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Only Dean (none / 0)

If  Dean doesn't get the chair, many of us in Florida will stop supporting the Democratic Party. We barely voted for Kerry, vowing this would be the last time we'd support someone so lame.

Only Howard Dean can turn things around, and reform the Democratic Party. We need fundamental change. The old party members are scrambling like rats to save themselves.

by Fisherman on Mon Jan 31, 2005 at 05:01:55 PM EST

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I feel the same way.  I voted Republican (here in Alabama and in Tennessee) for 27 years.  It was only through Howard Dean's campaign for the Democratic nomination that I began to believe that the Democratic Party stands for ideals that are close to my heart.  It is ONLY through new leadership that the Democratic Party will attract and retain voters like myself ... people who love the ideals of America more than the reality of its accomplishments (and in spite of its failings).

If the Democratic Party votes for business-as-usual, and rejects the change Howard Dean offers, count me out.  I'll go back to deciding on election day who I'm voting for, and I'll quit working for this Party ... I just don't have the time and energy to spend on "more of the same."

And you can bet the results in the '06 mid-terms and in '08 will disappoint unless something's done to fundamentally change the leadership of the Democratic Party.

I met Howard Dean, incidentally, last summer at Alabama A&M in Huntsville ... and for me, it took that to really know.  He's not just another bought and paid for politician.  The innate distrust of politicians here in the Deep South, incidentally, can work to the advantage of the Democratic Party.

by Charles in AL on Mon Jan 31, 2005 at 05:26:19 PM EST
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and "they" say dean... (none / 0)

...doesn't resonate in the south!  =)

well this southern girl adores howard.  and ya know, every southernor i've met without exception appreciates dean for speaking truth to power.

welcome to the party, charles.  i'm so glad you're with us.

Visit us at TexasKAOS, where we're taking Texas back!
by annatopia on Mon Jan 31, 2005 at 05:33:17 PM EST
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Re: and "they" say dean... (none / 0)

What's funny is that Kerry was offered as a "centrist alternative to the liberal Dean", but I've got a feeling Dean would have done better than Kerry in the deep South (and possibly better than Gore).
by Skaje on Mon Jan 31, 2005 at 06:27:08 PM EST
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Re: and "they" say dean... (none / 0)

Y'all are renewing my faith in Southerners! You're not all Bible-thumping right-wingers, as the Repubs and media would have us believe!
by DDenver on Mon Jan 31, 2005 at 06:46:09 PM EST
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