Howard Dean appreciation thread, I just love that man...

[Melodybe]

and not in a sexy way, in a he is my hero way.

So maybe the CMC isn't giving him any publicity but that doesn't mean Howard isn't speaking for us.

So post here if you appreciate our good chairman Dr. Howard Dean.

[WI_DEM]

1. I love him too

While I think he is doing a great job at the DNC, I wish he were still available to run for president, but it just won't be in 2008.

[NYCGirl]

2. I feel the same way.

:applause:

[GetTheRightVote]

3. I appreciate everything that man has done for the grassroots groups

He is one of the reasons why they, the Dems are turning to us. My hat off to Dr. Dean.

:kick:

[hippiechick]

4. How can ya NOT love the doc ??

The man tells it like it is.

[kaitykaity]

5. Appreciation!

I don't think he wants any publicity. I think he
wants to go around the country organizing, talking
to people without the glare of the cameras on him.

Good on him. Smart man.

[bertha katzenengel]

6. I love Dr. Dean. I still mourn the loss of his candidacy.

:applause:

(But not as much as I love Brother Jimmy. I love no one in politics like I do President Carter.)

[patrice]

7. I saw him recently at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Ks.

He said many things that I expected to hear, and he said them in a manner that I've experienced often in the political world.

BUT when he spoke of his desire to see the children of America have secure universal health care, you could hear how deeply he personally feels about that. (I know what I'm dealing with when it comes to people, it's a survival skill acquired from teaching high school seniors for 10 years). He really personally WANTS health care for the young. That impresses me.

[CottonBear]

20. Did you read his Vanity Fair article on the poor in America?

There was an incredible B&W photo essay as well.

[patrice]

26. No. I'll go look for it now.

[CottonBear]

29. It was in an issue last year during the primary.

I'm not sure which month's issue it was. I'll post the issue when I find the article.

I need to find it and cut it out before I recycle those issues. I've been reluctant to throw out the back issues because there are so many good articles on politics and societal issues.

[CottonBear]

33. "How the Poor Live Now," Dec.2003, Vanity Fair

How the Poor Live Now
Howard Dean's essay, "How the Poor Live Now," appears in the
December issue of Vanity Fair magazine. Dean looks at the current crisis of poverty in America through the lens of a physician and a governor. The magazine is on newsstands now, but the essay, excerpted here, is not available at Vanity Fair's website.

Dean describes his experiences as a medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine:


Every day in the Bronx, I saw low-income patients who had left serious illnesses untreated because they couldn�t afford to go to the doctor.� It was a terrible cycle being played out in slow motion before my eyes: a small, treatable condition appears; it goes unattended, grows into a serious health risk that finally erupts with a vengeance; and the patient lands in the emergency room.� The bill is astronomical, and the family is bankrupted.

Any sane person could conclude that this was not the most efficient way for our health-care system to be run, nor the most humane.� I had no doubts that capitalism was the best possible economic model (I had been raised as a stockbroker, after all), but there were gaps, inconsistencies, and plain cruelties that the market alone would never address, and not only in health care.� It seemed to me that local communities and national government had roles to play in easing the pain of economic inequalities.

Governor Dean continues with an analysis of how the past two decades have drastically changed America's attitudes toward--and solutions for--poverty.

What we have seen since the 1970s is a governmental effort that has ended up directing even more wealth into the hands of those at the top, while the safety net for those at the bottom slowly frays.� This has resulted not in a rising tide lifting all boats but in an ever shrinking middle class and a breakdown of out American community.� Most critically at risk are families like Robert�s , which have had the odds against them from the beginning, and which now have no recourse available to them other than that offered by a government whose anti-poverty program, they feel, is rapidly becoming little more than �Get a job.�

If only it were that simple.� Some American families are on the verge of permanent hunger in spite of the fact that the parents may be working not one but two or three jobs.� Their problems are usually not limited to putting food on the table: many such families cannot house themselves or afford to seek treatment for their medical problems.� Poverty knows no prejudice: my first patient on my first E.R. rotation in the Bronx was a 13-year-old African-American girl who was dealing with complications from an unwanted pregnancy; my first patient on my first E.R. rotation in Vermont was a 13-year-old girl in exactly the same circumstances, but Caucasian.� The face of poverty is rural, it is urban, it is black, white, Hispanic, male, female, young, and old.� It is an American face.� These families work as hard as any of us, and many work harder than most, and yet many spend their lives one paycheck, one accident, or one medical emergency away from total financial ruin.

And the problem is not confined only to those below the poverty line.� As I�ve traveled the country, I�ve felt nothing so much as a sense of fear.� People everywhere are afraid that very little separates them from disaster, that their jobs are not secure, and that if they lose their jobs there will be another one waiting.� They know something is wrong in our country, and they don�t know what they can do to make it right.� Most are good people who work hard.� I have seen their joys, their frustrations, and their attempts to change their reality.� The problem is not one of the motivated versus the lazy.� It is larger and deeper, and if we are going to address it, we must do it honestly.

