Governor HOWARD DEAN in Boston!!!
Please join us for a reception in support of Steve Grossman, candidate for Massachusetts Treasurer. Meet former presidential candidate and former DNC chair. Join activists from across the state.
$500 Friend
$250 Supporter
$125 Guest
$50 Activist
Other
Monday, February 8th at 6:00 pm Boston Park Plaza 50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street Boston, MA
Donate here to be included on the RSVP list. Send an e-mail to KateDonaghue AT aol.com if you are bringing a guest.
If you prefer donating by check, please send your contribution, made payable to the “Steve Grossman for Treasurer Committee,” to “Steve Grossman for Treasurer,” P.O. Box 132, Somerville, MA 02143.
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Seriously as someone who first really got engaged with politics working on the Dean campaign seeing that poster fills me with sadness and regret. It would be like announcing an event with the Patriots and showing the helmet catch against the Giants. Sure there are pats in the photo but its not their finest hour. That wasn’t his by an stretch. Dean was one of the smartest and most honest politicians to run for president, and frankly the silent hero behind Obama’s win by making Democrats competitive in forgotten states. He is a bit to the left of where I am now, but definitely someone I still respect tremendously, this picture is not a respectful one.
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p>Secondly though, if I was in MA and had the bread I’d attend this event. Steve Grossman is probably one of the most qualified candidates we had run for Treasurer and I am excited about his candidacy. Unlike Chris Gabrielli and Mihos and other millionaire candidates, Grossman is aiming for a much less glamorous job showing that he is committed to getting into government and learning the ropes before he takes on greater challenges. As an outsider and someone with great innovative ideas he is definitely a change candidate and not a business as usual Treasurer like Cahill was. I wish him the best of luck and so far he is the only statewide Democrat I am genuinely excited to vote for this election (though Bump might be the next one)
At least on TV I don’t think it came out as obnoxious as everybody made it seem. He was just having fun and trying to keep things peppy after coming up short in a contest he had expected to win until just a few days prior.
But somehow someone who is excited and happy about connecting with candidates ends up becoming ‘un-presidential’ and ‘un-electable’ overnight. Suddenly John ‘droopy’ Kerry with his sullen face and dour sensibilities becomes presidential overnight. In hindsight any of the actual 04′ candidates would probably have lost to Bush, but at least Dean would have fought back when attacked and lost on solid progressive principles as opposed to the wishy washy stuff Kerry kept selling.
I just wish political events were sometimes scheduled for working people, though. I leave work (job #2) around 5:15 in Wareham. Holding something inside 128 at 6pm basically excludes working people outside metro Boston.
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p>Dean is still the smartest Democrat who’s been around in my lifetime, and I am strongly supporting Grossman.
I didn’t mean to snipe at the poster of this thread, clearly if you google Dean that is probably his most recognizable photo and I understand it was meant in good fun, obviously someone advertising a Dean event would not want to intentionally make fun of him. Its just that a lot of us here first really got involved because of that man and it just brings back sad memories of what could have been.
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p>That said I don’t want to detract from Grossman who is the frankly the only Democratic candidate to get excited about on the 2010 ballot thus far (got high hopes for Bump too). And its really good that he is committing himself to learning the ins and outs of state government before he shoots for a higher office. I am also convinced that as a successful businessman and the manager of large scale organizations he will do a much better job at cutting waste, fraud, and abuse of our tax dollars than Tim ‘hands in the till’ Cahill.
The speaking program won’t be starting until 6:30 pm – 6:45 pm. Please do join us.
Because of the comments, I removed the picture from the night of the Iowa caucuses. It was intended to evoke the passion of that night and the excitement that so many of us felt during that campaign.
…but still raw memories for us that day. (I was in Cedar Rapids for it)
I put my heart and soul into that campaign. Let me see if I can get a better sense of how long it’s going to run. You can be in Boston by 6:30, I would think and I expect that you would be able to be there for the majority of the event.
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p>Kate