Govenor Dean, time to put up the BAT*******************

[shance]

Batters UP DUers!!

Let's put MILLIONS into DemocracyforAmerica and show the DNC which organization really represents America.

Donate as much as you can NOW and please post that you donated here!

Time to start investing in the organizations that invest in America, the citizens and our Democracy.

[whistle]

1. Link???

[smartasspol]

3. https://secure.democracyforamerica.com/contribute

https://secure.democracyforamerica.com/contribute

[shance]

15. Thank YOU***

I forgot the most important part!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Yup.

Time for the bat. A few mill in the till, right quick, would also send a little message to the DNC.

[NewInNewJ.]

4. Wish

I had my last $100 back from Kerry's left overs.

[shance]

14. Ive had friends that have emailed and called to have their money returned.

Its a thought. Its also a way to let them know that you are not happy with how they are handling things*

[janx]

5. This is the PERFECT TIME!

Let's all donate to the bat!

[Edgewater_Joe]

6. I'm Ready!

Frankly, I think it's good in the long run if Dean isn't DN/LC chair -- if he raises millions and wins elections, he'll drag the feckless DN/LCers with him. They'll follow anybody if they think they'll win.

And it allows Dean to run in '08.

What would be really cool is if he could get a big-name Southern ally -- is Clark or Edwards doing anything? -- to help him run DFA along with him. Sort of a good cop to Dean's bad cop, and a bridge-builder for him to work in the South.

We need a leader. The DN/LC are followers. Follow the leader and watch everyone else fall in.

[shance]

7. I donated $250 dollars. Investing in someone who has invested in us

Think of all the issues Governor Dean has confronted that the Washingtonians have for the most part totally ignored, taking on instead the easier softer issues.

With talk of all the electronic voting fraud/election problems,
Governor Dean is the leader who took on the electronic voting issue, and partnered with Bev Harris and Andy Stephenson to spotlight the issue on CNBC before the election.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

8. I'm in for $50

I am putting my money where my mouth is. I think Dean is great!

DTH

PS: And you know what? Donating felt REALLY GOOD. :-)

--

Thank You
Thank you for contributing to Democracy for America!

You have taken an important step that will help power our grassroots movement. Here are some other ways to get involved:

Visit DFA's Blog for America for the latest news:

http://www.blogforamerica.com

Visit Project Commons to find activities, events, and people in your area:

http://commons.democracyforamerica.com

And join the Democracy for America Meetup in your community:

http://dfa.meetup.com

Thank you!

[Cheswick2.0]

9. I just clicked on your link to the blog and look what I found.....

Still-Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday announced that the U.S. has evidence that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. The problem is, can we believe this administration after we were so obviously misled in the past? As Bush himself has said, "there's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." (11/17/02)

*******************************************************

Their daily new round up is mocking bush. LOL

[Eric J in MN]

10. I believe Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons.

Bush named Iran as part of the Axis of Evil and invaded another Axis-of-Evil country, Iraq.

Iran wants nuclear weapons to prevent a US invasion, among other reasons.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

11. Yes, That's One Totally Fucked Part of Bush's Foreign Policy

By invading Iraq while not lifting a finger toward a much more dangerous North Korea, he has absolutely encouraged the proliferation of nuclear weapons... as a deterrent to invasion by the US.

DTH

[Cha]

56. Weird how Iran "endorsed"

bush for 2004, eh?

[shance]

13. DTH***you rock the kazbah. Thank ya darlin!

And thanks for posting the information. Guess in my impassioned plea, I forgot the important stuff.

:)

[DoveTurnedHawk]

29. Thanks!

:kick:

DTH

[janx]

18. Cool! DTH, your avatar reminded me--

Doesn't Clark have a similar organization? DFA has been partnering with some other grassroot candidate organizations recently, and it would be great if the same could be done with Clark's org.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

20. WesPAC

Intended to promote the Democratic party as THE party on issues of national security. :-) During the campaign, it was primarily devoted to supporting key Senate and House candidates; now, I'm not sure what the plan is, but I'm definitely watching carefully and supporting WesPAC, as well.

