DNC Dean and DFA Dean

Conservatives not only in Kentucky but in the rest of the country, as well, can only be heartened by the direction being taken by the democrats, particularly as it’s established by DNC chairman Howard Dean, former Vermont governor and president wannabe. This is a quote from the Web site of Democracy for America: “Dean founded Democracy for America in 2004 to build on the grassroots momentum for reform that his bid for the presidency sparked. The movement propelled DFA into a successful national organization in just a few short months. In February 2005 Governor Dean resigned from the leadership of DFA to chair the Democratic National Committee.”

This just about says it all with respect to where the emphases will be placed in the run-up to both the congressional elections next year and the presidential race in 2008. This is another quote from the DFA Web site: “Inspired by the presidential campaign of Howard Dean, Democracy for America (DFA) is a political action committee dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government—from school board to the presidency. DFA fights against the influence of the far right-wing and their radical, divisive policies and the selfish special interests that for too long have dominated our politics.” The magic words are “political action committee” (PAC), meaning that, just as in 2004, billionaires like Soros and outfits like the lunatic-fringe MoveOnOrg gang can pump millions of dollars into the democrat war-chest, thus bankrolling candidates vying for such obvious democratic priorities as making sure activist judges make law, instead of interpreting the Constitution.

How much effect will the DFA, Howard Dean’s own left-wing organization, have on the Democrat Party? Here is another quote from the DFA Web site: “DFA has a long-term goal that looks past November 2004. This organization will rebuild the Democratic Party from the bottom up—it will take time, but we must start building a base now for the future.” Here again, conservatives can take heart, since it is obvious that the democrat base, as determined by the Deaniacs, will be formed by the likes of Dean, Harkin, Kennedy, Biden, Byrd, Kerry, Schumer and others of the usual suspects who seem hell-bent on taking the country down the road to socialism, military weakness, and accommodations with the world within the parameters set by the United Nations. It is likely that Senator Clinton will distance herself from Dean and the above-named, whose many years of statements and/or voting records weigh them with too much loony-tunes baggage to escape the unforgiving test of common sense. Actually, some of the above probably will distance themselves, also, from Dean as they realize the condemnation of guilt by association.

The chairman of DFA is James H. Dean, Howard Dean’s brother. One wonders how this circumstance compares to the democrat/media charge that House Leader Tom Delay has committed the unpardonable sin of placing relatives on his campaign apparatus…and (gasp) actually paying them. One also wonders if Howard Dean’s placement in the entire democrat picture gives him the edge the next time around in the presidential sweepstakes. It’s sort of shocking that any political party would place a relatively young, high-profile, highly active former and recent presidential contender in Dean’s DNC position, where, besides plumping for the party, he can plump for himself. Maybe it was an act of inoculation against the Dean Disease. A doctor, Dean might understand that.

And so it goes

Jim Clark