Democracy for America

Dean in Storm Lake; An Extensive Report
Sat Jan 3rd, 2004 at 22:12:10 UTC

I went to the pancake breakfast with Howard Dean today in Storm Lake, Iowa.

I've prepared a report of his remarks, not a transcript per se.

Of course everything that is in quote marks are his quotes and the other stuff is my paraphrase of the basic points he was making.

One thing I really notice in going through these remarks word-for-word is he's really saying a lot more than my ear picks up the first time through. He offers common sense leadership for America. The old words "liberal" and "conservative" aren't even relevant anymore. Bush has perverted conservatism to the point that it's meaningless when his supporters say they're conservatives and support him at the same time! Dean, though, has the best of progressive liberalism filtered through what I'd call true conservatism, i.e., common sense, full of values, something that about 95% of the people of the country would support if they knew about it. And the only reason the remaining 5% would support Bush is because they're wackos.

http://www.crocuta.net/Dean/Summary_of_Dean_Storm_Lake_IA_Remarks.htm