Rum, Romanism and Rebellion

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• StillAnOptimist
  May 17th, 2008 at 11:02 am

  To add to that lovely bit of insight lets go to John Stewart:
  http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=168126&title=tim-russerts-dad

• StillAnOptimist
  May 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am

  Apologies.. that one was funnt but this is the one I ment… a good ol fashion Douche-Off http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=168561&title=indecision-2008-west-virginia

• Tom Prezelski
  May 17th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

  Actually, the State of Denial holds a primary rather than a caucus. They also have a winner-take-all system.

• Dana
  May 17th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

  At least Terry speaks up- what have we heard from Dean- uhmmmm not much. The DNC needs a chair who speaks up and is a leader and is a cheerleader for the party- would be nice to have that again, all I hear from the DNC is silence so at least someone fills the airwaves. I can say Terry has a positive attitude and his glass is ALWAYS full! That is a postitive thing!

• Eli_Blake
  May 17th, 2008 at 9:59 pm

  Dana:

  I guess the fifty state strategy that Howard Dean implemented and helped Democrats win seats and become competitive even in ‘red’ states that McAuliffe, when he was chair ignored (Arizona is one of those states), isn’t a good enough result for you?

  McAuliffe was tied to the Clinton-era ‘fifty percent plus one’ strategy. Sometimes if everything goes right that is enough to win an election, but it also is part of why the country got as polarized as it did. Further there are plenty of Democrats in Republican areas (including rural areas even in states which are competitive because of left-leaning urban areas) and I for one am glad that Howard Dean recognized that for Democrats to set the agenda we can’t just be content to win elections or control Congress by winning the northeast and the west coast and competing in the midwest.

• hank
  May 17th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

  Something wrong about someone who is eternally optimistic. Reminds me of a used car salesman. You think you’re getting a deal and end up with a lemon.

  We thought that we were on a role in the 90’s but history is showing an amazing loosing streak. 04 might not have been a Democratic year, but it was a Democratic awakening, thanks to Howard Dean.

• bridget
  May 19th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

  I agree that there is some benefit to Howard Dean’s approach to the 50 state strategy and sending money out where it is needed and productive instead of sitting in an account, BUT lets not forget the biggest reason that the Dems are doing so well right now: George Bush, Dick Cheney & Don Rumsfeld and the rest of the liars in the Bush cabinet.

  I agree with Dana too that Dean was not speaking up when one of the Democratic candidates was getting kicked and beaten by the media. The leadership in the party went silent–and that silence will end up costing them in the long run–the division of the party as it is today. When has ANY male candidate running for office had the media comment on his butt the way the media took off on Hillary’s cleavage? I can’t recall when a newscaster was suspended for making comments about a man’s child helping out with their campaign–BECAUSE THEY WOULD NEVER COMMENT THE WAY THEY HAVE WITH HILLARY!!

  Want to stick to the issues? Then lets stick to the issues and by all means, stand up for what is right!

  And Speak up Terry, toot your horn for Hillary. You may not have been the best leader for the DNC, but your sure are a breath of fresh air on the airwaves.

• srsly.
  May 19th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

  Yeah, because it’s not like a man’s penis was ever the object of media obsession or attention that Hillary Clinton’s anything ever has.

  Right?

  I also don’t seem to recall Dean freaking out over the airwaves in defense of Obama when the Wright controversy erupted. Which is fine, since I don’t want the chair of the DNC to wade into the middle of a Presidential primary fight.

• Eli_Blake
  May 19th, 2008 at 6:23 pm

  bridget and srsly:

  Exactly. Howard Dean has made it abundantly clear that deciding the nominee or taking sides is not his role in the primary. In fact, if it gets to the point where someone has to sit Barack and Hillary down in a room and hammer something out (increasingly unlikely at this point but still possible) then Howard Dean, by strictly staying away from the day to day wars, is the one person who could do it (possibly with the assistance of Al Gore, if Gore does not make an endorsement.)

  Had he slapped down the media when they were all over Hillary over her comments on illegals and drivers licences, or some of the other times they’ve been all over her, or had he slapped them down for their obsession with Reverend Wright then he would have been perceived, rightly or wrongly, as choosing sides.

• ded
  May 20th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

  Excuses! What the heck do the Democrats stand for anyway?! Seems to me like the Republican party manages to get behind their candidates when things are running awry–why can’t the Dems?

  If they are all inclusive, then act all inclusive.

• srsly.
  May 20th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

  ded, if you ever paid attention to any speech by any democrat, anywhere, you’d know what it is we stand for, so right now you’re just being obtuse.

  also, how is the DNC not getting behind a single candidate when there are two candidates still relatively close to each other with a few races left not being “inclusive?”

• Matt
  May 21st, 2008 at 12:56 am

  Honest to God! If Mcauliffe had an Australian accent, I’ld swear I was watching an infomercial.

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