Dean takes reigns of DNC
Welcome aboard Howard Dean
I am looking forward to a Democratic era in which we are not constantly adjusting our worldview to fit the current incarnation of a republican message. Dean is uncompromisingly moderate. Pro-business, fiscally disciplined, tough on crime, sensible about gun-control and strong on civil rights. Yet he has not just won the keys to set the democratic message. He's taken on the responsibility of building the party infrastructure and unifying the base. He'll have his work cut out for him.
posted by Chris Dykstra @ 6:39 PM |
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I am looking forward to years of unbridled laughter as Dean whips up the lunatic fringe into a froth.
This may well be the biggest and best gift the Republican party ever recieved!
Yeaaarrrrghhh! ROTFLMAO
I'm disgusted. There goes the last significance of the Democratic Party.
From a New York Post article almost exactly a year ago, "Howard Dean will be a political trivia question: Which Democrat raised the most money to garner the fewest votes?"
That's not the guy you want orchestrating the effort.
I think Dean is a good match for the seat, and barring a warbled "Yeaaarrggghhh" and the domino-effect of his campaign, the guy raised a ton of money, set the pace for using the internet as a campaign tool and inspired a lot of new people to get involved and donate even small amounds of cash.
I hope you like your party shaken, not stirred. If he actually tries to run the party like he ran his cabinet in VT you'll be in for massive firings, incredible temper tantrums, and employee abuse bordering on libelous. He'll not tolerate disidents nor dissent. So, if my observations of his VT experience is correct, you'll see a unified party, but a much smaller one before he's done. Good or bad? I don't know, but at least you'll get a consistent message out of the party.
You goofballs just don't get it do you.
You have a guy who made a laughing-stock of himself for DNC charman, your shining lights in the media are Al (let's wrassle) Franken and Jerry F'ing Springer.
Your MSM cohorts have been reduced to making crap up about a feckless reporter for a tenth rate news service, which you have no choice but to parrot even though it makes obvious liars of you.
Meanwhile, the executive vice president and chief news executive of CNN, one of the largest news outlets on the planet and one of the left's best pals leaves in disgrace.
Here in Minnesota, DFL's highest elected official has declined to defend his seat because even he realizes he made an ass of himself.
Your party is in a shambles because your platform is ludacris.
By all means, keep on keepin' on!
...a feckless fake reporter for a fake tenth-rate news service that was expressely created to propaganize on behalf of the White House with, at a minimum, the complicity of Scott Mclellan.
CNN is right not left, at least if you live in the real world.
Our party is actually doing pretty well here in MN.
To quote a GREAT AMERICAN: There you go again.
WTF makes a reporter fake? What makes a reporter?
That guy was paid to write stories for public consumption. If you think that you can ride on the MSM's hubris with more unsubstantiated LIES I'd think again.
You've already dug yourself a pretty deep hole; we're still waiting for you to back your previous lies up with something..anything resembling fact. (Don't sweat it, I doubt anyone is holding their breath)
The DFL's gains came with the infusion of an enourmous amount to 527 cash and moonbat power, not to mention Matt Entenza's wifes $300K purchase of job security for that loser.
Watch what happens next election!
BTW, I just downloaded a map to your neighborhood over there in the real world.
Guess I'll have to send my regrets to any future invites.
The map is funny. You are obviously familiar with the place. I've never visited.
If you want to carry on that Gannon isn't a symptom of serious corruption, be my guest. This guy says it better than I do.
The whole thing reeks.
(Gannon = outrageously pathetic. Another new low for the GOP. Duh!)
Anyway, back to Dean - well, maybe we can agree on this: The man inspires passion.
We need passion. We need to be proud of our beliefs, and we need to fight for them in the face of the immoral minority.
Oh yeah, and the guy did a thing or two with the internet and fundraising that kicked the Democratic Party's ass into the 21st century.
