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Tweet of the Day (Original Post) RandySF May 2022 OP
Howard was too nice. DURHAM D May 2022 #1
Rupert Murderer Qutzupalotl May 2022 #2
👍👍👍 Rebl2 May 2022 #3
Both statements are true world wide wally May 2022 #4
Should've been done years ago. GoCubsGo May 2022 #5
Yes, and he also said that Fux BigmanPigman May 2022 #6
I supported him too. summer_in_TX May 2022 #11
I'm still pissed off over that. BigmanPigman May 2022 #12
Absolutely. summer_in_TX May 2022 #13
Thank you Gov. Dean Maine Abu El Banat May 2022 #7
Some years ago I had a brief discussion with someone from Australia, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #8
Rupert Murderoch. dchill May 2022 #9
Australia isn't sending their best people IronLionZion May 2022 #10

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
5. Should've been done years ago.
Thu May 19, 2022, 07:09 PM
May 2022

If it were up to me, he never would have gotten it in the first place.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
6. Yes, and he also said that Fux
Thu May 19, 2022, 07:30 PM
May 2022

has done more harm to the country than anything else over the last 25 years. Dean was on fire. That is why I supported him.

summer_in_TX

(2,685 posts)
11. I supported him too.
Fri May 20, 2022, 01:03 AM
May 2022

Had we been fortunate enough to nominate then elect him in 2004, I am certain he would have reined in the media conglomerates.

It was after he talked about fighting media consolidation on Chris Matthews' show that he stopped receiving positive press. It wan't that long after that when Dean's roar above the sound of the crowd was captured by highly directional mics that captured his roar and almost none of the crowd noise, and they played it as if he was screaming dementedly. Day in, day out, the "Dean Scream" was the subject of media snickers.

His campaign tanked.

But then he was an awesome DNC chair with a 50-state strategy, instead of focusing almost exclusively on the federal level races. A former governor, he understood the importance of the states' legislatures.

summer_in_TX

(2,685 posts)
13. Absolutely.
Fri May 20, 2022, 10:28 AM
May 2022

Media power is often unrecognized, but we see it in the constant airplay of attacks on Biden now.

I was so grateful that his ego was not so hurt that he wouldn't accept chairmanship of the party. We haven't had a great DNC chair since Howard Dean.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
8. Some years ago I had a brief discussion with someone from Australia,
Thu May 19, 2022, 08:41 PM
May 2022

who was telling me how totally terrible the news reporting was in the U.S. All I could think was, "Yeah, but you have Rupert Murdoch."

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