where the fuck is Howard Dean?

We need a leader right now to toss this terrible day back in their faces.

Today, we witnessed the possible destruction of one of our best wild areas, and today all REPUBs voted AGAINST increasing veteran medical care!!!

Where the FUCK IS Howard Dean?

He should be holding a press conference on this right NOW. We cant let this shit slip through the media cycle.

..and all the other life affecting stories of the day.

he DID star in "Beretta" after all ;-)

...setting up grass roots movements in red states to retake congress. His job isn't to meddle in congressional affairs. If he is, he isn't doing his job.

God forbid we should trust him to handle this

you know I write lol a lot but this time I actually did laugh out loud.

Since you expect others to CONTROL THE WORLD, I'll assume you have somehow mastered the means by which "controlling the world" happens.

Please do share your ultimate wisdom.

Senators who like to ass kiss Bush.....I think Dean is going to be systematically undermined on nearly every issue....

You know the old Hippocratic Oath?

If we use them now they'll just get lost.

However, by 2006 we'll be able to weave these votes and others into a larger narrative about how Republicans don't care about ordinary Americans.

I'm sure he has what some might call a schedule today.

This issue is not going to go away. It will be used in 2006 if it is spun correctly to show that the Repugs are bought out by the oil companies.

SNIP.."Sometimes partisan politics gets overheated -- I know that as well as anyone. But when one party controls all three branches of government, and then seeks to change the fundamental principles and rules of our democracy, we need to talk about it soberly and seriously.

The Republican Senate leaders have decided to fundamentally alter the role of Congress -- they want to give George Bush unprecedented power to manipulate the legislative branch and the courts.

Today Harry Reid and the Democratic Senators asked us, the American people, to help them preserve the right of our elected representatives to speak their mind on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

We have to act. Sign this petition, which we will deliver to every U.S. Senator, asking them to protect the right to free speech in the Senate. If they don't, it is not only their voice that will be silenced -- it will be ours:

http://www.democrats.org/freespeech

Here are the facts: George Bush has appointed judges to lifetime positions at a better rate than any president in nearly three decades. More than 95% of his nominees have been approved. Only ten nominees have been refused -- all because they are unqualified and out of the mainstream.

But that's not enough. And on this issue, as on Social Security, it is becoming more and more obvious to everyone that the Republican leadership is out of touch with reality.

More Americans voted against George Bush than any sitting president in history. And that same day, across the country, the Democratic candidates for Senate received over 4 million more votes than Republicans.

Americans did not endorse the fringe agenda to dismantle Social Security. And they did not endorse dismantling the system of checks and balances that have served our country for over 200 years.

Please tell your Senator to stand up for free speech:

http://www.democrats.org/freespeech

This is not a partisan issue -- it is an American issue. And we all must act together in order to protect our democracy.

Thank you.
Governor Howard Dean, M.D.

(sticks tongue out at Montana) So there. Nyah.

This is how it works....he is not giving national interviews for a while..just locally when he travels. This is his influence showing here in this petition delivery.

http://www.democrats.org/blog/comment/00011726.html#comments

"DNC delivers your voice to Congress
Last week we asked you to sign a petition saying that you stood with Congressional Democrats in their battle against Social Security privatization - a plan that would involve cutting benefits and borrowing trillions of dollars from foreign governments. Last night, your signatures and comments - over 216,000 of them - were printed on 11,600 sheets of paper and loaded into boxes. Earlier today we wheeled the boxes into the Capitol and delivered them to House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, where he read through them, invited reporters in to discuss the serious dangers of the President's Social Security plan, and thanked you all for your support.

Your voices are making a difference. If you haven't done so already, please sign the petition today."

http://www.democrats.org/action/200503070001.html?psc=blog

for a few more days. It's that important !

My shoe laces need to be tied, my dishes are dirty, and my hair...I can't do a thing with it!

Where the hell IS Dean?

:hi:

almost as if we've been through all of this before....

Oh, yeah.

He is at Vanderbilt on March 22, then has a DNC fundraiser in TN on the morning of the 23. Then to DC at night. Busy guy. But guess what I read at the blog today. Many were complaining that he was going to DC and not just to the South. Gripe, gripe, gripe.

Also he is working on getting 4 staff members in each state for a permanent campaign by the end of 2005. That is an awesome undertaking.

