A first step for me.
Hello everyone,
I'm fairly new here... I first came to DailyKos a few weeks back, and registered shortly after. But today is a special day. Today marks my first diary to DailyKos, and it also marks my first contribution to ActBlue. I've been donating to the Obama campaign since... March or April? And that was the first time I've ever donated money to a politician in my life. It was amazing to think that someone was finally able to inspire me enough to contribute like Obama had.
This week, I saw the various posts go up shooting for 30,000 contributors, and I had to join in. Better late than never! And that's why I'm writing here... I know there are a lot of people like me who tend to stay in the shadows on sites like these. We read the posts but don't really get too involved beyond that. Well, now we have an opportunity to really make a difference. Myself, I just donated $30... 10 each to Al Franken, Jim Martin and Jim Hines. Al Franken because I want to see that Senate seat back in the hands of the Democrats for the sake of Paul Wellstone... Jim Martin for the enjoyment of watching Saxby Chambliss go down in flames with some karmatic retribution for his attacks on Max Cleland... and Jim Hines because as someone from Connecticut, it'd be great to have an all blue group of state reps (try to balance out Lieberman lol)
But to anyone out there like me who likes to lurk, please take the time to make a small donation. You don't have to do much, but every little bit will help during this final stretch. It doesn't take long at all to contribute and the rewards could be potentially so amazing next week!