Hugh Hewitt Mega PING!!
Posted on 12/09/2003 10:45:14 PM PST by JohnHuang2
The Dean campaign
Posted: December 10, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
The breathless tone of Samantha M. Shapiro's New York Times Magazine cover story on the Dean Campaign, "The Dean Swarm," suggests that Ms. Shapiro hasn't covered many presidential campaigns. Either that, or the arrogance of the Dean Campaign is equal to the arrogance of its candidate.
Every presidential campaign of each party draws a huge host of true believers from a variety of walks of life. They join up, often for odd reasons, and form intense attachments because presidential campaigns are intense adventures, especially if the volunteers are young. For most of them, it will be their first dive into the passions of electoral politics. As in every other campaign before this one, they will believe they have stumbled on a new, strikingly unique group energy. Over at Bush-Cheney HQ, the young staff and volunteers think the same thing.
The Dean Campaign is the Ford Campaign with e-mail, instant messaging and cell phones. That so many of its volunteers don't know it underscores why it is a doomed campaign: It lacks seriousness about politics and the realities of politics. My favorite line: "Many Dean supporters objected not just to the war in Iraq itself, but also to the Bush administration's failure to even maintain the appearance of listening to the massive protests and U.N. resolutions."
Put aside that there were no resolutions other than 1441 to "not listen to," and focus on the idea that "massive protests" of a few ten thousands are not really massive protests at all, and that A.N.S.W.E.R. is a splinter off a very small branch of American public opinion. Can an entire campaign have megalomania? It appears so.
The Dean folk brag on their Internet-fueled fund-raising: "Dean has raised $25 million through small checks – the average donation is $77 – and those checks have placed Dean at the top of the Democratic fund-raising pack." President Bush topped $115 million this past week, raising it in a third the time that Dean banked his $25 million.
If the Dean people think these funds are all coming from millionaires, or in $2,000 increments, they are kidding themselves again. The rank-and-file that will walk and talk and, yes, text-message and blog for Bush are vastly greater in number than those at work for Dean. No one seems to be aware of this in the Dean effort, which is great for Republicans.
Dean isn't very original and neither is his campaign. Dean's a mixture of Henry Wallace and George McGovern – a radical with big pipes and what appears to his followers to be momentum. But as my pal Charlie said to me at a party last night: "Look at the campuses. There aren't any protests. Nobody's falling for this stuff."
Charlie's right. The Dean people are too young to know what a real "movement" looks like. This is a nice campaign, one likely to capture the nomination and get swept aside in a landslide for an incumbent president backed by a booming economy, significant legislative achievements, and a serious commitment to national security.
At the close of business in November, these warriors of December 2003 will look at each other with blank or dazed expressions. They never saw it coming. Because they never read a book on campaigns past.
If Dean is the Dems nominee, it's GWB in a 45 State electoral landslide.
Regards,
L
The breathless tone of Samantha M. Shapiro's New York Times Magazine cover story on the Dean Campaign, "The Dean Swarm," suggests that Ms. Shapiro hasn't covered many presidential campaigns. Either that, or the arrogance of the Dean Campaign is equal to the arrogance of its candidate.From www.nytimes.com [registration required]:Every presidential campaign of each party draws a huge host of true believers from a variety of walks of life. They join up, often for odd reasons, and form intense attachments because presidential campaigns are intense adventures, especially if the volunteers are young.
For most of them, it will be their first dive into the passions of electoral politics. As in every other campaign before this one, they will believe they have stumbled on a new, strikingly unique group energy... - Hugh Hewitt
The Dean Connection
By SAMANTHA M. SHAPIRO
Published: December 7, 2003
ast February, Clay Johnson, 26, took a trip from Atlanta to the Dominican Republic to visit his girlfriend, Merrill, who was studying linguistics at a university there. He carried an engagement ring in his pocket, but when he arrived, he said, Merrill was cold and distant, and he never gave it to her. Before he left, Merrill told him that she didn't love him anymore.
Ben Stechschulte for The New York Times
Jilted Techies for Dean, Vermont chapter:
Zack Rosen and Clay Johnson refocus their devotion.He returned to his apartment in Atlanta, where he worked as a freelance technology consultant. His place was also serving as a storage space for Merrill's possessions, in boxes, and as a temporary home for her two cats. He was allergic to the cats. He stripped to his underwear, lay on the floor in a fetal position and remained there for days, occasionally sipping from an old carton of orange juice. ''I was completely obliterated,'' he says. ''I didn't know something like that could actually cause physical pain.''
Johnson's friends kept calling, trying to think of something that would get him out of the house. Finally they hit on one: Howard Dean...
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The Clinton's seem to be aware of this, otherwise why is Hillary! waiting for something to "coalesce?"
-PJ
And this piece of work is one of the vaunted Dean activist?
Howard Dean Photoshop Contest
Fark ^ | 12/04/03
Posted on 12/04/2003 11:55:16 PM PST by mansion
Not really news - they're having a funny "Passion of Howard Dean" photoshop contest over at Fark.com - here's a couple of my favorites..
.Hugh predicted a big George W. Bush LANDSLIDE in 2000. (But to be fair, that was before the news came out about W.'s drunk driving arrest.)
Hugh, if you're lurking: keep up the good work . . . and listen to Frank G- about Taiwan. Frank knows the score.
Oh, and GO BROWNS!
and listen to Frank G- about Taiwan. Frank knows the score.See also:
HUGH HEWITT SHOW NOW:
Frank Gaffney Confronts Grover Norquist on His Promotion of Islamists
Hugh Hewitt Show
Posted on 12/09/2003 3:15:14 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
Basing the discussion on Frank Gaffney's article on Frontpagemag.com, an issue people have been wondering about for a while is being confronted now on the Hugh Hewitt show:
What is Grover Norquist's deal?CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! Doomed!
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