Let’s win this!
We are less than two weeks out, so except for occasional races that need a boost, it’s all about turnout. So let’s help GOTV.
We have a new Balloon Juice Angel – Avalie has put up a $500 Angel match for our effort to put boots on the ground in AZ. If we can match her $500, that’s one more pair of boots on the ground for an entire week in Arizona.
The match has been met! Thank you Avalie!
Here’s a link to an article about the Worker Action contribution in turning AZ blue in 2020.
Up to $50 per person will be matched – if you post your match and amount in the comments. Even if you were already matched by Almost Retired, Barry, or Mousebumples, or Anonymous this is a brand new match – so you can be matched again!
The goal is to put 25 sets of boots on the ground in AZ, and we are just over 18 already!
Can we do it?
Open thread.
Boots on the ground: we have funded 13 15 16 17 18 pairs so far! (pair or pairs?)
18 down, 7 to go!
The cowboy boots (#18) are in honor of Avalie’s dad. She said he’s a bright blue 81 year old dot in a very red state!
WaterGirl
A quick update from on the ground in AZ: (from Worker Power just now)
They have knocked on 400,000 doors, and they will continue through election day.
They have already identified 50,000 strong supporters for Kelly and Hobbs.
They are continuing to identify/persuade new supporters while trying to make sure ALL of those 50,000 strong supporters vote!
H.E.Wolf
Hooray for Avalie, and for Worker Power!
And for WaterGirl who puts it all together for us. :)
surfk9
Just dropped $25
Joy in FL
in for $25.
Thanks, BJ Angel : )
WaterGirl
@surfk9: @Joy in FL: And we’re off!
Josie
In for $25.00. I despise Lake almost as much as I despise Ted Cruz.
WaterGirl
@Josie: Lake is awful and dangerous. Thank you for donating!
We are at $75 toward the match now.
EighthCousin
In for $50 from CA
WaterGirl
@EighthCousin: Thank you, California!
We are at $125.
Dangerman
Ok, I’m in, mainly from the extreme guilt I feel from thinking Senior Street Fights (downstairs cartoon) would have had the potential to be kinda cool. Mitch “The Marauder” McConnell could have been a huge PPV draw.
rekoob
In for $50.
Also, I commented on “I Voted Early”. Early Voting started yesterday in Delaware and I went to the Lewes Fire Station near me today. Good crowd, no waiting. Straight Democratic ticket, electronic voting with paper backup. Mailed postcards for Elaine Luria in Virginia and Emilia Sykes in Ohio.
Onward and upward!
Cheryl from Maryland
Donated!! Thank you, Avalie and the other generous angels.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
I put in another $50 because all I have to do is click the white box & 50 pops into it (that’s like my kids, who used to say that all I had to do to get more money was to write a check ¯\_(ツ)_/¯).
This is one of the most important things we can do with our election dollars, at least in my opinion. I don’t know why Dems just went with spending money on ads on Spanish language radio stations, instead of neighborhood centers, letting Republicans move in and take over that fertile ground. Obama mastered that in 2008 and 2012, and I thought Dems learned something from him. Guess not. Bernie followed up and used Obama’s outreach/field organizing in 2020 with Hispanic voters and did well. I don’t know why we have to learn the same lessons over and over. Well, not all of us, obviously, here we are! And we’re doing some good! I just wish it were an effort that was being repeated everywhere.
EmbraceYourInnerCrone
$50 from Connecticut, thank you for doing this.
frosty
I just donated $25.00. Thanks for all the fundraising WG!
ETA I just saw the graphic. Love the pictures of shoes and boots!
lashonharangue
Donated $50 from an undisclosed location. ;)
frosty
@KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager)):
Obama had the best campaign organization I’ve seen in two decades of work; unsurprising for a community organizer. I can’t understand why all of that was left to drop and the next elections were the usual “start from scratch and muddle through” BS. PADems have been a frustrating group to work for.
Nevertheless, here I go again!
StringOnAStick
In for $25.
delphinium
Donated $25. Thanks for doing all of these posts!
Geminid
@KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager)): One factor in 2020 was that Biden’s campaign did not raise very much money until August. They were flush in September and October but had to play catch up. The trump campaign ran propaganda on Spanish language social media from November, 2019 on.
WaterGirl
@Dangerman: if you want your guilt donation :-) to be matched, we need to know the amount.
WaterGirl
@Cheryl from Maryland: thank you
To be matched, we need to know the amount.
Wolvesvalley
Thought I had reached my limit, but here’s another $50. :-)
Avalie
Wow. This is amazing!!
SuzieC
Another$25.00
WaterGirl
@frosty: Thank you! You are the first person to notice
I hope to have to go looking for some more images of boots and shoes later this afternoon.
I hope the internet doesn’t think I have a foot fetish. The things I do for fundraising!
Mokum
$50 from Maastricht, The Netherlands, formerly from Champaign,Illinois.
WaterGirl
Okay, we are at $525 + the mystery donations from The Dangerman and Cheryl from Maryland.
We did it!
Avalie, we have met your match! Thermometer says $15,181 and should jump by $500 soon.
I will send email to Avalie.
Avalie
$1000 raised in less than 2 hours. Jackals are a force to be reckoned with. Sending the match now.
WaterGirl
@Avalie: Thank you so much, Avalie!
Uncle Cosmo
Yet another U.S. Grant would like a few words’ worth with AZ voters. (I.e., UC chips in $50.)
WaterGirl
@Dangerman: @rekoob: @Cheryl from Maryland: @KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager)): @EmbraceYourInnerCrone: @frosty: @lashonharangue: @StringOnAStick: @delphinium: @Wolvesvalley: @Mokum: @Uncle Cosmo:
All you guys! And the ones I thanked earlier. Thank you so much
I just added 2 more pairs of boots up top. We are at 15 pairs – 25 pairs are the goal.
SC54HI
Just donated $25. Thank you for doing this.
WaterGirl
@SC54HI: Thank you so much!
25 people on the ground in AZ for a week can make a huge difference.
WaterGirl
Just $200 away from another pair of boots on the ground!
James E Powell
@frosty:
This has been a disease of the Democratic Party since I was in college.
Gravie
$25 from Bend, Oregon. Now to go out and finish my canvassing assignment.
WaterGirl
@James E Powell: @frosty:
I believe that Obama was trying to make nice with the Democratic Party by disbanding Obama for America, and it was the party who let things drop.
hedgehog mobile
In for $25. Thanks for doing this!
Kristine
I’m in for $25.
James E Powell
@WaterGirl:
One faction or another is usually blamed each time, but the overall history is that the component parts of the Democratic Party do not work well together over time.
I don’t want to belabor it at this point. We need to be up for the big win!
Omnes Omnibus
Rumors that General Lapin’s body was found in the Moskva River.
Haroldo
Once more (happily): $25
Redshift
$50 from me!
WaterGirl
@Gravie: @hedgehog mobile: @Kristine: @Haroldo: @Redshift:
That’s awesome, thank you so much.
So close to another set of shoes/boots! I have already picked out the next pair. :-)
zhena gogolia
@Omnes Omnibus: I’m not finding that. I see he was removed from his command?
eclare
@zhena gogolia: Yeah, I googled and saw that he “resigned”. Maybe afterward he decided to go for a “swim”?
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: I googled that exact phrase and got this:
Link
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: But that article says it’s false?
MisterDancer
In for $50! Thanks so much for putting these together!
Kristine
@WaterGirl: If that turns out to be true…it’s just wild what’s going on over there. Putin’s killing off anyone with the slightest amount of experience and the battlefield is taking care of the rest.
Princess
@zhena gogolia: Well, they say it’s “false.” Don’t know if that makes it different.
DaBunny42
Kicked in $25.
eclare
@zhena gogolia: That headline is confusing…I read it as a reason he was sacked was for false reports, along with surrender.
kalakal
In for $25
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: I’m not sure. I tried to click on another link from google and I got this flashing message saying my computer was compromised blah blah blah and I just closed both windows without reading any further.
WaterGirl
@MisterDancer: @DaBunny42: @kalakal:
Thank you! I just added another pair of boots up top. We are at 16 now!
Omnes Omnibus
@zhena gogolia: @eclare: ETC: Like I said. Rumor.
Glidwrith
In for $50
WaterGirl
@Glidwrith: Thank you so much!
Cheryl from Maryland
@WaterGirl: $100.00
WaterGirl
@Cheryl from Maryland: Thank you!!!
WaterGirl
I just added another pair of boots up top. We are at 17 now!
Josie
@Omnes Omnibus:
Does this mean that Kadirov and/or Prigozhin are taking over? Will Shoigu be next?
Mai Naem mobile
I kicked in $50. Hope it counts in some match.
WaterGirl
@Mai Naem mobile: Thank you! No matches at the moment, crossing my fingers, though, you never know when a BJ angel will appear.
Z!
$50!
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Kristine: It’s what Putin does in every war of his; kills off any Russian general who might be a threat to his power. This is also the reason why the Russian Army Leadership is as bad as it is because any senior officer who is good and has any sense gets out.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Josie: Hmm reading up on it, if Lapin was actually killed there is a good chance Kadirov did it. Sounds like the Kadirov is Dr Evil level crazy and Kadirov blames Lapin for the whole Russian failure with Ukraine (I gather Kadirov thinks not enough preschools and playgrounds have been bombed)
Juju
I donated yesterday because I was feeling a bit stressed. An unusual place for me to be is a day early. I’m typically a day or two late.
Uncle Cosmo
Somewhere here I have a copy of a slim but wickedly funny volume entitled Political Jokes of Leningrad (1983), which IIRC leads off with the following bon-mot:
:^D
Peter
I just gave $25. Thank you for doing this to allow those of us in safe states to help turn the tide.
Chann
In for $50 from WA.
Charlie
Happy Sunday Morning. Just sent $25 before I’ve even had my coffee. Least I could do. Thanks for your hard work supporting democracy. We need it!
WaterGirl
@Peter: @Chann: @Charlie:
Thank you so much! Together that’s $100! I am in the process of putting together a post announcing that we have another match, so I am going to count these 3 donations toward that match.
Sunflower_CA
I donated $20. Keep up the good work.