If you're tipping, please rec, too. Tips are great but recs bring visibility.
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To be crystal clear: Because DFA erased all of the votes cast during the first two rounds of voting, even if you voted for him -- or anyone else -- previously, you can and should vote for Eric now, and catapult him to the head of the class in this final round :-)
I've said this before and I'll say it again today: Lots of us love fellow kossack ericlewis0 for all the enthusiasm, grace and humor that he brings to Daily Kos. He is often on the rec list for informative and pithy diaries that make his audience better (political :-) junkies and better wonks.
Over the last few weeks, however, he has completely hit it out of the park.
Back in May, using his brains and talent, and experience and skills as an industrial/ product designer, he came up with a possible solution to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and garnered accolades from engineers, oil experts, and many others along the way.
A few days later, he refined his idea, incorporating the comments of multiple kossacks, and passed the idea on to BP.
Since then, he has continued to adapt his solution to current conditions, culminating in his current masterpiece.
Eric is applying for a DFA (Democracy for America) scholarship to attend Netroots Nation for the first time this year and he, mistakenly :-), wasn't selected during the first two rounds of voting. Lots of kossacks voted for him, but at the end of the day, he did not finish in the top three places, which would have meant an automatic shcholarship. And, egregiously, DFA has not selected him for one of the many "merit" scholarships awarded during each round.
We can remedy that oversight today. Let's make sure that Eric has enough votes to guarantee him a scholarship as the competition goes into its final lap this weekend.
Even though DFA erased all of the votes between Round #2 and Round #3 (though inexplicably not between Round #1 and Round #2) we have the power to catapult him into first, second or third place and guarantee him a scholarhip to Netroots Nation.
The third (and final!) round ends this weekend and Eric needs our support to join us all in Las Vegas.
We've put him on the rec list again today, along with his permeable cone thingy. Now let's put him on a plane to Las Vegas. (Well, actually the scholarship only covers the convention and hotel. He'll have to get there under his own steam :-)
Please show your support today and ask everyone you know to do the same.
Eric could be an international celebrity by the time we get to Netroots Nation. And we can say that we knew him when...
Thanks!
P.S. Eric has absolutely no idea that I am posting this and is probably going to kill me when he sees it, but I am willing to take the risk.
P.P.S. If you think that Eric deserves to go to Lost Wages, you have to show this diary some love, so everyone can see it and we can GOTV.