Millvina Dean, last survivor of the RMS Titanic,
died today. And so, arguably, the greatest disaster of the early 20th century passes from living memory.
posted by pjern
on May 31, 2009 -
37 comments
Dean and Company have been making "family-friendly TV" on local cable in Birmingham, Alabama for thirty years or so. Now they have a deeply weird and annoying website. Caution: do not visit The Time Warp. You have been warned. (Flash, intensely painful audio, forced jocularity, creepy family photographs, howlingly bad original music and choreography. May contain homemade hand puppets and Jean Harlow's stand-in.)
posted by BitterOldPunk
on Dec 18, 2008 -
13 comments
Has Howard Dean Sold Out?
One of the most prominent themes of the Dean's insurgency campaign, was the call to "Throw the Bums Out!" Dean, in most speeches talks about his rivals as "Washington and Party Insiders", and he draws contrast with himself. One of his battle cries has been to get rid of the "special interests" and "take back America" for the people.
Why then, has
Dean fired his campaign manager Joe Trippi, who is often credited with the candidate's fast rise and strong organization, and replaced him with
Roy Neel, former adviser in the Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign, and former chief lobbyist for the
U.S. Telecom Association?
(A nice combo of a "Washington Insider" and a "Special Interest," if there is one)
Howard, what happened to "taking America back" from the Special Interests?
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood
on Jan 28, 2004 -
106 comments
Whatever happened to Howard Dean? "He was assassinated by Bill and Hillary with the assistance of Chris Lehane, the political hit man who first worked for Kerry and now backs Clark.
Desperate to keep control of the Democratic Party, the Clintons used their negative researchers and detectives to the ultimate and generated a story-a-day savaging Dean. The Vermont governor, not ready for prime time, cooperated by being thin-skinned, surly and combative. "
caveat: I'm not trolling, but as a democrat I find this interesting. Ok, nauseating.
posted by mecran01
on Jan 24, 2004 -
102 comments
Dean Goes Nuts Don't get me wrong! I am actually a Howard Dean supporter and will be voting for him when, and if, the time comes. I just think that January 19, 2004 was a magical day in politics and Howard Dean should be immortalized on the internet. I'm just doing my part to make sure that happens.
posted by psmealey
on Jan 22, 2004 -
83 comments
Dean forgoes federal campaign funds. This goes contrary to his beliefs, although favors his campaign considering he's the front-runner. Why the ideological shift?
You might ask why I'm linking to the Des Moines Register, since every major newspaper is carrying this story anyway. Well, a little more than a week ago, Dean
made some rather off-color remarks to this same paper.
Edwards is now calling him out on two of his latest twists. Not that I think Edwards stands a chance of winning, considering he blatantly came out against gay marriage on the program. But, Edwards has a point, and Dean seems to be stumbling.
posted by BlueTrain
on Nov 9, 2003 -
49 comments
Build your own Howard Dean website! The Dean campaign has released web site "kits" under the GNU GPL and based on the
Drupal codebase, which allow web-based communities to quickly and easily build their own sites to support Dean's campaign. Last night, he
held a conference call with over 3,500 "house parties" and individuals to spread the word. If Dean gets the nomination, he'll have technology to thank for it.
(yeah, via slashdot.)
posted by jpoulos
on Sep 30, 2003 -
28 comments
Republicans for Dean... but not in the way you might think. An interesting op-ed piece by David Brooks on why a Dean candidacy might be good news for the Bush team. (NYTimes, but no registration required.)
posted by UKnowForKids
on Sep 16, 2003 -
60 comments
With
the wee hubbub that's going on at the moment in our government, it might be nice to take a step back and look at what this means for us Internet users (and more specifically, bloggers). When I pondered this for a moment, my mind drifted to that
briefly bearded granola and silicon presidential hopeful of
times long forgotten. Well,
Al Gore may have
invented the Internet (or, as he put it, "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet"), but it is
this man who has truly
embraced the medium.
The greatest difference between this man and the cowboy currently shootin' from the hip in the Oval Office isn't about
taxes. It's not about
health care. And, yes, I contend it's not even about
women's rights. The greatest difference between the
Son of Bush and
the Dean isn't about left or right or conservative or liberal. It's all about
the flow of information.
[More inside]
posted by Hammerikaner
on Jun 14, 2003 -
9 comments
Howard Dean is closing in on the lead in New Hampshire, with 16% to Kerry's 17%.
Dean is appealing to voters by being
outspoken in an environment in which many of his fellow democrats are submissive to Bush's approval rating, and due to anticipation of his
universal health care plan, which he is soon to unveil. Already established as the most net-savvy candidate, Dean has hundreds of real-life
meetups planned for
today.
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly
on Jun 4, 2003 -
38 comments
The First Democratic Debates were last night, but you wouldn't know it from the media's coverage. Barely a story on CNN. Howard Dean stole the night, with over a hundred screaming supporters outside the debates. The only person there with supporters was the
blogging Presidential Candidate. There were students there from U.C. Berkley, Washinton, Georgia, North Carolina, and Kentucky. All thanks to the power of blogspot, and
meetup. Whether or not Dean gets the nomination, this will be a campaign for the history books.
They'll be on c-span all day today.
posted by cjoh
on May 4, 2003 -
67 comments
