The (online)Revolution Will Not Be Televised ..... Joe Trippi

[SoFlaJet]

By Joe Trippi
Updated: 1:50 p.m. ET July 05, 2004When I started writing “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” less than six months ago, the conventional wisdom (who are those guys, anyway?) was that George Bush would raise over $200 million for his reelection campaign, while John Kerry would be lucky to break $100 million before the Democratic convention opened in Boston on July 26th.

As you’ll read in the introduction to the book that follows, it was Howard Dean, Kerry’s vanquished rival, who had broken all previous fundraising records for a Democratic presidential campaign, including a then-staggering $15.8 million raised in the last quarter of 2003— half of that on the Internet. At the same time, Kerry’s fundraising, which relied heavily on major donors who could write $2,000 checks, was dead in the water. In December of 2003, nobody wanted to write a big check to a guy that the media had predicted was certain to lose in Iowa and New Hampshire and therefore would never be president.

Not for the first time in his political career, people had underestimated John Kerry’s resilience. In a move which proved to me that he had the strength and determination to go all the way, Kerry ignored his own obituary and took out a $6 million mortgage on his home in Boston. He bet on himself when no one else would.

The rest, as they say, is history.

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1. he bet on himself....now there is a man with courage and guts

Kerry ignored his own obituary and took out a $6 million mortgage on his home in Boston. He bet on himself when no one else would.

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2. Ummm....His wife is worth a billion dollars.

I'm just saying that he wouldn't have lost the house whether he became the nominee or not. He wouldn't lose anything.

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3. Theresa

is an ex-republican wh doesn't like where they are pushing this country and although her husband is a dem I think she is being true to what her heart tells her regardless.And...I'm happy she's with us