In his Washington Post column today (which I won't link to), Chris Cillizza brought out the same talking point that will be brought out every three months while Howard Dean is still DNC Chair: Howard Dean is drying up the Democrats' funds.
To make his point, he states how the Republicans are beating Democrats in fundraising 2 to 1. NO SHIT, SHERLOCK. The Republicans have always outraised us, except they usually beat us by much much more.
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The fact of the matter is, the RNC's fundraising has remained flat, while the DNC's increased $10 million since last cycle. So if you want to put responsibility for Democrats' fundraising on Howard Dean, go for it. He's even done better than Mr. Fundraiser himself, Terry MacAuliffe. And that's not even counting the money that Dean has pulled in to state Democratic parties.
In writing this hit piece, Chris Cillizza probably wanted to discourage Democrats from giving money to Howard Dean's DNC. Fuck Chris Cillizza. Let's make the opposite happen.
I've been waiting for the right time to buy my Democracy Bond, and I think that time is now. The Democratic Party has absolutely kicked ass the past few weeks, so it's time for me to put my money where my mouth is.
I'm going to invest in the Democratic Party by buying a Democracy Bond.
Who's with me?
[Update]: Also not mentioned in the piece was the huge fundraising advantage the DSCC has over the RSCC. I'm sure it was an honest mistake.
[Update 2]: I don't think I made my objective clear. Basically, I want the next DNC press release to say "WaPo hit piece brings in $x to the DNC and #### new Democracy Bonds"
[Update 3]: See NuevoLiberal's comment for how you can spread the word about Democracy Bonds. You could recommend this diary, too :)
[Update 4]: Now you can print out Democracy Bond signup forms to give to your non-internet-junkie friends! Go print out the form for your friends next time you see them.