CLARK supporters and well-wishers only

[EarlG]

This is the official thread for Clark supporters and well-wishers to discuss his performance in today's primaries, free of disruption.

If you are not a Clark supporter or a well-wisher, please do not post in this thread. The purpose of this thread is for disruption-free discussion among Clark supporters. Any negative posts by opponents will be deleted by the moderators. We will open up separate threads where supporters of the other candidates can interact without disruption from opponents.

[Jerseycoa]

1. Washington State: No dog in this hunt, but...

140 of 6,552 precincts reporting

John Kerry Dem 1,321 49.3% 0
Dennis Kucinich Dem 499 18.6% 0
Howard Dean Dem 487 18.2% 0
Wesley Clark Dem 151 5.6% 0
John Edwards Dem 138 5.2% 0
Uncommitted Dem 79 3.0% 0
Al Sharpton Dem 2 0.1% 0
Other Dem 0 0.0% 0

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2004/primaries/by_state/WA_Page.html

[Padraig18]

2. Good luck to you!

:)

[maddezmom]

3. Good Luck Dean and his supporters, too

:)

[For PaisAn]

4. Good luck to you too

Go Dean Go!

[knight_of_the_star]

6. Good luck Howie!

I may not back him, but he revived the soul of the resistance!

[knight_of_the_star]

5. I will consider Washington a win

If Edwards doesn't get into the top 4.

[Democrats unite]

10. Ditto!

[ClarkUeberAlles]

32. Naw, just as long as we beat Edwards period

I will be happy. If we can keep coming ahead of him, we can turn this into a two man race.

[WiseMen]

7. Good Luck. Hope you get some more delegates this time

[Jerseycoa]

9. We take what we can get

We're not proud that way. ;) Thanks.

[OKNancy]

8. I'm feeling kind of left out today

I guess the Clark campaign knows what is best, but I wish we had some excitment like we did last Tuesday ( I know..wait until next Tues ). I can't believe I'm writing this: GO DEAN!!!

[NashVegas]

11. Look to Tennessee

I think he'll do very well there.

[janx]

15. I hope Clark kicks you-know-who's backside in TN!!!

!

[Padraig18]

17. Kerry's?

:evilgrin:

[Jerseycoa]

19. Thank you, Janx!

Good luck to you and yours, as well. :toast:

[Jerseycoa]

12. The world turned upside down

I know the feeling :D

[pezcore64]

13. Yay

Goodluck Clark people!!!

I wish you guys well on your quest for the big W in Tenn!!!

[Jerseycoa]

14. WA: 21% reporting; Clark in fifth

Kerry 1,311 54% 0
Dean 695 28% 0
Edwards 167 7% 0
Kucinich 164 7% 0
Clark 105 4% 0
Sharpton 2 0% 0

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/primaries/pages/states/WA/index.html


Correction typo

[Auntie Bush]

24. I can't believe the sheeple don't understand

that Clark is the best thing America has to offer. They are looking a gift horse in the mouth! The Sheeple are stupid, uninformed and just watch the damn Media Whores instead of doing any research! UGGG!

[AVID]

112. amen

cant agree more. If people realized how smart he was and how lucky we are to have him they would vote for him. But,,,that assumes a lot about our voting public. I am leaning towards Edwards at this point, but reluctantly

[knight_of_the_star]

26. Please let us win!

Oh Gods please let us win!!!

[Jerseycoa]

28. WA: 32% reporting; we're getting killed :(

Kerry 1,924 50% 0
Dean 1,135 29% 0
Kucinich 283 7% 0
Edwards 242 6% 0
Clark 135 4% 0
Sharpton 4 0% 0

[BootinUp]

29. Well

Keep in mind that the story is going to focus on Kerry. I don't think people are paying attention to Edwards vs Clark in Wash and MI. and if that doesn't help. :beer:

[Jerseycoa]

34. WA: 34% reporting: Oooh, closing in a bit

Kerry 1,783 44% 0
Dean 1,119 28% 0
Kucinich 551 14% 0
Edwards 198 5% 0
Clark 185 4% 0
Sharpton 2 0% 0


I'm just looking for respectable tonight.

GO WES!!

:bounce:

[flamingyouth]

31. I'm a Clark delegate from my precinct

We didn't have enough votes in the first round but we managed to talk four more people into joining our ranks, so at least I get to represent Clark at our district and county meetings in May.

:-) Trying to stay on the bright side...

[Jerseycoa]

45. That's terrific

Good work!

