BOO YAH!!! Howard Dean nails it..

[ddeclue]

You can't run to the middle you've got to stand by your principles.. (or words to that effect)..

[JI7]

1. Coakley ran in the middle ?

[ddeclue]

4. The Obama administration and the Congress have.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. ooooh! So all these leftists decided to vote for Brown to show Pres. Obama the middle is bad.

Got ya!

[ddeclue]

12. Umm NO they sat home and the independents did that.

[Drunken Irishman]

18. Ummm NO

22% of Democrats voted for Brown.

Were those Democrats who felt Obama was just too damn liberal?

haha you people need to get your talking point facts straight before making yourself look like fools.

[The Gunslinger]

24. they'll get what they voted for too.

Just like the Democrats in Connecticut that voted for Lieberman.

[ddeclue]

25. It's a protest vote because Obama is compromising too much with the GOP.

You clearly don't understand what is going on.

[Drunken Irishman]

26. haha a protest vote now?

Wow. If that's true, the left is even more idiotic than I thought!

"Hey, let's demand Pres. Obama go left by voting for a right-winger!" "OMMMG THAT IS SO FUCKING AWESOME, DUDE!"

:eyes:

[ddeclue]

33. Either deal with it or continue to lose races..

[Drunken Irishman]

34. Deal with what?

Your dumbass claim? Prove liberals voted for Brown to protest Obama. Prove that fucking asinine claim or shut the fuck up.

[ddeclue]

38. You can STFU yourself...liberals didn't come out and vote and you don't know that those 22% of Dems

were progressives, in fact they were much more likely to be conservative Dems who fit into the "Reagan Dem" mold.

Give up already you lost and the corporatist DLC Dems are why we lost.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

54. what are you in junior high?

oh yeah you proved that in the lobby post.

[joeunderdog]

20. Dont think many people stayed home for this one.

A vote for Brown was seen as a vote against the status quo--even though the Repubs brought us to what is known as the status quo.

[newspeak]

44. yeah, well I'm a progressive

and I've stated here that I would have voted for Coakley, even though I don't think she was the best for the people. So, Ted Kennedy's memory is honored by voting in (my opinion) a teabagging, arrogant, sleaze bag bohunk. "Cut off your nose to spite your face."

Well, while he's bullshitting with the rest of the wacky herd, like Inhofe, Boehner, Bachman--I'm sure he'll represent y'all well--NO TAXES, NO TAXES!!! I'm sure he'll love to do some more of that privatizing, while y'all will still be paying taxes, except for the privileged few.

Isn't it amazing how people can simply forget eight years of a nightmare. You don't improve it by rewarding those who have done the most damage to this country.

[Lance_Boyle]

53. Yikes - do you even know what a "bohunk" is?

It's a pretty vile term, and I think misapplied to Brown - he does not appear to be Eastern European.

[Codeine]

23. No they did not!

Dems were voting for Brown, dude. Get real.

[monmouth]

5. Girl was walking, didn't run at all from what I can see...nt

[jgraz]

10. Beat me to it.

[JI7]

21. so it has nothing to do with running from left , right center

it was crappy campaigning. after all Brown ran to the right of Coakley

[scheming daemons]

2. Except that Coakley ran to the left....

[ddeclue]

9. Except that voters were making it a referendum on Obama and the Democratic Party..

sorry you don't get it.

[Sebastian Doyle]

13. Left of what, exactly?

Far to the right of Ted Kennedy, which is whose job she thought she wanted.

[amborin]

30. she was up to her ears in health insur & big pharma donations; people are sick of this! n/t

[Forkboy]

31. No, she didn't.

She softened her tone on health care for instance, saying at first she wouldn't vote for it and then that she would. If you want to list what issues she shifted to the Left on you can, of course.

Coakley: No to House bill

BOSTON - Martha Coakley and the three other Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate traded barbs Monday after Coakley said she would have voted against a major health care reform bill because it contained an anti-abortion amendment.
http://www.gazettenet.com/2009/11/10/coakley-no-house-bill
--
Coakley: ‘Yes’ to health reform bill, even with abortion limits

Boston – Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) – the woman widely presumed to be the Bay State’s next US senator – now says she would support the Senate's healthcare reform bill, legislation she earlier said contained unacceptable restrictions on abortion funding.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091221/ts_csm/270059_1

[glitch]

52. No she didn't, and Brown seized the populist rhetoric.

Phony as it was coming from him, it sure worked didn't it.

[joe_sixpack]

3. On the head

I've always liked Howard.

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. As always, Dr. Dean speaks the truth.

The Democratic party has absolutely NO leadership without him.

[kenny blankenship]

50. ...and is hated for it by all the liars.

[TxRider]

8. He also said

People are mad about jobs and wall street, and if it isn't addressed by Nov it will end badly.