For anyone in the DC area -
DNC Fundraiser Welcoming Gov. Dean as Chair:

Governor Howard Dean, has come to Washington to build our party from the ground up and fight for the values we all share.You can welcome him to Washington at his first event in the nation's capital since becoming chairman. RSVP now for this major event:

Edited link:
https://www.democrats.org/support/welcomedean.html

Here are the details:
Governor Howard Dean Goes to Washington
March 23, 2005
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
VIP Reception (for hosts and VIPs): 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
H20 on the Waterfront
800 Water Street SW
Washington, DC
Metro: Green Line, Waterfront Station (two and a half blocks from the station, at the end of 7th Street)
$50 per Person
VIP Reception: $250
Host Committee: $1,000 (contribute or raise)

AND March 19 in Canada...
http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2005/march/16/tp/
{link seems dead, but I copied the pertinent part)

U.S. Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean will address
the International Meeting of Democrats Abroad in Toronto on March 19. The
2004 democratic candidate will be at the Hotel Inter-Continental, 220 Bloor
St. W. at 7 p.m., but only registered delegates or those with personal
invitations can attend. His remarks are expected to focus on "getting out
the vote and getting people involved to revitalize the party," according to
Roger King, media spokesperson for Democrats Abroad (Canada), which has a
membership of about 4,000 people. As many as 100 people are expected to
attend the convention, which will also include sessions by Mark Brewer,
chair of the Michigan Democratic Party and Alice Germound, executive
secretary for the DNC.

Who does he think he is?

http://www.democracyforvermont.com/events/?q=node/view/295&PHPSESSID=03bfd5ee1b8bacb4f498538d97be086e

Announcing the Sixth Annual David W. Curtis Leadership Awards dinner celebrating the life and spirit of the former Vermont Democratic Chair whose fight for under-represented Vermonters continues to inspire us all today. The Curtis Awards Dinner is the largest annual gathering of Democrats with over 300 people attending in years past.

Howard Dean and Ann Lewis will speak at the event.

Please join us in honoring the 2005 recipients: Senate President Pro Tempore Peter Welch, Vi and Ned Coffin

What: David W. Curtis Leadership Awards Dinner
When: Friday, March 18th, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Where: The Wyndham Hotel (formerly the Radisson) 60 Battery Street, Burlington, VT
http://www.vtdemocrats.org/page/s/Curtis05

But I sincerely hope he enjoys his dinner. :)

on edit: if you want an answer you might not want to say where the fuck are you howard?

Hey, even the Man of Steel needs to release tension once in a while. Problem is Lois usually gets launched into the stratosphere, poor thing.

Only Batman can save us!

nm

..and I must say his influence in that area is being felt.

For example, in GA, the GA Democratic party leads the GOP substantially in fundraising this year. This stunning achievement has been credited to the example set by Howard Dean.

But it's St. Patrick's day so I'm going to forbear pointing out the obvious.

:eyes:

would allow him to magically solve all problems everywhere then you werer either lied to or don't fully understand exactly what his position is.

What you're asking is equal to me bringing a damaged computer to a pizza place and expecting them to fix it. It's not his JOB to hold press conferences everytime something in congress passes or doesn't pass.

I'm glad I only bit on this thread once before. Although I realize that me getting all huffy was the humor of this thread in the long run.

No, wait... that's Waldo. Damn.

I think the only way any 'opposition voice' will be heard is if basically ALL the Dems in Congress go stand on the front steps and have the leaders raise holy hell in front of the cameras. Unfortunately when only a couple stand in front of a mike, the media doesn't cover it. BUT if it looks like the whole Dem congressional delegation is in a uproar, they will. Unfortunately, we have those little snakes that go along with the Repubs and sure as shit, the press will make sure they feature them to counteract any message.

Mary Landrieu who screwed environmentalists. Dean is not suppose to set policy, remember? But Mary Landrieu can f*k Dem policy all she wants because she is a Hill Dem.

You should direct your ire at DINO's like Landrieu and at Senate Minority Leader Reid, who should crack the whip on Dems, like Landrieu.

If the DNC had gotten into this fight too. Oh well. Maybe next time. Got to get everyone on the same page.

Chicken or beef? Red or white? Flan or sorbet?

Dear President Bush and Washington Republicans:

I demand that you support the efforts by Democrats in Congress to enact real election reform that ensures every American's right to vote.

In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, guaranteeing the right to vote and removing barriers that systematically kept minorities away from the polls. Forty years later, too many Americans who go to the polls are forced to wait for hours or even turned away.

I call on you to publicly support the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. In addition, it is far past time for real election reform that will ensure the problems faced by voters in 2000 and 2004 do not happen again.

http://www.democrats.org/action/200503040001.html?psc=web

1600 soldiers don't DIE when he makes a bad decision....

:eyes:

Did you go to a house party and join a local team?

with his name in the return address for the DNC.

He's busy asking for my contribution, I guess.

He signed a letter with his signature on it?

I'm just saying his name was in big letters in the DNC's return address on the envelope of the two form letters I got in the same day.

I mean you didn't even read the letter so how do you know it was from Howard Dean?

It was a joke. Jesus. Lighten up!

Geez! Dean is doing what he's SUPPOSED to be doing.

Put the pressure on the value-challenged Republicans; not Dean.

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