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Political notes from Free Press staff writers Terri Hallenbeck, Sam Hemingway and Nancy Remsen

1.21.2008

Dean on the screen

If memory serves, I first met Heath Eiden the day Howard Dean formally announced on Church Street in June of 2003 that he was running for president.

Heath had a video camera in hand, and he was interviewing anybody who would talk to him about the Dean for America undertaking. I figured he was some obscure TV guy or documentary filmmaker and was glad to answer a question or two.

What I didn't know until later is that he was a Morrisville guy doing this on his own dime with the support of a very understanding family. He put everything he had into it, traveling to Iowa, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and New York and other places to capture the behind-the-sense images as the campaign rose up from the grassroots and then got mowed down by John Kerry and Dean's own mistakes out in Iowa.

When it all ended after Wisconsin, Heath ended up with miles of priceless footage but no money to edit it into a finished movie. So he had to do that work when time allowed in the years since, which explains why what he is now calling "Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American primary" is just now about to be premiered.

Well, premiere might be overstating it. This weekend, Heath will be showing a "rouch cut" of his movie in Montpelier (Savoy, 11 a.m. on Saturday) and Burlington (Roxy, 11 a.m. Sunday)/ If you're a card-carrying political junkie or Dean aficionado you'd be crazy to miss it. You can check out a Web site dedicated to the movie HERE.

For a suggested $10 donation, you can see what Heath's put together and be invited to offer a critique on what should be in or out of the final cut, all in the spirit of the people-powered candidate himself.

See you there.

-- Sam Hemingway

posted by vt.Buzz | 1:31 PM |

Comments:

"What I didn't know until later is that he was a Morrisville guy doing this on his own dime with the support of a very understanding family."

Translation: Trustfund.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 3:12 PM, January 21, 2008

Foolish assumption.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 4:15 PM, January 21, 2008

You won't see me there Sam...Howierd is still a waste of time.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 5:43 PM, January 21, 2008

"JWCoop10 said...
Anonymous said...

"You won't see me there Sam...Howierd is still a waste of time."

You're ignorant trash."

Such kind words, JW. You are a real posterchild for free speech(as long as its yours) and tolerance (what we all must do with you). The epitome of the American way.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 6:59 AM, January 22, 2008

What next, a movie on the impeachment farce in the well of the house?

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 8:51 AM, January 22, 2008

Village idiot.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 10:37 AM, January 22, 2008

Anonymous said...

"Village idiot."

Good for you.

Ya runnin' as a gop or an independent, little fella?

Always a pleasure.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 11:08 AM, January 22, 2008

JW said....
"Anonymous said... "Village idiot."

Good for you.

Ya runnin' as a gop or an independent, little fella?

Always a pleasure."

HUH? JW you are fairly incoherent today. Did you remember to medicate this morning?

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 12:40 PM, January 22, 2008

Anonymous said...

"jw says "Get over yourself, nameless nitwit. I've got as much right to be here to your ignorant ass on your factually-challenged trash."

Yeah, my bad. That should read: "Get over yourself, nameless nitwit. I've got as much right to be here as you do to call your ignorant ass on your factually-challenged trash."

Thanks for catchin' that, little fact-free fella.

Of course, that still leaves your sorry factually-challenged butt without a legitimate argument or the evidence to back it up.

Still, it's nice to see that you've made a commitment to spew grammatically-correct knuckle-draggin' nitwit nonsense.

Always a pleasure.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 12:52 PM, January 22, 2008

JW said..."Still, it's nice to see that you've made a commitment to spew grammatically-correct knuckle-draggin' nitwit nonsense."

Thank you for the kind words, JW. Just watching your back.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 12:59 PM, January 22, 2008

JW, I just assumed the Village Idiot role was yours for life.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 1:07 PM, January 22, 2008

Nice try.

Thanks for proving once again what happens when the ignorant, ill-informed likes of you make assumptions, little fella.

Always a pleasure.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 1:29 PM, January 22, 2008

a (anon.) Republican defending free speech. that's a new one!

