Dennis Kucinich wins DU Fun Run!

[Alexander]

[fenriswolf]

1. woo hoo

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2307470#2308608

[malaise]

2. No problem

It's Al or Dennis for me.

[El Supremo]

3. Hail to the Chief!

[Cleita]

4. Yes, he did!

:toast::bounce::party::beer::thumbsup:

He should win the primaries if we keep very careful watch of the elections and insist on recounts where things don't look right.

[Whisp]

5. a beautiful day, indeed.

I am so happy to see that the majority here with lots of smarts against all that media crap. bravo.

[OzarkDem]

6. Congrats Dennis

Congrats Grovelbot!

[EFerrari]

7. Yahoooooooooooooo!

:woohoo: :woohoo::woohoo:

[pnorman]

8. Due to a "skittish" trackball,

my vote went to Mike Gravel instead of Dennis Kucinich. (could have done worse!)

No, my trackball is NOT made by Diebold, but it makes me wonder! Has Diebold bought out Logitech? Hmmmm?

pnorman

[John Q. Citizen]

9. Dennis overcame numerous "power-up" setbacks to take the race. I was also

glad to see Al Gore do well. He entered the fun run late, and was the beneficiary of an important "power-up" but his votes came in strong all the way through.

A couple of highlights that IMHO speak well for DU donors:

Both Al and Dennis opposed the IWR

Both Al and Dennis have endorsed single payer heath insurance


These are issues that are close to DUers' hearts, and heads and the fun run demonstrated that.

[rjones2818]

10. It's time for the higher ups at DU to do the right thing

and endorse DK for President. The members have spoken!

Go Dennis! :woohoo:
http://dennis4president.com
Choose Peace!

[Whisp]

11. k

[annabanana]

12. Quite handily too!. . . . . . .n/t

[TahitiNut]

13. Funny how someone who EARNS the votes gets them.

It's a helluva lot better than "earning" lobbyist money and selling votes.

[SteveM]

14. And will someone question the "accuracy" of this poll?...

That's what some did when a poll was posted a few months back, asking if DUers owned firearms. The result (after posting in general discussion for several days) was 51% yes, 49% no (with many of the latter saying in effect: "no, but I'm thinking of it.") Goes to show that while many liberals may not like guns (or Kucinich), "lefties" seem to like both.

[benEzra]

17. This one?

[Blashyrkh]

15. I think it was telling how poorly Hillary did.

She's got the loudest, most vehement support but not many of those supporters were prepared to put up.

[Alexander]

16. Biden's support is also interesting to note.

Apparently the increase in Biden supporters here at DU did not translate into an increase in donations.

[Catherine Vincent]

22. That's a lot of bunk.

There are a lot of DUers that didn't care much for this fun run. I was given the usual steps for a monthly donor and didn't use them.

[TahitiNut]

23. What flavor were those grapes again???

:rofl:

[Blashyrkh]

25. Diddums. *plays Marche Funebre on world's second tiniest violin*

[FREEWILL56]

31. Yes, you are right as I was one who didn't do it

and I'm a DK supporter.
edit to add:
Go Dennis K&R

[Mrspeeker]

18. The only good 1

period!

[Desertrose]

19. Awesome!!

and not really surprising when you consider he's the best running. ;)

[slipslidingaway]

20. Congrats to Dennis and...

his campaign could use some help. :hide:


http://www.dennis4president.com/home/

[slipslidingaway]

21. DK poll...Kucinich 27%, Obama 22%, Clinton 19%, Edwards 14%

"Las Vegas - Final? Thread
So, who won?"

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/11/15/22252/245

Joe Biden
8% 1268 votes

Hillary Clinton
19% 2738 votes

Chris Dodd
3% 425 votes

John Edwards
14% 2108 votes

Dennis Kucinich
27% 3924 votes

Barack Obama
22% 3220 votes

Bill Richardson
3% 456 votes

14139 votes | Results

[Tom Joad]

46. you see, Hillary makes the top 5. Scoring into the double digits

of course, obama, edwards, and dennis, all perceived to be to the Left of Hillary, did get a total of 63% fo the vote.... but don't let that discourage anyone.
think of all the republicans that vote in the general election!
and think of all the money Hillary is getting. ain't that what counts?

