BB: Wow. So that’s a long time ‘til the primary, and not much time to prepare after that.
CURTIS: I’ve been running for a long time. That grassroots organization has stayed out there and developed our base. We’d like to develop a little bit of money. We don’t need millions and millions. But if we can raise $300,000, we can be very effective. She’s got $3 million. She’s not going to spend all $3 million of her own money. And she doesn’t really do fund raisers out and about.
BB: The progressives are pretty much fed up with Pelosi and the Democrats constantly rolling over on the most important issues -- like election fraud and impeachment -- and refusing to even listen to the people.
CURTIS: They’re actually passing laws that validate what [Bush] did that they should have impeached him for.
BB: So if Kosmas is branded as another do-nothing corporate Dem, and the vast majority of the people are dissatisfied with Congress, it could be easy to knock off Kosmas. But getting elected is another story.
CURTIS: If they had run someone with a squeaky clean, impeccable record, then we would have had to fight them and then fight Feeney. But since Kosmas also has corruption issues...
BB: After you get the nomination, that doesn’t leave you with much time to campaign for the general election.
CURTIS: Nope, about 8 weeks. That’s why we have to raise money now. There is no time to raise money after the primary. Republicans generally raise money early. Democrats don’t. It’s almost too late before they can... it’s harder for them.
BB: Would you debate Kosmas?
CURTIS: We asked her, and they said they’d get back to us. We’re still waiting to hear. She has issues, because one of the only resolutions she actually passed in the Florida legislature was a resolution supporting George Bush’s invasion of Iraq. So it’s going to be hard for her to move away from that. But it would be nice to have more contributions to help get the word out.
BB: How is the fund-raising going?
CURTIS: We have a very loyal and passionate team and amazing community support on the local level, and exposure on the national level from bloggers and activists. Without the deep-pocket backers like the corporately backed candidates, we have to appeal to our grassroots and raise what we can. We have people sending in 2 bucks. That’s amazing. It may not seem like much but it says a lot. Plus, our team is scrappy, and we can do a lot with small contributions. Of course, larger ones could really help get the message out and even the odds, and at this point getting more funds is crucial.
Neoconvict is a Southern California-based activist who has written for Brad Blog and Justice through Music. he is currently working on the Clint Curtis for Congress campaign in FL-24.
Good point. I should have mentioned Lemme in this article, the investigator who was this close to exposing the Feeney election fraud scandal and then mysteriously committed suicide, as the official explanation goes.
by
Neoconvict (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 3 comments)
on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 1:45:31 PM
when it's a Republocrat like Clinton or Obama running against a Republocrat like McCain, it doesn't seem like there's much point in voting, but even for those Dems who believe there's a lesser evil in the "top tier", why vote when the Dems are bending over backwards to avoid investigating evidence of electoral "improprieties"?
The web has done much to increase the public's access to information and given us knew ways to communicate, organize and make our voices heard. Only 19.6% of Americans believe all or most media reporting, and that percentage keeps declining with each new coverup and lack of accountability, and as more people turn to the web looking for independent sources
Tell Clint Curtis I don't support his proposal to force the Iraqi people to separate their country into 3 regions. America has no right to force Iraq to break up their country.
by
Ty (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 675 comments)
on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 2:30:24 PM
Until we have verifiable voting, publicly financed elections, and a fully independent ethics body who can initiate an investigations on all three branches of government we will get the same ole $#!T.
by
Michael Chavers (42 articles, 0 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 172 comments)
on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 3:03:10 PM
For anybody to suggest that politicians are corrupt is like saying night follows day. Not all are corrupt of course but the majority are and it's the money which is the corrupting factor. How can the USA ever achieve democracy when there are only two parties people will vote for so an independent has an almost impossible task unless s/he's rich.
by
douglas kay (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 83 comments)
on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 3:48:50 PM