I'm sure someone will keep us posted on WesPAC here, and to the extent someone else doesn't, I will. :-)

Not sure about the partnering, but to me it sounds like a great idea. Hopefully the folks "in-the-know" will think so, too!

DTH

[janx]

22. It seems logical, because I know that Clark is not a D.C.

"insider."

It would be great if something developed. Thanks for the info., and please keep us posted!

[JNelson6563]

35. Thanks DTH

You are a great asset to the cause.

:toast:

[DoveTurnedHawk]

48. Thanks!

Proud to do it. I love how DFA is energizing people!

:toast:

DTH

[musette_sf]

12. I just donated

and it sure feels a lot better than the last $100 I donated to the DNC. BTW, I just got my BS email from the DNC. I noticed they didn't use my comment of "gee thanks you fucking doormats, thanks for letting BushCo wipe their feet on you".

[shance]

16. LOL!***A musette after my own heart.

I certainly know we all would much rather be doing other things that 24/7 damage control for both our Congress and White House (!), but it looks like a healthy dose of anger and constructive action are the ingredients necessary to get this country back in good health again.

Thanks Musette* for donating and for posting back here! :)

[janx]

17. Your money will be very well spent at DFA.

Just think of the grassroots candidates you're helping to support!

I love this!

[Eloriel]

19. I LOVE the idea of the bat going up

Ah, such fond memories -- bittersweet, actually.

[shance]

23. And we LOVE that you love the idea***

More fond memories to come my friend!***

Thanks :)

[Eloriel]

27. If ANYbody wonders why the hell they should contribute -- look here

This is just totally AWEsome --

Dr. Dean makes a house call. Democracy for Illinois briefing.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1370064

(and read my post while you're over there. :evilgrin: )

God, I love that man. In the nearly 2 years I've been a supporter, he has NEVER, and I mean NEVER disappointed me. Not once. There were little things I would find myself wishing he'd done a bit differently, but they were so minor. In every other case he exceeded my expectations and then some.

I was talking with my friend hedda_foil a few weeks ago, worrying about the possibility of Dean getting this DNC chair thing, and she wisely reminded me of his superb political instincts and that he'd never make a wrong choice. Happily, the choice was removed for him, which is great. That frees him up to do what the DNC isn't even interested in doing: building a party. As I posted in that other thread, I predict that there'll be a point he'll realize that the party he's built needs to be separate from the DNC.

Get active in DFA, people. We've got a party to build -- either the Democratic Party (if they don't run us completely off, and they sure as hell have tried), or the new EVERYONE's Party (except for the plutocrats and Christian Crazies) called (for now) DFA. Either way, we win.

Oh,and for those doubters -- yes, a new party would have a LOT of potential. Dean drew from Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, True Conservative and Rockefeller Republicans alike. That's one helluva coalition.

But all that's a bit a step ahead. Like I said -- we build a party either way. Let's get busy.

[shance]

28. Exactly. More proof of the kind of caring leader and individual Dean is.

n/t

[Abelman]

31. New Party?

I thought DFA was a PAC for more grassroots Democratic Candidates. Do they support anyone?

Not that it would change my donating or not, but I guess I asumed the supported non-DLC Dems.

[shance]

32. LOL! You're in the right place.

No DFA and DLC are essentially two opposite sides of the coin,

and/or two very different organizations.

DLC, from what I understand is a much more conservative branch of the Democratic party. So conservative, that apparently one of its leading members happened to vote for Bush in 2000.

[Larkspur]

38. Here's an LTTE I submitted today to The Day, Eastern CT newspaper

It was this blue-state Republican's favorite Democrat, Zell Miller, who called his party “a national party no more.”

The DNC's and DLC’s swing-state strategy intentionally writes off the "red" states, sabotaging the efforts of struggling Democrats to rebuild their parties in those states, but it also takes "blue" states for granted. Meanwhile the constant assault of the pro-Republican media slowly erodes Democratic support, and “blue” states become battlegrounds. In a way, Zell Miller is right. The Democratic Party is a national party no more, all thanks to the brilliant “triangulation,” dubbed “strangulation” by the Democratic base, strategy of the Clintonistas, like Terry “McAwful” and his merry band of Republican-lite Democrats.

