Official Celebration Thread for KERRY supporters and well-wishers ONLY

[Skinner]

A number of news outlets have called the primary for Kerry. Great job!

This is the official thread for Kerry supporters and well-wishers to celebrate Kerry's victory in New Hampshire tonight!

If you are not a Kerry supporter or a well-wisher, please do not post in this thread. The purpose of this thread is for celbration only! Any "sour grapes" or sore loser posts will be delted by the moderators. We will open up separate threads where supporters of the other candidates can interact without disruption from opponents.

Congratulations!

:toast:

[Darranar]

1. Great Job Kerry!

[mb7588a]

48. I'm ecstatic!

This is fantastic. A great liberal and a potential GREAT President won tonight.

:bounce: I couldn't be happier! :bounce:


As someone unable to work on federal campaigns, my biggest sincerest thanks go out to the people who dared to be cold, dared to be bold, and dared to vote and volunteer for John Kerry in New Hampshire!:yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

To John Kerry, keep up the good work!

[NashVegas]

2. Props, Y'all

:)

[curse10]

3. I'm so freakin' excited!

A few weeks ago everyone counted Kerry out! This is truly amazing! Go Kerry!

[cindyw]

4. Whoo HOOOOOO!

:bounce:

[Myra]

5. If CNN is correct, Kerry took first in Iowa. Congrats Kerry supporters.

ABB!

[bigwillq]

6. Congrats to Kerry and a big shout out

to all Kerry's supporters

[maddezmom]

7. great job and congrats to John Kerry and all his supporters! n/t

[leyton]

8. A well-deserved win.

Kerry is a good man, a good candidate, a good Senator, and has kept on campaigning even when people said he had no chance. Congrats.

[BeatleBoot]

9. There you go again, Skinner...

(saying it like Reagan, "there you go again", from the Carter debate)

Thank you for the direction and for your help tonight...

"I don't quite recall" (another Reaganism)


on edit: Let's Take Our Country Back! Go JFK!

[Blue_Roses]

10. Congratulations

:toast: :toast:

[displacedtexan]

11. All of the hard work has paid off.

Still even more to do, though!
This win means the big guns (donors) are getting phone calls right now. The checkbooks are opening. Can you hear those checks being ripped out?

[blm]

12. Thankyou, Sen. Kerry. My faith GROWS every day.

.

[arewethereyet]

13. Well done Senator Kerry !

from an Edwards guy. We'll see if we can't give you a run for your money down south !

Congrats on a terrific start !

[cally]

14. Congrats all!

Kerry has had an amazing comeback. I'm impressed by his stamina and not giving up. Impressive win!

[frank frankly]

15. Keep your eye on Bush, JK

And let it rip.

wonderful work, all...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. I've made NO BONES that out of the candidates left

I'd want to see Kerry top the ticket. I am pleased with his results given that HE was the one that was written off. I now think Kerry needs to BACK off of Dean and remember we are all going after the White House. There is some bad blood and he needs to consider that Dean does have quite a bit of national support and he is going to need to win the majority of those voters over and for those voters, he DOES represent business as usual even if he doesn't represent that for me.

Show them you can and will pay attention to them, John! :toast:

[frank frankly]

27. definitely, nsma

JK and all here need to understand that many, many, many of us LOVE Howard Dean. I have only praise for him.

If we want the GE then Dean's young grassroots better transfer, so Kerry better make peace quick when it is over (it isn't over yet) and be very very gracious.

Remember: many of us LOVE this man. I don't throw that around.

[Name removed]

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[madmax]

17. Congratulations to John Kerry and his

supporters. :toast:

[janx]

18. Congrats, Kerry supporters!

See you on down the road...!

[Jerseycoa]

19. Congratulations!

You rode the whirlwind.

:yourock:

[MuseRider]

20. Way to go!

I'm proud of and sticking with DK but Kerry has long been my second and I will cast a vote for him with a very big smile on my face. WTG you all! Have a wonderful evening and run up to the next primaries!

[pmbryant]

21. Congrats to John Kerry for a decisive victory!

Who would have guessed this outcome just a few weeks ago. Amazing comeback!

