Trump has really cranked up his end-of-month email fundraising effort. I received 5 solicitations today — three in my inbox and two in my spam folder.
(I’m on his mailing list because I requested tickets to one of his rallies over two months ago.)
The graphic to the right was embedded in the latest email, which reminded me that Donald will match contributions up to $2 million. And shucks, if a dollar or two is all you can afford — go for it. There’s no shame. Plenty of others are doing it right now, as you can plainly see.
Now, if I didn’t know what an animated GIF was, I might think I was looking at donations coming in real time, partly because it takes a while before the images repeat, and partly cause each donor’s name is time-stamped “a few seconds ago.” (The GIF doesn’t seem to want to animate, for some reason.)
But I don’t think this was an attempt to deceive, because Trump supporters seem to be exceedingly bright and sophisticated people, don’t you agree? Besides that, I can’t imagine Donald trying to take advantage of people in that way. Can you? Me neither.
By the way, don't forget to give Donald your advice to help prepare him for the next debate!
I explained Donald’s online debate prep questionnaire in yesterday’s diary, but the short version is that Trump really wants advice on what to say in the next debate, and he’s not too particular as to whom he gets it from.
That’s where we come in. To partake in the fun, click here.
The nice part is that each question offers an “other” option, which opens a text box that apparently has no character limit. So, if you wanted to cut and paste the Book of Mormon, Das Kapital, or Obama’s first Inaugural Address — I’m sure the folks at the Trump campaign would be happy to receive them.
I’ve completed three surveys so far. I channeled an anti-abortion fanatic outraged that Trump didn’t even bring it up during the debate — and what about the Clinton sex scandals?
Then I was a prissy school teacher scolding him for his childish ranting and overall shallow understanding of everything.
Then I was an import/export broker and slammed him for not understanding anything about trade policy and if you’re going to run for president, the least you can do is study up on the issues.
It was quite cathartic. Highly recommended.