[The Wielding Truth]

24. DK all the way! Now on to the Primaries and then the Presidency!

:bounce: :kick: :loveya: :yourock: :patriot:

[lonestarnot]

26. Al you only got one step from me when I saw you wouldn't get up and run. LOL

:woohoo: Dennis!

[JackORoses]

27. was this you?

Sunday, 4:00 AM ET
Standings: Kucinich 6818, Gore 6005, Edwards 4203, Obama 3086, Richardson 2930, Biden 2405, Clinton 808, Dodd 501, Gravel 203

Sunday, 3:00 AM ET
Standings: Kucinich 6161, Gore 5949, Edwards 4178, Obama 3086, Richardson 2930, Biden 2405, Clinton 808, Dodd 501, Gravel 203

[lonestarnot]

28. One person did that?

nagh...

[JackORoses]

44. i think so

The donation count only went up 6 during that time, so the steps had to have mostly been stockpiled.

Pretty Crafty.

[femrap]

29. now if the rest of

America would wake up and see the light of Kucinich!

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[Alexander]

34. I'm not volunteering for anyone. Do you think you know me or something?

"Just curious, is this another candidate you are volunteering for who will lose , then you get drunk after wards sort of hoping for the best? No Hay!"

I think you have me mistaken for someone else.

[Name removed]

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[Lautremont]

32. That Touch of Kucinich.

[defendandprotect]

33. That's great news --- !!!

[caseycoon]

35. YES! YES! YES!

I sure would love to see the primaries go like this!
YAY DENNIS!

[MrMickeysMom]

36. That's because he's got game

How else you gonna beat em?

[eridani]

37. Of course this does not represent typical voters

It does, however, represent people who give a shit and are paying attention--the types that are likely to volunteer to doorbell, phonebank and do data entry in the general election.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

38. I was rooting for him all the way!!

K&R

[Highway61]

39. Now THAT is great news! n/t

[PaulieWalnuts]

40. That is the ONLY respect this DLC-run enterprise has for Dennis.

When DU can use Dennis to make a few bucks, he's great!

Now, back to electing Hillary, eh?

[PVnRT]

41. FAIL

[PaulieWalnuts]

45. Well, I hope Hillary does fail.

But its not terribly likely when places like DU collect money that should have gone directly to;

http://www.dennis4president.com/home/

But of course we know that DU isn't going to give a dime of that to Dennis, now, don't we?

Last time, our esteemed proprietor here gave ONLY $750 to Kerry. And this time out not a dime to anybody.

Not what you'd expect out of one of the self-styled "Leaders" of our cause, is it?

[PVnRT]

50. Maybe because it takes money to run the website?

It's laughable that you think this website is some kind of DLC front, but I'll let that go because you're new.

Maybe you should do a little digging and figure out how much our "leaders" here make before you castigate them for "only" donating $750 to Kerry. Hint: it's not a lot.

Why don't you tell us how much you've given to Kucinich this year and in 2004?

[Norrin Radd]

42. kr

[Bunkie0913]

43. Go Underdog

Good job promoting the Peace Revolution DU Kucitizens!

[shenmue]

47. Proves DU is outside of the mainstream.

This is what happens when a small minority crowds the system at one time. A radio host used to call it the 'race car effect'-- she didn't want to waste time talking about auto racing because not a lot of people across the country are into it. It's a regional cult following. (It gets on TV because there's so much advertising on the cars, not because it gets higher ratings than other sports. Advertisers like it because you don't have to watch it as long in order to see lots of ads.) If she spent time talking about it, that fraction of the audience would call in more, making it look like a lot of people supported it, and distorting the picture. Meanwhile, the majority of the audience would have nothing to do.

There have been a lot of his fans posting here lately, and frankly, they don't seem to be nice people. Very catty about other candidates. What they haven't worked on is making sure their candidate gets a lot of contact with other parts of the country and gets used to asking for their cooperation, not just assuming he can go over their heads.

[eridani]

52. Doorbellers, phonebankers and other worker bees usually are out of the mainstream

The mainstream doesn't give a shit about electoral politics until a few weeks before an election. People who care about issues are those willing to do the dirty work, and those folks have the same values as Kucinich.

[whistle]

48. That is great!

:applause:

[L0oniX]

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