[TacticalPeek]

46. Ya done good, flamingyouth!

I once made it all the way to a state convention as a half-delegate for Gary Hart. Talk about every little bit counts.

Ah, the enlightened political life.


:toast:

[maddezmom]

48. keep the faith, flamingyouth

:)

[NV1962]

121. Yay! Congrats - excellent work!

I like that: Come to the Clark side... ;)

[spooky3]

16. Good luck to Clark and all his supporters!

[maddezmom]

23. thanks spooky3

:)

[asthmaticeog]

18. Wow, mixed emotions

I'm really thrilled to see my homeboy D.K. doing so shockingly well, but it's bumming me out hard to see Clark still hovering around 4th and 5th place. Why don't people seem to get what a great candidate he'd be?

[Jerseycoa]

20. I know

Wes breaks his ass for every last vote, no kidding.

It's great to see Dennis up there today :)

[Ivote]

22. Good site for Results

just remember to refresh page. You can pick whatever State you want.
Today is Michigan & Washington.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/primaries/pages/states/WA/

[blm]

21. Here's to a great roster of Dems.

Thanks Gen. Clark

[Jerseycoa]

25. Get a load of this

Pentagon Scraps Internet Voting System
Fri Feb 6, 1:40 PM ET Add Elections - AP to My Yahoo!


By JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer

Citing security concerns, the Pentagon (news - web sites) has canceled Internet voting that would have involved as many as 100,000 military and overseas citizens from seven states in November, a Defense Department official said Thursday.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=548&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20040206/ap_on_el_ge/internet_voting

Michigan has Internet voting, too.

[GiovanniC]

27. Voted in Michigan

And got my sister, her boyfriend, and some other friends to vote for Clark, too!

Go Wes, young man!

[newyawker99]

30. Good luck Clark supporters!!

:-)

[knight_of_the_star]

33. Come on Wes!

Latest results show him to be 13 behind Edwards. If he can recover that and knock Edwards out of the top 4 then he will have gotten all he needs.

ON EDIT: 13 votes.

ON SECOND EDIT: 18 votes.

[xultar]

35. Is Edwards using WA as payback to Kucinich for the 2nd place in IA???

[Jerseycoa]

36. xultar, see post #34

We're pulling in closer.

:bounce:

[xultar]

37. Let's all pledge a $25.00 contribution to Clark tonight n/t

[BootinUp]

38. Thats a good idea - I'm in

[Jerseycoa]

42. $25 in the red

Transaction was successful.
Transaction amount: $25.00
Transaction id: 29593

But I don't care! :smoke:

[BootinUp]

44. Gulp Gulp

Transaction was successful.
Transaction amount: $25.00
Transaction id: 29595


:beer:
:beer:

[xultar]

59. Here's mine...

Again, thank you very much for your contribution and for supporting Wes Clark's campaign.

Here are the details of your transaction:

Transaction was successful.
Transaction amount: $25.00
Transaction id: 29611

[JI7]

39. have fun

today should be easier on all of you since the states holding elections today are mostly contested by kerry, dean , and kucinich. so just relax and prepare for tuesday elections in tennessee and virginia where i expect clark to do well. he always seems to prove the media whores wrong such as when they said he would finish 5th in new hampshire but finished 3rd instead. and when they said he would lose oklahoma but ended up winning instead. so no matter what the media whores say just stay focused on supporting your candidate and keep proving them wrong.

[Jerseycoa]

40. Thanks for the boost, JI7

:D

[texasmom]

50. Thanks JI7!!

Very encouraging words--and much appreciated.

[Jerseycoa]

41. Ha! That didn't last long.

WA: 49% reporting

Kerry 3,287 48% 0
Dean 2,142 31% 0
Kucinich 525 8% 0
Edwards 423 6% 0
Clark 252 4% 0
Sharpton 8 0% 0


Easy come, easy go :beer:

[Jerseycoa]

43. MI: 8 of 590 precincts reporting; Clark in fourth

John Kerry Dem 1,236 55.9% 0
John Edwards Dem 351 15.9% 0
Howard Dean Dem 321 14.5% 0
Wesley Clark Dem 181 8.2% 0
Dennis Kucinich Dem 69 3.1% 0
Al Sharpton Dem 37 1.7% 0
Uncommitted Dem 8 0.4% 0
Dick Gephardt Dem 4 0.2% 0
Carol Moseley Braun Dem 3 0.1% 0
Joe Lieberman Dem 2 0.1% 0
Other (WI) Dem 1 0.0% 0


http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2004/primaries/by_state/MI_Page.html?SITE=YAHOOELN&SECTION=POLITICS#TOP

