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Howard Dean As Role Model
Yes, you read the headline that correctly. He of the Iowa 'moment' is amply demonstrating exactly how other politicians and political figures should conduct themselves.
Call it the anti-DeLay because Howard Dean both knows and accepts that it isn't all about Howard Dean--it's about the betterment of his political party and the fellow citizens of his country.
Read this excerpt from the Washington Whispers section of U.S. News & World Report:
5/2/05He doesn't seem like the type of guy to pull rank on lower level subordinates, fly off to who-knows-where on a lobbyist junket or max out his expense accounts because it is available to him.
Yep, Howard Dean Takes the Subway
Let's just state the obvious: New Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is no Terry McAuliffe.
Where the flashy former Clinton fundraiser was a gregarious ringmaster accustomed to the bling-bling of the highest non-publicly elected Democratic job around, Dean is almost a seminarian in his approach to the post. And, oddly, his style seems to fit with the party's bid to build its blue-collar base--just as McAuliffe's meshed with the DNC's need to raise gobs of money and go high tech.
What's so different? McAuliffe would limo around town, dropping in at the Palm to huddle with Washington big shots.
The 2004 presidential hopeful, by contrast, takes the bus or subway, buying his own $1.35 ticket. Sometimes he bums rides from staffers or walks the four blocks to the Capitol for meetings. "Please Call Me Howard" never flies first class and always carries his own bags.
Other signs of the ex-guv's modest style: He eats at his desk, stays in a cheap D.C. hotel, and likes oxford shirts and penny loafers.
But he does appear to be an ordinary Joe (or Jane) who is like you and me. Someone who wants to leave the world a better place for his family and for other inhabitants upon his departure.
So, for all you politicians and would-be politicos out there: repeat this mantra--it isn't about me, it isn't about me, it isn't about me...
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