I can tell you from experience, that it is lovely to have a gold, silver or should you be so lucky, a platinum album hanging on your wall. I have been that lucky, I was married to a man who had gold and platinum albums on our walls.
When we got divorced and were going through our regular albums to see who got what, I would tell him I wanted, oh, say, a certain Little Feat album. He would try not to explode and say, “But I had that album before I met you”.
My response would be “Yeah, but if I hadn’t met you, I would have bought it when it was $5.99 and not $12.99 like it is now.” I got the album, but I had no standing to ask for the gold and platinum albums, they were his. I couldn’t even say that I had been the one to dust them, because I didn’t and don’t dust.
But, oh, I would like a fancy art piece of an album on my wall and if you would too, here is your chance. Donate to one of several candidates running in the 2023 Virginia election and you could win a Green Day Platinum album for your wall. Plus, the candidate with the most donations gets $1000!!
Remember, that’s not the most money donated, that’s the most people donating.
So here’s how the contest works— if you contribute to a candidate through this ActBlue page or any combination of candidates, your e-mail address is entered in a random drawing and one contributor— regardless of amount you give— will win the RIAA-certified Nimrod double platinum award, which was originally given to Howie Klein, then president of Green Day’s record company, now treasurer of Blue America. It’s a beautiful, custom award and would look gorgeous on any wall, but especially on the wall of any Green Day fan you might know.
The contest will run until midnight on Saturday night May 13 at midnight (technically May 14). And if you really want the Green Day record but can't afford to make a contribution, send us a postcard to...
Blue America PAC PO Box 27201 Los Angeles, CA 90027
...and let us know and you'll be in the drawing too!
If you’d rather enter by sending a check, you can send it to that PO box too.
Just one entry per e-mail address and if you’re a supporter of any of these candidates, there’s a special built into the contest. The candidate who brings in the most contributions (not the most dollars, the most people), will get a $1,000 check from Blue America. In these legislative races, $1,000 can make all the difference in the world.
These are all candidates we know, or you should know, a lot of us write about them a ton here, and many candidates write for themselves. Elections are this year, 2023, in Virginia, and there is a saying “As Virginia goes, so goes the nation”. Let’s help flip Virginia blue and then the whole nation!