Kucinich answers your calls- New Years Eve

[diamondsoul]

Dennis Kucinich will be at his Cleveland Campaign Headquarters at 9pm EST, January 31st to take your calls. He'll be answering the phones himself from 9pm-Midnight (and probably beyond), and the event will be webcast from the main Campaign site www.kucinich.us Call in and make his New Years ever sparkle with an end of quarter donation!

Let's make this the New Year for hope instead of fear!

[maddezmom]

1. kick for DK

:kick:

[Mairead]

2. Let's be really accurate: he'll be ONE of those answering the phone

So it's a matter of luck whether a particular caller gets him.

(Unless things have changed?)

[diamondsoul]

7. I'm not sure how they're planning to handle the volume.

I'm hoping they're setting up a Queue for it so everyone who calls in gets a minute or two to speak to him, but I can't say for sure. I'll see if I can get a confirmation on that detail.

[Hep]

8. Is that an 800 number?

Or a 900 number?

[diamondsoul]

9. Nice pot-shot Hep.

OTOH, if it was an attempt at levity, a laughing smily or a j/k might help clarify.

[Tinoire]

15. Yuppie humor

:shrug:

[JohnKleeb]

41. I didnt get either

:shrug:

[sweetheart]

3. You mean DECEMBER 31st?

i presume.

Dennis is cool... god bless him and his kin.

[diamondsoul]

4. Um Yeah, December 31st!

Sorry, gang it was late and I was tired as hell!

[LWolf]

5. I'll be making a donation tonight.

A great way to Light Up the New Year with Hope!

[diamondsoul]

6. Kicking and

Please note, all 4th quarter contributions MUST BE RECIEVED BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!

Caps for emphasis, anything recieved after 12:00 am Jan.1st does not count towards our 4th Quarter goal.

[Mairead]

10. But that is midnight LOCAL time -- Californians can donate thru 02.59 EST

[diamondsoul]

11. Jeez, I am not doing well with

needed specifics lately! LOL Thanks for clarifying that!

[Mairead]

13. Oh that's okay...I didn't get it right either

I forgot that people in Hawaii and the Pacific territories could contribute for hours after 2.59 EST!

[diamondsoul]

12. KIIIIIICKKKKK! n/t

[maddezmom]

14. I'll see your kick

:kick: :kick:

[mdmc]

16. hi

:kick:

[LWolf]

17. I'm getting ready to make my call

in just a bit!

I hope they are flooded with calls. I don't need to talk to him; I already have. But it's a great chance to wish him a victorious 2004.

[mdmc]

18. what the number?

:kick:

[revcarol]

19. Did you hear me?

Caller from San Lorenzo, New Mexico.
I told him how Greens were flocking to the Party, and how steelworkers were contributing...He was really concerned about my abcessed tooth...

BTW the sound on the broadcast is terrible and I can't make anything out. What am I DOING WRONg?
1-866-413-3664 toll free(edit)

[corporatewhore]

20. i just got off the phone cant wait to meet him in austin!!!!!!!!!

[revcarol]

21. OK, spill the beans.

Wha'd he say, wha'd you say. OUT WITH IT!!
He's going to take Austin by storm!!

[corporatewhore]

37. I told him what i wasdoing

getting off my teenaged ass and campaigning and went to miami talked alittle about free trade and told me how he wanted to make the word a better place for us yung uns and told him about my father how he will be redeployed in 2005 whether dean ofr bush gets it and he told me he would do everything in his power to getthe troops home. He should be president of the world !!!


ps he allready took austin by storm when he spoke at the National Campus Green Convention got me campaigning for (gasp!!!) a Dem !!!

[Dover]

22. They sure sounded like they were having a GREAT time!!!

Didn't get to talk to Dennis (he was across the crowded room) but they were all singing and having a wonderful party.

Can't get the darned web cast to load. What am I missing?

[Mairead]

25. Webcast--i had to start mplayer2 and then insert the url by hand

[Tinoire]

23. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE BEST PEOPLE!!!!

Love you all!

