I'm not sure how bad that is. It's one thing to be able to know who a politician is receiving donations from, and a search engine of specific donors sounds politically democratic and open, but. . .
I was searching the net for my mortgage broker's e-mail addy and one of my top search results (in addition to facebook) listed her political donations ($250 to the local Dem US senate candidate). Although I was very pleased to see that she did not give any money to Republicans, I wondered whether I really need to filter every person I deal with by their personal private politics. Then again, I had some of my shopping affected by Buy Blue and I will alter my spending dollars based on the politics of various corporations and other organizations, so why shouldn't I filter out anyone I'm going to work with?
Well, I worry that we might be increasing the nation's cultural divide (red states, blue states, etc.) by further isolating ourselves from each other. Do I need to hop on the net and make sure my Plumber doesn't support McCain? Is 52-46 going to be remain forever the most "united" we can get behind any president? Sure, Obama's a phenom, and he made his 52% exert amazing leverage on the Electoral College, winning 375-162 (provided he wins Missouri's 11), but McCain was well within ignorant swing voter range of winning. (Thank heaven for young voters!).
Do I want potential employers of me to see my political donations (which, though small, could offend the 46% that voted McCain)? Does activism require the surrender of political privacy?