Dean passes 149,000 on Meetup (1,000 in the last 24 hours)

slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 06:58 PM
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Dean passes 149,000 on Meetup (1,000 in the last 24 hours)

I can't wait for the Dean campaign to hit 150,000 on Meetup! Looks like the viewers on Matthews' Hardball liked Dean and decided to throw their support his way. I hope we'll reach 150,000 before our Meetup on Wednesday :bounce:

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gristy

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:03 PM
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1. Yeah, well * has 6,000,000 (reportedly)

Edited on Tue Dec-02-03 07:03 PM by gristy

How many mailing lists did shrub's campaign need to buy to get that many, I wonder?

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:04 PM
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2. *snickers*

Their idea of getting 6,000,000 probably means asking ALL the Republicans in Congress to donate their e-mail lists ;-)

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Demobrat

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:16 PM
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8. Not that many.

The NRA list alone should give them a couple of million.

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HFishbine

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:28 PM
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19. 1,953 for Bush, according to Meetup.com

vs. 149,307 for Dean.

176 in NY compared to Dean's 7,320.

http://bush2004.meetup.com/members/

http://dean2004.meetup.com/members/

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Bombtrack

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:11 PM
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3. I'm sure that all those techies couldn't possibly b using multiple signups

they do have time to create laotian acrobats for Dean websites in lighting time

can someone bring pictures from the seven thousand people showing up at big apple meetings?

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sleipnir

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:14 PM
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5. 7000??? I never heard that...

There are 19 Different meetups in New York, so perhaps 1000 or 2000 over all the meetups, but I've never heard a 7000 figure. I gotta figure out which of the 19 meetups to attend tomorrow...figured I'd go and see what it was about.

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gristy

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:15 PM
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6. Yeah, you can be sure that the Repubs didn't sort that list

and cull out the multiples.

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:17 PM
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9. *rolls eyes*

by the way, another 150 just signed up in this hour.

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Bombtrack

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:26 PM
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16. and that changes the fact that it's an anonymous button click how?

a school of 1000 south koreans can sign up for a topeka kansas meetup 5 times each

it's meaningless

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:28 PM
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18. Dean doesn't outsource his campaign like Bush does.

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Eloriel

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:36 PM
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20. Nah, it's not that easy to pretend to be someone else

And it's pretty fruitless to try, actually. Not that big a payoff, is there? Plus, it only makes Dean look stronger and stronger (which is, of course, exactly what he is).

BTW, I've seen MANY 1,000 signup days before. It's exciting, for sure.

Eloriel

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Bombtrack

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Tue Dec-02-03 08:07 PM
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23. You just COMPLETELY contradicted yourself

Edited on Tue Dec-02-03 08:08 PM by Bombtrack

"Not that big a payoff, is there? Plus, it only makes Dean look stronger and stronger"

I just started a dean meetup in islamabad, it's not that difficult

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Hep

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:18 PM
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10. You'd need a lot of cameras

There are a ton of meetups there.

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:18 PM
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11. yep, even in my town

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TLM

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Tue Dec-02-03 09:50 PM
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35. There are pictures of meetups on meetup.com

Edited on Tue Dec-02-03 09:51 PM by TLM

New York has 7000 and gorwing all over the state. THey are filling entire clubs in some areas.

Here in my city we've broken into 6 or 7 groups because so many people show up that there isn't enough room for them...

This was our 2nd or 3rd meetup... started with 15 people, then 50 , then 80...

Then we split off into two groups, one at the coffee shop and one at this sports bar...

Then we filled that place up and broke into 3 more groups... and so on.

At last count we're just under 1600 people.

Oh BTW here is a new york meet up...an early one.

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rumguy

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:13 PM
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4. are they all republicans?

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gristy

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:15 PM
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7. No, I think a few independents are probably still backing bush.

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THUNDER HANDS

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:19 PM
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12. OH MY GOD

The Dean supporters are breeding!

