Have YOU donated to Kerry?

[historian]

I sent him a small amount - not much cant afford it - but anything to beat this shit we have in the white house.

[Stephanie]

1. I have

Right after the MoveOn straw poll. Just a small amount.

I'll give more soon.

[Florida_Geek]

2. Out of work but did send a little

:( wish I could do more.

[peacebuzzard]

3. Yes.

and will on paydays, only small amounts. but it will add up.

[jpgray]

4. I was thinking of standing outside a Starbucks with the sign:

'Skip it today and give the $ to Kerry at www.johnkerry.com'

If enough people just gave $5, it would make a huge difference. I don't believe anyone here is so tight financially that they can't give up five bucks.

At the same time though, no pressure. Give only if you want to. :hi:

[historian]

7. good idea

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

19. Sounds like a good idea, but....

I live in Orange County. If i gave the idea, people would give their money to bush :cry:

[fleetus]

35. It's interesting to lookup who gives what in your zip-code.

Click on the "campaign contributers" link and type in the zip code you want to search.

http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/index.htm

Up comes a list of who donated to what. I noticed that the smaller donations are usually Democrats or unions and the $1000+ donations are usually Republicans (at least in my area). It sort of gives you an idea of what we're up against.

[SCDem]

45. Good site.... but kind of depressing to see

It just proves what a Republican nightmare of a town I live in. Oh well just makes me want to work harder at making a change in our local Democratic Party.

[fleetus]

49. It depressed me too, but one thing to consider...

Only donations above a certain dollar amount (100 or 250 maybe) show up on the lists. So there might be a bunch of democrats donating small amounts (a real phenomenon according to Dean's press releases) that don't show up on the zip code search.

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

59. But still.....

I saw seven $5000 conributions to bush and countless $2000 contributions. I hate orange county :grr:

[spinbaby]

46. If you can't give money, give time

The Kerry campaign is going to need lots of volunteers.

[alcuno]

5. Yes.

A good chunk of change.

[HEyHEY]

6. I can't - not a US citzen or resident

But I emailed and offer any service I can legally offer.

[Woodstock]

27. Question for you Hey Hey

A friend who has a green card said where can she donate to help Kerry. Said she can't imagine a world with Bush in it for 4 more years. I was really touched, but not sure what to say.

Can she donate on Kerry's site if she has a green card/is that considered a resident? She has a house in the US, lives here full time, etc...

If the answer is no, is there anywhere else she can donate?

Thanks.

[chikin]

50. Yes! It's all good!

Can she donate on Kerry's site if she has a green card/is that considered a resident?

(Long time listener, first time caller.)

Yes. There is a checkbox on the Kerry donation page that asks if the donation is being made by a US citizen or a permanent resident (green card holder).

I received my green card this past summer (I'm a Canadian citizen married to an American) and was quite happy to see that it is indeed legal to give to Kerry. So I did. :D

[newyawker99]

57. Hi chikin!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Sterling]

8. Gets my vote but no$

I will donate to Move On or other activists groups that reflect my beliefs better than Kerry does.

[Andy_Stephenson]

10. My sentiments

exactly. BTW Hi Sterling :hi:

I want to come back to New York...I miss it already.

Hey...how about chipping in $25 to my campaign?

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. Did you get to meet Sterling?

Great if you did!

[Andy_Stephenson]

13. Yes...and he is cute as a bug...

so is his girlfriend. He lives about 3 blocks from where we were staying. BTW how ya feeling?

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Went to work yesterday, nearly died, and they nearly called 911 for me.

On edit: Hyperbole! They thought I sounded like I was dying because I was coughing so badly. Calm down. :)

Stayed home today. Not sure about tomorrow yet.

[Andy_Stephenson]

15. 911!!!!!

One ringy Dingy 2 ringy dingies

[Andy_Stephenson]

16. Listen...

I am allowed to worry about my friends...But after talking to you you sound much better.

*whew*

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. Awwwww/

:loveya:

[Andy_Stephenson]

18. Oh look...

another thread we have successfully hijacked.

[greatauntoftriplets]

42. So we have.

Yikes! My DSL connection just went down for a bit. Fortunately, the help line got me going again. How annoying.

