Howard Dean's Speech

[beaconess]

Wow.

Well, you guys, you have already got the picture here. I was about to say, you know, I'm sure there are some disappointed people here. You know what? You know something? You know something?

If you had told us one year ago that we were going to come in third in Iowa, we would have given anything for that.

And you know something? You know something?

Not only are we going to New Hampshire, Tom Harkin, we're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we're going to California and Texas and New York. And we're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan. And then we're going to Washington, D.C. To take back the White House. Yeah.

We will not give up.

DEAN: We will not give up in New Hampshire. We will not give up in South Carolina. We will not give up in Arizona or New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan.

We will not quit now or ever. We'll earn our country back for ordinary Americans.

I -- and we're going to win in Massachusetts. And North Carolina. And Missouri. And Arkansas. And Connecticut. And New York. And Ohio.

Let me -- wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait.

I -- there are some polite things we have to do here. And the first is to thank some people. And I want to thank Jeani Murray and her extraordinary Iowa people. She has worked so hard.

Come on up here, Jeani. Come on up. Come on up. Jeani Murray. Come on.

Let me thank Jeani and all her people in Iowa. You worked hard. You got our ticket punched to New Hampshire and I appreciate it.

You should be so proud of it. You are a hardworking Iowa staff.

Let me thank -- let me thank Tom Harkin. You are so lucky. You are so lucky. You are so lucky to have a United States senator who understands what it is to stand up for ordinary Americans. And he is the leader in the United States Senate to take our country back for ordinary Americans again.

Let me thank Burt Libadel (ph) and Dave Nagle (ph), two former congressmen from Iowa who have been all over Iowa for us, helping us. I don't know where Dave is tonight, but I want to thank him.

Let me thank the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades for standing up.

Let me thank the American Federation Of State And County And Municipal Employees for all the help they've been. The Service Employees International Union, SEIU, thank you so much.

But most of all, let me thank you from all over America, coming to change this country. We haven't seen this in 30 years.

Now, in my generation was the last time I saw all this stuff going on with people your all age, under 30 years old. And we were a little more -- we were -- what?

Now, when I was -- when I was your age -- when I was your age, we did change two presidents and change the foreign policy of the United States of America.

Now, the only difference is it took six years. And we've got six months to go before we're going to do it here.

This is the changing of the generations, the passing of the torch to the new generation. It is your generation. And it's your generation that's fueling this campaign because you know that the half trillion-dollar deficit this president is piling up are going to be billed to you and your children, because of the terrible damage this president is doing to the environment are going to be things that you're going to have to live with.

And we're going to change that. And you have the power to change that. And we are starting right tonight.

We have just begun to fight. We have just begun to fight.

And we're going to fight and fight and fight until this country becomes a place where we'll put more money into small children and their families than we will into prisons.

Where, instead of giving $16 billion worth of tax breaks to oil companies and gas companies, we'll put it into renewable energy and ethanol and biodiesel.

Where, instead of giving $200 billion to the HMOs and insurance companies and the pharmaceutical companies, we'll give seniors a real prescription benefit.

I would have liked to come in first tonight, and so would you. But you know what? I want to thank the people of Iowa. I do. I have spent two years here. I've gone to all 99 counties. This is a wonderful, wonderful state with wonderful, wonderful people, and I appreciate very, very much.

I have called Senator Kerry and Senator Edwards and congratulated them and told them we would see them around the corner on the other side of the block starting tomorrow morning.

I have called Representative Gephardt and thanked him for a courageous run. I worked for him in 1988. I still feel some loyalty to him. He did the best he could, and I appreciate his long career of service for the United States of America.

And now I want every single one of you who can do it to go to New Hampshire. And if you can't go to New Hampshire, I want you to go to Arizona or New Mexico or Oklahoma or Delaware or South Carolina or North Dakota.

DEAN: Viva New Mexico. Si se puede. Si se puede. Si se puede. Si se puede.

[elperromagico]

1. It works better in print, doesn't it?

[beaconess]

2. I don't think so.

[Democrats unite]

4. LOL.

eom

[elperromagico]

5. Damn it, I'm serious.

It's not bad in print at all.

[beaconess]

9. Seeing it in print only highlights how disjointed, ungracious

and unsubstantitive it was. Pretty much a bunch of "we're gonna kick their asses starting tomorrow."

[el_gato]

41. uh okay, you can say that about anybody's speech

that doesn't make it so

[PVnRT]

43. Eh?

Isn't that what every candidate still in it has said?

I see, it's ungracious because Dean said it...

[Benhurst]

6. Unfortunately, the medium is the message. n/t

[joefree1]

3. I thought some Clark supporter said Dean didn't congratulate

Kerry and Edwards.

"I have called Senator Kerry and Senator Edwards and congratulated them and told them we would see them around the corner on the other side of the block starting tomorrow morning.

I have called Representative Gephardt and thanked him for a courageous run. I worked for him in 1988. I still feel some loyalty to him. He did the best he could, and I appreciate his long career of service for the United States of America."

Great speech.

[beaconess]

7. He "congratulated" them in one breath

and then said he would come back at them in the morning. Not a very gracious "congratulations," especially since it didn't include a single nice word about them.

[el_gato]

13. is that the essence of his "transgression"

that he congratualted them in one breath?
is that the BIG deal?

I'm really at a loss here.