As long as Dean sticks to fundraising and has no say in the party's actual platforms or ideology, this could be a good thing. I don't think his pro-business moderation constitutes an actual opposition voice in America today.
Also, on the plus side, past Chairmen of the DNC constitute a vast political graveyard: Scoop Jackson and Cordell Hull are the only political successes I can see in this dire list.
The key word in for Dean in the phrase "uncompromising moderate" is uncompromising. He knows what he stands for and won't waffle around. That definitely does constitute the voice of opposition. And when I say pro-business - I mean pro-entreprenuer. Not that he's running for office or anything, but a no-bid contract would be a thing of the past under Dean. He'll help set that tone.
Chuck and Mark
You're forgetting the subtle yet crucially important fact that the "grassroots" internet campaign Dean put togather turned out to involve no small amount of Payola. It wasn't spontanious.
Don't get me wrong, it was a good internet campaign, but ultimately it wasn't all that and a bag of chips. At the risk of it being misinterprited as a flame of some sort, if you want to see an example of a great (value for $ and effectiveness) internet campaign look at the Swift Boat Vets.
ChrisLet's be realistic here. The lefty blogs have taken out Gannon/Guckert. The rightys have taken out Dan Rather and Jordan Eason (who was probably on the way out over the "we kept silent about Saddam to preserve access." thing.) At least I hope the later was the real decisive factor. Anyway, there's no contest. The left is getting its media ass kicked.
"Our party is actually doing pretty well here in MN."
Uh, that'd be denial. The base continues to erode, and Republicans continue to make significant advances. There are problems to face. This rosy BS isn't helping.
Whoa! Dean? Howard Dean is pro-business? What you smokin' dude? Have you ever seen what it's like to do business in VT? I have, and it's aweful.
A buddy decided to start a woodworking business there and got an woodshop from a factory Milton Bradley owned before they shut it down and moved to North Carolina (after complaining about VT's "antibusiness environment"). He hired a dozen guys and started up in July. They came around in August and told him he couldn't run his furnace to heat the place because the laws had changed. He offered to get a new one. They said it'd take 6 months to get permission. He said, this is Vermont, how am I supposed to run this business without heat? They shrugged their shoulders and walked away. And my buddy moved his business to New Hampshire.
IBM has had a facility making semiconductors in Essex Junction for over 25 years. They're the biggest private employer in VT. They pay the bulk of the taxes in the state. But the fab's been getting old and it can't be upgraded anymore, so IBM wanted to build a new one. Now, a process generation lasts about 18 months, and a fab might last 10 years if you're very, very lucky.
IBM contacted VT about building a $2 billion new fab on land they already owned and had zoned for industrial use. It's been zoned for this for more than 20 years, and they've had the plans in for this use for nearly that long. But because of the VT permitting process, Howard Dean and company told them that it would take at least 5 years to get permits and that they couldn't be certain to get them. (Aside: IBM's been lobbying for a freeway bypass for them for 10 years and haven't gotten anywhere, either.)
IBM mentioned to NY governor Pataki the problems they were having. In 20 days they had all their permits. In 3 months they had financial incentives to build in East Fishkill, NY that exceeded the entire state budget of VT.
I could go on with many more examples, but you get the idea. Now, which state is business friendly?
Bad news - http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3fec.htm
The Federal Election Commission next month will begin looking at tightening restrictions on political activities on the Internet, ROLL CALL reports Monday.
The FEC is planning to examine the question of how Internet activities, when coordinated with candidates' campaigns, fit into the definition of 'public communications.
Specifically, the FEC is planning to examine the question of how Internet activities, when coordinated with candidates' campaigns, fit into the definition of "public communications." While coordinated communications are considered campaign contributions and therefore subject to strict contribution limits, current FEC regulations adopted in 2002 carve out an exemption for coordinated political communications that are transmitted over the Internet.
That means Kos and the rest of the "I'd have done it anyway" crew are going to have to disclose. So much for that grassroots internet expereince Dean can bring.
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