Dated Dean, Married Kerry?

After the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire primary, the Kerry campaign likes to say "Dated Dean, married Kerry". Dean bloggers have added the final line:

Dated Dean
Married Kerry
Woke up next to Bush.

We hope not! For those who've dated and given your heart to Dean, yet are considering another candidate because the Press has made you afraid that Dean was somehow unelectable, give Dean another chance. Do the research on the truth behind the stories you read or see in the Media.

Dean on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Howard Dean appeared on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. You can watch the entire episode here.

Dean on Letterman

Besides the Democratic Debate, and his appearance on Primetime Thursday last night, Dean was also on the David Letterman show. Watch the video here.

Happy New Year: Dean on your Desktop

We think that visualizing a desired outcome will help make it happen. Click Here for a version of this image for your computer's desktop.

FDR: "a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference"

From the "Making of a President 1960" comes this apropos quote from FDR:

"Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that Divine Justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted on a different scale. Better the occasional faults of a government living in the spirit of charity, than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."
    --Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936
     (accepting his 2nd Presidential nomination)

"Participation galvanizes emotions, gives the participant a live stake in the victory of the leader"

This quote definitely rings true in light of the Dean campaign:

"What distinguishes the new school from the old school is the political approach of exclusion versus inclusion. In a tight old-fashioned machine, the root idea is to operate with as few people as possible, keeping decision and action in the hands of as few inside men as possible. In the new style, practiced by citizen's groups and new machines the central idea is to give as many people as possible a sense of participation: participation galvanizes emotions, gives the participant a live stake in the victory of the leader."
    --Theodore H. White, The Making of the President 1960

I Want What Howard Eats for Breakfast

"I'd also like to say that whatever it is that Howard Dean knows, or whatever it is that he eats for breakfast every morning, if I could give it to every other Democratic office holder and would-be office holder, we would immediately become the majority in the Congress and we would have about 35 governors. (Applause.) I have to tell you, I think a big part of it is just producing for people, actually doing what you say you're going to do at election time. And I very much appreciate what he said about what we've tried to do here in Washington."
    -- Bill Clinton, November 12, 1997

"If Dean Is Too Liberal Why Don't We All Just Shoot Ourselves?"

Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle columnist, writes a droll and insightful article on Howard Dean today:

An acquaintance of mine, Ted Webster, has thought of a fine bumper sticker. Goes like this: "If Dean Is Too Liberal Why Don't We All Just Shoot Ourselves?"

Yes, the dangerous radical who threatens our very way of life is the last in a long line of zany socialistic Vermont governors. They're almost Canadian. Leftie Dean cut state income twice and cut the state sales tax entirely, and increased prison terms for felons.

He is also, of course, opposed to an unprovoked invasion of a foreign country. He is opposed to lying about the reasons for the attack. This used to be an honorable opinion.

Read the entire column here.

The "RepubliCard"

The hardworking Dean followers at North Bay Dean came up with this clever idea, and even managed to present a replica to Governor Dean during his visit to San Francisco. To see his reaction, visit the site.

Lord of the Roots

Who is this warrior? Looks familiar, but then...

This was created by "miles" at NorthBayDean.org who says, "It occurs to me that when you are opposing Dark Forces, there is always Hope."