Contrary to Mr. Hamblen’s and the DLC’s view, Howard Dean advocated a 50 state strategy and reaching out to “red” state voters by courageously revealing the “robber baronism” of Republican economic policies and the immorality and hypocrisy of George Bush, who sent American soldiers to die in a war against a country, who did not attack us, while letting Osama bin Laden run free.

Howard Dean’s PAC, Democracy for America, has started filling in the vacuum caused by the DNC’s and DLC’s abandonment of the “red” states. Thanks to Howard Dean, Democrats in Texas have new hope. While DFA in Texas couldn’t get Richard Morrison over Rep. Tom DeLay, they did force Delay to actually campaign in his own district, and they came closer than any Democrat beforehand to unseating morally challenged Rep. Tom Delay.

The future of the Democratic Party lies in Howard Dean’s Democracy for America, which is working to rebuild the Democratic Party from the grassroots upwards.

The LTTE writer I was responding to also made a snide remark about Dean, so I was inspired to respond to that turkey.

[CitySky]

46. Way to go, Larkspur!

for giving Dean props where due, for inspiring little people like me off our heineys in the Morrison campaign, and so many others across the nation!

[Larkspur]

51. Your're welcome!

[MelissaB]

59. Holy

sh*t!! He made a house call this soon after the election and is already working for the next one??

You can tell by the number of my posts that I am a newbie. I'll also admit to not knowing much about Dr. Dean. This newbie is about to educate herself.

I've signed up for the newsletter and will try to donate next month. I've donated out this month!

[janx]

63. Sure! Just think: 2006 is just around the corner!

Might as well get busy, eh? By the way...welcome!

[Walt Starr]

21. SMACK, $50

and every email I get from the DNC will equal another donation to DFA!

[shance]

24. Love you* Mean it*

Thanks Walt.

[madfloridian]

25. We have doing a lot of that this year.

We may start donating monthly, but for now when they call for money we donate.

This group has done very well financially so far, and they are already starting on next year's candidates.

[Andromeda]

26. YES! Time for the BAT...

We need to donate as much as we can to the cause of DEMOCRACY.

[bobbieinok]

30. look at what DFA accomplished in 2004!!!!!!!!!.....WOW

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/

....

• Democracy for America contributed more than $600,000 to 634 candidates for non-federal office. 319 of those candidates won--a 50% win-loss record.

• "Dean Dozen" candidates were elected to state legislatures in 16 states. Candidates for legislature who received Democracy for America contributions, but were not part of the "Dean Dozen," were elected in an additional 12 states.

• Democracy for America played a large role in regaining several legislative chambers for the Democrats, including: the Colorado House and Senate, the North Carolina House, the Oregon Senate, the Vermont House and the Washington Senate. DFA also helped secure a tie in the Iowa Senate.

....

[janx]

39. I was amazed at what happened in Colorado.

It was GREAT!

[shance]

33. I wonder if we could start a DU bat and DemocracyforAmerica?

n/t

[unfrigginreal]

34. Kick

:kick:

I can't donate now but will next week.

[ShaneGR]

36. Hopefully they won't misspend it again

Like they did in Iowa.

[Forkboy]

41. ah,professor positive

[madfloridian]

42. More to story.

The Dean campaign was trying to set up a 50 state campaign, and it was moving along. Then came Iowa. More to story.

You need to quit worrying about Dean so much.

[shance]

44. The people responsible for misspending have been gone for a long time.

n/t

[DoveTurnedHawk]

47. You Are Way Too Nice

I never understand why some people apparently feel the need to rain on others' positive threads.

BTW, if we end up doing a semi-official DU "bat" I will donate again. :-) I think that's a great idea.

DTH

[shance]

62. You're looking at being Most Valuable DUer, you know that.

Not just because of your donations***

Thanks for the very generous post. Ive always loved that bold spirit of yours!

[zulchzulu]

64. Who are they?

I'm curious on your spin. Who?

