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Dear rick
George Bush has failed our country. And our top priority between now
and November must be making absolutely certain that the American
people hold him accountable.
This administration will say anything to avoid responsibility for the
massive mistakes it has made. But John Kerry is our candidate, and he
will not let them hide -- and you can help by supporting his campaign
now:
http://www.johnkerry.com/dean
George Bush cannot be trusted to tell the truth. He misled us about
Iraq and his administration's paranoid secrecy cuts the public off
from information about our government's actions. He would not testify
under oath to the September 11th commission -- and could not even meet
it in private without Dick Cheney's supervision.
He cannot be trusted with our safety. George Bush has thrown away 60
years of America's moral leadership in the world and left us in weak
isolation. He has stretched our military dangerously thin by rushing
into Iraq, and by sending National Guard and Reserve troops to join
them, left our homeland unprotected.
And George Bush simply cannot be trusted with our future. The
millions of jobs lost have weakened our economy. Tens of millions
of uninsured have weakened our health. And his attempts to divide us by
race, gender and sexual orientation are weakening the fabric of our
society.
The first step to making America strong again is electing John Kerry.
We're putting up the bat to get George Bush out of office and help
Senator Kerry take his message to the American people:
http://www.johnkerry.com/dean
We had a spirited primary season this year. But differences between
Democrats are nothing compared the fundamental difference between our
agenda and that of the right-wing ideologues who are destroying this
country.
Our campaign was based on the idea that the power to change this country
is in the hands of the American people. Right now, we must come
together not only as Democrats, but as Americans, to support the campaign
to beat George W. Bush.
Thank you for your support.
Governor Howard Dean M.D.
Afscheidsbrief DeanAfscheidsbriefs DeanDear Supporter,
I am very proud of all of you and very grateful to all of you for your
extraordinary hard work.
I announced today that I am no longer actively pursuing the presidency.
I am so thankful for all of you who traveled around the country, showed
up at our office, worked around the clock, because you believed in what
we were doing - to you, thousands of Americans who have given generously
of your time, in your states, because you believed in our cause.
I want to thank the 300,000 small donors that decided that they wanted
their country back.
I want to thank all the people in every state who heard our message and
supported us.
We have led this party back to considering what its heart and soul is.
Although there is a lot of work left to do, I am very proud of all of
you and very grateful to all of you for your extraordinary hard work.
As the fight moves forward, I have some things that I specifically want
to ask of you.
First, keep active in the primary. We are still on the ballots. Sending
delegates to the convention only continues to energize our party. Fight
on in the caucuses. Use your network to send progressive delegates to
the convention in Boston. We are not going away. We are staying
together, unified -- all of us.
Secondly, we will convert Dean for America into a new grassroots
organization, and I hope you stay involved. We are determined to keep
this entire organization vibrant. There are a lot of ways to make
change. We are leaving one track, but we are going on another track that
will take back America for ordinary people again.
Third, there have been a lot of people who have decided to run for
office locally as a result of this campaign. I encourage you to run for
office and support candidates like you who run for office. We will use
this enormous organization to support you as you run -- we will change
the face of democracy so that it represents ordinary Americans once
again.
We must beat George W. Bush in November. I will support the nominee of
our party and do everything I can to beat George W. Bush and I urge you
to do the same. But we will not be above letting our nominee know that
we expect them to adhere to the standards that this organization has set
for decency, honesty, integrity and standing up for ordinary American
working people.
One of the things that I realized a long time ago is that change is very
difficult. There is enormous institutional resistance to change in this
country. You cannot expect people with great privileges taken at the
expense of ordinary working people to surrender them lightly.
Change is hard work. Change does not happen simply because you go to a
rally and simply because you make phone calls -- and I know how hard
everybody has worked. But change is a process that you can never give up
on.
Change is the state of America and change is the state of humankind. The
history of humanity is that determined people overcome obstacles. It is
natural for people to resist, but it is also inevitable that we will
win.
So we will continue to fight. This is the end of phase one of this
fight, but the fight will go on, and we will be in it together. We will
continue to bring our message of hope and change to the American people.
Thank you very much for everything that you have done.
Governor Howard Dean, M.D.
