dean campaign did not switch to a corked bat.....apology

[bearfartinthewoods]

being unfamiliar with the dean bat system, i thought the new bat was a retrenchment and not SOP. my apologies to all the dean supporters.

i changed the title so this doesn't get locked for rule infractions like my last one did and ya'll can kick me around for the rest of the year!

[curse10]

1. hee hee hee

quite a switch :-)

[NewYorkerfromMass]

2. HA! Good catch bf!

Reality avoidance in place here!

[jmaier]

3. this is a decidely unhelpful post

Dean's orig bat was progressing rather nicely throughout the day and was $758k the last I looked about 2:00PM CST. Whether or not they would get to $1.5m is anybody's guess. Now they are shooting for a different target. So what?

Does anybody really care except for some die-hard anti-Dean's who look for any little insignificant speck to blow up into a shit pile? I don't care who you support, but threads like this are POINTLESS, TIRESOME, AND INSULTING to anyone with a modicum of intelligence and good judgment.



Wes Clark. He will make an extraordinary American President.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

6. Well, for those who made fun of Kerry's mortgage

maybe they'll quit playing 'keeping up with the Jonses' on raising funds.

[Padraig18]

8. Thank you, jmaier!

I agree that posts like this are basically 'shit stirring' to little purpose. :hi:

[HFishbine]

9. But it's the same target

The first was 1.5M was what was need to reach 14,831,982.61 for the quarter. Now, instead of $1.5 million, the bat represents the They represent the same thing. The 1.5M represented on the previous bat would have taken the campaign to last quarter's record 14,831,982.61. The new bat simply shows the total for the quarter, with the same goal: 14,831,982.61 quarterly goal.

[jmaier]

22. sounds about right to me.

Wes Clark. He will make an extraordinary American President.

[meow mix]

4. last i saw it was a 700k bat

and rising towards 1.5 million.

what happen to that bat??

[clarknyc]

5. Here's what I see

They increased the goal for midnight December 31st by $40,000 or so. Different graphic, bigger goal, no cork.

[Melodybe]

16. You are correct sir. IThey are asking for about 40,00 more than the had

orinigally asked for. Things were going so well they decided to up the pot, i guess. Why do you people hate Dean so much? Posts like this make no sense, he is hopeing for MORE money, not less.

[HFishbine]

7. For the mathematically challenged

They represent the same thing. The 1.5M represented on the previous bat would have taken the campaign to last quarter's record 14,831,982.61. The new bat simply shows the total for the quarter, with the same goal: 14,831,982.61.

[meow mix]

12. okee

i get it now ty!

just trying to keep track ;p

[returnable]

21. It's an impressive figure

Kudos to the Dean campaign for their efforts :toast:

One question, though:

With all the endorsements and "momentum" Dean gained this quarter (AFSCME, SEIU, JJ jr., Gore, etc.), are any of you a bit surprised Dean hasn't surpassed what he raised in the 3rd quarter?

I mean, he's still raising mad bank.

But I would've guessed that with all the big hitters who came on board this quarter, and his climb up the polls, Dean would've done more than just repeat what was raised from July - September.

Regardless, it's still a good chunk of change :hi:

[MGKrebs]

34. It's will be meaningful to compare to the other candidates.

It's possible that with the holidays it has been tougher to get political contributions.

[OrAnarch]

10. They did this last quarter too...

Just merely took the current bat and moved it to the context of the whole quarter. Im pretty sure they did this last time too. Took me a second. But anyway, wow. Thats some fundraising for this quarter. They are on fire. Maybe Ill see myself tossing something in if Dean wins the primaries.

So in essence, there is no cork, only mild confusion, and a chance for non-dean supporters to suggest something inflammatory momentarily. Couldn't let it slide, eh? Didn't think so....

[dajabr]

11. Actually, the Campaign just raised the bar I believe...

Today, we were about halfway to the goal of 1.5 million or $750,000 from target.

Now, $800,000 and change is needed to meet the revised goal.

[auntpattywatty]

13. Looked at it and it looks like the same ol' bat to me

[MR. ELECTABLE]

14. Actually he just RAISED the goal

1,500,000.00 - 758,000 = 742,000 Remaining on the old goal

14,831,962.61 - 14,020,657.75 = 811,304.86 Remaining on NEW GOAL

Feel free to cry in your teacup now.

[HFishbine]

20. You're correct

They did raise it slightly.

[KaraokeKarlton]

15. Nope, they did this at the end of last quarter too

It's a new bat because it's the last 3 days of the quarter. The other bat would have been broken easily. Chances are, they just switched it to a quarter total rather than have two bats. It also will get a lot of good press and help keep the momentum building all the way to Iowa. And if Harkin endorses between the end of the quarter and the Iowa caucas, all the better.

[CMT]

17. what?

with $200,000 raised yesterday and $20,000 per hour earlier today coming in. This is not new. Dean did it last quarter as well as the quarter was coming to an end he put up a bat to indicate what they have raised so far during the quarter. And by the way, if you look at the bat it does indicate what we need to raise to beat last year. The old bat already was almost half way there and with house parties, ect we will break last quarters record and raise more than $15 million.

[bearfartinthewoods]

18. well if i'm wrong then my apologies.

and since my old thread got locked, ya'll get to kick me around in a brand new one.

one request...as you donate to dean in my name, be sure not to go over 2000.00. i'd hate to get into trouble with the FEC.

[clarknyc]

24. Well, that's mighty kind

I, for one, accept your apology. Thanks.

By the way, which candidate do you suport? Just curious...

[dajabr]

30. Thanks bear, well done...(nt)

[killbotfactory]

19. If the bat goes past last quarter's total...

rest assured, we made the goal of 1.5 million.

[slinkerwink]

23. I'm looking forward to that!

;-)

[slinkerwink]

25. thanks for the apology

[Padraig18]

26. One the 1-10 Sin Scale

Yours rated about a .3. No blood, no foul! :hi:

[mouse7]

27. Actually, the "corked bat" reference is correct in some ways

A corked bat hits a baseball harder and farther. As the new goal was a little harder, it would technically be a reasonable literary reference in some ways.

However, as corked bats are illegal in baseball, people might jump to the wrong conclusion about linking illegality and fundraising. I'm trying to make it clear in this post that I'm not being critical or yelling at anyone. I'm just saying that a "corked bat" reference might not be a good one to use in the future.

Not mad... just trying to avoid a future misunderstanding. ;)

[HFishbine]

28. An apolo.. an apo.. an apolog..? I'm seechless

Thanks. Takes a big person, especially here on DU.

[JNelson6563]

29. Apology accepted

I thank you for your graciousness. :toast:

Julie

[ShimokitaJer]

31. Kudos on the apology

Thank you for your earnest apology. It shows a lot of class.

The error seems an honest mistake, and there are too many on these boards who would have let pride force them to continue to beat the dead horse, or turned it into a back-handed jab at Dean despite the facts. Thanks for taking the high road.

[ieoeja]

32. Ohio?

check out this MAP and tell me how we win without the south?

THE LAST TIME WE WON WITHOUT A SOUTHERNER ON THE TICKET WAS ROOSEVELT


I clicked on Ohio and, voila! 280 Democratic electoral votes.

I then reset the map and clicked Nevada and Arizona, both of which Novak reports Republicans as saying they expect to lose in '04. Again, we win without the South.

Was that a rhetorical question? Cause the swing states are mostly in the Midwest and Southwest, not the South.

[JaneQPublic]

33. You, sir, are a gentleman AND a bearfart

And it takes a big one to admit he was in error.

Kudos!