Update [2005-6-10 9:25:9 by Jill Lehnert]: The Actblue "We've got Dean's back" account is up and ready to receive contributions. Please go
here and make a contribution.
Some of you may have read my diary that I posted last Wednesday calling for a "We've got Dean's back" campaign. In summary, my goal is to get the media and the fat cats in Washington to think twice before they start throwing insults at Howard Dean. I set up a "Let's get Dean's back" donations page on the DNC website. So far, there have been 111 donors and $2,831.36 collected since Wednesday.
From my previous diary:
- We need to choose a day of the week where we all make contributions to the website. I was thinking Friday because that is usually a day when most people receive their paycheck. I think it's symbolic because most people live off of their paycheck and have to work for it.
- Make a contribution on that Friday if Dean get's attacked by the media, Republicans or people that are democratic in name only (eg. Joe Lieberman, Joe Biden, etc.). I can write up a summary diary every Friday on Booman Tribune and cross-post it to the Daily Kos of the attacks that were made. (another idea is to make it the 15th and 30th of each month)
- Have everybody contribute a small dollar amount with a penny. I suggested 5.01 or 10.01 but found out that the DNC only accepts a minimum contribution of 10.00.
- If any station airs the Dean Scream, we can do one or two things: a. either make an immediate contribution of 10.01 or make a contribution of 30.01 on Friday.
I have posted this on Booman Tribune and MyDD. It was also posted on DU and the response has been overwhelming.
(update) I originally requested the donations to go to the DNC donations page I created last Wednesday but I think it would be better if we sent our contributions to ActBlue's
We've got Dean's back page. I think Dean will have more control on how the money is spent and it will benefit the 50 State Strategy Campaign.
Please make a contribution toWe've got Dean's back because Howard Dean needs our support now more than ever. I don't think we can afford to lose another minute. I look forward to hearing your input and need your help in getting this campaign setup with Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, MyDD, DU, Atrios, etc.
Finally, I would like to thank SusanHu of Booman Tribune and Howie Martin of http://howieinseattle.blogspot.com/ and http://www.seattlefordean.com/ for all of their help, encouragement and support.