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In reply to the discussion: 1,000 Posts to Applaud Howard Dean [View all]ellisonz
(27,736 posts)45. I remember when I met him...
...I thought I wasn't going to be giddy, at that point it was past the primaries and into the general, and I still felt giddy. There's a real power to having a sincere belief in the power to change. There was a lot of fun made of people like you and I, that we had an irrational belief, but the truth is that what we really have is true hope that we can "stand up for what we believe in again" and take the country back from those who would do their fellow Americans harm. We are truly optimistic, and that is important!
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I think the disrespect shown to Dean has been one of my biggest disappointments...
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#8
Describing his time as a doctor and how it influeced his view on health care in America.
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#11
For the Health of Our Nation, Insure All American Children - date unknown - 2003
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#17
Every time I come over here and read this thread, I think it should pinned in other places, too.
freshwest
Jun 2012
#48
I'm gonna invite someone I know who meets him and his wife occasionally. He has stories.
freshwest
Jun 2012
#50