[dkf]

11. He said you have to do what you campaigned on.

I love this man.

[endless october]

14. we need Dean right now.

he pulls no punches.

[Generator]

15. Yeah but the Democrats marginalize mock and destroy anyone

with principles. He SHAT all over Dean and picked RAHM.

Only a year and Obama's on his way to ruining the Democratic party for good. Amazing.

[jillan]

16. He also said that people who blame other people are losers, if you want to win

elections - you get to work.

[WillyT]

17. Yep...

K & R !!!

:kick:

[branders seine]

19. Dean is right.

Americans only tolerate hypocrisy from the right

[tishaLA]

22. what did he say about the shrub near the end? i missed it

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Dean also said

People who blame other people are losers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7511808

[RBInMaine]

27. Deleted

[RBInMaine]

28. Brown ran to the middle and WON the election. Her campaign STUNK.

[smoogatz]

37. Brown made 66 campaign appearances to her 19.

Says it all. Although it's hard to believe that the relatively enlightened people of my former home state would actually elect a smug, smarmy wingnut-in-moderate-clothing like Brown.

[glitch]

55. Only if the middle is populist now.

That would be nice, especially if Democrats learned it. But he ran as a populist, not "to the middle".

But the political climate is not left/middle/right it is people/corporate. The republicons have learned this and are navigating their lies to a new course. Democrats could win it all simply by being true to their real base, the people, and not trying to appease corporate power.

Meanwhile, the rich get richer, the middle class gets poor and the poor get fucking livid.

[RBInMaine]

29. Deleted

[quiet.american]

32. Yes. Thanks for nothing, Dean. Keep talking. Woo-hoo. nt

[smoogatz]

35. Thanks for winning back the House, Senate and White House, Dr. Dean.

And yeah, keep talking--maybe the centrist/corporatist Democratic hierarchy will wake the fuck up and tackle the populist agenda they ran on, but I doubt it.

[quiet.american]

42. That was yesterday. I was a Deaniac, too, with the emphasis on "was."

And Obama has kept more promises he ran on than not, but it must feel so much better to pretend he hasn't. For what purpose, I don't know.

[smoogatz]

48. He's doing a hell of a lot better than the last guy.

But he's certainly not living up to his big promise, which is an end to government serving corporate interests at the expense of the people that voted them into power. Dean is right to point that out--I think he's exactly right, and I think a hell of a lot of voters feel the same way.

[Bobbie Jo]

36. Boo Yah?? Cheering already?

That didn't take long.

[ddeclue]

39. Cheering for DEAN TELLING THE TRUTH.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

40. What other motivation would the 22% that

voted for Brown have than to send a message to WA.

Unbelievable after this defeat, that message still falls on deaf ears.

[jillan]

41. He's on again.

[flyarm]

43. If I had a nickle for all the times I have posted "Principles and Values" for the past year..

When you piss on the principles of the people you represent..do not expect them to vote for you.

Principles matter..I don't give a rats ass if you put hundreds of people on web sites saying otherwise!

New does not mean better..we do not need a "New " democratic party..we need one that respects principles.

President Obama I want you to succeed but not at the cost of my principles being sold out.

President Obama, I want my constitution back ..I don't give a damn what the excuses are..

Stop FISA spying on Americans!

President Obama I want rule of law back in my nation..I don't give a damn who it is, if they broke our laws, I expect them to be held accountable...no excuses.

President Obama, I want these illegal wars ended, now..not later. Enough innocent lives have been snuffed out with our bombs and bullets..enough..stop it now!

President Obama, I want renditions and torture stopped immediately, if not sooner. And I want all involved in both held accountable to the fullest extent of the law!


President Obama scrap this piece of shit Health care bill.It is a disgrace to all Americans!

President Obama, no more back room deals selling us out on our health care!

President Obama ...get our money back from Wall Street and the banks and use that money to put Americans back to work, immediately.

President Obama fire Rahm, Geithner, Summers..tommorrow.

... and never allow another of your appointments to mock liberals and progressives., and stop the hater bullshit words...and the foolish talking points and message board warriors.and the nastiness to fellow democrats, many of whom have worked for the Dem party our entire lives...We have worked against assholes like this for over 8 years and we are in no mood to put up with it, within our own party.

President Obama..this is only the beginning, if you do not heed what we lifelong Democrats are saying ..you will see a bloodbath in November.

Principles matter!

[ddeclue]

45. Beautiful! Much better than my OP.. make this its own OP!

[flyarm]

46. Thanks..i did ..here>>>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7513194

[tavalon]

47. If you haven't already, please post this as an OP

[liberal_at_heart]

51. absolutely

[DisgustedInMN]

49. Maybe the fuckin' idgits over..

...at the DLC and DCCC will start listening to Dean again... :sarcasm:





What was I thinking? :silly: