Howard Dean Gives Inspiring Acceptance Speech at DNC Winter Meeting
Gov.
Howard Dean was elected chairman by acclamation today at the Winter
Meeting of the Democratic National Committee. Here are some
excerpts from his speech:
“I’m humbled and I’m ready to go to work.”
“This is
the first race for DNC chair that was driven by the grassroots of the
party. It is not my chairmanship. It is our chairmanship.”
“If we want to win nationally we have to start by winning locally.”
“Together this will be the beginning of the reemergence of the Democratic Party.”
Dean thanked and acknowledged the other DNC candidates. Dean thanked and honored Terry McAuliffe.
Gov.
Dean recognized Judy Dean. She stood up briefly, then began to
sit down, and Dean could be heard from the podium, gently saying “stand
up.” It was very touching. Judy looked great! (If
Maureen Dowd was watching, I hope she noticed Judy was wearing make-up
today!)
“Workers deserve a government that protects them. Veterans deserve a government that honors them.”
“Ours is the diverse party that welcomes all Americans.”
“As
Democrats we will stand up for what we believe, organize at the local
level, and recognize that strength does not come from the top down, it
comes from the grassroots up.”
“[W’s]
budget deliberately conceals the cost of their fiscal
recklessness. Cuts education, children’s health and community
policing. Bush's Budget brings Enron-style accounting to the
nation’s capital. And it demonstrates you cannot trust
Republicans with your money.”
“Something
this administration and the Republicans are very afraid of – that
we may begin fighting for what we believe: fiscal responsibility
and social responsibility.”
“Americans want a strong and smart national security policy.”
“Americans who get up and go to work every day have the right to join a union.”
“We
believe that every American ought to have the right to affordable
health care…particularly our children. The biggest difference
between Democratic governors and Republican governors is the provision
of health insurance for kids.”
“We
believe that every American has a voice and it ought to be heard in
the halls of power every day. And on election day.”
Social
Security: [Bushies] “invent false crises to create policies that
don’t work. We will not let it fall victim to a dishonest scheme
that only serves to heap debt on our children.”
“Democrats will set the agenda. We need to be united and we need to be organized…really organized.”
“Politics is at its best when we create and inspire a sense of community.”
“Strategy
for every state and territory: show up, knock on doors and tell them
what we believe and that is what organization will help us do.”
“We’re going to take our country back for ordinary Americans.”
“I have found that the path to power is to trust others with it.”
“Empower people at the local level. If we trust voters, they will trust us.”
“We are the party of reform and change.”
“We look like America. We are America.”
“Republicans stop progress. Democrats start progress.”
“It is going to take a lot of work; I will be asking for a lot from all of you.”
“Election
by election, state by state, precinct by precinct, door by door, vote
by vote, year after year, we are going to take this country back for
the people who built it.”
– Gov. Howard Dean, Chairman
Democratic National Committee
Chairman Dean wants to hear from you. Click here to send him your ideas for the Democratic Party.
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