Saying What We Meme

Dean bloggers have taken a few hits lately. Kurtz slammed DDF and others continue to dismiss us as "obscure bloggers." Sometimes, I think we even question if we are preaching to the choir! But it's not just about us -- the media reads this blog, and DDF, and the O-blog and a host of other blogs they had never even heard of four months ago. Case in point, this article in Vermont's Rutland Herald that compares and contrasts the styles and policies of Dean and Kerry. But wow, this section jumped out at me, and it's something we have been saying here at Dean Nation for a couple of months:
The entire political world is in a Howard Dean tizzy. Barely known outside Vermont six months ago, the former governor is not the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race only because there is no front-runner. His encroachment into the political inner circle has flummoxed “experts” who once dismissed him, inspired elaborate debates in political journals and evoked apoplectic attacks from some Democratic strategists.

Even the Republicans are puzzled, and though they claim to be delighted, they also seem concerned. Not long ago, Bush political mastermind Karl Rove saw a band of Dean supporters march in a parade in Washington and said, “Yeah, that’s the one we want. Come on, everybody! Go, Howard Dean!” When a political strategist says, “This is the guy we want to run against,” he often means, “This is the guy we’re worried about.”
It's awful darn gratifying, isn't it? We are undoubtedly the only campaign with the sort of depth and breadth of rapid response mechanisms to counter the likes of Rove and Co. in their pathetic attempts to shift the conventional wisdom. Like I've said before, if Rove really thought Dean was the guy they wanted to run against, they would be quiet, right? After all we are doing so well, they should be darn giddy and chuckling quietly over their cereal about those crazy, suicidal Democrats instead of acting like haughty blowhards who have it all figured out.

Even when it takes some time, and we get frustrated and believe our views are being ignored, our messages seep into the popular culture and the media and up pops a meme like this that we could have written ourselves. The opinion makers are watching us, and frankly Dean Nationals, that just kicks ass!

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