Call me crazy but why don't we plan a Kerry March around the country

[Demi_Babe]

is this possible? It will get media attention if nothing else.

[Jack_Dawson]

1. I'm on board...

:toast:

[Demi_Babe]

2. me too...how to we organize?

do we call the Kerry Campaign or our local DNC?

[ewagner]

3. I think you're onto something

How 'bout a Nation-wide Kerry rally...With Satellite Links?

Could it be done?

[irancontra]

4. Count me in.

[Demi_Babe]

5. how do we get started

[liberal_in_GA]

6. KICK!

:kick: :toast:

[Demi_Babe]

7. I just called Kerry HQ

and asked them how we get started and what they think about a march and I had to leave a message and hope someone will contact me...maybe others should call as well.


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[Iceburg]

8. Can other nations around the world march in solidarity?

[Demi_Babe]

12. ooooo...that's good!!!

[canuckforpeace]

24. Let's do it! n/t

[Iceburg]

25. Where do you live canuck?

Iceburg --near Ottawa, Ontario

[LiberalEsto]

9. How 'bout a Hands Across America for Kerry? n/t

[Demi_Babe]

13. OH MY...that would get media attention big time...don't ya think?

I like it!

[LiberalEsto]

14. The Estonians did that to help win freedom

from the Soviet Union back in the early 90s -- they did a Hands Across Estonia. (I'm Estonian-American).

Even if we couldn't do it across the US, we could try to do it state by state or county by county. It might be a tad difficult getting a human chain across the Rockies.

Maybe the way to start is to get local Dem groups to hold 'Hands Across...." events in their areas to build interest and publicity.

[gauguin57]

31. I did the original "Hands Across America" to raise money for ... uh ...

... whatever ... I still have the plastic visor.

I'm ready to do it again ... for Kerry.

It might sound silly or idealistic in the 21st century, but I thought that Hands Across America idea was a pretty cool one... getting people to hold hands across the country? GENIUS! Didn't quite work (there were some gaps in the western desert regions or something) ... but where it did, it was a cool thing to see -- like a big ole "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" commercial!

[gauguin57]

32. OK ... it was to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness, and it

was held in 1986.

http://www.fact-index.com/h/ha/hands_across_america.html

Hands Across America was a benefit event staged on May 25, 1986 in which millions of people held hands for fifteen minutes along a path across the continental United States. Participants paid ten dollars to reserve their place in line; the profits were donated to local homeless charities.

"On the afternoon of Sunday, May 25, 1986, more than five million people joined hands to form a line that stretched 4,152 miles -- from New York City's Battery Park to a pier in Long Beach, California. This much-hyped mega-event, called Hands Across America, was intended to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness." <1>

[Demi_Babe]

10. my sister and Mom are working at our local Kerry Campaign today

and I just called them and asked if the would ask the head guy/gal how we would go about planning something like this. I will let you know what i hear. EVERYONE GET ON THE PHONE!!! :-)

[michigandem2]

11. i'm in...let me know...live in GR Michigan..I can help get it together!

[Northern Experiment]

28. Hey Melissa.......

I'm in the Detroit area in Michigan. So if you know or hear about any march or rally going on........ PLEASE don't hesitate to message me!

[Onlooker]

15. Marches can be intimidating

It might be a good idea, but it might also appear intimidating in a politically incorrect way!

[DemCam]

16. Marching around one's precinct talking to voters

is the better effort spent, I think. It is certainly where the emphasis in the campaign is....canvassing and phone-banking, canvassing and phone-banking.

Identify voters and get them to vote. Same old boring stuff...but is where we will win this election. It is tried and true. Get thee on the cavass teams! We've finished our precinct and are moving into adjacent precincts to help.

It is enerqizing and heartening. If you don't have a headquarters near you, call the closest one. There are organizers in every headquarters for each state....especially important to help in the swing states.

[TexasSissy]

17. Well, I work, so......

[Demi_Babe]

18. kick for more ideas

[marlakay]

19. kick and I like the hands thing across america

there must be a way to do it even if its just across the main street of every town in america??? I don't mean blocking traffic but just enough people around the blocks on a main street in the sidewalk holding hands and chanting something for kerry all at the same time?

[democratreformed]

20. That sounds exciting.

The hands across America idea sounds great too. I will eagerly participate in either if possible.

[marlakay]

22. If we did it just for an hour or less working people could take a break

so everyone could participate!

[democratreformed]

23. That would be so cool! n/t

[FirstDoNoHarm]

21. No vacation time left

It's all work until January.

[liberal_in_GA]

29. We could do it on a Saturday...

[Carla in Ca]

26. Anything is possible, and I'll tell you why.

I live in Orange County, Ca (enough said) and for the first time that I can recall, Dems have actually organized a rally.
On October 9th, we will meet at Hart Park In Orange and then we will walk to the historic Orange Circle. I can't believe it, and I can hardly wait. See, miracles can happen.

[Cha]

27. Congratulations, Carla!

I'm really happy for you!

And, of course, Anything Is Possible!

[WiseMen]

30. How about a march around all the major Media: TV, Papers, to

get them to cover the issues.