there's a new "Don't Tread on Dean" bat

[pruner]

[killbotfactory]

1. heheheheh....

They're kind of abusing the bat...

I wonder if they just make that much at any given time during the campaign...

How many have they gone through?

[pruner]

3. bloggers have ben begging for it all night

all the recent bats have come about due to a large # of requests from the blog.

[eileen_d]

6. Yeah some were begging for two bats

One to bash Kerry with; the other to bash Gephardt with.

Dean for America!

[liberalnurse]

24. Fantastic idea.

A lot of it may indeed been motivated from DU posts. I am ashamed of all the alleged democrats who post such hate Dean here at DU. I see Skinner agrees.

[slinkerwink]

same here too

[pruner]

38. are you the famous "national nurse"?

:)

[slinkerwink]

40. I hope she is!

:hi:

[rucky]

2. The bat has lost its impact

they break it out way too often.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

What, Are You Kidding?

As long as those bats keep on breaking, they sure as hell aren't losing their impact.

I wish Clark would put up a goal on the FRONT page of his website. Hiding the birthday cake on the CCN blog is kinda counter-productive, IMO.

DTH

[slinkerwink]

15. I agree.

:-(

[Fleshdancer]

20. I don't understand

"Hiding the birthday cake on the CCN blog..."

You guys get cake on your blog? I want cake. :( Seriously though, what's the story?

[HoosierClarkie]

25. Clarks b-day is coming up. n/t

[Fleshdancer]

27. and his birthday cake is hiding on the blog?

Is the cake a fundraising symbol?

[slinkerwink]

30. yes, it is.

[slinkerwink]

32. here's the link

http://www.forclark.com/special/birthday_fundraiser

It's just $40,000-----not much by internet fundraising records. Dean's campaign have put up three or four bats during the time of Clark's fundraiser......and those four bats together went for a total of $1,000,000.

[eileen_d]

34. Just had to get a dig in, eh?

"My bat's bigger than yours!" :P

[slinkerwink]

36. *swings bat around*

why don't you try and get a feel of it? :hi:

[eileen_d]

37. I've already had my piece of birthday cake today

Thanks anyway. :bounce:

[slinkerwink]

39. awww.........

there's still hope for you. ;-)

[eileen_d]

41. Yeah, if Dean gets the nomination

He'll be getting my piggybank. Until then... see you tomorrow... same "bat" time, same "bat" channel! (oh I crack myself up)

[slinkerwink]

43. lol, goodnight

[MercutioATC]

44. As evidenced by every one breaking its goal...

...please...."lost its impact"?

On my planet, success is success. As long as the bats continue to give Dean supporters a reason to contribute and as long as those contributors continue to respond in this way, the "bat" is an effective tool.

[slinkerwink]

45. i agree-----we just went 195 grand over our goal of 500,000 on our

last bat.

[slinkerwink]

4. awesome!!!!!!

[POed_Ex_Repub]

5. Someday we need to get to the point...

Where candidates can concentrate on meeting with people and shaping policy instead of trying to raise money...

[Sean Reynolds]

7. Or they could do both......

Which I believe Dean is doing.

You need money to go toe and toe with President Bush.

[pruner]

8. how does putting a bat up on the website take away from…

Dean's ability to do that.

if anything, it frees him up to concentrate more on meeting people & shaping policy than candidates who can't raise money as effortlessly as Dean can.

[killbotfactory]

10. Yeah, exactly...

All it takes is a staffer to make a couple graphics, and boom... half a million dollars for Dean.

[slinkerwink]

35. we need to raise money to beat bush. period.

[salin]

47. I agree.

The costs of campaigns (media costs, consultants, etc. etc.) have continued to escalate... While I appreciate that Dean's group has found away that is not the corporate fatcat shakedown 1,000 per plate dinners, it still is emblematic of how much energy needs to be spent on fundraising rather than the policy formulation, meeting people, (and for the elected... the business of running the country.)

[DFLforever]

9. This is the one I've been waiting for -

a perfect slogan to counter these recent Dem attacks.

[rucky]

13. Plus the New Hampshire motif

I bet Dean's got motif than you...

:7

[slinkerwink]

42. lol

[Dudley_DUright]

46. Me too

I just made good on the donation pledge I made awhile back. I was waiting for a opportune time and I think this is it. Now I feel much better. :-)

[unfrigginreal]

11. LOL... I just went to the blog

to ask them to change the bat title to "Don't Tread On Us" and damned if some other Deaniac hadn't posted the same thing about 5 posts before mine.

[pruner]

14. I love your screen name (here)

it's so (John Kerry)ing appropriate.

;)

[RevolutionStartsNow]

16. That's a great suggestion

I hope they see it.

[slinkerwink]

18. lol, that was me

:hi:

[unfrigginreal]

21. lol, was that you?

:hi:

[slinkerwink]

28. yep!

:hi:

[Fleshdancer]

12. lol

That's going to be a fun one to break. The other ad retaliation bats have been, what? $200,000? $250,000?? All I know is the new ad better kick some serious ass.

On the blog, people started talking about their new contributions right after they saw the ad. After this one, they're going to have to retire the poor bat for a while. Although I have to say, it looks pretty good for being broken so many times. ;)

I'm interested in knowing the psychological impact the bat has on the other campaigns. It's unusual to get to see how much the campaign is asking for and how the supporters respond. I hope the Bush handlers are scratching their heads in confusion at all this.

[pruner]

17. according to ABC's "The Note"…

the media loves the bat and is ecstatic every time it's brought out.

[slinkerwink]

19. really? link?

[pruner]

26. it was couple of months ago that I read it…

don't have the foggiest clue when.

[Fleshdancer]

23. Interesting.

My husband thinks I'm weird for getting excited about the bat. His response: "it's not even a cool bat, why do you give money to it?"

He's a sucker for the more complicated graphics...and yet the marriage works anyway. :)

[LoZoccolo]

22. Hey, I like the bats!

They attach a theme to the fundraising every few days. Especially when something like this happens - shows you they're being responsive.

[slinkerwink]

29. and the little line under the bat said "Democrats can do better than this"

[pruner]

31. I hadn't even noticed that

:)

[slinkerwink]

33. I think it's going to be bigger tomorrow

when they repost the thread from tonight.