DU Presidential Primary Donation Tally (June 1): 21 donations, $1,025 raised. Kucinich leading!

[Skinner]

Donation totals as of June 1, 2007:

Joe Biden:                   1 donation     $ 25
Wesley Clark (Draft fund):   0                 0
Hillary Clinton:             0                 0
Chris Dodd:                  0                 0
John Edwards:                2 donations    $ 65
Al Gore (Draft fund):        2 donations    $ 25
Mike Gravel:                 5 donations    $285
Dennis Kucinich:             9 donations    $399
Barack Obama:                0                 0
Bill Richardson:             4 donations    $225

Remember, if you want to donate to any of the Democratic presidential contenders, please do so through the Democratic Underground Act Blue page so we can keep track of the donations:

http://www.actblue.com/page/du-presidential

Also, there are donate links on the homepage, under the heading "Democrats 2008." (Look for all the candidate pictures).

Skinner
DU Admin

[MrSlayer]

1. Interesting.

Most everyone here loves The Kooch but who would have suspected that Gravel would be the number two guy on DU?

[Skinner]

2. I don't think Gravel actually is the number two guy.

My guess is that people who support any of the "top three" candidates are getting their donations vacuumed up by aggressive fundraising efforts directly from the campaigns. They get an appeal for money from a campaign, and they donate directly to that campaign without thinking about DU.

If the donations were a reliable indicator of support, I think Obama would have a lot more donations than zero.

[Nunyabiz]

3. Sadly the only reason Clinton & Obama are the so called

"Top 2" is because the MSM are telling you they are and is making sure that one of them is the democratic nominee because they know they have no chance to win. The MSM is playing this country like an old fiddle.

[Skinner]

4. That's not the only reason.

The other reasons are 1) they are both polling at the top of the field, and 2) they both raise a lot more money than the other candidates.

I would disagree that they both have no chance to win. I think they could both win. Obama in particular.

[Nunyabiz]

6. and whom is doing those polls?

and who is it that broadcast those 2 names ad nauseam over & over & over 24/7 while rarely mentioning anyone else?
They flatly refuse to mention Kucinich other than him singing 16 tons or some other derogatory sound byte.

The MSM is picking who the candidate is going to be not the alleged voters and the reason they are getting the money is because of Corporations that also want them to be the candidate.
The top 2% control this process completely.

I guarantee the majority of people in the USA will not vote for a black man named Barrack Hussein Obama, Clinton has a snow balls chance in Texas mainly because of the Billiary factor and she is Republican Lite anyway. Then of course who ever the Democratic candidate is is virtually moot since again the MSM refuse to acknowledge that the 2000 & 04' elections were fraudulent because they were complicit in the cover up.
2008 is already lost because 10s of millions in the country just don't give a shit and the Democrats are pissing in the face of their base.

[skipos]

8. I remember hearing from DUers that 2006 was "already lost" right up to the election

The results must have really bummed out the defeatist Dems around here. At least you guys can start working on 2008 now.

[Nunyabiz]

9. Yeah and about 10-15 were stolen

Rove miscalculated and didn't steal enough to keep a majority.

So were the 2000 & 04' elections stolen? If you cant admit that then you are delusional. I'm not "defeatist" I'm a realist

[Le Taz Hot]

12. I don't remember anyone saying that for 2006.

I remember a LOT of us saying it in 2004 and guess what?

[Le Taz Hot]

11. Excellent answer!

N/T

[LSK]

13. and this is discussed in Al Gores new book, please get it!

[Skinner]

5. And we just got a donation for Bill Richardson.

New tally: 22 donations, $1,050 raised

[wakeme2008]

7. kick and nom :) nt

[LSK]

10. no donations for Hillary??? IM SHOCKED!!!!

:D

ps: Dont forget to donate to the DNC. 2008 isnt just about the Presidency, we have a lot more to win besides that.

[loudsue]

17. Good idea! Skinner, could you add the DNC to the list?

The DNC donations would show overall support for lower-level races.

:kick::kick::kick: (too late to rec. )

[Echotrail]

14. Happy to give this the 5th Rec

:hi:

[EFerrari]

15. My God, we're a bunch of pinkos.

lol

Yeah, go Dennis!

[BlueIris]

16. Curious news, Skin-man. Keep these updates coming, hmmmm?

They could provide us with a lot of insight.

[MissWaverly]

18. Skinner, just sent $20 bucks to Draft Gore

Just read Assault on Reason, question if you donate using front page photo instead of the above link, does DU get credit, I used
the DU link for the DNC in the past.

[MissWaverly]

19. DU has now given $170 to Draft Gore, Just checked

[TahitiNut]

20. It's heartening to see DUers support the VOICES speaking to our values.

Completely independent of whether the candidate is nominated or is seen as 'electable,' it seems more important to me that, in a long campaign 'season,' there's support for those whose voices are speaking truth to power.

[nam78_two]

21. I was just thinking that-ok there have only been 21 donations

but still it is nice to see Kucinich getting near the 50% mark :toast:. And I haven't even donated myself. I am not donating to the primaries this year.