These modest pages made a suggestion a little under four years ago -- namely, make Howard Dean DNC Chair. Well, somebody else must have had the same idea (nobody reads this blog so it didn't come from me). Howard Dean was destined to lead the DNC. And lead it he did. It may be forgotten now, but a lot of people at the time (a) thought Dean was a horrible choice, (b) were upset that he was squandering the DNC money in states in which the donkeys would never be competitive, and (c) were worried that he had another scream in him. Well, he was right and they were wrong. Very wrong.
Thank you Howard. Four years to late, but you were instrumental in TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK -- I loved your catch phrase.
Tweety even seems to agree:
As you ride off into the sunset (and hopefully to a fat, private sector paycheck -- you deserve it), please know that we have not forgotten 2004, nor that none of this would have been possible without you at the tiller these last four years. Thank you, our man from Vermont.
(but with a bit fewer curse words, given my ever increasing age and supposed maturity; for a young voter who suffered through (and has only known) the last few years of our government, the spicy languge is entirely appropriate).
And just when I thought I couldn't lower the bar any lower for the highest office in the land for the country I'd die for, in comes a tv-anchor/beauty-pageant-winner/crytal-meth-capital-book-banning-mayor gliding in on her helicopter fresh off an arial hunt for wolves, and all of the sudden George Bush looks like Norman Borlaug, and I'm trying to kill myself with a wooden spoon to the ear. Man walked with dinosaurs, no global warming, witchcraft! Take your pick.
Regardless of what happens on Tuesday, make sure you include your kids as part of it. Tell them why the result is important and what it means. Instill in each of them a desire and a need to be part of the process; to fulfill his/her civic duty.
History is made by the people who show up. As Sen. Obama has said, "make sure we leave it on the road."
I am also predicting 57 Senate seats for the Democrats (excluding Independents Sanders and Lieberman). Under this scenario, because we don't hit 60 seats, I hope Reid drops Lieberman like the pile of crap that he is.
Come on Franken!!!!! (You are good enough, smart enough and, gosh darn it, please do like you.) He is on the bubble.