Comments on: The Dean Campaign, v2.0 http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2004/the-dean-campaign-v20/14/ A maddeningly reasonable take on the world Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: adam bram http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2004/the-dean-campaign-v20/14/comment-page-1/#comment-1972 adam bram Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:09:30 +0000 http://66.246.102.94/~bilherro/cryforhelp/clippings/2004/the-dean-campaign-v20/14/#comment-1972 i think that batman is the coolest moose in town. if only the character of "the joker" were more developed, he would kick bob healeys ass. i think that batman is the coolest moose in town. if only the character of “the joker” were more developed, he would kick bob healeys ass.

]]> By: Ashley http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2004/the-dean-campaign-v20/14/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Ashley Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://66.246.102.94/~bilherro/cryforhelp/clippings/2004/the-dean-campaign-v20/14/#comment-21 The Cool Moose party is defunct? Oh, my. Even though I'm not even 16 yet, I've always proclaimed my political affiliation as Cool Moose. People are far too wrapped up in Republican and Democrat to even take note of the candidates' positions or platforms, and Cool Moose, in my opinion, is the antithesis of that. I wonder if there's any way of getting CMP back on its feet? Probably not, but a girl can dream, right? The Cool Moose party is defunct? Oh, my. Even though I’m not even 16 yet, I’ve always proclaimed my political affiliation as Cool Moose. People are far too wrapped up in Republican and Democrat to even take note of the candidates’ positions or platforms, and Cool Moose, in my opinion, is the antithesis of that. I wonder if there’s any way of getting CMP back on its feet? Probably not, but a girl can dream, right?

]]> By: Algernon http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2004/the-dean-campaign-v20/14/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Algernon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://66.246.102.94/~bilherro/cryforhelp/clippings/2004/the-dean-campaign-v20/14/#comment-22 I still look back on the Cool Moose Party as a lost opportunity, and reading your post also tempts me to look at it as a uniquely Rhode Island foreshadowing of the Dean campaign, in that a lot of us felt at that time like the Democrats were representing a political center that left many people cold. The party appealed to people who were left of the democratic party but did not feel comfortable with the Green Party. I remember attending the party's first convention - it was at the U.R.I. campus - and taking part in the platform committee. I remember M. Charles Bakst covering the convention - mainly to make fun of us, and to make fun of Bob Healey's hair. (Bakst really couldn't get over Healey's long hair. It was a weird fixation.) There was a lot of creative energy and optimism; and for a while, we really were on the ballot. It is too bad that we didn't front any candidates who found traction in their own right; the Cool Moose Party remained, in the public perception, a project of Robert Healey, Jr. - attorney, novelty candidate, and ice cream maven. The void remains. What next? I still look back on the Cool Moose Party as a lost opportunity, and reading your post also tempts me to look at it as a uniquely Rhode Island foreshadowing of the Dean campaign, in that a lot of us felt at that time like the Democrats were representing a political center that left many people cold. The party appealed to people who were left of the democratic party but did not feel comfortable with the Green Party.

I remember attending the party’s first convention - it was at the U.R.I. campus - and taking part in the platform committee. I remember M. Charles Bakst covering the convention - mainly to make fun of us, and to make fun of Bob Healey’s hair. (Bakst really couldn’t get over Healey’s long hair. It was a weird fixation.)

There was a lot of creative energy and optimism; and for a while, we really were on the ballot. It is too bad that we didn’t front any candidates who found traction in their own right; the Cool Moose Party remained, in the public perception, a project of Robert Healey, Jr. - attorney, novelty candidate, and ice cream maven.

The void remains. What next?

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