Every day until the election I'm making a contribution to a new candidate, announcing it here on Daily Kos, and encouraging you to join me. If one person matches my contribution on my ActBlue page, I'll double my contribution; if ten people match it, I'll triple. Nobody matched yesterday's contribution to Jon Tester, but I was holding open the matching window for Debra Bowen and five fellow Kossacks contributed to her so I'm sending her $100 more today (I'm counting FoundingFatherDAR and jennifer poole in that total, even though their contributions didn't go through my ActBlue page - it's enough that they mentioned the contributions on my diary).
Today's contribution is a weird one. I'll 'splain it all below the fold.
Here's Tammy's website.
Here's my ActBlue page.
I was angry about how Tammy Duckworth took away the primary that I really felt Christine Cegelis had earned. I was and am angry about how the DCCC undermined Cegelis. I think Cegelis would have been a better Congresswoman; I don't think that vets, wounded or not, have any special claim to office. But
Positronicus pointed out in his support for Gabrielle Giffords what a great thing Francine Shacter, Giffords' primary opponent, did following the primary. She moved to publically support Giffords. And that's so right. Whoever the Democrat is - that's who we need to support in today's political climate, or at least who I need to support. And I've no doubt that Tammy will serve her constituents and her country better than her Republican opponent would. So here's 20 bucks, and I hope you'll join me.
I've got a remote family connection to Duckworth's opponent - my late grandfather was a close friend of his dad. But this is the same grandfather who thought my parents had scheduled my birth for FDR's birthday (they missed) just to spite him - a little meshugga. OK, maybe more than a little. Anyway, his good friend Swede Roskam is evidently a very nice guy. But he's a Republican, and his son is a Republican, and that means they're part of the problem. Let's don't let Pete Roskam be part of the official problem - let's get Tammy elected! Thanks.
Day | Candidate | Amount | Matching funds from other Kossacks |
E-56 | Jack Carter | $100 | $100 |
E-55 | Susan Davis | $20 | |
E-54 | Francine Busby | $50 | |
E-53 | John Rinaldi | $20 | $20 |
E-52 | Ron Klein | $25 | |
E-51 | Sherrod Brown | $25 x 2 | $30 |
E-50 | Ned Lamont | $20 x 2 | $65 |
E-49 | Phil Angelides | $20 x 2 | $20 |
E-48 | Charlie Brown | $20 x 2 | $60 |
E-47 | Victoria Wulsin | $25 x 2 | $115 |
E-46 | Jim Webb | $20 x 2 | $60 |
E-45 | Gabrielle Giffords | $20 x 2 | $20 |
E-44 | Debra Bowen | $100 x 2 | $275 |
E-43 | Jon Tester | $20 | |
E-42 | Tammy Duckworth | $20 | |
TOTAL | | $755 | $770 |