The response to the announcement that Barry Welsh's Green Night event was being postponed these past few days from our friends in the Netroots has been nothing short of amazing. Markos has been extremely supportive and we are humbled that he would take the time to help Barry’s campaign in a difficult time.
Brian Keeler, aka NYBri from here on DailyKos, has been nothing short of a hero these last few days. When I told him about the situation with Barry’s sister and the event being postponed, he immediately sprang to action to spread the word to a number of friends and allies and is even going to help us with what I have to announce today. More after the flip.
In order to help the campaign make up for the lost Green Night event, some friends of Barry and the campaign are going to host a telethon this Sunday night on BlogTalkRadio, hosted by the new blogmaster of Heading Left, the famous ClammyC and his partner David "There Is No Spoon" of Political Nexus.
The telethon will stream live starting at 7pm EDT, will feature Barry, and will include special guests such as Brian Keeler, Jane Hamsher and more guests TBA. We'll also be live blogging the event on DailyKos and on Barry's Blog, the official campaign blog on BarryWelsh.org.
We're going to auction off some Democratic memorabilia and other stuff, we’ll be selling the new Barry Welsh campaign T-Shirts, hats, mugs and a line of stuffed animals called Barry's Bears. Jane has also pledged a copy of Charlie Savage's new book Takeover which will be featured this Sunday during the FDL Book Salon and hosted by Glenn Greenwald. We hope you will join us Sunday on BlogTalkRadio at 7pm EDT/4pm PDT!