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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 280252" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070811102140/http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200712/POL20071218b.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070811102140/http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200712/POL20071218b.html</a></p><p></p><p>Very interesting op-ed IMO. I always thought Howard Dean would be seen in the future as the father of the new type of political movement (internet based and driven) in respect to how henceforth they would be done. Grassroots citizenery apart from corp. or special interest control via the internet. I guess Al Gore missed this one!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p><p></p><p>Because Howard failed to capture the nomination (I personally believe he was cut down internally by his own party leadership ie DLC to save 08' for Hillary) people don't IMO understand in the longhaul how his approach revolutionized the political process.</p><p></p><p>Ron, love him or hate him, is raising more money than the other candidates and from what can be seen it's not large, big money corp. interests but rather the average American who holds a specific point of view and seez Ron as a personification of that POV. Of the 58k plus who raised the $6m in one day are continuing contributors from previous fund raisings and how many are first time suggesting contributory growth I don't know but what is most interesting is the fact that so many folks across numerous political stratems are coming together to support this man.</p><p></p><p>Traditional liberal civil libertarians who've stayed democrat over the years in the hopes perserving personal liberties and paleo-conservatives who hold strong positions of the founding fathers of remaining away from "entangling alliances" and free market economic thought have and are founding ever growing common ground. Nader started the political merging and Dean showed how you can organize and finance the cause and Ron IMO has merged the 2 into one where past political opposites have realized they have so much in common afterall and where they do differ they agree to disagree and compromise to a greater cause for now. The real surprise of the day is the growth and popularity among the youth and college voter.</p><p></p><p>I've seen several wonder aloud about the impact of the college youth and the thought of those days in the 60's impacting our society and public policy today from the cuases of the 60's if in several generations we could see a pendulum swing back towards a type of 18th century thinking of what was once called "classical liberal thought" that was the force behind men like Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Patrick Henry and the like?</p><p></p><p>Where this goes only time will tell but from the assaults of both the left and the right on this effort, I do believe this movement has some folks at the top of the ruling political left and right that control so to speak American politics really are worried. Why so much media and so much downplay for a farst and incapible political POV that is looney and no chance of winng the nomination much less leading the country? If an ant craps in the woods in Africa do we worry about it contaminating our drinking glass here in America?</p><p></p><p>I also enjoyed this op-ed piece by Justin Raimondo of anti-war.com</p><p></p><p><a href="http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=12053" target="_blank">http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=12053</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 280252, member: 2189"] [url]https://web.archive.org/web/20070811102140/http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200712/POL20071218b.html[/url] Very interesting op-ed IMO. I always thought Howard Dean would be seen in the future as the father of the new type of political movement (internet based and driven) in respect to how henceforth they would be done. Grassroots citizenery apart from corp. or special interest control via the internet. I guess Al Gore missed this one! :happy-very: Because Howard failed to capture the nomination (I personally believe he was cut down internally by his own party leadership ie DLC to save 08' for Hillary) people don't IMO understand in the longhaul how his approach revolutionized the political process. Ron, love him or hate him, is raising more money than the other candidates and from what can be seen it's not large, big money corp. interests but rather the average American who holds a specific point of view and seez Ron as a personification of that POV. Of the 58k plus who raised the $6m in one day are continuing contributors from previous fund raisings and how many are first time suggesting contributory growth I don't know but what is most interesting is the fact that so many folks across numerous political stratems are coming together to support this man. Traditional liberal civil libertarians who've stayed democrat over the years in the hopes perserving personal liberties and paleo-conservatives who hold strong positions of the founding fathers of remaining away from "entangling alliances" and free market economic thought have and are founding ever growing common ground. Nader started the political merging and Dean showed how you can organize and finance the cause and Ron IMO has merged the 2 into one where past political opposites have realized they have so much in common afterall and where they do differ they agree to disagree and compromise to a greater cause for now. The real surprise of the day is the growth and popularity among the youth and college voter. I've seen several wonder aloud about the impact of the college youth and the thought of those days in the 60's impacting our society and public policy today from the cuases of the 60's if in several generations we could see a pendulum swing back towards a type of 18th century thinking of what was once called "classical liberal thought" that was the force behind men like Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Patrick Henry and the like? Where this goes only time will tell but from the assaults of both the left and the right on this effort, I do believe this movement has some folks at the top of the ruling political left and right that control so to speak American politics really are worried. Why so much media and so much downplay for a farst and incapible political POV that is looney and no chance of winng the nomination much less leading the country? If an ant craps in the woods in Africa do we worry about it contaminating our drinking glass here in America? I also enjoyed this op-ed piece by Justin Raimondo of anti-war.com [url]http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=12053[/url] [/QUOTE]
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