Reply #1: Yes....I've posted about NC...but Meek is good. And Dean gave us [View All]

[KoKo]

$40,000 and we were one of the first to get money because the Dean/Nader/Kucinich folks have been so active in making changes here. It's not easy but we've gotten two bills for "Verified Paper Ballots" here in the NC House and Senate and we had folks who attended the District meetings last month who gave out literature and signed folks up. (BTW...the literature was produced by the Koko1 family at our own cost) so that Dean's money could go for better computers and more organization needed for '06. Not plugging here, but individual donations by those of us so committed and the time spent by volunteers FOR FREE means that this "Red State" is "out of the starting gate running."

I need to say that this is all "Grassroots Effort." Neither John Edwards (who ran for VP and was our Senator or Mike Easley, our Dem Govenor have been a help in our efforts.) We do this on our own with the great organization by volunteers who have been out there for years working below the radar and including many DU Members like our own NC Patriot "Who Counts the Votes" who has worked tirelessly on the website and connected many of us NC transplants to the "people in the know."

It was a fight to get Meek here in NC. But, it's the Dean/Kucinich/Nader folks who worked to do it.

There's much to be hopeful about, but we also still fight our own Democratic Party for the gains we are makeing.

Whenever I hear a criticism of Dean I try to remember that the Heirarchy of the Dem Party i.e. DLC is not happy about these new "interlopers" showing up on their turf and making them work their butts off to answer questions about WHY NC has so many counties with Unverified Voter Paper Trails. When folks start asking questions the stonewalling begins. But, at least for now, NC is NOT South Carolina or Georgia where I fear we have lost the cause because of the embedded reactionary Bushites. :shrug: