We broke $7,000 with 138 donors with an average donation of about $52.00, and are well on our way to 10k by the May 6th primaries. Well done. Actblue informed me they are in the process of making a thermometer like thing we can use to track donations, so I will post that in short order.
As to the picking other charities, I think we will try to start that next month when we have a full month, and just adopt a charity per month. I would like to try to use as apolitical a charity as possible, and off the top of my head I can think of a few that might generate some interest- Doctors without Borders, Oxfam, the Heifer project. Feel free to throw your suggestions in the comments and we can collectively hash it out over the next few days.
And now, some political porn:
That’s it. Enough is beyond enough. For what feels like the one millionth time, I just did some segment over at MSNBC on the theme of how Michigan possibly impacts Hillary’s position if the popular vote there is factored into the candidates’ running tallies. From now on, my official position is this: It is a b.s. line of argument from the Clinton campaign–and anyone else promoting it–because the Michigan primary results are fundamentally illegitimate.
As you know, left up to me, neither Michigan nor Florida’s delegates would be seated. Those states knowingly and flagrantly broke the rules. They knew what the penalty would be, and they did it anyway. Fine. But don’t come whining to us now about how, “Oh, we didn’t know that it would really matter or we wouldn’t have done it.” Well, cry me a river. I’m sure there are thousands of teenage girls out there who, if only they had known that they’d get knocked up by letting Bobby or Ricky or Darryl do it to them without a condom just that once, would have made a different choice. Behaving rashly has consequences (unless you’re a high-ranking member of the Bush administration). If we all could run around doing stupid things with the assurance that, whenever our actions wound up having a negative impact, we could beg for a do-over, the world would be a much different place.
I felt like I needed a cigarette after reading that, because it is what I have been thinking for months.
*** Update ***
This , from Karen Tumulty’s list of things that will end the nomination, made me laugh out loud:
1. Clinton Loses Indiana on May 6 and Pulls Out
There will be two primaries that day, but North Carolina is considered almost certain to go for Obama, which means Clinton will be putting most of her effort into Indiana. Privately, her advisers concede that it will be difficult to continue in the race if she does not win there.
BWAHAHAHA. My ass. The first thing the Clinton camp is doing with the money they raised after PA (well, the second, after paying off Mark Penn, I guess), is buying a truckload of post-hole diggers so they can move the goalposts some more. It is what they have done this entire campaign. Remember, she had to win Texas, lost delegates, and insisted she must soldier on. She was supposed to have to win massively in PA (double digits- 15-20%), a state tailor made for her, and really cut into Obama’s delegate lead to soldier on. She won by only 9% and did she concede? Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
As we speak, the Clinton camp is still scheming to seat the Michigan delegates and is running around lying about the popular vote.
Nothing will end the Hillary vanity campaign until someone breaks out a large wooden stake. Period. Until then, it is more of the same old bullshit, and oh, btw, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA HANGS OUT WITH SCARY BLACK PEOPLE.
Nothing will stop this destructive narcissist from going the distance. You are smoking rock if you think otherwise.