Like many working stiffs, I get paid on the 15th and the 30th.  This site has made me more active in donating to Democrats across the country, and in the past, I've made recurring donations to Paul Hackett, Ned Lamont and John Kerry.   Lamont actually won!  I am so energized by that victory that I want to redouble and expand my efforts.

Here's the deal: I'm a Catholic school teacher with a limited income, so I am working with a fixed budget.  I can only afford about $100 per paycheck to contribute, and that's already going to stretch me thin. I wish I could open up a checkbook and give the max to every House and Senate candidate in the country, but it's not gonna happen.

I'm counting on the educated and informed members here to give me advice on who to donate to and why.   Should I split the $100 ten ways, or give it all to one candidate?  I have a strong inclination to send some dollars Webb's way, but after that, I'm pulled in many directions.  Please help!

Rodney Crowell is one of the most successful songwriters in the history of country music, with his most recent credits including the Keith Urban smash "Making Memories of Us" , Lee Ann Womack's "Ashes By Now" and Tim McGraw's "Please Remember Me." He's written hit singles for everyone from Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Rosanne Cash and Crystal Gayle to Alan Jackson, The Oak Ridge Boys and Highway 101. But he's also been an accomplished artist as well, his most recent album scoring Grammy and Americana nominations. That acknowledgement was gratifying, as Crowell had ventured fully into the realm of politics for the first time with his most recent release.

I write a weekly feature at Liberal Country Fan on a liberal country artist every week.  I thought I'd cross-post this here to make Kossacks more aware how many country artists are actually on our side.  Don't buy into the press that all country artists and fans are conservative. It's not true!