I'm puzzled about what precise date is less than 3 months away. unless my memory is playing tricks on me I went on-line in March to check out this Dean thing I kept hearing about and was going to Meet-ups in May.
Bill, Howard didn't *announce* until June 23, 2003. However: "By late March 2003, the Dean campaign was the most successful Meetup group ever, far outnumbering the forthcoming presidential aspirants with over 16,000 members. All this before Dean had even officially announced his own candidacy."
Thanks. I vaguely seem to remember an official announcement to wildly cheering crowds. But it had been so clear for so long that he was running it didn't make that much of an impression on me.
Bill...it made a big impression on me. I was present at his Announcement, saw the huge crowd in every direction (even lining the upper floors of the parking garage nearby), as well as the special platform in the middle of Church Street with top level Press and cameras here in little Vermont!
Up to that moment, for twelve years Howard had been my Governor. Suddenly he became to me a serious candidate for President. It was very impressive indeed.
Brings up a just slightly related memory. I was present when the Democratic Party of Oak Park voted to support Obama. Before he had so much as announced an exploratory committee.
listener, looks like just a skosh more than 8". Much finer and lighter than the last batch. Slid off my "sentinel" trees much faster, too, so they could right themselves. Amazes me still that a tree can be bent to the ground, shake its snow, and return to upright.
It is amazing! When our birches out back got bent in a late April blizzard they only came 2/3 of the way back up. But come the next Winter a strong wind from the opposite direction stood them back up! Mother knows how. ;-)
What's more bulbs in full bloom can be flattened Flat Howard style to the ground and pop back up 3-D like nothing happened!
I went to work today. Only problem with that is I forgot I'd asked for it as a day off. But I was happy to go right back home (the whole two miles). LOL!
Less than three months 'til the 10th anniversay of the Dean Campaign! I still get the woulda shoulda couldas sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI'm puzzled about what precise date is less than 3 months away. unless my memory is playing tricks on me I went on-line in March to check out this Dean thing I kept hearing about and was going to Meet-ups in May.
DeleteBill, Howard didn't *announce* until June 23, 2003. However: "By late March 2003, the Dean campaign was the most successful Meetup group ever, far outnumbering the forthcoming presidential aspirants with over 16,000 members. All this before Dean had even officially announced his own candidacy."
Deletehttp://dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/remembering-howard-deans-2004-campaign/
Thanks. I vaguely seem to remember an official announcement to wildly cheering crowds. But it had been so clear for so long that he was running it didn't make that much of an impression on me.
DeleteBill...it made a big impression on me. I was present at his Announcement, saw the huge crowd in every direction (even lining the upper floors of the parking garage nearby), as well as the special platform in the middle of Church Street with top level Press and cameras here in little Vermont!
DeleteUp to that moment, for twelve years Howard had been my Governor. Suddenly he became to me a serious candidate for President. It was very impressive indeed.
Brings up a just slightly related memory. I was present when the Democratic Party of Oak Park voted to support Obama. Before he had so much as announced an exploratory committee.
DeleteI don't expect ever again to experience anything comparable.
ReplyDelete--Alan
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Deletelistener, looks like just a skosh more than 8". Much finer and lighter than the last batch. Slid off my "sentinel" trees much faster, too, so they could right themselves. Amazes me still that a tree can be bent to the ground, shake its snow, and return to upright.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing! When our birches out back got bent in a late April blizzard they only came 2/3 of the way back up. But come the next Winter a strong wind from the opposite direction stood them back up! Mother knows how. ;-)
DeleteWhat's more bulbs in full bloom can be flattened Flat Howard style to the ground and pop back up 3-D like nothing happened!
I went to work today. Only problem with that is I forgot I'd asked for it as a day off. But I was happy to go right back home (the whole two miles). LOL!
ReplyDeleteHere are a very few Dean videos I could locate:
ReplyDeleteLove Letter to the Dean Campaign. [Click]
A Beginning, Not an End. [Click]
Campaign announcement--not sure if this is all of it or not. [Click]
I really wish I had saved the Generation Dean flash movie…but it seems to have disappeared from the Internet. It was great.
--Alan
ReplyDeleteOMG! Here is the GenDean animation!. [Click]
--Alan