DU: Favorite Dean Quote Thread

[usregimechange]

"The history of our nation is clear: At every turn where there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people. You have the power to reclaim our nation's destiny." ~Governor Howard Dean, MD

“We are the great grassroots campaign of the modern era, made of mouse pads, shoe leather, and hope.” ~Governor Howard Dean, M.D.

[Vikingking66]

1. the reason I'm volunteering for him

"I don't want to listen to the fundamentalist preachers anymore!"

[Renew Deal]

2. On balancing the budget...

"The way to balance the budget, Dean said, is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans pensions, while the states cut almost everything else. "It would be tough but we could do it," he said."

[Jim Sagle]

4. That's out of context, Clarkie Warkie.

[Julien Sorel]

23. As a matter of fact, it isn't out of context.

I think he only wanted to raise the retirement age to 68, though.

[RetroLounge]

9. Your pathetic attempt at bashing point the harsh light

on the clarkies repug tactics.

If you have nothing good to say about your own candidate, bash the other...

Sad.

[Renew Deal]

11. Boo-Hoo

You say it's out of context. Put it in context.

[AWD]

13. "If Rove had called, I'd be a Republican...."

Put THAT one onto context.

[StopTheMorans]

15. is this a real quote?

and if so, from when? I'm a Deanie with few opinions about Clark, and would like to know more. Thanks in advance.

[gully]

22. It's a real Clark quote...

[Bertrand]

16. He claims he was kidding

2 GOP people say he wasnts. Word vs Word.


By this logic im sure you would convict Bill Clinton of Raping Juanita Broaddrick.

[Renew Deal]

24. We can keep playing this game.

Does Dean want to cut Social Security and raise the retirement age? The only resource I could find says yes.

[Arugula Latte]

3. "I want my country back!"

That just about says it all for me.

[caledesi]

6. Me too!

[Julien Sorel]

5. I've got a few I like, but only one I'll post here:

I have no patience with ideologues. I think they're fundamentally disturbed. Ahem...

[CWebster]

8. Notice how the "Women for Wes" is highlighted

in your dreamboat heartthrob's campaign propaganda? I understand he has a problem with that demographic. No surprise, his image appeals to those who are impressed with testosterone displays of manliness.

It has been poll determined and pitched in an almost subliminal but calculated way.

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[maxanne]

7. "In countries where women have

full equality, there is no terrorism."

[PAMod]

12. Wow - that one is powerful

[maxanne]

14. I thought so too

PAMod. I heard him say it in Sandwich, NH last May. If 200 other people hadn't been in front of me, I'd have grabbed him and given him a big wet kiss.

[PAMod]

17. I meet with a bunch of guys once a week or so...

to smoke cigars, talk sports, women, etc. and once in a while we enjoy a little political banter. Nothing too serious, since most of them are cavemen.

One guy seriously believes that America is in decline because we allow women to vote. I swear I'm not making this up.

So I am making up a little sign to put on the TV with that quote. Should get some dialogue started, don't you think?

[Larkspur]

18. I like the quotes you chose and

"I want my country back!"

[MattBaggins]

19. favorite Dean quote is a future one

I am withdrawing from the race for President of the United States and throw my full support behind the next President; John F. Kerry

[quinnox]

20. Heh

I agree with that one.

[AWD]

21. Won't work...

...because as soon as Dean does something, Kerry does it too.

[gully]

25. Quotes here.

"And we in politics have not given our people a reason to vote or a reason to participate. We have slavishly spewed sound bites, copying each other while saying little. We raise millions of dollars and each year make lofty promises, while every year the struggles of ordinary Americans increase and fewer Americans vote."

Lots of great ones here.

http://mattbailey.blogspot.com/politics/deanquotes.html

[sham]

26. thanks for this little bit of positivity

The sniping around here is becoming unbearable.

The mouse pads, shoe leather, and hope quote is my favorite. I also like this line from the recent Joe Trippi email:

"You are Dean for America."