I'm hoping I'm wrong. Let's stay active.

[Career Prole]

45. K & R.

You did it, Dr. Dean. Not them...you.
:yourock:

[cascadiance]

46. Obama should have "reached out to the other side" and appointed Dean instead of Gupta!

... for Surgeon General

Dean would certainly be well qualified!

And Obama, you did campaign on reaching out to the other side? When are you going to reach out to us progressives?!!!

[defendandprotect]

50. Is Gupta official now . . . ??? That would about be the final straw for me .. ..

I'm still rooting for progressive change, but the pathway seems to be

too well traversed by right-wing GOP left-overs and DLC'ers.

[Joey Liberal]

47. Thank you, Howard Dean! nt

[mogster]

48. K&R for Dean

:-)

[mrgorth]

49. Thank you

Dr. Dean!

[elizfeelinggreat]

51. Thank you, Howard Dean!

Sincerely! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[DinahMoeHum]

52. G*d Bless You, Dr. Dean.

:kick::kick::kick:

[ooglymoogly]

53. Don't have any trouble adding my name to this....

If you run in 2012 you can count on me to beat the streets and phone bank and do anything I can to get you elected. If the internet is not destroyed by then by corporate evil-doers; The corporate media that destroyed your chances last time round will be drummed out of power and will be of no consequences and cannot and will not destroy you .

[goforit]

54. Yes Hats off to Dean......And he should be our Surgeon General!!!

Not unethical-prettyboy Gupta!!!

[ooglymoogly]

56. and that's a fact

Every day O tips more of his hand and it ain't purdy

[cascadiance]

65. And if he REALLY wants Gupta in his cabinet, how about sturgeon general!

That title would fit more for a slimy fish like Gupta!

[SeanQ]

55. K&R

[defendandprotect]

59. By the way, does anyone here know where we can still send messages to Dean???????

[saracat]

63. He is still DNC Chair till the 20th. Send him a message at the DNC!

[pacalo]

60. Yes, thank you for your passion & convictions!

I've always thought the DLC deliberately stymied Howard's aspirations to be president by selecting him as chairman & stipulating that he not run for president in '08.

And how I've hated the idea that Howard couldn't speak out what he must have truly felt about the goings-on during the last 4 miserable years.

[trickyguy]

61. Howard Dean is one of the unsung hero's of the Democratic Party.

So I'm dedicating my next song to him. Wherever he is.

What a courageous leader and a man of convictions.

Wish he wasn't going to disappear on us.:toast:

[Catamount]

62. Absolutely Thank You --Howard Dean!

Although I think I was actually born a Democrat--because my views have never wavered or changed much, I have sympathy for those who have been awakened more recently.
So I do thank Howard for bringing many people into the fold and agree that he will be missed tremendously.
I also hope that Mr. Kane will look to Howard for advice, and become more flexible on some of his views, especially on womens' rights.
K&R

[camera obscura]

64. K&R!

[GreenTea]

66. Cheers to that great fireball, clever & wonderful Howard Dean! - Thank You!!

By the way - Fuck you to the DLC!!

[PassingFair]

67. I hope he keeps MY "spirit" alive!

Where he goes, my money goes.

He's not dead yet.

[Phred42]

68. Obama is in the WH because of Dean's plan

[LaPera]

69. Kick & Recommend!

:kick: :applause:

:toast:

[Uncle Joe]

72. I believe Howard Dean did a most excellent job.

:patriot:

Thanks for the thread, derby.

[valerief]

73. Why have they forsaken him? Why? He must be a REAL democrat, that's why. nt

[defendandprotect]

74. And I guess that leaves ....

a few clues for everyone at DU to be thinking about . . .

But will they?

[lonestarnot]

75. Thank you Dr. Dean!

:patriot: