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- smackjack, on 12/15/2007, -8/+42If you support Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich, support them both. If both of these candidates can break fund raising records, it will send a clear message to the other candidates that Americans want freedom and peace.
- inactive, on 12/15/2007, -0/+18dugg by Ron Paul supporter
good luck to you Dennis in your fight against that warmonger Hillary - ostm444, on 12/15/2007, -9/+25WHEN TO GIVE TO DENNIS, YOU GIVE TO YOURSELF. I have to use my credit card but I'd rather give Dennis my $100 than the other Dems or Itunes:) That guy's passion for politics and peace, plus his debate comments, are worth a million bucks so I'm giving. And you know what, it if feels pretty darn good to give to a politician who drives a Ford Focus:) And we wonder why he can't afford add space without our help! So give. Because WHEN YOU TO GIVE TO DENNIS, YOU GIVE TO YOURSELF.
- MutantChameleon, on 12/15/2007, -6/+20I donated $100 and I'm a broke college student working at the beast that is Walmart. If I can bear to part with $100 a lot of you can. Think with your conscience not your wallet
- zappa717, on 12/15/2007, -6/+20If you can't afford $100, give 10 or 20!
- pintomp3, on 12/15/2007, -3/+16a donation to kucinich is a gift to america.
- blakkat31, on 12/15/2007, -8/+20BEST INVESTMENT IN PEACE & PROSPERITY FOR THE FUTURE!
Dennis is so far superior to the other candidates. The others aren't that different from Bush. Let's not end up with another dud! We need someone courageous, smart, insightful, and conscientious like Dennis Kucinich! He's the only choice for peaceful thinking Democrats! - THEROC, on 12/15/2007, -4/+15i'm with ron, but i digg dennis too
- Jazzillion, on 12/15/2007, -0/+11I donated $100. Anybody else?
- evil-doer, on 12/15/2007, -0/+11I was going to contribute some money but Im canadian, apparently this is against the rules :(
- jeffiek, on 12/15/2007, -1/+11I don't support Kucinich, but c'mon Christmas? At least come up with a good reason.
Start getting that picky and no one will be left to be elected. Wait a second, no one to wage war, spy on everyone and be a plain old pain in the butt?
I take it back. Get picky. Real picky. - Jazzillion, on 12/15/2007, -0/+9This is an e-mail I wrote to digg after I saw that this story was dropped from the front page. I suggest everybody else write e-mails too demanding answers.
Today, December 15th, 2007, at approximately 10:10 a.m., a story on the front page was taken down without an explanation. The story happens to be http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/It_is_Dec_15_Don ... which is a notification for digg users that it is the primary donation day for a specific candidate, Dennis Kucinich. There has been a great deal of involvement on behalf of news organizations to suppress Kucnich's candidacy, is this one of those tactics? Is this considered advertising or spam? Is there some sort of legitimate explanation for why this story was taken off the front page off digg less than an hour after it arrived there? It is no more advertising or spam than any other candidacy posting that raises awareness. Is there some sort of content filtering that this story falls into? The story gained 60 diggs in less than a half-hour, so popularity was certainly not the issue. Unless this is a sabotage attempt, then popularity is the main issue.
As a loyal digger, I don't want to make accusations, but this activity was extremely suspicious. My question is: Why?
Answer please, - evil-doer, on 12/15/2007, -0/+9pretty hypocritical as you probably support the US dictating how the rest of the world should be governed too.
- gerbalblaste, on 12/15/2007, -0/+9Why did this fall off of the front page?
- jcaino, on 12/15/2007, -1/+9he works there - i'm sure he knows just how evil it is.
- Ontopoftheworld, on 12/15/2007, -2/+9The official donation page from dennis4president.com worked for me for some reason so if ActBlue isn't working, you can try it.
- gerbalblaste, on 12/15/2007, -0/+7http://www.dennis4president.com/go/homepage-items/ ...
links to
http://www.december152007.com/
which contains the message:
# The Kucinich campaign has told me there have been some intermittent problems with the NGP service that handles their online contributions. If you experience any problems, you can contribute on Dennis's ActBlue site: http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/12518
# You can also contribute by calling 877-41-DENNIS (877-413-3664)
# Although the goal is to have 100,000 people donate $100 each, any amount is encouraged. - irvman21, on 12/15/2007, -0/+7"require media to provide equal, relatively unbiased coverage to all candidates"
And this is going to happen how? - TheTaoOfBill, on 12/15/2007, -1/+8If selling my name gives more money to my candidate of choice I am all for it.
- Jazzillion, on 12/15/2007, -1/+8Is it just me, or did this get taken off of the digg front page? WTF?
- DK4Prezin08, on 12/15/2007, -0/+6Just phoned in my donation. GO DENNIS!!!!!
- gerbalblaste, on 12/15/2007, -0/+6as did I
- MrSpontaneous, on 12/15/2007, -2/+8* At this moment, the Kucinich campaign has told me there are some intermittent problems with their contribution page and they have directed everyone to contribute on Dennis's ActBlue site: http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/12518
* You can also contribute by calling 877-41-DENNIS (877-413-3664)
* ActBlue is completely legitimate, but if you prefer, you can try contributing on Dennis Kucinich's official site http://www.dennis4president.com - click "Contribute: Online" at the top of the page. - DK4Prezin08, on 12/15/2007, -0/+5Good idea. I emailed them too, asking for an explanation.