:bounce:

--Peter

[displacedtexan]

26. After we have a clear winner in March, I'll tell you how we did it.

eom

[Feanorcurufinwe]

22. Another hurdle cleared! Kerry is the winner!!

:toast: :party: :toast: :party:

[genius]

Congratulations.

I'm actually for Kucinich but I was rooting for Kerry to win big in New Hampshire.

[newyawker99]

23. Congrats to Kerry supporters!

:toast:

[zls44]

25. MSNBC: We Win Big

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jpgray]

24. I'm so thrilled that he's back in this race

I was severely depressed about his chances only a few months ago. Another kudos to those who fought it out in the GD2004 trenches while I cooled my heels in LBN and the DU Lounge.

[platinumPens]

28. Well done Senator Kerry!

Congratulations!

[incapsulated]

29. Congrats to Kerry and his loyal supporters!

:toast:

[mzmolly]

30. Congrats to Kerry and his supporters!

:toast:

[Dookus]

31. Congratulations to Kerry and his supporters!

very well done!

[THUNDER HANDS]

32. CNN just said Kerry is speaking SOON

He wants to go on FIRST.

He's taking the offensive now that he knows he's going to win.

This is a bold move for Kerry. Who'd have thought he'd do this?

[Gringo]

33. Congratulations from a former Dean supporter!

I still have minor qualms about Kerry, but decided to defect after Dean's "scream". I think Kerry will make an excellent nominee, and hopefully Edwards will be a great running mate! Good luck and smooth sailing! Kick Dumbya's butt!

(Please keep him off the Harleys, though, okay?)

[shawmut]

34. Congrats to John Kerry

[Name removed]

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[CalProf]

36. Congratulations to Kerry and his campaign

:toast: :party: :bounce:

[dawn]

37. Congratulations to all Kerry supporters!

[TheDonkey]

38. Way to go JK!

Hope he get's to 40% :)

[Toucano]

39. Congratulations Kerry supporters

On your candidate's decisive victory.:hi:

[Mz Pip]

40. Congratulations!

I will be happy to work for Senator Kerry should he be our nominee!

MzPip
:dem:

[NoPasaran]

41. Congratulations to Senator Kerry

And his supporters on DU. :toast:

LET'S GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!

[JohnKleeb]

42. yay!

:)
and its on to South Carolina and lets win there :).

[Razoor]

44. Way to Go Kerry!

Great Job looking forward to next tuesday.

[sistersofmercy]

45. Congratulations Senator John Kerry, you rock!

:toast:

[HereSince1628]

46. Congrats That Was Convincing

[kentuck]

47. President Kerry ?

Beats the hell out of pResident Bush! :)

[THUNDER HANDS]

53. eventually the whole JFK thing would come up

But imagine what JFK could have done if he had 8 years like Kerry will have.

Imagine what Kerry will do with 8 years in the White House.

[molly]

57. YESSSSSSS!!!!!!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[GalleryGod]

Yo,Molly!!!!!! I Knew you were out there in Delaware!

:pals:

[molly]

123. Kerry will be in Delaware Friday

Where: IBEW Building
814 West Basin Road
New Castle, DE

When: 5:30pm Friday January 30th

[TexasPatriot]

49. Great Job to the Kerry Campaign :)

you're not my first choice, but you're doing a great job. Amazing comeback... amazing story...

if you're the candidate - i'm happy to back you :)

(i hope you dont mind if i hold out hope for my boy Clark though)

[hyphenate]

50. Slow and steady goes the race

Kerry has managed to be a steady candidate, and has the ability to beat the mental midget in the white house. Go for it, JFK!!

[fameless]

51. Go John, Go!

KERRY! KERRY! KERRY! KERRY!

[bushwakker]

52. A month ago

his candidacy was declared dead in the water. A great comeback. Would love to see him start his speech tonight by remembering the 6 US soldiers who died yesterday in Iraq.

[kerryistheanswer]

54. Comeback Kerry strikes again!

Woo Hooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alapolitical]

55. Go Kerry!

Congrats to the Kerry and company.

