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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 11:17 PM
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Dennis Kucinich's campaign owes no money
In fact, no one compares with Dennis for not owing money

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/fec/index.debt.html

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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 11:20 PM
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1. Kucinich is fiscally responsible
Good for him, wish he was President.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 11:25 PM
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2. whoa heh
Thats interesting.
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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 11:32 PM
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3. Isn't that considered anti-American? He should probably keep it hushed up

Or get a VISA and go charge some stuff.
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kimchi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 11:39 PM
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4. It seems he is also thrifty.
I guess we made do with what we have, eh? Bush has 32 million to spend, Kerry 10M, and Kucinich only 1. My man DK works like a DOG for the people! I'm still completely convinced that especially this trait will resonate with the public, and he'll take off.

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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 11:40 PM
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5. A true fiscal conservative
He needs to milk this fact.

I'm impressed. Go Dennis!
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 11:47 PM
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6. Yeah, if any DK staffers are reading this...
this is a good point to mention in your PR materials.
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Cheviot Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 11:49 PM
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7. His success will be in direct proportion to that amount
judging from your table.
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 11:51 PM
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8. No money, no favors. n/t Great post, thanks.
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Bushknew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:19 AM
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9. thanks for posting this Ter
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William_WaLLace_ Donating Member (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:20 AM
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10. I want him to owe money-lol
Spend what he has to, in order for him to get his message out, he is the BEST candidate out there, hands down.

So in my opinion I would like to see him take some debt on to spend away, to have a shot.

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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:26 AM
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11. spend on what?
what exactly is the best way for him to spend money?
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William_WaLLace_ Donating Member (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:29 AM
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12. TV/Radio Ads
TV commercials, radio ads, print media.

I think Kucinich's message is known to people who follow politics, but not to the masses of sheeple.

If his message were to get out to the sheeple, he may pick up some steam to challenge the front runners. So in my opinion spend away to educate the sheeple.
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Bushknew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:52 AM
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13. How to educate the sheeple É

Maybe he thinks itÕs too early to come out with TV commercials and radio ads plus
That would eat up what little $$$ he has.

But, how does he get his message out and educate the sheeple with very little $$$?

I wish I knew. Do you have any ideas?

IÕm glad Tweety is interviewing each candidate although IÕm sure he will treat him like shit. He has to be ready for his onslaught.

Other than doing the talk show circuit, I really donÕt know.

Maybe he can reach people through emails? I donÕt know.
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Desertrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 01:38 AM
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15. Grassroots and a lot of talking....
I try to talk to someone new everyday and mention his name....they usually say "who?" and then I tell em! :)

Put a campaign "goodie" in every bill you pay(the 10 point messge is good) ...in waiting rooms...shopping carts...wherever you can think of....put a tagline on your email....put a yardsign in your window ...a bumpersticker on your car....

downloadable goodies link: http://www.wewantkucinich.com/printout.htm

WE are the ones who will carry his campaign along...and WE can do it!

BTW this is a great website....http://www.wewantkucinich.com/resources.htm

Peace
DR
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juajen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 02:22 AM
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17. He doesn't have enough money for TV advertising. It's damn
expensive. Think I'll send him a little. I wish I was a *ing millionaire. Come on, everybody, send this man of the people some money. At least you know he won't waste it. He counts every penney. I wish his campaign would take off. He's so good. Maybe this country couldn't handle somebody that good.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:57 AM
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14. I don't understand why these campaigns are borrowing money
They have the money in the bank. Why borrow and have to pay interest?
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 02:02 AM
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16. maybe this is money they're borrowing from party coffers
possibly?
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quaker bill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 06:31 AM
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18. Campaigns run accounts
With various firms. You know, getting signs printed up, web-sites updated, etc... I suspect that most of the "debt" is held by private firms, that would be typical. Perhaps, the amount of this debt is a sign of activity. If you are doing many things and using professional help you will have a stack of invoices at the end of the month.

Perhaps the numbers coorelate to who is running the most active campaign at this time. It looks a bit like that to me.
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revcarol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:37 PM
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19. DK orders all his printed materials from small business union shops.
Guess he pays promptly!!
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dpbrown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 01:43 PM
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20. Kucinich's plans are similarly fiscally responsible
I don't think Kucinich is as susceptible as other Democrats are to Republican smearing as being a "tax and spend" Democrat.

The savings for Universal Single-Payer come from centralizing and eliminating waste and creating one giant pool.

The funding for much of his other programs for infrastructural and peace-related changes come from demanding accountability from the Pentagon and cutting Star Wars, the militarization of space, weapons no one wants, and administrative waste to be able to reallocate 15% of the Pentagon budget to other things.

I know of no other candidate who has been so specific in where to find the funding for his or her programs, other than vague talk about cutting "Bush's tax cuts" and re-allocating those moneys to new spending - but then what happens to the programs that were funded under Clinton but cut under Bush?

I think the Kucinich plans are the most fiscally responsible and the least susceptible to Republican smearing on "tax and spend" grounds.

Dan Brown
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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