Let's Have A Great Blue America 2012
I bet you're getting inundated with letters from candidates begging you to meet their phony, basically meaningless deadlines. Blue America is going to ramp up soon with new progressive candidates-- some who we already know, like Darcy Burner (WA), and new ones we've met over the last few months like Franke Wilmer (MT) and Patsy Keever (NC). Meanwhile, we're not going to hustle you for contributions to meet these "deadlines."
We've had a good 2011 but, as you know, 2012 is an election year and in November we'll be electing not just a president but also the entire House and a third of the Senate. As always, we'll leave the presidential race alone and concentrate on Congress, mostly the House-- although we have endorsed outstanding progressives Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin.
Right now we want to send our best wishes for 2012 and say thanks for the help in 2011. If you can handle it today, two of our best House candidates, Ken Aden, who's running in northwest Arkansas, and Joe Miklosi, who's running in suburban Denver, can really use some contributions. As you can see we haven't really been able to make any kind of difference for these two yet. It would be great if we could bring their totals up over $1,000 each.
UPDATE FROM HOWIE:
This letter was sent out yesterday afternoon to our donor email list. We had 20 people who responded to the letter before midnight and and we want to thank them very much. Now--
We're very close to some goals I set for the end of the year for our candidates:
Blue America has met several of it's end of year goals already (Chris Donovan, Nick Ruiz, Ilya Sheyman) and we're tantalizing close to most of the others. We're $199 away from what we hoped to raise for John Waltz, $193 away from Norman Solomon's, $109 for Alan Grayson, only $39 away from Joe Miklosi's, $61 from Mary Jo Kilroy's, only $18 for Eric Griego, $220 for Ken Aden & a slightly more daunting $490 for Ed Potosnak. Can you help with anyone? Here's the link: http://is.gd/dbWDHu
Again, thanks to everyone who contributed and to those who make the phone calls, use Twitter and Facebook to get the word out about these fantastic Progressives and help get more of them elected to Congress.
We are all in this together,
Howie, for Digby, John, and the Blue America team
Obama As Marxist
I've never heard that before...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Brilliant .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
that stupidity is a highly coveted commodity, and decided to hoard large stockpiles of it.
Do you even have the remotest idea what "Marxism" is?
CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
some money where our mouths are. On my 'to do list' for this week (right after dog food for Molly).
Thanks for all the C&L staff does and best for the New Year.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I know I'm putting my $ where my mouth is , front tooth cap came off New Years eve ( Broke it years ago , had it capped ) . Am looking and sounding just swell . LOL This should finish off our savings ... and then some . Happy New Year ! Bahhhhhh humbug .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
At least you had savings. Been so long since I've been able to make have money left between checks, I've forgotten what a positive balance looks like.
Make the best of the New Year, man.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Please give Molly a hug and a squeeze from Martini as we begin this new year.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Blue America never once even thought about advocating to primary Obama. Blue Dog America
Hand to hand and in the trenches. Have a good year.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
as usual because there is NO organized response to the right's best weapon- 1000 think tank coordinated radio stations blasting propaganda to 50 mil a week.
go blue.... but the last 20 years would have been a lot easier if the RW blowhards weren't getting a free speech free ride to take pot shots at our candidates and ideals all day long.
and unfortunately many of our universities support the RW blowhards by broadcasting sports on those stations- basically endorsing the global warming denial, racism, sexism, war selling, and partisan lies, totally contradicting their own mission statements. they need to look for alternatives before the next elections.
and you are welcome to join them and recruit others!
Media Action Center files Petition to Deny License renewal for WJNO-AM, Home to Rush Limbaugh
Your right to earn billions of dollars does not trump my right to drink pure water and breathe clean air.
without air your brain has shut down
'Talk to the hand'
Any chance Blue America can support a progressive candidate for Vermont to send to Congress? Welch is an embarrassment.
Blue dog Democrats need not apply. Where is party discipline when some undermine the policy of the party? PS. Vote for candidates that support electoral reform i.e. get the corporate money out of the people's business.
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