[redsoxliberal]

47. Good luck in the south

Clark would be a great alternative to Dean :)

[Jerseycoa]

49. Thank you, redsox

Just now I was longing for a Dixville Notch ;)

[Jerseycoa]

51. WA: 55% reporting; Clark in fifth

Kerry 3,876 48% 0
Dean 2,449 30% 0
Kucinich 617 8% 0
Edwards 515 6% 0
Clark 288 4% 0
Sharpton 9 0% 0

[Jerseycoa]

53. MI: 51 of 590 precincts; Clark holding fourth

John Kerry Dem 7,019 54.6% 0
John Edwards Dem 1,914 14.9% 0
Howard Dean Dem 1,783 13.9% 0
Wesley Clark Dem 944 7.3% 0
Dennis Kucinich Dem 745 5.8% 0
Al Sharpton Dem 377 2.9% 0
Uncommitted Dem 21 0.2% 0
Dick Gephardt Dem 17 0.1% 0
Joe Lieberman Dem 13 0.1% 0
Carol Moseley Braun Dem 10 0.1% 0
Other (WI) Dem 1 0.0% 0

[Jerseycoa]

52. I'd bet Michigan doesn't come through on schedule

-Shortage of ballots

-Changed polling places

-Internet voting

There is a thread that Edwards and Dean are already challenging the election.

[mvd]

54. Keep your spirits up, Clark supporters

There are states ahead he could do well in. :hi:

[Jerseycoa]

55. We're okay, mvd

It would have taken a miracle and they don't come along everyday. Your guy did great! :toast:

[Jerseycoa]

56. WA: 71% reporting; Clark distant fifth

Kerry 6,547 48% 0
Dean 4,145 31% 0
Kucinich 1,140 9% 0
Edwards 849 6% 0
Clark 432 3% 0
Sharpton 11 0% 0

[xultar]

57. Lets all admit Clark did not do even decent today n/t

[Jerseycoa]

58. Okay

We got whipped. No problem saying so.

[xultar]

61. This could have a SERIOUS impact on fundraising....SERIOUS

[Jerseycoa]

63. It's okay

to say we didn't do well today in Washington. It is not okay to be calling this kind of negative shot even before Tuesday where our chances are better. So cool your jets.

:spank:

[BootinUp]

60. Expectations were low

No big deal

[xultar]

62. Low...how low?

[BootinUp]

64. No delegates expected today, that low.

Our next battle is Tuesday.

[Jerseycoa]

65. Did you seriously expect?

We were going to take Washington State? Never.

[xultar]

66. I would have thought a %age pt from the 4th place at least

[BootinUp]

69. Why?

Clark has been called dead since before NH. He is a long shot. The only chance is for him to beat expectations in the South, beat Edwards in the South, and then the media calls him Lazarus. Nothing has changed. I fully expected these results today.

[xultar]

71. I know it is that if Edwards does a strong 2nd or 3rd in MI and

strong 4th in WA our MO could go out da Doh, know what I'm sayin.

Perhaps I would do better turning off the ole laptop for the night.

[KnucklesBuchanan]

105. I'm a bit disheartened...

as I know what the Clark people have done in Washington as part of the grassroots effort. I have never seen an Edwards supporter ever. I'm a bit bothered by the fact that he is doing so well, and made no effort at all in this state. But that's me.

[BootinUp]

106. Hang in there

You were up against 24hr/7 day TV pundits. When Clark campaigns he gets support, infortunately he couldn't spend time in Washington.

[incapsulated]

80. No, and to top off the evening, Novak just called Clark a "Jerk"

With press like this, when he get's any, it's fucking hopeless.

I wasn't even taking these two states seriously, but shit, it looks real bad folks.

[Jerseycoa]

81. Yeah, we got trashed today

What the hell can you do?

Take me for a ride in your car. I'll get my kerchief. :smoke:


Soldier boy, oh my little soldier boy
I'll be true to you

[incapsulated]

82. Gah!

Outta gas. :cry:

*sigh* All we have is TN to hope for now.

I almost said: We'll always have Oklahoma..

He doesn't deserve this.

[Jerseycoa]

83. Ah, honey

I can't stand to see you cry. :hug:


I think you should go out dancing or something like that.

We'll always have Dixville Notch.

[incapsulated]

84. I'll be ok

*sniff*

:hug:

Thanks.

I actually have an eight hour class tomorrow. That's right, on a Sunday!

