What are YOU doing for your candidate offline?

[deutsey]

God knows, we get all the media reports, all the endorsements, all the critiques, all the praises, etc., for the various candidates here on DU...

But what's happening offline? I'm genuinely interested in hearing from everyone who supports a candidate: What are you doing for your candidate offline?

Please, let's keep this flame-free. No sniping at each other, ok? Let's share what we're doing in our local commmunities for the candidates we support.

As for me: I started and coordinate a Meetup for Dean every month; I organized an event at which Joe Trippi (Dean's campaign mgr.) spoke and raised $2000 for Dean; got an effort to do voter registration going in the community and promote Dean; I drummed up support for Dean's visit to Maryland; got to meet Dean in DC. We've got lots of other events in the works for the next couple months, too!

Tell me what you're doing when your computer is turned off!

[Ilsa]

1. I haven't heard from our local party yet.

But I've pledged (paid) to the DNC on the Carville-Begala fundraiser this week, and i'm going to do whatever volunteer work I can to help the nominee, whomever that might be, to spank WA all the way back to that armpit called Crawford.

[deutsey]

2. Great!

The Internet is a wonderful tool for organizing and exchanging information, but the real work is offline, in my opinion. Whomever it is you support, get out in your community and work for them!

[Cha]

3. I go to meetups (only one so far) and write letters to New Hampshirians..

Wear my DEan pin to work and tell People who ask about him ...about his Fantastic Website and the Dean meetups!

And Thanks for doing all your Hard Work for the candidate that I support so wholeheartedly! :D

[deutsey]

4. I'm just glad Dean was there to inspire me to do this

I'd be a former Dem in the Green Party right now if he hadn't!

[Cha]

7. I know...I'm very grateful for Dean's inspiration, too!

I like Kucinich but I had already thrown my support to Dean before Dennis even entered the race( seems so long ago).

And I've seen No reason to jump my Ship! :D

[CMT]

5. offline

I help out at Farmer's Markets in Madison, Wisconsin--doing tabeling. I've done three so far and am scheduled for four more in October and November. I've also volunteered at other venues. Of course gone to Meetups and helped with all the letter writing,ect. Looking forward to lots of activity in the next five months leading up to the Wisconsin Primary--we're early this year and will have a big say on who our nominee is. Then after Dean is the nominee I will work with others to help produce the biggest Democratic sweep Wisconsin has ever produced giving Dean its electoral votes and re-electing Russ Feingold to the Senate.

[deutsey]

6. Thanks!

:thumbsup:

[Cha]

8. Sounds Great!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[no name no slogan]

9. a few things

1) Donate $$$, when I have it,

2) Assisting on state campaign web site,

3) Talking to as many people as I can, especially coworkers and (previously non-voting) neighbors, about Kucinich,

4) Trying to curb my asshole driving tendencies, because I have a Dennis Kucinich 2004 sticker on the car now, :D

I may make a weekend trip to Iowa to do some door-to-door this fall-- all depends on my schedule :)

[deutsey]

11. Isn't it amazing how a bumpersticker can modify your behavior?

:-)

I've thought the same thing after putting on a bumpersticker for a candidate...it's like I'm representing him or her on the road and don't want people to say: "Ah, look at that _____ supporter; what an asshole!"

[lindashaw]

23. hehe, I'm going to do it too, and I know a couple of friends I'll lose

[janx]

10. I don't have as much time as I used to, but so far:

MeetUps
tabling
letter writing (two to NH; nine to Iowa!)
$ donations
talking about Dean to anyone and everyone without being obnoxious

[deutsey]

12. For someone with so little time

you're sure doing a lot. :thumbsup:

[JeniB]

13. For Gephardt -

I have hosted a house party for him where he and his wife came and he spoke.
I go to monthly meetings and keep up with the campaign daily.
I house canvassing volunteers and canvas myself.
I'm having another fundraiser party for him.
I donate money.
I bought a space at our local festival where the campaigns will be.
And I will be volunteering in the local campaigning office when it opens this month.
I even got a call from him last night!

[RevolutionStartsNow]

14. Wow, that's amazing!

Great job, JeniB!

[deutsey]

19. Excellent!

:hi:

[RevolutionStartsNow]

15. Offline work for Dean

-- I have 2 bumperstickers on my car (and like others, I try not to drive like a jerk.)

-- I wear one of my 3 Dean shirts in public at every opportunity

-- I talk to people about Dean at every opportunity (see my post in the Visibility Day thread)

-- I go to all the Meetups, with my daughter

-- I annoy all of my friends and family with emails about Dean; my large family are all Democrats, and I suspect that they will all end up voting for Dean; my brother in Seattle is already well on board, as are my mom and my younger brother

-- I'm on the local Dean Organizing Team; we meet monthly and organize outreach, media, etc.

-- I donate like crazy. Will likely give in and hit the limit to satisfy the bat.

[union_maid]

16. Computer turned off?

Up until recently I was still deciding on what candidate to support. Monday I'm going to a Long Island for Clark meeting and will take it from there.

[cyclezealot]

17. Helping our candidate.

We are both county co-ordinators for our candidate. Kucinich. We help sponsor monthly meet ups. We have donated more dollars to him than we can afford. We walk door to door to gain new volunteers for his county volunteers list. Help orgainze his two campaign stops in our county so far this year. We have developed over 200 volunteers in our portion of the county.. Each cities volunteer base has group leaders and we meet monthly to co-ordinate county-wide Kucinich activities.
We are going tomorrow to hear Kucinich speak at the Mexico-USA border. Following will be a house party/fundraiser. This will be the fourth house party fundraiser we have attended at which Kucinich was present.. We plan to use our door to door walking to gain new faces to come to our house parties, where we will show Kucinich videos.