[Bonobo]

56. Congratulations on the victory!

If Kerry is to be the nominee, I hope that he comes through unscathed, rested and ready to kick the Chimp's smirking red ass.

Congrats, from a Clark supporter.

[flpoljunkie]

58. An amazing turnaround in NH for JK, who was at 10% on Jan 11th!

Kudos to John Kerry and the women running his campaign.

John Kerry is indeed a fighter.

[HazMat]

59. Bring it on !

Kerry is our next president.

What a beautiful victory !

[name not needed]

60. woot

[Feanorcurufinwe]

61. DOUBLE DIGITS!! Kerry beats the spread!

:toast:

[bushwakker]

64. No way to spin it

as anything but a big win in a state where he was way down a month ago.

[Maeve]

62. Congratulations to Kerry folk!

Not bad for a candidate that had been declared DOA by the media not so long ago! :thumbsup:

[BigMcLargehuge]

63. A shame he didn't pitch for the Sox...

Great showing Senator Kerry, and congrats to all his campaign workers and supporters. Great show in NH today. There were lots and lots of you guys and gals at the polling place.

I can't wait to see how he carries this win into the rest of the primaries.

A great night! Congrats to you all!

[Zech Marquis]

65. excellent job everyone!

hay's off to the Kerry NH campaign--they did an outstanding job, especially with the bad weather conditions up there :toast: Onward to SC MO, SC, and beyond! :bounce:

[mvd]

66. Great job, Kerry!

And a congrats to his supporters.

[Codeblue]

72. Great job Kerry

Kucinich is still my guy, but I realize that he wont get the nomination, so Kerry is my other guy! :D Congrats Senator!

[PopSixSquish]

67. Well Done! Well Done!

And here's something that might make you smile. My republican mother said that she's impressed with John Kerry's intelligence and demeanor. Said she'd vote for him, if she were a Democrat.

I'll be trying to get her to leave off that last part of the sentence between now and the GE ;-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

68. Wow, Kerry supporters should be proud of themselves for not

throwing in the towel and for believing in their candidate. Best of luck to you!

Hugs,Laura

[MaineDem]

76. I've been getting grief this past month

People kept telling me "your guy" isn't doing too well. I knew better. This is so exciting.

Maine gets to vote in a week and a half!

[ScreamingMeemie]

77. Enjoy it! You deserve it.

:hi:

[PittPoliSci]

101. i felt the same way...

I took a lot of shit in my classes at school for supporting Kerry over other candidates, I'm just glad I stuck with him, its really paying off now! Most of those who doubted me before, have now switched over, so I'm very pleased.

[proud patriot]

69. Congrats to Kerry and Kerry supporters

:hi:

[genius]

70. It wasn't close. Kerry killed Dean. 15% is huge.

Good luck in the rest of the states. Hope Kerry keeps Dean way down.

[diamond14]

73. time for a Decorated Vietnam War Veteran to BEAT a Vietnam deserter

full circle for us old Vietnam-era people....

justice is arriving after so many years....

during Vietnam
-there were those who deserted their military units (like bush* did)
-there were those who faked medical problems to avoid service
(like dean did)
-there were those who fled the country
-there were those who took every possible deferrement to avoid
service (like cheney, who got 5 deferrments)


and then there were the Vietnam HEROS...the ones who were dissed for years and yet, despite all the slimy unpatriotic opposition, there were those who STOOD for OUR Veterans, demanded medical treatment for OUR soldiers, and told Congress to their faces, that the Vietnam war was a LIE....
(like Kerry did)....

so now it the time...it's time for KERRY !!!
http://www.JohnKerry.com

[styersc]

78. Dean is a Democrat who put himself on the line because he knew we

needed a change in the country.

I'm excited for Kerry as I am a supporter.

I'll be volunteering for his campaign in my home state of SC.

But there is no need or room to bash Dean or any of the other candidates.

its time to focus on the Whitehouse- time to come together.

[bushwakker]

80. Right on!!

I respect and admire Dean.