Ultimately, the question is: What kind of country will we be?� Will we be a country that declares anti-poverty efforts a national embarrassment or a national priority?� Will we be a country that values escalating tax cuts for the highest income brackets, or one that values the services that tax cuts inevitably kill through financial starvation?� Will we accept the problem of poverty as a consequence of capitalism, or will we strengthen capitalism by restoring fairness?� Will we choose leaders who practice a politics that polarizes, or leaders whose politics address the common good, targeting not just those most likely to go to the polls but also those who don�t or can�t?� In short, will we close our eyes and ignore one another, or will we stand together as a community?

I do not accept that there is no solution.� I know, because in cities and towns across America I have seen remarkable ones.� I believe that, since poverty stems first and foremost from a breakdown in community responsibility, community-based solutions can lead the way in helping us understand how to overcome it.

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I could only find the excerpt so far. Your library should have the issue. The photo essay is incredible.

[madfloridian]

36. It is transcribed at the crocuta site. Saw the link last night.

Here is the article transcribed and posted.
http://www.crocuta.net/Dean/Dean_Editorial-HowThePoorLiveNow_Dec2003.htm


Here is a fun page of pics.
http://www.crocuta.net/Dean/Dean_Facial_Expressions.htm

[CottonBear]

45. Thanks for the link.

You're a better web surfer and Googler than I am!

[madfloridian]

46. Not really, I just happened upon it at the DNC blog.

The person who transcribed it had just posted the link. Just lucky, not good. :evilgrin:

[Lone Pawn]

8. Go Chairman Dean!

Which sounds a bit like Chairman Mao.

Dean Zhuxi Wansui!

[TheFarseer]

9. He's the guy that got me fired up FOR the democrats

and not just AGAINST bush.

[iconoclastNYC]

10. I don't think we've seen the last candidacy from Dean.

I hope after he helps set the DLC on the right course with more grass roots involvmenet, he'll run for Senate or President.

[Cassandra]

11. Me, too!

I think we're going to kick ass in 2006!

[Discord]

12. In honor of all the "where the fuck is Dean" threads...

I have been working on an answer.

Its not a completed work yet and is still not much more than a fact sheet.. but here it is.

Howard Dean Timeline as DNC Chairman

Feb 12, 2005- Howard Dean named DNC Chair
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/12/dean.dems/

Feb 14, 2005- Howard Dean Holds first official staff meeting.
http://www.democrats.org/blog/display/00011594.html

Feb 16, 2005- Howard Dean releases a statement to Democrats nationwide.
http://democrats.org/blog/display/00011609.html

Feb 17, 2005- Howard Dean debates with Richard Perle at Pacific University.
http://www.crocuta.net/Dean/Dean_Debate_PacificU_Feb17_2005.htm

Feb 18, 2005- Howard Dean meets with aides to discuss strategies and plan for the future.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A49336-2004Feb17¬Found=true

Feb 23, 2005- Howard Dean makes an appearance at Cornell University.
http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/24/421d84959299b?in_archive=1

Feb 24, 2005- Howard Dean makes an appearance at Washburn University in Kansas; arrives to a standing ovation.
http://www.democrats.org/blog/display/00011648.html

Feb 25, 2005- Howard Dean speaks at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas to a sold out crowd.
http://democrats.org/blog/display/00011661.html

Feb 25, 2005- Howard Dean makes a speech at a private Hiebert fundraiser. He raised $45,000 over the weekend.
http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/197427

Mar 1, 2005- Howard Dean visits Mississippi. He spoke with over 900 supporters at the Clarion Hotel dining room near Jackson Mississippi. He raised over $90K at the event.
http://www.picayuneitem.com/articles/2005/03/02/news/13dean.txt%3E

Mar 2, 2005- Howard Dean issues statement applauding Jackie Robinson’s award of a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal.
http://www.democrats.org/news/200503020002.html

Mar 2, 2005- Howard Dean meets with top AFL-CIO leaders in Las Vegas to plan a political strategy for defeating President Bush’s Social Security reform plan.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=543771


Mar 4, 2005- Howard Dean issues a statement regarding the unemployment rates among African-Americans.
http://www.democrats.org/news/200503040003.html

Mar 7, 2005- Howard Dean announces that the DNC had raised over $3.4M in the first three weeks.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/08/party.money.ap/index.html

Mar 8, 2005- Howard Dean issues a press release commemorating International Women’s Day.
http://www.democrats.org/news/200503080001.html

Mar 9, 2005- Howard Dean congratulates Mrs. Matsui in winning the 5th district in California’s special election.
http://www.democrats.org/news/200503090002.html

Mar 9, 2005- Howard Dean has a closed door meeting with House Democrats. Later slams Bush on his “town-hall meetings” at a press conference.
http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/031005/dean.html

Mar 14, 2005- Howard Dean makes a visit to New Jersey for a “high power” fundraiser.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1110867825266050.xml