# Posted by:

datadave | 4:11 PM, January 23, 2008

Last I knew the only scum prohibiting free speech were left-wing college presidents, deans, and bottom-feeding "professors". And they sure ain't Republicans.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 7:29 PM, January 23, 2008

bubba said...

"Last I knew the only scum prohibiting free speech were left-wing college presidents, deans, and bottom-feeding "professors". And they sure ain't Republicans."

Well, bubble boy, if ya know it, why don't ya cough up the evidence to prove it and show it?

That's what I thought.

Dismissed.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 10:24 PM, January 23, 2008

"Last I knew the only scum prohibiting free speech were left-wing college presidents, deans, and bottom-feeding "professors". And they sure ain't Republicans."

Bubba, how can you complain about jw when you write this shit?

People who don't share your values or philosophies are not "scum" or "bottom feeders."

If you have a point to make, make it without the personal insults.

Cool it or find another blog.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 10:44 PM, January 23, 2008

"Cool it or find another blog."

This is directed to Bubba only? ..and you are willing to tolerate JW?

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 6:42 AM, January 24, 2008

Do Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, or David Horowitz ring a bell? They are all conservative patriots that have been shouted down and denied free speech by liberal "activists". (There are too many others to list) The fascists that deny people like this the right to speak are INDEED pond scum.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 6:45 AM, January 24, 2008

""Cool it or find another blog."

This is directed to Bubba only? ..and you are willing to tolerate JW?"

Absolutely not. jw's worse. I'm his biggest critic. but that doesn't justify the name-calling when Bubba does it.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 7:33 AM, January 24, 2008

bubba has left a new comment on the post "Dean on the screen":

"Do Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, or David Horowitz ring a bell?"

Yeah, they're ignorant, ill-informed, bigoted, UnAmerican trash without a patriotic bone in their bodies who haven't been deprived of their right to free speech.

"They are all conservative patriots that have been shouted down and denied free speech by liberal "activists". (There are too many others to list) The fascists that deny people like this the right to speak are INDEED pond scum."

No, that would be you and them, little fella.

Moreover, since you're unable to demonstrate just how, when or where they've been denied the right to exercise their free speech or demonstrate the fact that they're ignorant, ill-informed, bigoted, UnAmerican trash without a patriotic bone in their bodies, once again, the only thing you've managed to prove here is that you can't make your case and you don't know what you're talking about.

I never doubted ya for a second, bubble boy.

Indeed, as always when confronted with your gop-slop spew, I'm reminded of the Judge's Decision when he tossed Billo's suit against Al Franken when he declared the suit, "Wholly without merit, both factually and legally."

That's you and your brain-dead "beliefs" in a nutshell, bubble boy. There couldn't be a more appropriate last resting place for them, little fella.

Dismissed.

# Posted by:

JWCoop10 | 11:07 AM, January 24, 2008

"jw said..."Moreover, since you're unable to demonstrate just how, when or where they've been denied the right to exercise their free speech or demonstrate the fact that they're ignorant, ill-informed, bigoted, UnAmerican trash without a patriotic bone in their bodies...."

Hey Einstein, why would Bubba have to prove "they're ignorant, ill-informed, bigoted, UnAmerican trash without a patriotic bone in their bodies"? That was the point you made. Definition of nitwit= JW.

Take your meds. You have lost track of what you are replying to.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 1:20 PM, January 24, 2008

Ann Coulter never let anyone get in the way of her free speech.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 9:15 PM, January 24, 2008

"Indeed, as always when confronted with your gop-slop spew, I'm reminded of the Judge's Decision when he tossed Billo's suit against Al Franken when he declared the suit, "Wholly without merit, both factually and legally.""

You've used this one about 50 times already. Shut up with the Judge dismissing the Al Franken lawsuit thing, already.

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 12:43 AM, January 25, 2008

The idiot doesn't have much to hang on to - Kucinich gone, Hillary and Barack feuding, Edwards caught in another big lie (200,000 homeless vets sleeping under bridges!). The dimocrats house of cards is slowly collapsing, as is what usually happens to them when faced with "sure" victory! He probably also has figured that being the unemployed slacker that he is, he'll only get a $300 rebate. Boo Hoo!

# Posted by:

Anonymous | 11:22 AM, January 25, 2008