We all need a bit of decompressing at the moment. Here is a
great funny article about Dean's book signing yesterday in Seattle.
It's been months since his presidential bid flamed out, but Howard Dean still occupies a warm and glowing place in the hearts of many Seattle Democrats.
At a University District book signing yesterday, a woman burst into tears at the very sight of him.
more below
The former Vermont governor was in town to promote his new book, "You Have the Power," a brief memoir of his presidential campaign that is part angry screed against the media, weak-kneed Democrats and right-wing Republicans, and part exhortation to his supporters to stay involved in politics.
Dean still not mincing his words...
"I think that there are a lot of people in this country who have felt totally ignored and almost despised by the political establishment," Dean said of his devoted following.
"There are a lot of people in the country who want to be part of a community again. They feel like they've been cut out of that, and I don't cut people out."
Handwringing and doubting are inversely porportional to conviction. Steadfastness in convictions very little handwringing and doubting...
Dean's book recounts the quasi-religious-revival experience that his early campaign rallies became for many Democrats who felt like no one else was standing up to Bush.
In it, he describes people weeping, screaming and stamping their feet. People came away crying, Dean wrote, with obvious amazement, "because they'd been able to touch my suit. My old $125 JCPenney suit."
I am going to buy the book just for that last sentence.
Dean's book also acknowledges his contempt for most of the news media, which he describes as a "failing institution" that puts entertainment value above serious reporting.
Yeah...everyone called Dean supporters sore losers when we complained about the media...who's crying now...
Dean said the Democrats need to organize in a way reminiscent of the Republican Party's effective organizing over the past two decades -- from the School Board to Congress.
"We believe that the Republicans have a 20-year head start on hijacking this country," Dean said.
subtle ....very subtle
I just love this guy...