- pintomp3, on 12/15/2007, -0/+5same here.
- blackjack75, on 12/15/2007, -0/+5So you haven't got anything _negative_ to say about him?
- TheTaoOfBill, on 12/15/2007, -0/+5Why should my tax money go to a candidate I might not support?
- TheTaoOfBill, on 12/15/2007, -5/+10I don't really support Kucinich as much as I do Ron Paul. So I won't donate but he is 10 times better than most democrats so I'll at least digg this up.
- pintomp3, on 12/15/2007, -1/+5ron paul also wants to end separation of church and state. how does that gel with his "defender of the constitution" angle?
- inactive, on 12/15/2007, -1/+5That would require that Americans read.
I thought about this also, the democratic process is inherently flawed when only the richest get to voice their opinions. Of course, the more rich people support a candidate, the more money he has to campaign.
I say each voter should get a pamphlet that describes the candidate, his stances and views, his plan in case he gets elected and his voting record.
Nothing else. Equal representation of all parties. All they would have left to make a decision is actual facts and experience in politics.
Of course, might as well dream of a world without marketing. Won't happen soon. Capitalists defend their right to more rights and priviledges because of financial status. - rot13ubercrypto, on 12/15/2007, -0/+4Rah, I'll go dontate (sic) my five bucks right now
- ISIfunded911, on 12/15/2007, -0/+4Liar! It is the exact opposite! He fought the local corporations for the well being of the people, like in the case of the price of electricity, which cost him his seat because of the conspiracy against him mounted with the help of the corporate media. Eventually, years later, people understood what had happened and they elected him triumphantly.
- ISIfunded911, on 12/15/2007, -0/+3Kucinich is pro people.
- pintomp3, on 12/15/2007, -1/+4thanks, just sent in my donation.
- SeethisPass, on 12/15/2007, -2/+5Why are we not using the official Kucinich page for donations? I went there and it said it wasn't ready for some reason.
- inactive, on 12/15/2007, -4/+7"it will send a clear message to the other candidates that Americans want freedom and peace"
And they'll rigg the elections again. - pintomp3, on 12/15/2007, -0/+3both of them have a chance. we don't have automatic candidates, otherwise why vote?
- inactive, on 12/15/2007, -1/+4To allow equal representation.
It would actually require much less money to do this than with the current system. The same way, you pay for a despicable criminal's legal representation because of principle: equal representation. You don't support child molesters and serial killers, but you still pay for due process because it's simply fair.
It would also remove A LOT of power from the richest segments of society (oil company lobbies, tobacco lobbies, etc). These groups would no longer be able to influence the government because the government wouldn't rely on their funding anymore.
There are no bad sides to it. It's just fair. - inactive, on 12/15/2007, -1/+4HuckaKook went from 4% to 23% in a month. That is "rising sharply". Going from 4% to 6% over 6 months is not "rising sharply".
- zappa717, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2I donated via his official site dennis4president.com - click "Contribute: Online" at the top of the page. No problems.
- TheTaoOfBill, on 12/15/2007, -4/+6Considering he raised way more money. Has more vocal supporters and his poll numbers are rising sharply everyday. Yes.
- zappa717, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2Did you get an answer?
- inactive, on 12/15/2007, -1/+3All you'd have to do is use an equal representation system. Parties elected locally gain the right to participate to federal elections.
Leave the local funding of candidates the same. Voluntary participation. If a party can't get enough supporters to distribute a simple pamphlet locally, it's probably not worth much anyway. Plus they could make the pamphlet available on the internet.
You could even discard the pamphlet idea and just make a list of the pamphlets available to everyone on the internet. Then voters could simply go read it. Maybe put another list of pamphlets at the library for people who don't have the internet. That would cost very little money.
It's very feasible. - ISIfunded911, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2He uses Walmart's money to fund the candidate Walton probably has nightmares about. If everyone working at Walmart gives to Kucinich and he gets elected, they probably will get better salaries and healthcare, all paid by Walmart!
- anttanant, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2I've donated via credit card numerous times and haven't noticed a significant increase in junk mail.
- TheTaoOfBill, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2No bad sides except the government would have full control over which candidates get money and which do not. Do you know how many presidential candidates there are? You can't pay for them all! The government would have to draw lines somewhere. It would make it virtually impossible for 3rd parties to gain any ground and could even make it impossible for people for candidates like Kucinich and Paul who want to change the direction of the government. I'm sorry but I do not want the government deciding which candidates are worthy of being listened to.
- badqat, on 12/16/2007, -0/+1Especially Mr. Kucinich...
- badqat, on 12/16/2007, -0/+1In other words...not crap. Compare his numbers with Dr. Paul...and you'll see Dennis isn't the man.
- BabyWookie, on 12/17/2007, -0/+1How's schizophrenia treating you?
- aaeyers, on 12/15/2007, -5/+6His platform for 2008 includes:
Creating a single system of universal health care (full coverage) for all Americans.
Free pre-kindergarten and college for all who want it.
Preventing the privatization of social security.
Providing full social security benefits at age 65.
Creating a cabinet-level "Department of Peace"
Strengthening gun control.
Creating a balance between workers and corporations.
How could anyone who supports Ron Paul possibly support Kucinich? Ron Paul stands for a libertarian (small) government and personal freedoms, while Kucinich is basically pushing for socialism. -
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