[frank frankly]

92. bingo

I love Dean and Kerry needs that new grassroots.

Dean is a historical figure. Show respect starting now.

[Edwards4President]

71. What are the Kerry supporters chanting?

It sounds like they're saying, "Playa, Playa, Playa" but I can't imagine that's right. :-)

[rockymountaindem]

74. Rock on again, Mr. Kerry!

[MaineDem]

75. No retreat...no surrender!!!

What a kick ass theme song!!!

Whohooooooooo, I am so happy!

[Blaukraut]

79. Congratulations, Senator Kerry

Glad I got to be one of your volunteers in New Hampshire :-)

[quinnox]

81. Go Kerry!!

This is great! Kerry does it again. Bush and Rove must be very unhappy tonight. They are going to have a formidable challenge indeed, if Kerry can win this thing, which he is well on his way to doing!

[spooky3]

82. Congratulations! Keep the heat on * and his team of liars!

[oasis]

83. Thanks DU for working so hard to get out Kerry's message.

[BootinUp]

84. Congratulations Kerry and Supporters

Thats a great result for you guys, well deserved!

[isbister]

85. Iowa and New Hampshire voters

have shown that America will reject misleaders.

[stegosaurus]

86. well done, Sen. Kerry

Kerry's a true statesman. What a comeback!

[Leilani]

87. Congrats Kerry People!!

Your candidate won a big race!!

[48pan]

89. Congratulations John Kerry

Well done by an American hero!

[Nicholas_J]

88. We Won

We won, we won, we won ,we won, we won, we won, we won, we won, we won, we one,we won, we one, we won (14 we won's)

This is not just a win, but by all political stadards, its a landslide.

This bounce will go on, to Missouri, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and on.

While Clinton didn't win either, almost no won who has won both New Hampshire and Iowa has lost the nomination.

A month ago, three weeks ago, the pundits said Kerry's campaign was over. Kerry's comeback was the most spectacular event in the political history of the last 25 years.

Almost exactly as the pollsters laid it down

we did it.

[molly]

124. First we fought smart - then we fought hard!

:grouphug:

[undergroundrailroad]

90. Congratulations Senator Kerry and to Kerry Supporters!

Outstanding win!



Undergroundrailroad

[Mr_Lefty]

91. Go Kerry!!!!!

[chyjo]

93. Congrats JFK!

Im proud to be a supporter of yours!

[chocolateeater]

94. Congratulations on Senator Kerry's win tonight.

:toast: O8)

[bain_sidhe]

95. Congratulations...

Kerry(ites? acs? whatever...) Impressive win!

See y'all in the south next week! :hi:

[Uzybone]

96. GO KERRY

we have just begun to fight. This is a great win and I hope this campaign continues to build.

[IronLionZion]

97. well done!

I can definitely support Kerry if Dean doesn't get the nomination.

But remember that Dean is going to South Carolina! and California! and Missouri! and Michigan!

and a DEMOCRAT better take back the white house! YEEAAARGH!

[shivaji]

98. Congrats Senator John F, Kerry for the great WIN

:toast:

p.s. I only have 1 question, Kerry beat Clark by 3:1 but
on DU Clark supporters are out-posting Kerry supporters 5:1

That is very strange!!

[Octafish]

103. Not so strange... military tactic.

During WWII, an outnumbered American unit faced off a German unit. The GIs outfoxed the Nazis by driving back and forth in their one Jeep, passing the few walkie-talkies between different guys, and acting larger than they were. The Germans feared THEY were outnumbered, so they didn't attack. Eventually the Americans were relieved by support troops, who attacked the enemy.

[PittPoliSci]

99. Another fine day for Kerry Supporters!

Go Kerry! Next president of the USA!!!!!!

[DemBones DemBones]

100. Congratulations, Kerry supporters! John Kerry has done well

and I loved how he talked about national defense and brought up the Band of Brothers who are Viet Nam vets. His war record is a great strength for Kerry as a nominee. Dubya and Karl aren't happy tonight.