Mar 22, 2005- Howard Dean criticizes Congressional doctors for their “diagnosis” of Terri Schiavo based only on viewing video. Calling it “grandstanding”.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SCHIAVO_CONGRESS?SITE=NWCN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Mar 22, 2005- Howard Dean speaks at the 41st annual IMPACT Symposium at Vanderbilt University. Later he met with the DFT Steering Committee.
http://democracyfortennessee.smartcampaigns.com/index.php?q=node/view/261
and
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7272120/

Mar 23, 2005- Howard Dean speaks to a crowd at a Washington waterfront fundraiser.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEMOCRATS_DEAN?SITE=NWCN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[kaitykaity]

14. Gratitude!

:yourock:

I was getting a little sick of those myself.

:hi:

[Discord]

40. Thanks much!

needs updating and some brilliant commentary.

:D

[Cha]

31. You're too much, Discord..

Thank you! As for Dr/Gov/Chairman Dean..I've been supporting him and his ideas since about a half an hour after Gore said he wasn't running for Prez.

Dean continually amazes me with his steadfast courage and brilliant logic~!

[Discord]

41. Nah, not too much. need to update it again.

been slacking on keeping up with it this week.

[madfloridian]

37. What a great post! Heartwarming.

:hi:

[Discord]

42. Thank ya!

working on the editorial version in the near future.

[madfloridian]

38. And here is where he will be Wednesday night, in Philly.

https://www.democrats.org/support/oldcity.html

Governor Howard Dean in Old City Philadelphia
March 30, 2005
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Bluezette
246 Market St.
Old City
Philadelphia, PA

[Discord]

44. Thank you.

bookmarked it and will look for the post event write up for it.

:bounce:

[FreedomAngel82]

13. I'm with you

He's great! I'm so glad he's the chairman. :D

[Sewsojm]

15. Lots of love for Dr. Dean !

I felt so sorry for him when the media made fun of him and blew everything out of proportion, I think that showed me how the democrats didn't stand a chance against the repug controlled media.

[Melodybe]

16. Rhandi just mentioned that.

[jojo54]

17. So right!

If it wasn't for the whore media, Dr. Dean would have been our candidate and he would have blown the pants off the monkey boy.

[blm]

21. No. He still would have had 90% of the broadcast media protecting Bush

and exaggerating any perceived flaw in Dean.

The only way for any Democrat to win at this point is for Dems to expose the GOP control over most of the media and the voting machines.

I'm expecting Dean and the DNC to do just that.

[democrank]

18. I respect Howard Dean.

Just as he did as governor of my state, he says what he means and means what he says. And, when he thinks he`s wrong....he`ll say so.

[Discord]

19. gotta admire truth for a change.

and some passion, even if it does get him in a bit of trouble from time to time.

:evilgrin:

Will be coming to join ya up in Vermont in June.

Mass is just getting too damn expensive to live here.

$1500/month for rent
$1400/year to insure my car...


ridiculous.

[InternalDialogue]

22. Howard Dean gives me hope.

Great men and women like him, with our support and voices, will surely make our country moral, efficient, respected, and honest again.

[Melodybe]

23. I kissed him when he was in Jackson, I probably invaded his personal space

but I couldn't help myself.

I'm pretty, so maybe he didn't mind.

I smile everytime I think about it.

[demnan]

24. Lucky you!

Actually he's my type (fair, short and stocky with great intelligence).

[patrice]

27. I don't blame you.

Technically he's not GQ, but his energy is very positive and quite attractive.

[LondonReign2]

25. He performed a spine transplant on the Democratic Party

after 9/11. Unfortunately, some of the recipients have rejected the transplant (paging Joementum!)

[Cuban_Liberal]

28. You rock, Doc!

:yourock:

[ima_sinnic]

30. I will always love Howard Dean!!

he is SOOOO intelligent!
and so gutsy and unaftaid to say it like it is!
and I also really appreciate the way he is keeping it low-key, under the radar. the "local thing" is SOOOO important, and gives the repukes very little to work with for ammunition.
Thank you so much Dr. Dean for your genius fighting style!!
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[tinrobot]

32. Truly a great man...

He's one of the few people speaking the truth in this country.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

34. Intelligence + Motivation + Astuteness = Great DNC Chairman

[saltpoint]

35. I believe the Republicans have underestimated Dr. Dean.

One of these fine mornings they're going to wake up and find that their racist, class-society bullshit doesn't wash anymore.

Howard Dean wil be responsible for their predicament.

Go, Dr. Dean.

[REP]

39. My Neighbor's From Vermont

She says it was pretty common to see the Deans at the grocery store, where they were just 'normal folks' and told me that they're every bit as wonderful as I think they are.

See .sig for what I think of Chairman Dean!

[madfloridian]

43. Two Vermonters winter here and are in our DFA group.

He is a professor who admires what Dean stands for.

[BreweryYardRat]

47. Yeah!

Go Dean!!!