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Larkspur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-03 06:26 PM
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Wisconsin for Dean Responds to Republican Plans To Protest Dean's Visit
Tomorrow

http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9540&JServSessionIdr001=w21bfoikq2.app195a&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=1301

Wisconsin for Dean State Coordinator Michael J. Tate issued the following statement today regarding plans by the state Republican party to protest Governor Dean's visit to Wisconsin tomorrow:

"We thank our Republican friends for joining our canned food drive and acknowledging the plight that the Bush economy has visited upon Wisconsin's working families.

"Since our working families couldn't afford to feed themselves at President Bush's $2,000-a-plate lunch in Milwaukee, it's worth noting that Republicans had to come to a Howard Dean event in order to help them.

"What is more repugnant than the Republicans' admission of economic failure is a contest they held awarding prizes for the 'best' poster attacking Governor Dean. The winning slogan reportedly reads 'Dean's a queen.'

It's sad that at a time when Americans are losing jobs at home and our nation its credibility abroad, Republicans spend their time on contests for homophobic slogans.

Governor Dean's campaign is one of grassroots power and inclusion, not one of bigotry and division."
<SNIP>

Just love how Dean's Team turns a negative situation into a positive.

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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-03 06:32 PM
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1. 'splain to me
What is there to protest about a candidate coming to town to give a speech? Does that make any iota of sense?

The Dean people appear to have handled it well, though.
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rainy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-03 06:36 PM
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2. Did clearchannel organize this?
This is not usually an issue that draws significant protests unless egged on.
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-03 08:53 PM
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7. No- looks like the local GOP
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-03 06:37 PM
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3. That's the tripe of people who support bush and their mentality.
they probably think it's Clinton's fault that rush is a pill popper.
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Pez Donating Member (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-03 06:44 PM
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4. gotta love 'em
favorite republican party game: two degrees of bill clinton.

"well, dean is coming to town, and our buddy rush is in trouble... thus, clinton is the devil and we should protest dean."

*clap*clap*


seriously, i canNOT understand why people are republican. can it just be a chemical imbalance? is there a CURE?
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-03 06:46 PM
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5. 'Dean's a queen'??? THAT'S their winning slogan? Are these all
sixth graders? I swear that Republicans must be fed a lead diet for this degree of mental retardation to occur. Thank goodness they support the manly cheerleaders and chickenhawks! Oh brother!
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-05-03 08:37 PM
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6. I like Mike Tate...
I see him once a month or so (I'm in Milwaukee, and active in the Dean org. here).

He's a good guy -- he always looks like he's running in 10 different directions, and he's real young (not sure how young -- but I'm only 28 and he seems a lot younger than I am).
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 01:29 PM
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8. Does anybody know how this turned out?
Edited on Mon Oct-06-03 01:30 PM by janx
Wasn't this supposed to have happened yesterday?
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