I admit it. I'm so ashamed. All the investigative bloggers that are going through the pages and pages of small donor records for Bernie sanders. I'm the reason the numbers look so wrong, fraudulent even, for Alabama (where I live) & the US Army (my employer.) How can there be that many Dems in the heart of deepest, darkest, redest Alabama.
I need help. It's an addiction. Bernie gives a speech that I really like: I chip in. Hillary lies in a debate/insults his grandchildren/wears a jacket I don't like, I contribute.
i looked up the gory details on act blue. I have made 60 contributions to Bernie’s campaign since his announcement speech the end of May. $3, $6, $10, $27. When he won in New Hampshire, oh I was so high on that 22% victory. I added an extra 0 to my donation. (My rationale was that I have a nice tax refund coming. How many times have I already spent that refund donating to Bernie?) I've donated so much that if I had donated to Hillary, I would be in the 2nd tier at her dinners. I know that wouldn't get me a picture with her, but maybe I'd get to shake her hand. I'm no better than all those hard working janitors, secretaries & brokers working at Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, etc for peanuts but answer the call to help elect the most qualified candidate for president ever.
And what do I get from Bernie? A bumper sticker! Or a seat on a bus to Birmingham. I wouldn't even be guaranteed a place to stand inside; oh, no. 1/3 of his audience, 1500 besotted fools, got the chance to stand outside in the freezing cold and have him yell at them through a bull horn. They didn't even get a lousy tshirt for their trouble.
So investigative bloggers, be gentle on him when the numbers don't look right, can't be right, when you look at the numbers for Alabama and the US Army. It's all because of me, a donor addicted to Feeling the Bern.