[efhmc]

29. 25 to moveon today but I will also give to Kerry. right now I think moveon

is doing the best work with their very effective ads

[fearnobush]

9. Gave $25.00 will give more at the end of the month.

Another $25.00 If you can give only $5 bucks, it does make a big difference.

[Auntie Bush]

12. Not yet...but I'm about to.

especially after he called the dimwit et al a bunch of crooks and liars.

However... first we have to help get the General out of debt.

[bagnana]

22. gave the day after super tuesday

He is being beated 10 to 1 in campaign fund raising. But I will keep the faith.

[leesa]

20. I will vote for him, but I can't donate to him until I hear a plausible

reason for voting to give the Chimpster authority to declare war wherever and whenever he feels like it, giving up the constitutional mandate for Congress to declare war. I also expect a rationale for not speaking out against the war prior to invasion because the truth was printed everywhere around the world and being shouted by the CIA and the UN inspectors and he knew it. He also misled the US public.

I also cannot accept his resolution to veto any UN sanctions against Israel, no matter what. We do not need another employee of the Israeli government in office.

I also expect a promise to get to the bottom of 9-11 and I expect him to demand a public investigation into 9-11 with all public officials UNDER OATHE before a REAL investigational body.

I also expect, since we all know the Iraq invasion was based on lies, a full withdrawal with UN troop replacement and cancellation of ALL US corporate and governmental involvement in Iraq effective immediately, with restitution to the Iraqis and monetary payment for the damage we caused.

Maybe then I will throw a few bucks his way. He has to earn my respect.

[Narraback]

21. Yes...

and after today he will get more! I am glad he did not back down.

[SarahB]

23. I probably will a bit down the road

Still a bit in grief mode over what the media did to Dean. :(

[Kimber Scott]

24. Yep.

n/t

[Woodstock]

25. Yes and he needs it

He's the only thing standing between us and 4 more years of Bush. He needs our help.

[Ksec]

26. He really needs our help folks. Really. Kerry is damn near broke.

As much or as little as you can give. We have too donate or we have four more years of the monster. I cant handle that.

[lupita]

28. $4000- all or our tax return!

I liked Howard Dean, but this year, I will do EVERYTHING to save our country from Bush.

I don't care whether Kerry is the best for the job or not. There is way too much at stake!

Please donate! We can't afford 4 more years 0f this

Lupita

[alcuno]

31. That deserves recognition, du_fan.

I've never contributed to politics until this year and I'm up to about a thousand so far.

[Ksec]

32. No doubt.

Good job du fan. I give what I can when I can. 20 here 15 there 25 here, but it all counts and he Really needs it.

[Cascadian]

30. I will not give him my money.

I still have an unsettling feeling about him and the Democrats are making a huge mistake in picking him, but then again the corporate media played a part in helping get a boost. I am planning to give what money I will donate and give it to Phil Talmadge who is running for governor in my state.

John

[fleetus]

33. Almost did, but I have a quick question...

And maybe it's a dumb question, but I'm new to political donations.

Can my donation be spent on campaigning for the general election or just the primary?

When I went to his web site, it said that the money will be spent on the Kerry for President primary campaign.

I intended to donate a token amount of money early on for my primary candidate of choice (already did that) and put a larger sum toward the campaign of whoever won the primary.

I just want to be sure that if I donate to Kerry's campaign now it could be spent after the primary is over if he wanted to.

[Lauren2882]

38. I believe that he has to spend the money before the Convention.

... Even though obviously he is now campaigning against Bush and hence, the general election has begun in spirit if not in letter, the Primary funds -- I think have to be spent before the Convention.
Now keep in mind some of that money will be spent on things like computers, and other things that are necessary to run the campaign and will help all the way to November.

But you might want to check at the FEC website just to make sure I know what I'm talking about (cause I'm not sure I do).

[revcarol]

34. Not one thin dime.

And not one thin dime later. He gets my vote, that's it.Plenty of good PROGRESSIVES will be running and THEY will get my money, time and effort.I refuse to contribute to a man who votes for NAFTA<WTO<free trade with china, fast track authority for Bush and a dozen other things that are destroying the environment world-wide and sucking out American jobs.Plus voting for the IWR and Patriot Act.

Not one thin dime.