[sandnsea]

18. Oregon, not much

We're not so important just yet and may not be. But I have posted fliers around town because we do get some tourists. And I'm working with my daughter to get something going at the community college. She's the student, so she kind of has to take the lead there. And donating money and just talking to people about how awful Bush is.

[deutsey]

20. Yes, you ARE important just yet!

I know what you're saying, but the phrase "we're not so important just yet" struck me as incorrect. You're important right now, and everything you do or are planning to do helps us restore our democracy.

:hi:

[indigo32]

21. I have done several things

-given money
-marched in our Pride parade (third biggest in the nation, attendance in the hundred thousands)
-gone to meetups and written letters
-handed out flyers at our farmers market
-went to Iowa Steak Fry to show my support
-sent e-mails (yeah the computers still on LOL)
-will probably be helping with our state website

[lindashaw]

22. Donating a little money, going to a petition-signing next week...

deciding just how far I can go in promoting Dean in this little Texas town without getting my house set on fire...just little stuff.

[diamondsoul]

24. Offline, quite a bit really!

I didn't realize how much until I thought about it for this thread.

1. Coordinate meetups and host them
2. Coordinate my local area volunteers and help our State Coordinator gather his contacts, etc.
3. Manage all the State yahoo groups, and set them up for places that don't have them yet.
4. write letters and make phone calls
5. send my OTR Trucker husband out with campaign supplies and get him to hand them out to other truckers.
6. donate funds as I can
7. talk to EVERYONE who will stop long enough to listen about Kucinich

I just outfitted hubby from the campaign store this month. *LOL* He now has a t-shirt, a travel coffee mug, and a ball cap to wear, plus he already has a Kucinich bumper sticker on his truck and fliers to pass out or leave lying around in truck stops.

By golly, I'm out to spread this name through the WHOLE country!

[LWolf]

25. Some things:

1. Donating
2. Meeting with the closest DK campaign group, and volunteering time in booths.
3. Attending events and taking interested people with me.
4. Connecting with the local dem club to keep Dennis' name in the conversation.
5. Listening to the political conversations around me, and stepping in where I deem it constructive.
6. Making sure I've got my DK button etc. visible when I work in the local voter registration booth.
7. Carrying fliers, bumper stickers, etc. in my car so that they are always available when I need them.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

26. DK Supporters

are doing a ton of stuff, I see them a lot in my area, at the Farmer's Market and flyering at events. They are very well organized.

Dean and DK supporters are far and away the best organized and most motivated bunch of people, in my opinion. At least where I live.

[deutsey]

28. Seems like they're the most active on this Board too

(so far, anyway).

Anyone else from other campaigns want to chime in?

[Padraig18]

27. I'm 'pounding ground'

I'm helping circulate petitions for county candidates, helping update voter-registration lists, attending Democrat Club meetings and reaching out to my fellow students, as well as being active in my universiy's Young Democrats. In my *copious spare time* I'm working hard for our candidate for Congress, a young emergency-room physician who we hope will unseat Congressman Tim Johnson (R-IL, evil, ferret-faced wingnut).

:D

[deutsey]

30. Cool!

:thumbsup:

[hippywife]

29. For Dennis

I am co-coordinator of Tulsa for Kucinich. Organize MeetUps and working meetings. We were the only supporters of any candidate to march in the only Labor Day in these parts. We are holding a Peace Party in honor of the Peace Canididate today. Will be working the Tulsa County Fair and planning other tabling and canvassing events throughout the NE OK area. Almost forgot, we worked the Democratic Forum in Stillwater, OK and the BBQ for both that event and the Labor Day Parade.

My husband and I don't have much extra money but we have donated what we can and in order to donate more, we have quit smoking so we can donate the extra money from that ugly habit. Our efforts to quit have also become a part of the national volunteer fund raisers. Folks are pledging money to the campaign for each day we are smoke free for the next 90 days.

[deutsey]

31. Great work!

I really admire the work you're doing...don't give up! :thumbsup:

[diamondsoul]

32. re: the Labor Day Parades,

Isn't that wild? The same thing happened here in Indianapolis, Kucinich was the only one with a presence that I saw! I would have thought Gep supporters would have been all over those events, but I never saw one the entire day.

[hippywife]

35. There was one

little white pickup truck with Lieberman signs on it with two guys just driving it thru. We had 12 people marching in the rain while these guys sat all snug and dry in their truck. No other candidates' supporters made a showing at all, either at the parade or the BBQ afterwards.

I also have a yard sign in the back window of my car. LOL The bumpersticker on the trunk lid just wasn't enough! ;)

[burr]

33. running and barking at any car that has a Bush/Cheney bumpersticker...

or an attractive woman on top.

[deutsey]

34. Bow wow!

Wow!

:evilgrin:

[Le Taz Hot]

36. Well, lemme tell ya . . .

We've been tabling, flyering, rode in a Democrat float with Dean T-shirts on, hosted house parties and fundraisers, attended out-of-town state coordinators meetings, started two Meet Ups in our VERY conservative area PLUS a Dean meeting that meets on the second Wed. of every month, been interviewed on TV a half dozen times, radio once, was the featured speaker at several Democrat Clubs and that's just what I can remember. But other than that, not a damned thing! B-)

On Edit: Speeling.