Dennis Kucinich and Mike Huckabee money bombs
http://www.december152007.com/
This money bomb for Kucinich was held on December 15th. These are the results:
- $131,400 TOTAL
- Approximately 1,592 donors
That’s about $82.54 per person. Not great but surely better than Barack Obama’s. I’m surprised their isn’t more support for Kucinich. He’s got a similar platform to the Greens but is more mainstream and likely to get somewhere in the election. I’ve only ever seen 1 Kucinich supporter in my treks around NYC but I’ve seen dozens of Paul supporters out and about. Of course that’s not when I’m expecting to meetup with them. I would think the Ron Paul Revolution would have energized some of the other smaller campaigns but at best we see half hearted copycat attempts. Speaking of copycats.
http://dec27th.hucksarmy.com : seems Hucks army noticed our Tea Party money bomb and have set up their own. They are looking to get 10,000 $100 donations. As of now they’ve got 257 ‘Lives & sacred honor pledged for freedom’ and $133121 ‘Fortunes pledged for freedom.’ Seems they have had an issue with their pledge bank however and it appears they have blamed Ron Paul supporters:
DEAR RON PAUL SUPPORTERS,
On December 16th, 2007 you made political history — raising over $6 million online in a single day. If Ron Paul were to win the nomination the credit will no doubt go to his passionate grassroots supporters and their incredible energy online — and deservedly so.
Then, on December 17th, 2007 we (Mike Huckabee supporters) launched our own grassroots fundraising drive. Within hours we were receiving wave after wave of false pledges from obviously fake email addresses referencing perverse sex acts, insulting Mike Huckabee, and (you guessed it) telling us to vote for Ron Paul.
Viewed symbolically, December 17th might have been the bigger day.
If Ron Paul doesn’t win the nomination there will be no one more to blame than many of his own supporters who give the very idea of freedom a bad name because of the way they abuse it. You may liken yourselves to American revolutionaries, but your behavior is more reminiscent of Nazi tactics — sending in hooligans to break into and disrupt political rallies for their opposition.
Mike Huckabee also has a strong grassroots campaign. Nevertheless we have always endeavored to communicate respect and good-will for our opponents and their supporters — just as Mike Huckabee has done throughout the campaign. I have personally written letters congratulating you on your successes.
In essence we have two strong grassroots movements, one characterized by anger and cynicism, and the other by compassion and hope. You’ve got us beat in money and organization, but the difference in the ballot box may boil down to character, and the way it is presented.
This Is America,
Brett Harris
Founder, HucksArmy.comP.S. I realize that there are many respectable Ron Paul supporters out there. This letter is specifically addressed to those who have participated in spamming our fundraiser, as well as other similar and more
1. You can’t abuse freedom. Their complaint is about bogus pledges. Given that there has been no threats of violence nor theft nothing illegitimate has happened. There is also no evidence that Paul supporters did this. Their has been extensive usage of Ron Paul’s name to make him look bad. Are we going to assume all those are Paul supporters? It would make more sense that it was another candidates supporter.
2. As for showing up to opponents rallies… they are welcome to show up to their opponents to show how strong support for their guy is. Otherwise have private rallies.
3. In what way are those “tactics” Nazi like? That seems to me a completely ridiculous accusation. No one is “sending in hooligans to break into and disrupt political rallies for their oppositions.”
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December 18th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
"I. P. Freely" certainly sounds like a legit Huckabee supporter, so what’s the problem? Personally, I wish I could donate negative money to this guy’s campaign.