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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Ralph Wiggum on June 21, 2013, 12:53:26 PM
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DonViejo (4,719 posts)
On the left, Howard Dean open to presidential bid (http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014514143)
Source: CNN
San Jose, California (CNN) - Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor who electrified anti-war liberals during the 2004 presidential race, said Thursday he would consider another run for the White House – a statement that will surely be met with mixed reaction in the Democratic Party.
Dean, whose underdog presidential campaign officially launched 10 years ago this weekend, said he has "mixed feelings" about running for office again but added he would consider another bid for the Democratic presidential nomination if he doesn't think the other candidates are adequately addressing progressive issues that are dear to his heart.
"I am not driven by my own ambition," Dean told CNN in an interview at the Netroots Nation conference, an annual gathering of left-leaning political activists. "What I am driven by is pushing the country in a direction that it desperately needs to be pushed; pushing other politicians who aren't quite as frank as I am who need to be more candid with the American people about what needs to happen. I am not trying to hedge, it's a hard job running. It's really tough. I am doing a lot of things I really enjoy. But you should never say never in this business."
Dean, the founder of Democracy for America, a progressive organization that lobbies for causes such as same-sex marriage and expanded access to health care, maintained that the prospect is unlikely. He is well liked and respected by liberals – hence his appearance at this week's conference, but is still viewed with a wary eye by many in the Democratic establishment because of his outspoken nature and frequent refusal to march in lockstep with national party leaders.
Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/20/on-the-left-howard-dean-open-to-presidential-bid/
(http://blog.gettyimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Howard-Dean-Joe-Raedle-Getty-Images-72350864.jpg)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FzCeV0ZFc[/youtube]
Go for it Howard! :lmao:
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He would be markedly better than Hitlary. Let's not forget Dean was the author of the infamous quote...
"You think the Republican National Committee could get this many people of color in a single room?,†Dean asked to laughter. “Only if they had the hotel staff in here.â€
All wait staff are people of color. All people of color are wait staff. Who said lib's are racist ?
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(http://blog.gettyimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Howard-Dean-Joe-Raedle-Getty-Images-72350864.jpg)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FzCeV0ZFc[/youtube]
Go for it Howard! :lmao:
obummer ran on the slogan "hope and change" in 2008 and "forward" in 2012.
dean can run on the "I have a scream" platform in 2016
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They're all excited over there, jumping up and down.
Look, a new name:
How will the TeaPukeConservaturdBaggers try and slaughter him in a campaign?
How childish can you get? Too long, lacks snap.
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I'm going to put this in my nightly prayers.
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Be still my beating heart.
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Be still my beating heart.
Be careful what you wish for.
A few years ago we'd have said the same thing about a jug-eared Kenyan muslim.
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Be careful what you wish for.
A few years ago we'd have said the same thing about a jug-eared Kenyan muslim.
That was before the night of the living zombies for owebuma.
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I'm hoping that Dennis Kookedspinach, runs again. :mental:
He could be Howies running mate. :lmao:
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Be careful what you wish for.
A few years ago we'd have said the same thing about a jug-eared Kenyan muslim.
Totally agree.
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He needs to work on his "I have a Scream" speech.
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The way the Republicans are doing things now days they could run Tywin Lannister and he would win.
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The way the Republicans are doing things now days they could run Tywin Lannister and he would win.
Unfortunately, you are more correct than not.
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The way the Republicans are doing things now days they could run Tywin Lannister and he would win.
Until the conservative wing of the republican party can gain control of it, the only choices we will have will be "Dimrat" and "Dimrat Lite".
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Be careful what you wish for.
A few years ago we'd have said the same thing about a jug-eared Kenyan muslim.
Yep, we have been shown that any moonbat can win.
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He needs to work on his "I have a Scream" speech.
:rofl: