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Open Thread: Before We Roll Out Ala Carte Fundraising, Let’s Give Charlie Crist a Boost

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Charlie Crist is in this to win it.

We’re not going to do much individual candidate fundraising, but while we are getting our Ala Carte Fundraising lists together, let’s show Charlie Crist some love.  He is working is ass off and he’s as in-your-face as we could have hoped.

Do it for Betty Cracker!  And do it for the entire country so we can derail wanna-be-future-president DeathSantis.

Open thread.

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  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Do you know why this thermometer has no PayPal option? I’m not inclined to set up a whole new Google Pay account.

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    @SiubhanDuinne: I take it you don’t have a credit card or debit card to use?  That’s what I do.

    To answer your question, I have no idea.  I made this one the same way I made the World Central Kitchen one, but I will go look

    I googled:

    We know PayPal™ is a popular donation method, which is why we’re proud to offer it on ActBlue whenever possible! However, we cannot offer it for some groups that use ActBlue due to specific state campaign finance laws that are outside of our control. Unfortunately this is not up to us or the individual groups that use our platform.

  4. 4.

    thruppence

    Threw in my $25. I’m definitely on the left hand side of the income bell curve, but I’m trying. No, Reverend Warnock, I cannot immediately send $100, nor yesterday or tomorrow. I’ll send what I can when I can. Sheesh.

  9. 9.

    Joy in FL

    Wow, I really liked seeing this post. I live in Florida also, and I am so happy to donate to the former and hopefully future governor of Florida. I usually make multiple small donations, but I went big (for me) and put in $102 for a fascist-free Florida.

    I was afraid Crist would be too moderate, but what I have seen so far is not what I expected, happily so.

    Thanks to everyone who donates to this cause!

  10. 10.

    pat

    In for $100.  I don’t get the annoying emails from actblue because I never updated my email account, as I just now discovered.

  11. 11.

    Joy in FL

    @SiubhanDuinne: I’ve noticed that sometimes the payment options are different depending on if I use my iPhone or my laptop or my iPad. I like to use Apple Pay, but it is not offered on my laptop, so I usually switch to my phone for those.    Just saying, in case that sheds light on your situation.

  16. 16.

    Betty Cracker

    I’ve adopted a slogan used by Nikki Fried, whom Crist bested in the Dem primary: we need to make DeSantis a one-term governor and zero-term president! Here’s a re-post of a Crist tweet I shared in the morning thread:


    Yep. Republicans are running scared on Dobbs, and DeSantis in particular is in a dicey situation on the issue and has literally run away from questions about abortion rights. I’m pleased that Crist is pressing that advantage; it could make a huge difference.

  17. 17.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @WaterGirl:

    I guess that must be it. Thanks.

    Yes, I have a card. It’s linked to my PP account. I was just hoping to avoid the nuisance of having to dig out the card and enter all the numbers :-)

  21. 21.

    Miss Bianca

    Rats, I don’t know whether my contribution went through or not. ActBlue usually sends me a receipt pronto, but it hasn’t shown up yet. : (

  23. 23.

    WaterGirl

    @Miss Bianca: I can’t see who contributes so unfortunately I can’t offer any useful information.

    If you don’t receive a receipt by tonight I would say it didn’t go through.  If you used a credit or debit card, maybe check that account online?

  25. 25.

    geg6

    I’ve already killed my monthly political donations budget (Fetterman, Shapiro, Deluzio here in PA and Ryan in OH) and can’t do any more.  But I’ll probably drop some on Crist next month.  Meanwhile, if anyone happens to go through Beaver County, PA next week, take a trip on Brodhead Road in Center Township (the main road through the township and one of the main ones in southwest Beaver County) and you’ll find my house.  It’s the one with the 4’X8′ Shapiro sign surrounded by smaller yard signs for Fetterman and Deluzio.  It looks very good.

  26. 26.

    TaMara

    I guess I’m in… it looks like my Senate and Gov races are pretty much a lock, and I can do mailings or texts for them if needed. FL needs to have a change – Crist and Demmings can have some of my funds, Abrams and Warnock the other half. <3

  28. 28.

    geg6

    @TaMara: ​

    I totally will as soon as it’s all set up. The local party people will be getting the Shapiro sign into place later this week. Fetterman and Deluzio signs are already there. I forgot that I also have a smaller yard sign for my (hopefully) new PA House member, Rob Matzie. I know him well as he is my younger sister’s neighbor and his daughter is good friends with my niece. Also, he’s been a PA House member for years, but his district changed in the latest redistricting and now I have him instead of the Trumper scum that I used to have.

  32. 32.

    persistentillusion

    @TaMara: Your lips to Goddess’s ear.  Jared’s a good ‘un (I am maxed which I’ve never done before) and Bennet is OK.

    In for $25 for Charlie.

  34. 34.

    Spanky

    In for $50, $25 from me and $25 from MaryG, who always gave more than what seemed was good for her. But I guess that in the end, she knew best.

  40. 40.

    espierce

    @WaterGirl:

    Sounds about right.

    My son played in the same Little League (Dunedin) a couple years behind DeSantis…Ron was a flaming asshole even then and totally insufferable after their team won the LL World Series. Fuck that guy!

  41. 41.

    Spanky

    @geg6: I think of her every time there’s a fundraiser here. “You can’t keep doing that!” I’d tell the monitor when I’d see her contributing. Not that I knew a whit about her finances.

  42. 42.

    JoyceH

    Thanks for the reminder. I just donated. I saw Crist on television right after he’d got the nom, and he was TAKING it to DeSantis! Really telling truths and being all Happy Warrior about it.

  43. 43.

    Ivan X

    @WaterGirl: +1

    Also, all non-Safari browsers on iOS/iPad browsers suck, due to Apple’s restrictions as to what third-party apps are or aren’t allowed to do. And one thing they definitely aren’t allowed to do is be an application platform in which Apple doesn’t get a cut of sales and/or can’t enforce user security, which, of course, is what browsers are.

    So all non-Safari browsers have to use the same Apple-provided layout engine, just adding whatever special sauce they wish in terms of password management, bookmark synchronization, etc. But I’ve yet to see one that really felt all that solid compared to Safari.

    None of this applies to Mac computers, where apps are allowed to do whatever they want (with exceptions for known malware), and don’t have to come from Apple’s App Store. So, browsers there work as they are intended to, whereas their iOS/iPadOS versions are a different animal that have more in common with mobile Safari than their desktop cousins.

  45. 45.

    Rose Weiss

    What happened to Crist to change him so much from the knee-jerk Republican he used to be? Anyone know?

  49. 49.

    MazeDancer

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Decision that makes my online life easier: Memorized one of my credit cards. Had to focus to do it, but made such a difference.

    In for 10 for once and future Governor Christ.

  50. 50.

    What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?

    @Rose Weiss: I’m not from FL and this is pure speculation, but he’s lost two Statewide races as the tepid centrist “Dempublican” candidate, so maybe he’s clued in that he needs to offer more than that to win.

    Or an alternative theory is he’s undergone the same Republican to savager of Republicans transformation that this blog’s founder and, more recently Jennifer Rubin went through.

  51. 51.

    eversor

    @WaterGirl:

    Democracy is over.  It’s who sets up a dictatorship now.  Has been for a while sadly.  Someone is going up against the wall and catching lead, other solutions are long since over.  The team that gets their first and goes more violent first gets all the marbles.   This is your reality.

  56. 56.

    RevRick

    Threw in my $250. Gave $500 to Mandela Barnes this morning. Spending my kids inheritance, but the way I figure it, if these fascists win, the inheritance won’t protect them.

  57. 57.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    @eversor: Democracy is over.

    No it’s not. That’s my reality.

    Nothing’s ever “over”, we just cycle round and round.

  58. 58.

    RaflW

    I’m in. I just did several of Charles Gaba’s state compilations today (WI, MN, KS + S.O.S.s) so my chip in is a little more modest for Crist, but I’m glad we’re pulling the same rope today!

  59. 59.

    RaflW

    @eversor: Your dark fantasy isn’t reality. Nope.

    Are there risks for future violence? Yes, and we can try to be realistic about preparations and scenarios. Doom-Eeyoring is why I pied you before, and I’m pretty sure you’re going back on the pastry ban.

  61. 61.

    WaterGirl

    @eversor: I am curious.  What do you get by spouting this and the christianity crap over and over and over on a blog where absolutely no one is interested in hearing it?

    Do you have nothing better to do?  Do you get something inexplicable out of it?

    Because you haven’t won over a single person, and I don’t think you will.

    You’re a bigot with your own, special horse to beat.  I just don’t get it.

  65. 65.

    J R in WV

    Eversor is ever sore, for whatever reason! I pied him pretty much the second I read his posts, not the very first one, but pretty soon after he/she/it found that they could post here without any issues. Stone ass!!! not worth the power it would take to blow his mind!

    Just put him in the pie safe, and never read his nonsense again, ever!

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