:crazy:

[bigwillq]

67. Keep the faith in Clark

AS a Dean supporter, I feel the Clark and Dean campaigns are very similiar. Stick by your candidate until the end. The grassroots movement is strong eventhough the media refuses to accept it.

[tishaLA]

68. Come on! He didn't even put effort into these

Did he? I haven't come to the thread because I expected NOTHING. So stop the disappointment.

[Jerseycoa]

72. tishaLA is correct

Higher than practical expectations necessarily lead to disappointment, but we didn't expect much and didn't get much, so we're on track. :smoke:

No pity party. No bad vibes. We keep moving on to Tuesday.

GO WES!

[Jerseycoa]

70. MI: 86 of 590 precincts reporting - Clark in fourth

John Kerry Dem 10,182 55.8% 0
John Edwards Dem 2,736 15.0% 0
Howard Dean Dem 2,609 14.3% 0
Wesley Clark Dem 1,208 6.6% 0
Dennis Kucinich Dem 858 4.7% 0
Al Sharpton Dem 563 3.1% 0
Uncommitted Dem 36 0.2% 0
Dick Gephardt Dem 29 0.2% 0
Joe Lieberman Dem 18 0.1% 0
Carol Moseley Braun Dem 14 0.1% 0
Other (WI) Dem 5 0.0% 0

[Ilsa]

73. I think Wes Clark is going to eat their lunch

in TN. It ain't over, not for someone who is raising about $200,000 a day.

[SahaleArm]

74. I am now a Clark Delegate to the WA District/County Convention.

A little synopsis - I live in the 43rd legislative district and my precinct votes Democrat > 90% of the time. In my precinct we had 52 people for the caucus. In fact the turnout was great, about 50/people for each of the 13 precincts at our caucus site. The initial vote was as follows:

Kerry - 12
Dean - 12
Kucinich - 9
Clark - 3
Edwards - 2
Undecided - 14

I live in a decidedly hard left precinct where Kucinich would win if most people voted on their beliefs. The minimum requirement for viability with six delegates was 16% (or 9 people); at this point things didn't look good. Each of the five candidates were allowed to subcaucus and have a representative give a speech on behalf of their candidate (I did the one for Clark). After which everyone was allowed to change their votes. After consolidating the Edwards folks under the southern electability umbrella the final tally was as follows:

Kerry - 15
Dean - 14
Clark - 12
Kucinich - 11

Kerry and Dean got two delegates each while Clark and Kucinich got one each; so now I'm a delegate to the next level. Next stop, Boston:)

[BootinUp]

75. You did a fantastic job!

Way to go!

[Jerseycoa]

76. Good job

Proud of you. :toast:

[incapsulated]

85. Yay!

:party:

Good for you!

[Ilsa]

96. Congratulations on your great work!

You must be an excellent speaker. ANd we must have an excellent candidate!

[SahaleArm]

122. A great candidate who speaks for himself n/t

[Auntie Bush]

99. We are so lucky to have you on our team. Thanks for all

your hard work. Good luck in Boston!

[citizen snips]

77. Good luck in the future Clark.

n/t

[Jerseycoa]

78. Thanks, MATTMAN

:hi:

[FreshLaundry]

79. NewsFLASH: Wesley Clark

He'll save every one of us!
http://home.comcast.net/~freshlaundry/FLASH/

[Jerseycoa]

86. MI: 88% reporting - Clark fourth - Dean now second

Kerry 73,704 50% 0
Dean 25,667 17% 0
Edwards 20,157 14% 0
Clark 10,280 7% 0
Sharpton 7,682 5% 0
Kucinich 7,554 5% 0

[BootinUp]

87. Probably better

for Clark if Edwards does not get second in MI.

[Jerseycoa]

89. Right-o

:beer:

[Jerseycoa]

88. WA: 80% reporting - Clark in fifth

Kerry 8,265 49% 0
Dean 5,171 30% 0
Kucinich 1,342 8% 0
Edwards 1,122 7% 0
Clark 551 3% 0
Sharpton 11 0% 0

[Kathleen04]

90. I'm rooting for DK to hold 3rd!

Go Dennis!!

[BootinUp]

92. Me too

Gulp, gulp

:beer:

:beer:

[knight_of_the_star]

91. Stop the floodworks people!

We weren't planning on winning today, Wes is shooting for a blowout on Tuesday. And we have to do everything we possibly can to give that to him, ok?

[Kathleen04]

93. Yep, it's all about Tuesday

No :cry: over here, knight. I'm looking forward to Tuesday. :)

[Jerseycoa]

95. Me, too

I can't wait. :)

[incapsulated]

97. I'm not giving up

But today was depressing and I didn't have big expectations, either.

