A note I sent to people on my Dean's List....
Dear Deaniac list members:
I?m emailing my list to Jamie Yu-Ramos so that he can combine this list with his for efficient dissimination of the Dean?s List newsletter he and his wife are putting together. Prior to this I was sending emails to this group so email addresses could not be seen; however, I felt that this was a good reason to uncover them so we can all benefit from Jamie?s new endeavor.
Remember ? the news about our gathering on Sat. is spreading. I?m sitting in a coffee shop right now. I have a Dean sticker on my laptop and someone felt compelled to walk over and ask me about the reason for the Dean rally on Sat. for a candidate that has dropped out of the race. I informed him and he proceeded to go over and tell his friends at his table. The gathering we had Saturday was unprecedented in modern day politics. We?ve managed to capture the attention and it appears that the 15,000 or so that saw Dean?s speech in Seattle may very well be curious about what we?re going to do next. Moreover, the membership list in our yahoo groups is growing ? slowly ? but they?re growing. As we continue to grow I?m sure efforts will be made to solidify and unify us so that we can make efficient use of our convictions and we will now have time to educate the masses. I?m getting the feeling that the campaign is being looked upon with increasing curiosity. The more we gather like we did on Sat., the more we continue to show our support for this movement, the more people will take a look and want to join.
Most of us are getting involved at this level for the first time ever. While I criticize my friends (under my breath), I cannot help but think that I was looking in a mirror at the same time. I was that way until I came back from a two year stint living in Canada where I got to see us (our country) from a different angle which I accredit for my increased interest in Dean?s message. But the good news is that Dean?s message got through and it will continue to grow as long as we stay together ? remain active and emphasize some of the key observations that I find very attractive about this. The fact that digitally we formed and are forming a very powerful community and we had a presidential candidate who, for the first time, was beholden to us ? not the corporations donating to his campaign. This point alone is just now getting out for some reason. When I tell people about it today they act like they?ve never heard of what is considered the hallmark of our campaign ? that it?s people powered ? and had an incredible showing of volunteerism.
What?s even more remarkable is what we did Saturday! Volunteerism of that nature is the most special display of caring individuals I?ve ever seen. We gathered, we planned, we raised money, we did all of these things for a NATIONAL cause ? something that has already been shown as a possibility due to the successes we experienced in the last few months. Raising $50million is only the beginning. Imagine if we had a base of 2 million Americans! Donating at $10 per person = $20 million and $100 = $200 million. This is what the DNC and the republicans were afraid of ? money like that can out-do what they?ve already done to us. We really can take back this country ? and it?s important that we not let down ? because we?ve already learned and we can make it work.
?We the people of the United States of America, in order to form a more perfect Union....? - You?re damn right we can!
Cheers,
JTS
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Johnny T. Stine
Sr. Scientist
Posted by Johnny T. Stine Seattle at March 2, 2004 04:28 AM