[beaconess]

17. No - that was the very least of it

The entire speech was a mess and his bizarre behavior as he delivered it gave lots of people - even his own supporters - the creeps.

[el_gato]

27. I watched it and it was a standard stump speech

what is so "bizarre" about that?

I guess it's kinda bizarre like Al Gore wearing a sweater and the
media saying: "Look he's trying to change his identity!"

[beaconess]

29. A standard stump speech is great when you're on the stump

but it never plays well when you're live on national television.

[el_gato]

35. and is that his "transgression"?

I just hope he doesn't wear a sweater outside
like Al Gore, that will finish his campaign all together

[adamrsilva]

12. No one shows the last half of this speech

Everyone ends at the "yeah!" and proceeds to make fun of him.

[beaconess]

21. If W were to, in the middle of his SOU speech, blurt out some bizarre

incoherent, non-sequitur, no one should be surprised if that were the clip that were shown over and over, instead of the part where he calmly says, "Good evening."

If Dean doesn't want to appear ridiculous on television, he should refrain from behaving like a lunatic in front of the cameras.

[el_gato]

38. The media will never try to make dumbya look stupid

although they could very easily

you see the difference?

[el_gato]

8. where's the part

where he put on a rainbow wig and a clown suit and started shooting at everybody with a shotgun?

I know he did it because some morning radio jock said so!

[Feanorcurufinwe]

10. Without the audio and video, Dean actually sounds like a normal person.

Maybe if Dean runs an all-text campaign, with no TV, radio, or personal appearances, he will continue to sound just as reasonable as he does on the printed page here.

[elperromagico]

22. Pity he can't do a front porch campaign.

The message is definitely there; the presentation is a bit lacking.

[newsjunkie]

28. define a 'normal' person

the media thinks bush is very normal and perfectly perfect.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

34. One definition would be someone who

understands what people mean when they say 'a normal person'. lol

[el_gato]

39. "normal" means just like yourself

according to most people

[WilliamPitt]

11. Where's the YYYYYEEEEEAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!

I swear I heard a "YYYYYEEEEEAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!" Maybe I'm wrong. I thought there was a "YYYYYEEEEEAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!"

On edit: OK, I found it. They turned "YYYYYEEEEEAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!" into "Yeah." Bit of a leap.

[Dookus]

14. Yes, I heard that too

but I ran it through the Deanolator, and it really means "I look forward to continuing the race in New Hampshire."

[Mistress Quickly]

15. You owe me a keyboard.

See, in print it's like this: Yeah.

See, much calmer in print.

On edit: you found it before I could post.

[SahaleArm]

16. MP3 confirms the "YYYYYEEEEEAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!"

Committing Seppuku

[WilliamPitt]

20. Oh man

'Committing Seppuku'

Hard, dude. Hard.

[AP]

37. No secret that I'm not a big Dean fan, but even I didn't want to believe I

heard that.

Now I can't deny it.

[KFC]

40. I thought Hulk Freaking Hogan retired

Nice insane rant.

[Cocoa]

26. according to lyrics sites for "Won't get fooled agaiin"

standard transcription is

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[redqueen]

46. LOL n/t

[libview]

18. Oh my, I hate to see a good man come apart at the seams.

[libview]

19. Has anyone had a moment that they just wish they could

"do over"?

[Mistress Quickly]

23. Yes, but not on national TV.

Thankfully.

[kaitykaity]

24. I got to hear him finally.

What is wrong with me? I still LOVE this man.
AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

[beaconess]

25. What IS wrong with you?

[kaitykaity]

30. I don't know.

I hear the guy talk and he hits me right in the
gut. Every single goddamn time.

[newsjunkie]

32. well,snap out of it...its not 'normal'

that's what some are saying around here anyways.

[beaconess]

33. I have the same reaction to him.

Something about him hits me right in the gut.

[el_gato]

31. nothing is "wrong" with you

just because you don't get caught up in a media con job

[ProfessorPlum]

36. Jeez, I thought you were posting this to show that there really

wasn't anything to the totally faked "bashing" going on about the speech.

And here you are bashing it, too.

What a tempest in a teapot - a molehill - a nothing this is.

The guy was elated and happy at getting 18% and thanking his folks and getting them riled up for the next step.

What a horror!

Why won't he put on his sad face and admit defeat? You, and the corporate presstitutes, don't seem to get it.

[VirginiaIs4Lieberman]

42. Dean is a finge maniac

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[PVnRT]

45. A "finge" maniac, eh?

Whatever...

[beaconess]

44. I made no such representation - I just simply posted the speech

[jonnyblitz]

47. I just saw it.

I guess I am immune to loud emotional speechs after all the ANSWER rallies i have been through this past year. I am at a loss to what all the fuss is about. I find political speechs to be all spin and hokey but I am not "shocked" because he raised his voice. I must not be mainstream and normal.

[redqueen]

48. Such a big deal over nothing

It's really not going to affect him much, I don't think. The speech, I mean.

But come on... people have been gloating about his fundraising and how superior he is because he's an 'outsider'. When you set yourself up like that, you have to expect people to enjoy your falls.

This is just a bit of fun, I think. I doubt too many are taking it very seriously.

Sure, the media will try to do the 'earth tones' job on him like they did on Gore, but WTF can we do? They'll do it no matter what. I think those that support Dean won't be dissuaded by this minor thing. Those that will weren't very strong supporters to begin with.

Can't wait to see the Daily Show's take on this, though.