We must stop them now before they infect our democracy!

:D

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:22 PM
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14. yep, soon I'll have 28 Deaniacs ready to burst from my vag

:evilgrin: It's all a part of my master plan to take the cult of Dean worldwide!

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HFishbine

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Tue Dec-02-03 08:10 PM
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24. Ouch!

Wouldn't that hurt, or is your va... never mind.

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 08:10 PM
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25. oooooooh, I'm going to get you for that!

:spank:

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HFishbine

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Tue Dec-02-03 08:26 PM
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29. You'll have to catch me first.

;)

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TLM

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Tue Dec-02-03 09:56 PM
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36. No Dean spawn are born in larval form....

Very small and undeveloped... then we put them into crates, like veal, where they are fed on nothing but granola and dean speeches.

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 11:02 PM
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41. lol....that's true....

we're going to take over the world!!!

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ScreamingMeemie

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:21 PM
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13. Two from my husband's shop (as in automotive production) shop

are going tomorrow night. New meetups springing up all over Michigan from just two tiny ones.

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:23 PM
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15. that's awesome!

:hi:

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Pastiche423

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:27 PM
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17. That is the "official" number

from meetup.com. I'll bet we are already over 150,000.

My meet up venue just became "official" last week, although we have been meeting for months. Then there are the four other venues in my county that do not have "official" status.

Meetup.com is a pain in the ass.

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sleipnir

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:38 PM
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21. In a related story, Lieberman passes 20 on Meetup!

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 07:41 PM
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22. lol....

poor joe.

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Zomby Woof

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Tue Dec-02-03 08:13 PM
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26. I'm not thirsty

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 08:15 PM
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27. ahhhh.....kool-aid man

I loved him in the 80s----it was so much fun when he'd burst through the kitchen window and pass around glasses of kool aid. That's my favorite flavor, btw.

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Zomby Woof

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Tue Dec-02-03 08:16 PM
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28. crash-a-bang-a-boom-a-bam!

Don't make 'em like that any more. :-)

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 08:28 PM
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30. nope, the commercials are pathetic now....

oh, to be a child in the 80s again....*sigh*

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Zomby Woof

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Tue Dec-02-03 08:32 PM
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31. shee-it!

You got nothing on the 70's childhoods! :D

We had the original run of Schoolhouse Rock, and Big Blue Marble! :P

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 08:52 PM
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32. nope, the 80s was much better!

We had Madonna, the Goonies, and Wham!

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Zomby Woof

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Tue Dec-02-03 09:29 PM
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34. ewww!

You just came up with the best argument AGAINST the 80's (you left our Michael Jackson and blue eye shadow though)! :-)

At least the 70's saw a Democrat in the White House! (There's more, but that will do, in light of Reagan and Bush dominating the 80's, lol)

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TLM

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Tue Dec-02-03 10:00 PM
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38. I do miss the Kool-aid man....

Always wanted to see his bust apart against the wall though.... he was made of glass after all.

See all the red kool-aid leaking out through big cracks and Kool-aid man says "OH NOOoo!"

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 10:02 PM
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39. lol.....that wasn't what I was looking for.

Damn, the 80s rocked.

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Zomby Woof

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Wed Dec-03-03 12:52 PM
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43. but that ad campaign started in the early 70's

I am serious! It was just so popular it carried through to the 80's. You all rode our coattails! :-)

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Marines for Clark

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Tue Dec-02-03 09:06 PM
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33. Dean can't beat Bush

I just don't see Dean doing well against a War -Time President with no Forign Policy experience. Dean going sking in Canada doesn't mean you have the same experince as Clark or Kerry

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slinkerwink

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Tue Dec-02-03 10:13 PM
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40. FYI, it's Colorado

and FDR had no experience when he entered office, and so did Clinton.....

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mandyky

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Wed Dec-03-03 10:44 AM
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42. 150,124 as of 1045 AM

He did it!! WE did it!

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