Dean's FEC Filing

[Eloriel]

THIS is amazing -- you gotta see the photo. Average Americans taking their country back. A different take on public financing of campaigns.


Statement by Governor Dean on Today’s FEC Filing
http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/001878.html

DES MOINES—Governor Dean issued the following statement today regarding today's Dean for America Third Quarter FEC filing. The filing will reflect that the campaign raised $14.8 million in the third quarter from 168,000 Americans contributing an average of $86.76:

"Today's filing—the largest ever by a Democratic presidential campaign—is about more than simply donations given and cash spent. It is a report on the state of the American republic. It is a statement by a growing segment of American citizens that they no longer will accept the political status quo.

"This report documents an American citizenry that is awakening to reclaim their democracy and restore their republic; a citizenry that wants to take back their economy from corporate scandals and corporate executives who inflate their salaries while fleecing pension funds; a citizenry that fears its elected officials are bankrupting their children's future. The American people are frustrated that last October the Congress abdicated their Constitutional role of deciding the issue of war and peace. They feel betrayed by a Democratic Party establishment that rolled over and provided no opposition, no debate, to a mistaken war and continued attacks on our civil liberties.

"It shows a growing number of people who want to break the inertia in both our economy and politics, an inertia that only benefits established corporate interests and does nothing to solve our problems in healthcare, the environment, and job creation.

"The citizens in this report understand the fate of this country is in their hands. Only they have the power to exact change in their country. By getting involved, they have chosen to take on the responsibility of citizenship. Nearly half-a-million Americans have joined our campaign to take our country back from a politics of cynicism and an economy that works for too few, and nearly a quarter million have contributed what they can to help us build the greatest grassroots campaign presidential politics has ever seen. The stunning collective effect of their individual action is documented in today’s report for all to see.





October 15th, Burlington VT. Amelia Youngblood (L) and Addy Gross (R) with the record setting 12,000 page Q3 Federal Election Commission report. Photo John Pettitt / DeanForAmerica.com

[Egnever]

1. Woohooo!

168,000 donors!

We WILL take our country back!

[Padraig18]

3. Impressive, but let's not start counting votes just yet.

Still, VERY encouraging! :thumbsup:

[Name removed]

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[w4rma]

17. Good grief.

Please, don't be so antagonistic, Closer.

[Julien Sorel]

16. It sounds like some folks are preparing to expel you

for apostasy. The Clark camp always has room for intelligent people who can look at issues and people with a critical, yet unjaded, eye ;-)

[fob]

2. 168,000 Americans contributing an average of $86.76, That givesme an idea.

Pick your candidate and donate $86.43! As in 86(get rid of) 43(w*). There is some DUer that has that in their posts, I don't recall who.

fob

[ShimokitaJer]

4. Awesome pic!

And don't forget... that's not just 168,000 votes, but 168,000 people willing to donate their hard-earned money to the campaign and willing to donate their precious time to the campaign.

This is the kind of thing that makes me think that Dean is the best hope we have for reforming the US political system and restoring the power of the people.

Just one question -- why are the two women marked as Libertarian (L) and Republican (R)? ;)

[sleipnir]

6. I KNEW IT

HOWARD DEAN IS A REPUBLICAN / LIBERTARIAN PLANT!!!

THOSE DARN KIDS, HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT IF IT WEREN'T FOR THEM


;)

[LizW]

5. Wheee! My name's in those pages somewhere!

:bounce:

[Pastiche423]

8. There really are no words

to express how wonderful it feels to be EXCITED about a presidential candidate!

I am proud to say, I am one of those 168,000 contributors to Howard Dean!!

[JNelson6563]

9. Glad I could help!

Good to know my name's in there somewhere too!

Go Dean!

Julie

[janekat]

10. Very cool... the world of politcal fundraising has been changed forever

we have moveon.org and Dean to thank for this - whether he wins or not.

[proud patriot]

11. bush 285 people donated, Dean 168,000 people donated

That loud sound your hearing is rove scrambling for
votes ...:evigrin:

[Eloriel]

12. Straight to Wally O'Dell

:-(


Eloriel

[zeemike]

13. I’m in there too

But it is one of the few times that I am above the average cause I gave 100 bucks.

[SCDem]

15. I gave $100 too

I got a raise.... and with my first increased paycheck I sent my raise to Dean.... and it felt great!!

[CWebster]

14. well said

Dr Dean.

[Cha]

18. That is a Great Pic! Thanks for

bringing it over to DU! That's a lot of paper work!

[Julien Sorel]

19. What an interesting thread.

The only bit of negativity posted was posted by ....... a Dean person.

[Jacobin]

22. And yours

[RevolutionStartsNow]

20. My name surely appears in that report

and when I hit my max, I got my husband to donate...Whew! That was fun. What a great thing to be part of. The total number of donors is even more amazing than the amount of money raised. Unbelievable.

[Jacobin]

21. The way it's SUPPOSED to work

My name is in there on page 245,837 somewhere. :-)

Which probably explains all the "special searches" i get whenever I board a commercial plane