Since going to Denver, my fundraising, blog and all the rest has been in chaos and my time has been short. But I wanted to report that regardless of my hectic life and yours, the Streak has lived on for 110 days in a row. At least one donation has come into the FR here for 110 in a row. 5 dollars, 20 dollars, a thousand dollars at a time. People donate 20 bucks out of every paycheck, some contribute 10 per week. Some put in 5 almost every day. Some go big and drop a grand or more at a time on the Obama for America campaign. It adds up. The average donation has been 29 dollars. 768 donations so far - that just blows my mind. I'm going for 1000.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who donates to my page - it really is making a difference. And THANK YOU to my friends like Marytnurse, Recovering Whine-O, Rich in FLA, My Gram, Anne, DDD, Maureen who keep the Streak going for me when I can't and help me overall in general.
Keep the Streak alive. Grassroots fundraising certainly beats lobbyists and special interests bribing everyone. The masses can control this election if we want to. It will take money (that's us) and organization and inspiration (that's Obama) and we have both and we need to go all out.
Less than 2 months to go.
Soon, this will all be over. We will either win or lose. It's us against them - and we all know it. The People versus the Machine. High stakes and profound implications are overbearing. I shudder to contemplate the historic and unimaginable importance in this years Presidential election. This race should be a silly landslide at this point - McCain/Palin is no match for Obama/Biden when it comes to experience, intellect, integrity, temperament, organizing abilities, fundraising, capacity to inspire people. Alas, it is not. Sadly, this election will come down to the wire and somehow miraculously be decided in a few key states. Humbug.
Every little extra thing we can do to help the Obama campaign will be adding up to make the ultimate difference this year. This election is about us, just like Obama says. It isn't about him, or history. It is a test to see if we can take back our government from corporate interests and allow it to be run by honest representatives. The eternal challenge. Only this time, it is more serious than ever. Frighteningly serious.
I have no doubts that the Bush/Cheney regime will continue to bungle the operation and stewardship of our government to increasing levels of national peril. I foresee even more economic chaos, military aggression or false-flag attacks on our Constitution before January of this winter. These guys still aren't behind bars or in front of a war crimes tribunal - these guys are still operating our government as I write this. I can only shudder and be prepared for anything.
We gotta win this year, that's all there is to it. So much is at stake. I think probably more than we know. I think the failures of the Bush administration are not even close to fully known or even imagined at this point. We have a lot of work to do still. The most important of course, is to win this election. Fixing our country happens after. Every single dollar will help. Everything we do will help. Keep doing it. And get a few friends to do it too.
Yes we can.
DONATE.
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