FL-18, FL-25: Bushraiser III

Huh.

It used to be that pictures like this:

would get people seriously riled up. It used to be that hearing about a Bush fundraiser would motivate people into action.

But no one gives a shit about Bush anymore.

In two posts today pushing this Bush raiser, we've raised just a couple of grand for the Democrats who will be most hurt by Bush's big money infusion.

In a way, this is good. While the wingers might talk about "Bush Derangement Syndrome", the reality is now more like "Who Gives a Flying Fuck About Bush Syndrome". I suspect Oliver Stone's new movie will be treated in similar fashion. We've had eight years of the guy. We're ready to move on.

But let me try one more time. This is what happened today in Florida:

President Bush worked to allay fears about the financial crisis on Friday then left the White House and headed south to raise nearly $2 million for the Republican Party in South Carolina and the battleground state of Florida [...]

Bush attended a fundraiser at the home of Sergio Pino, a developer and entrepreneur in south Florida, where he raised more than $500,000, according to Republican officials.

Now $500,000 is a far cry from what he could raise back in the day. It looks like even Republicans donors are tiring of the old failure. But that's still $500,000 that will be used to beat the crap out of our South Florida Democrats.

So let's at least get to $35,000 each for Annette Taddeo and Joe Garcia. These are winnable races, and while George Bush will be mercifully gone in a few short months, but the Bush Republicans he's helping fund are trying to hang on.

Let's do our part to make sure that doesn't happen.