*sigh*

Well, it's over and on to Tuesday!

[MoonRiver]

94. self deleted

[Nashyra]

98. I got a personal e-mail from one of the Clark people from

Little Rock and they said he is polling better than Edwards in TN and Va, also that Edwards is talking down winning in TN and Va, lowering expectations. Keep your chins up!!!! I'm donating $100.00 right now

[goclark]

102. He Was Fabulous On CSPAN!

I don't care what anyone says, he is the only presidential candidate in the race. He is brilliant and he backs it up with sincerity and a great way of talking to people-he connects.

And, from a woman's point of view, he is easy on the eyes!

:-)

Wes we are with you all the way!

[Auntie Bush]

109. I just missed Clark

Tuned in to hear them thank him. Really bummed.
Did you see Chomsky just got a metal.

[juajen]

118. You're so right!

I just finished watching the whole thing on cspan about an hour and a half ago. He was fantastic. A head above the rest. The sincerity was beautiful, and the speech was the smoothest I've seen him make. He's a great candidate and America really needs him. I'm hoping I can send cash Monday when I have some money coming in. He deserves every bit of money and support we can give him. After all he's done for this country, I just can't stand the thought of him being let-down by this election.

[MoonRiver]

111. YAY!!!!

I needed to hear that! I totally believe in the General! And I always will!!

[Lurking Dem]

100. THE fight is in TN, people.

Buck up! We can do this.

There are TONS of dissatisfied folks here. There are young African Americans voting for the first time and they are PISSED OFF. There are gays here voting and they are PISSED OFF. There are folks out of work, veterans, yellow dog Democrats, and people who voted for bush and they are PISSED OFF.

Donate your money and/or donate your time. Eblock the hell out of Tennessee. Write letters to the editor of every paper you read. Email/call cable news stations.

GIVE!

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Transaction id:
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[Tatiana]

101. AMEN and HALLELUJAH!

Now THAT'S the spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jerseycoa]

103. Now that's what I call faith!

:loveya:

[Auntie Bush]

107. Thanks for the pep talk an all that money.

[Jerseycoa]

104. WA: 92% reporting - Clark fifth

Kerry 10,160 49% 0
Dean 6,338 30% 0
Kucinich 1,670 8% 0
Edwards 1,386 7% 0
Clark 692 3% 0
Sharpton 12 0% 0

[Jerseycoa]

108. MI: 100% reporting

Kerry 84,214 52% 0 100%
Dean 26,994 17% 0
Edwards 21,919 13% 0
Sharpton 11,270 7% 0
Clark 10,986 7% 0
Kucinich 5,183 3% 0

Well, Al Sharpton can now say he beat a 4-star general. All is not lost. :evilgrin:

[SadEagle]

110. AP projected Sharpton getting more delegates than Edwards, BTW.

That's with 542 of 590 precincts; although they didn't allocate 14 of them yet (See http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2004/primaries/by_state/MI_Page.html?SITE=YAHOOELN&SECTION=POLITICS#TOP)
So in MI, Edwards is 4th in the stat that really counts..
Anyway, good luck to Gen. Clark tommorow and on Tuesday.

[kayleybeth]

113. Let's keep the faith, Clark supporters!

This is breaking me but I just donated another $50.00. Let's let the general know that our support is not faltering!

[HoosierClarkie]

114. Lets move on and look ahead!!

:bounce: Troops we need to get going. I hear a train coming!

[NV1962]

115. No expectations, zero loss today

Focus is on TN and VA - now more than evah!

Sooo... Let's hammer on the eBlocks - Tuesday is approaching fast!

[TheBigDemo]

116. I can explain Washington State

Clark put no money into Washington. He didn't even have a headquarters really. Nothing. He could have done well in Eastern Washington around the Spokane area. But Clark spent no money.

James K

[Jerseycoa]

117. Welp

I broke away from my computer, went and read awhile about Wes Clark and Kosovo, on and off pondered the J&J speech tonight, came back on just to say "G'night, Clarkies," and we have the best American president-in-waiting since JFK. There is no way we can let this man down, because in his decency, in his strength, in his will, he does not permit us to falter. He carries us and we carry him. I have never felt as sure of anything in my life.

:grouphug:

G'night, General Clark.

[slinkerwink]

119. good luck to clark supporters in the upcoming races!

[NV1962]

120. Thanks Slinkerwink!

I'm glad Howard Dean did well in WA today!