Reply #69: Democrat invokes the values of Trudeau

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OTTAWA—Invoking Pierre Trudeau's "Just Society," American political heavyweight Howard Dean told Liberals gathered for their leadership convention that to regain power they must stick to their traditional values of fairness and social generosity and above all put their trust in the wisdom of the people.

Like their Democratic cousins in the United States, the Liberals will rebuild their strength by driving home the stark differences between a progressive, inclusive party and a right-wing government that "feeds on fear, depends on differences and ultimately, conquers by dividing," Dean told the conference.

"The other strategy is about hope and promise," said Dean, who as chair of the Democratic National Committee won widespread praise for captaining his party's stunning effort in the recent United States mid-term elections, when the Democrats wrested control of both houses of Congress from U.S. President George W. Bush's Republicans.

"We trust people and we bring them together. We appreciate our differences and we focus on our similarities. We say our diversity does not divide us, it defines us.

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Hmm...

Wonder if the Green party will be doing something similar for a political party in the US after the next election?