Listening to the Kerry supporters in NH cheer, I laughed and said "Bush may be sorry he ever said 'Bring it on!' "

I like what Kerry is saying about helping ordinary people instead of the privileged. I hope he will move the party back to the left (and I reflect that in our bizarro world, helping ordinary people is viewed as leftist) and be careful not to alienate progressives or moderates within the party.

[Monument]

102. Congrats John Kerry!

Job well done and I look forward to next week!

Congrats John, Teresa, Vanessa, Alex and the rest of the Kerry family.

[mdmc]

104. Dean supporter

wishing ya'll well. :dem:

[Wickerman]

105. Kerry continues to impress!

he has a great machine, experience, stays on message - he is looking great - congrats, Kerry supporters!

[Octafish]

106. Go John Kerry!

Hey DUers!

You all helped!

Like Sen. Kerry said tonight, you ALL, no matter the candidate you support — are making America and democracy stronger by participating. Kerry thanked YOU!

Want to know something else? Kerry means it.

[xultar]

107. Congratulations Kerry Supporters! n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

108. Congratulations

Kerry! and all his supporters. Nice job!

[SadEagle]

109. Congratulations, Kerry supporters (and Sen. Kerry too ;-) )

Great job in NH (and Iowa). Sen. Kerry certainly did a lot for this country, and had great courage in opposing vietnam in the manner he did.

[brainshrub]

110. Congrats Kerry & supporters.

Kerry is an honorable man who worked damn hard & is running a good campaign.

As a Dean activist, I look forward to taking y'all on in SC, NC and TN.

[Uzybone]

115. very nice of you to say

thanks.

[IronLionZion]

111. Kerry's looking a lot more optimistic now

he's smiling more and looks like a winner. This will be a tight race between him and Dean. I hope Joe drops out soon.

[funky_bug]

112. As my husband says...

Live by the polls, die by the polls. This was FAR from a tight race for Kerry! Congratulations on a solid win!

[DjTj]

113. I'm starting to believe...

...that the veteran support and the gravitas will carry Kerry past Bush.

He has been my #2 for a while now, and I'm even more confident about that now.

I'm still rooting for Edwards/Kerry, but I'll take Kerry/Edwards too!

[Raya]

114. Team Kerry is the smallest but the best. 3 cheers.

We need to bring the rest along on this march to victory.

[adadem]

116. Just returned home

from our NH Primary Watch Party. What a wonderful night for us Kerry Supporters and Volunteers! There was a table of Republican guys in the lounge with us watching the returns. I must say I was shocked when 1 actually came over to congratulate us. (He said they were rooting for D). Expecting another flood of volunteers tomorrow...just like happened after Iowa!!

Kerry Supporters from Michigan feel like :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[windansea]

117. Congrats You All....Kick Ass performance

yours truly

Windansea

:kick:

[mmonk]

118. Congratulations on another one

We'll battle you down south and west. You and your people are more formidable than some of us realized

[NewYorkerfromMass]

119. Feeling the love in this thread

but beyond it here on DU it's a different story... :scared:

JK put down the big win he needed before going out into the rest of the nation. Big 'mo now. Money and support will come pouring in.
The real deal became more real tonight. I don't think anyone's ever won Iowa AND NH and not been nominated.

I love JFK more than ever!

[belladonna]

120. New member here

As well as a recent Dean supporter who now supports Kerry 110%. I still like Dean and Edwards, but Kerry managed to win me over right before Iowa. I've lurked here for months and finally had to come out tonight in another thread to defend Kerry against yet another attack. Let's enjoy tonight, because it looks like a long bumpy ride now that our guy is the frontrunner.

[Piperay]

121. CONGRATULATIONS

to Senator Kerry and his supporters! :-)

[DemExpat]

122. Excellent job, Kerry and supporters!

:toast: :toast: :toast:

:kick:

DemEx

[Skidmore]

125. Congratulations, Senator Kerry,

and thanks for the great speech you gave afterward. Job well done to the Kerry campaign people.

[jcgadfly]

126. Congratulations, Senator

.

[mitchum]

127. Congratulations John Kerry and Kerry supporters!

The best man won