Or did the “dump Kucinich” come from one of the co-sponsoring organizations, the Nevada Democratic Party, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, IMPACTO, 100 Black Men of America, or the College of Southern Nevada?
People have been calling NBC to protest, of course to no avail. Threatening to boycott the advertisers does nothing, because those car companies, drug companies, big box stores advertise on all stations. And remember, the top three fund-raising candidates who are guaranteed to be on that stage are among the network’s big-time advertisers. They have and will spend literally millions of dollars among them to run those irritating campaign ads.
The sponsoring organizations can, and should, do something about this. The fact that they haven’t is inexcusable. This behavior on the part of these co-sponsoring organizations and the people who control them must not be tolerated. It is these organizations, not just NBC, which must be held accountable for this affront to our democratic system.
Here’s the list of web sites for those organizations. Mine these websites for email address and telephone numbers. Let's fill up people's mail boxes and voice mail boxes with our protest.
Nevada Democratic party: http://www.nvdems.com/
U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: http://www.ushcc.com/
IMPACTO: https://www.lvlcc.com/
100 Black Men of America: http://www.100blackmen.org/
College of Southern Nevada: http://www.csn.edu/
On Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008, the New Hampshire Secretary of State will begin the recount process, the cost of which the Kucinich campaign has agree to cover.
Since the Kucinich presidential campaign has not been great in the fund-raising category, it could use a little help in that regard. Estimates I’ve heard range from $65,000 to $70,000 for the recount. That’s a lot of dough, just to make sure that the nation’s first primary was legitimate all down the line.
This is a strictly noble effort, because Dennis Kucinich is that kind of a guy. Kucinich, who got 1.4% of the vote, does not expect his totals to change much. But the recount will settle questions about vast disparities between exit polls and vote totals only in those communities where the paper ballots are counted by machines – Diebold scanning machines. With people still disputing the validity of the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, it is imperative that the process this year be scrutinized from day one. And New Hampshire’s vote was the first secret ballot, a primary, as opposed to the very public Iowa caucuses.
As a presidential candidate, Kucinich has standing to call for recounts in any election in any state where he thinks serious questions have been raised about the accuracy of the results. His call for a recount in New Hampshire is the first shot across the bow to those people who might be planning on tinkering with results in other states, letting them know he, and we, will be watching.
Keeping his standing as a presidential candidate through all the balloting this campaign season, thereby keeping his ability to challenge any monkey-business, is enough in my book for Kucinich to keep campaigning to the end. It’s that important. And it’s important that we support him in this, particularly financially.
I’m sure things will be happeing campaign-wise Thursday and Friday, but what they are remains to be seen. When I know, I’ll be back here to let you know.
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