Howard Dean: still speaking for his base

I would like to recommend this great Kos diary by Patriot for Al Gore

If according to Harry Reid, Dean is not setting the message for the Democratic Party...

Then why are his truthful words about the war in Iraq ruffling so many feathers? Personally, I wish he could set the message about this. At least we would then have someone who speaks his mind in there, and who tells it like it is. And "immediate withdrawal" to me is not defined in that every troop just picks up their knapsack and makes a run for it. It is absolutely SHAMEFUL how the Democratic Party is once again allowing the Republicans to define these terms and set the tone when they should be out there explaining what this means.

To me it means you start drawing down numbers NOW ( hence, "immediate") so that within at least three to six months you have the majority of these troops home, and just have a small contingent there to work with humanitarian workers and aid the people. They then are handed the keys to their country to run it perfect or not, and our representatives then get down to taking care of the AMERICAN peoples's business and OUR security, damn it.

Is that also why Dean got the DNC Chairmanship? To box him in and shut him up, and to USE his tremendous grassroots support to fund these phony asses who go the way the wind blows instead of telling the truth? Howard Dean is not someone I have always backed regarding remarks he has made in the past either. However, on this war, HE IS ABSOLUTLELY F**** RIGHT, and I for one think that this Party is going the way of the jackbooters of the Republican Party with this "let's put a muzzle on Dean" crap.

Amen! And please, can't Democrats take to heart the "Sticks and stones can break my bones but names will never hurt me" thing? I am freaking sick and tired of Democrats betraying their base by distancing themselves from true, accurate words spoken by Dean. They continue to act like the schoolyard taunts hurled by some Republicans are valid, and it scares them away from standing up for us. I hear people express optimism about Democrats making gains in Ohio--how do you s'pose we're going to do that when we still can't trust the voting machines. But many Dems shy away from talking about such issues because they still have "Sore Loserman" ringing in their ears. And they can't have that--they want to be the COOL KIDS! Well, guess what? Your job is to stand up for the people who elected you to represent them. Sometimes that's "hard work" and not very glamorous. Sometimes the mean kids will call you mean names. Be adults about it and stand up for your fellow Dems when that happens.

Thankfully, Howard Dean still speaks for us...how about more Democrats adding their voice to his rather than working to undermine or disavow it?

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