[LiviaOlivia]

36. I agree but I sent him money and an e-mail with my concerns

I have been out of work for over a year now, my job sent overseas.
I will hold Sen. Kerry responsible for fair trade not free trade.

[eridani]

37. Not yet

And not until July, 2004. I'll open my checkbook then, but my heart is open only to Dennis Kucinich.

[LosinIt]

39. Not a dime, will not do it, not prudent at this juncture...

may get my vote, not my support, or my money

[Sugarbleus]

40. I did...may send more later on too............n/t

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

41. Yes and to moveon.org n/t

n/t

[frank frankly]

43. sunday I will donate something

good question, historian!

[NNN0LHI]

44. Yes I have donated to the "Send Bush Back To The Waco Pig Farm" fund

Felt good to do it too. Will do it until I max out.

Don

[union_maid]

47. Yup

Not a lot, but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't give what I could, and so far, he's exceeding expectations as a candidate, as far as I'm concerned.

[bryant69]

48. Yes

I sent him some cash--thinking about sending more with the second set of Bush ads being unvieled.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[4dsc]

51. Dated Dean, married Kerry

and as I sent money to Dean, I have now started to send money to our future President Kerry!!!


I hope Dean sells or give Kerry his campaign list!!

[ldf]

68. i was totally dean

and donated several times to dean.

dean can still be a force, if for nothing else than raising a lot of money for kerry, which means he would still be an integral part of the campaign.

so when dean sends me the email to donate to kerry, i will.

dean was the one to really get things going by saying what needed to be said, and he MUST be included in the movers and shakers level of the democratic party.

if not, AFTER (NOTICE I SAID AFTER, FOLKS) the election, and IF the party still plows to the center and right, i would encourage dean to start a new party.

[devinsgram]

52. Haven't yet, but

we will be at the beginning of the month. My husband and I are both disabled, but this is a must.

[thom1102]

53. I donated on Saturday...

and I plan to donate again this week (after I got paid).

I can completely understand people being reluctant to donate because Kerry's views don't agree with their's (I was an ardent Dean supporter), but consider this:

Kerry spent $41 million dollars to secure the nomination, accumulating a lot of debt in the process and has very little cash on hand. Bush has $150 million dollars on hand to spend bashing Kerry until September, when both candidates receive $75 million in matching funds, which is all the candidates are allowed to spend btween the conventions and the election. The Democratic National Convention occurs about a month before the Puke's convention.

The point is that Shrub will have $75 million to spend in 2 months, while Kerry has that to spend in 3 months. So Kerry has to be strong going into the convention and that is going to be difficult with when he is about $100 million behind Bush at this point.

[myrna minx]

54. I have given a modest amount,

but I shall donate more in the next month.

[ronnykmarshall]

55. We did

and will each payday.

FYI - If you're gonna donate, use my link on my sig line!

[callous taoboy]

56. 50 clams

so far. More to come each month. It's that instead of high speed internet at home.

[rocktop15]

58. Ive sent him $100 so far

plan to send more

[LWolf]

60. No. Don't plan to.

What ever I can scrape together goes to the candidate who speaks for me. It's not Kerry. I want Dennis Kucinich to know that there are some of us who hear him, some of us who care, and that we appreciate his hard work and his unflagging support of our causes. So my dollars go to Congressman Kucinich.

[Andy_Stephenson]

61. Thanks

:loveya:

[LWolf]

63. You're welcome!

And, of course, to that guy Andy Stephenson up north...

I hope he's still in his race!

[Andy_Stephenson]

67. He is gonna fight to the very end!

and win...

[vetwife]

62. This helps Kerry too

Guy James has it featured on his show and proceeds are helping the democrats ! Go to http://cafeshops.com/focusgroupnow.9200633
The proceeds is helping Boot Bush out of office.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

64. No, and will not be.

Kerry may get my vote in Nov., but I will donate to those who best represent the issues important to me and to orginizations such as MoveOn.

TWL

[Sparkly]

65. $44.44

I'm sure it won't be my last contribution to Kerry. (The amount is a tribute to Clark.)

[knight_of_the_star]

66. Nope

I have $2.82 to my name. I'll donate when I can give something bigger than that.

[IronLionZion]

69. I plan to once I get a job

hopefully this summer. I also want to know Kerry a bit more. I'm definitely voting for Kerry though.