From the diaries--Chris

I am stealing this Daily Kos diary from redstatewoes and posting it here. It's called Some surprises at the OH-02 debate tonight.

This diary is regarding the debate between Republican Jean Schmidt and the Democrat challenger Paul Hackett. You can read more about the debate here.

Thank you Newsie8200 for your GREAT comment that led me to all of the links.  

Here is how you can help!

Update [2005-6-10 12:24:14 by Hausfrau]: 117 donors, $3,026.89 and one donor told me that she heard the Dean Scream on MSNBC yesterday so she donated the "scream donation" of $30.01. I am also working on getting the bat. (cross-posted at Booman Tribune and at Daily Kos)

I read a diary yesterday on Booman Tribune by Susan Hu Three Top Dem Fundraisers Resign over Dean.

I also read another diary on Daily Kos by Bob Johnson titled Beltway Dem insiders whine, 'Dean stole our Golden Goose!' I don't know about you but I was furious.  I watched Wolf Blitzer in horror on Sunday night and I wanted to smack Wolf and his guests upside the head when they were treating Dean with such contempt.  For me, it was personal, I felt that they were treating me with contempt.  I want them to take notice and know that we are real people and that is whom Dean represents.

I was getting ready to head for the fridge to try to forget my anger after I read SusanHu's diary but decided to do something different.  With a little help from my fellow Kossacks, I was able to set up a webpage on the DNC called We've got Dean's back." Within minutes, SusanHu contacted Howie Martin of http://howieinseattle.blogspot.com/ and http://www.seattlefordean.com/ and Howie helped cross-post the link on these and other blogs.

I am so grateful to SusanHu and Howie Martin for helping me with this campaign.  In less than 24 hours, the  "We've got Dean's back" DNC website received $660.16.  Not bad, but we need to do more.  Here is my suggestion:

1.    We need to choose a day of the week where we all make contributions to the website.  I was thinking Friday because that is usually a day when most people receive their paycheck.  I think it's symbolic because most people live off of their paycheck and have to work for it.    

2.    Make a contribution on that Friday if Dean get's attacked by the media, Republicans or people that are democratic in name only (eg. Joe Lieberman, Joe Biden, etc.).  I can write up a summary diary every Friday here on MyDD and cross-post it to Booman Tribune and to Daily Kos of the attacks that were made that week.

3.     Have everybody contribute a small dollar amount with a penny.  I suggested 5.01 or 10.01 but found out that the DNC only accepts a minimum contribution of 10.00.  I also found out that they don't have paypal but I have already written the DNC and requested that they set up a paypal account.

4.    If any station airs the Dean Scream, we can do one or two things: a. either make an immediate contribution of 10.01 or make a contribution of 30.01 on Friday.

5.    Please send me an email and let me know what you sacrificed for your contribution.  Did you give up your Friday night Pizza?  Did you give up your weekend 12 pack?   Let me know.  

I really don't want to break all of your backs on this but I think if we hit hard, the media and the republicans will take notice and hold back on their Dean attacks.  I would like to consider this a working diary.  Please feel free to offer suggestions on how to make this campaign successful.  I will update and revise this diary as they come in. Do you want to donate? Go to We've got Dean's back."