$1,611,796 reached so far!

Kucinich 2004!


Oh and on edit, not to be catty, but since people keep begging us to get DK to drop out and to stop sending him money....



1,249,501
11,738 contributors
as of 8:30 PM CT time 12/31/03

I'd say... not too shabby "Fringe Leftists"!

[Terwilliger]

24. kick!!

:hi:

[diamondsoul]

26. Almost there! Come on West Coasters!

1-866-413-3664 toll free, call and donate now if you're on the West Coast! You have 2 more hours to help us make it, and Mimi Kennedy has already called in.

[ErasureAcer]

27. NO MORE WAR IN TWO THOUSAND FOUR

:)

[Dover]

28. What's the latest tally? The web site tally hasn't changed for awhile.

Anybody watching it live that can report the numbers?

[ErasureAcer]

29. I'm watching

they're not really reporting numbers. Just interviewing people and playing music.

I think the website numbers are accurate...

1,616,656 as I post this.

Not looking very good with only an hour and a half left. :(

[Dover]

30. Thanks for the update. Come on you Westerners! Ante up!

As Dennis says,

"Where we put our money represents what we value most in this world.

Let us invest ourselves in peace, justice, and freedom.”https://www.kintera.org/AccountTempFiles/cf/{FB0ABCB2-A3BE-48FC-B8F5-CC31FFF3E4A3}/dk_on_white_154.jpg

Are the numbers representative of money that was collected just today, or over a period of time? At any rate it's nothing to be disappointed about.....it's fantastic!

And don't forget there is a benefit concert in a few days!

[ErasureAcer]

31. he isn't going to reach his goal

but that's okay...money doesn't matter...the people do...and Dennis has a strong backing.

1 hour left
1,617,991 on his website.

[revcarol]

32. Anyone know the amount of money he will get from Federal Matching

Funds? I heard it was over $2 million.Don't know where I heard it...

[Dover]

38. MATCHING FUNDS ALLOCATIONS

FEC to Divide $15.4M Among 6 Candidates


WASHINGTON - The government will give six presidential candidates $15.4 million combined in federal matching funds on Friday, less than half of the amount it divided among presidential candidates during the same period in 2000.

The Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) certified the first checks on Wednesday for those participating in the presidential public financing system in 2004. The FEC's first checks in 2000 totaled $34 million for eight candidates. In 1996, the amount was $37.4 million for 10 hopefuls.

Wesley Clark (news - web sites), the retired Army general from Arkansas who entered the race in September and months after his rivals, will get a $3.7 million payment, the largest amount of federal matching funds. That's followed by $3.6 million for Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman (news - web sites), $3.4 million for North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and $3.1 million for Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt (news - web sites). Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich (news - web sites) will get $736,000 and perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche (news - web sites) will get $839,000.

-snip-

The FEC said Wednesday that it may not have enough money in the fund come February when the second batch of payments is due to candidates. As a result candidates will receive reduced payments until the fund is replenished by contributions from 2003 tax returns.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20040101/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_money

[ErasureAcer]

33. 1, 620, 096 million--40 minutes left.

This web telecast has been fun watching and listening to.

Lots of great people there...can't believe they're staying up to 3am eastern time.

That's dedidcation.

[ErasureAcer]

34. 1, 620, 821 million--25 minutes left

this guy from Rochester, New York, is giving an emotional speech.

I'm tearing up.

[revcarol]

35. Wasn't he great?

"Give us the resources and we'll give you the country back!!"

And before that, they said that if you send a check dated the 31st, and it arrives during the week, it still counts for this quarter.

[ErasureAcer]

36. Last total on website 1,622, XXX

78,000 short but still a lot of money raised. Final tally could be a bit more.

As I said before people will decide the election and not money...so I'm not too concerned.

[maddezmom]

39. kick for DK

and congrats. :)

[Mairead]

42. I seem to remember that last time it looked as though we fell short too

but in the end didn't. No?

[JohnKleeb]

43. maybe we made a gain, I hope so

[JohnKleeb]

40. I missed this but still thanks