We actually hit our goal of $1500 in our Janet Garret OH-4 fundraiser. Thanks a lot to everyone who gave! Whenever we hit 1K in one of those, I post a baby picture. Here’s Benny, eating real food for the first time.
And time for another one. Reader KD writes:
I’ve been reading John yelling at people here since the heady days of the Iraq War. The candidate I’d like to see a fundraiser for is Catherine Krantz, running in TX-04. Catherine is a perfect example of the many women the past year and a half who got fed up, took things into their own hands, and put her foot in the political waters for the first time. She crushed her primary opponent, 68-31%, and is up against John Ratcliffe, a Tea Party Republican who is a vocal supporter of Trump, the Muslim Ban, and ending Net Neutrality.
Tx-04 is a primarily rural area northeast of Dallas. It’s a huge, wide-flung district, and deeply red. The Democratic party views it as a lost cause and so she is having to do everything herself, driving all over the district and meeting voters wherever she can. She could really use any help she can get putting her message out there. She’s running on a platform of Universal Healthcare, building infrastructure including high speed internet access for her rural community, and marijuana legalization (hey, Oklahoma just did it!).
You know what to do.
Elizabelle
Benny’s already got that “are you shitting me?” look down pat. Proof of paternity. Cute kidster.
Gin & Tonic
@Elizabelle: He’s got the fingers of a budding pianist.
efgoldman
Fuckem
Jim, Foolish Literalist
looks like he hasn’t decided what he thinks of it. How much do we have to contribute for video of the first time he has bacon or a taste of a milkshake?
JanieM
Love the baby pic. He looks very much like my son looked (>32 years ago) when I first fed him baby peaches: worried, and “Why are you doing this to me?”
Adam L Silverman
Per new HHS guidelines, we’re going to need DNA samples from you, your wife, and the baby in order to ascertain if this baby is, indeed, your baby. We appreciate your patience and cooperation.
Doug!
@Gin & Tonic:
He gets that from my father, also very long fingers.
Elizabelle
@Gin & Tonic: Budding pianist or a lightning fast keyboard commando.
debbie
Such a face!
Ohio Mom
Yoy know what comes next — just as much food on the floor as in Benny’s mouth. Maybe more. Gotta practice that pincher grip.
When I was a young mom, another young mom and I had a debate: I thought babies were proving to themselves that gravity was everywhere, she thought they were looking for the one spot where there is no gravity.
Mary G
I kicked in for the Benny picture. Do the doggo next.
@JanieM: He looks very solemn.
efgoldman
@Ohio Mom:
They understand pretty early that gravity always wins. It goes with object permanence – following an object as it falls, and isn’t really “all gone”
At sunset the tiercel flew above the marsh, pursuing a wisp of snipe. They drummed away down wind, like stone skidding across ice.
This solid food … not worthy of the buildup it was given.
oatler.
@debbie: Young Raymond Burr.
Doug!
@oatler.:
Ha ha ha
Yarrow
Adorable!
scav
That is one unconvinced child. “So this is supposed to be the preferred delivery method – really?”
Mrs. D. Ranged in AZ
Those cheeks!!!!! He is adorable.
eemom
WANT that baby.
Aleta
Benny!
J R in WV
I kicked in for the donation.
Catherine Krantz
Love you guys and that cute kiddo! So encouraging to see fine folks in our country standing up and getting involved! Thank you very much!
stinger
@Catherine Krantz: Thank you for your hard work and for taking the risk. Good luck!