Posted by
The Hermit Crab on Friday, November 14, 2008 9:41:54 PM
This year I tried out a new, Republican-with-limited-funds donation system. At first, I thought I would forego giving all together. That ism until I found that political dilettante and dirty campaigner Richard Dollinger was running against my reasonably conservative and wholly respectable State Senator Joseph Robach. Even then I hesitated (I didn't yet know that Dollinger had received $47,500 in Soros family money) -- until NARAL entered into my calculations with a nasty attack ad on my Senator. This sent me to the Internet, where I tracked down Senator Robach's campaign website. A check was soon winging its way to the good Senator's campaign.
Just a few days later, I received a robo-call which began "You have probably been contacted by your union asking your support for Alice Kryzan ..." I needed to here no more. (M)Alice Kryzan is a Marxist, abandon-the-troops far-left Democrat trial lawyer who was running against Republican Chris Lee, a successful business man seeking to succeed reliable conservative Republican Thomas Reynolds in the US House of Representatives (which is largely the House of Reprehensibles, these days, but that's another subject). I believed the robo-call, since UNITE-HERE, the union I am a most unwilling member of, is your normal "support the Democrats, screw our members" union.
Off to the computer, a bit of searching, and presto! Another campaign donation.
The Friday before the election, I received another robo-call, which started "This is (some lying SOB) from the D Triple-C, with shocking news about Chris Lee's..." Click. The D Triple-C, for those of you who do not marinate themselves in politics, is the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. I made the familiar trek to the den, the computer, and Chris Lee's campaign site.
Voila! Another on-line contribution! (Please note that in every case I told the recipient of my contribution(s) the reason for my contributions.)
That's the system. Vote for the candidate that closest matches your views (don't hold out for the perfect match - you may never vote again). Contribute when the anger moves you. (So far it's working. Both Chris Lee and Joseph Robach won their elections. I take full credit.)
And always oppose NARAL, the "D Triple-C", and UNITE-HERE.