[RogueTrooper]

37. Why don't we put up our own bat?

we can make our own bat with dfa.

[shance]

61. Lets do it hon!

What do we need to do?

[Miami Liberal]

40. Will do!

[shance]

43. Thank ya ML*****

:)

[PassingFair]

45. How wonderful to see that photo

again.

I urge ALL Dean supporters to add the DFA Group here at DU to their favorites.

And please repost this thread there, Ok?

Feeling better for the first time since Nov. 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cha]

57. That's a beautiful quote and I love that picture

that goes with it.

I can't donate right now, shance, but love that you and everyone is doing this now!

I poured all my money into Kerry/Edwards campaign and don't regret it.

But I will live to donate to DFA!

[madfloridian]

49. Pic of Sleepless Summer tour in either OR or WA....

There were at least 10,000 there. I can't remember just where this was.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

50. Wasn't That Seattle?

:kick:

DTH

[AmyStrange]

53. Yup Seattle

Westlake Park to be precise,

d

[shance]

54. Kick for Democratic Investing!

n/t

[shance]

52. Come on DU'ers, how much are you willing to bat for Democracy?***

$10.00, $20.00, $50.00?

Democracy isn't a spectator sport.

And what HAS the DNC (and John Kerry) done for you lately?

Seriously. Who's actions have matched their words?

You know what to do.

DemocracyforAmerica.com - Go there and donate.

[NoPasaran]

55. Okay, fifty bucks for DFA

And a like amount for Democracy for Texas

[Cha]

58. Thank you, NoPasaran!

America thanks you..Texas thanks you! :toast:

[shance]

60. Yay for you NP and for caring*****Thank you.

I'm from Texas too (Dallas).

How are things going with DFT?

[NoPasaran]

65. DFT here is going great

We made a lot of progress taking our county back---we need to expand on that success.

[shance]

71. Great to hear! So very true NP on expanding our success.

It's happening nationwide.

[janx]

66. kick

[PassingFair]

67. Paid up!

and a big KICK!

[Cheswick2.0]

68. kick

Love that DFA actually helped take some state offices in Red states.

[janx]

69. Dems had not controlled the state legislature here for forty years!

DFA helped us get it back!

[shance]

72. Good for you! Thanks for posting PF*

n/t

[janx]

70. You know what's great about this thread?

We're not crying in our beer or wallowing in prejudice. ;-)

[shance]

73. Kick (Robert Rubin and his love for outsourcing***)

:)

[madfloridian]

74. LOL

Funny.

[Capn Sunshine]

75. Bang

Thus the cycle starts anew. Remember, look around. Take power locally. School board, water district, city council, etc. A national organization is only as strong as it's local power base. Now RSVP to Dec 1 Meetup while you're at it.

[shance]

78. Right on Capn****

SPOT ON about thinking locally.

Will definitely be signing up as Im sure *others* will as well for the meet-up.

Thank you for the reminder! ;-)

[madfloridian]

76. Pic of the day he announced DFA...was it Seattle?

[janx]

77. I have to admit--that day was a sad one, so while I knew that

the idea was a very good one, I had no idea it would work so well so fast.

It's incredible.

P.S. Note the wildly leftist, liberal crazy college kids in the background! harhar

[madfloridian]

79. The way they have labelled us amuses me...it is unbelievable.

They are actually solemn looking, aren't they?

[janx]

It was a solemn occasion. The last house party I attended was

at the Heath's house in Boulder. They opened their home to everyone who wanted to show up, basically.

I don't think there was anyone there under 30, and most were over 40 and well beyond. We weren't a solemn bunch, however. We were, in fact, a little LOUD.

[Name removed]

80. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[shance]

81. Whew! Zomby's on commission! Is this Karl's tab??

Just be honest and tell us Zomby.

Come ON**************************

[ProudToBeLiberal]

82. Umm I think you should stay at the DU lounge

your post there are more appropriate because mostly the contents of your post are not worth reading.. like this one http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2050282

[NoPasaran]

83. Sunday morning kick

:kick:

[EnfantTerrible]

84. Kickety kick kick kick

[shance]

85. Batting it back UP***

n/t