I wanted to write and thank you again for your generous contribution to my campaign. While I am certain you are asked to give to many causes, your commitment to my campaign and to the larger political process is humbling and much appreciated.
Your support remains crucial to my efforts and I trust that I can count on your continued friendship and counsel.
Once again, thank you for your support.
Warm regards,
John F. Kerry
I like that he wants my counsel. I got lots of ideas. Like: How come we can't get no Tang around here?
Seriously, though, please donate to John Kerry's campaign. Sad as it may seem, money has a lot to do with this thing. It's very important. $10 is good, $2000 is good. Anything is good.
So far, I've raised $75 through my link to the Kerry Campaign. Atrios, by comparison, has raised $110,000. Wow.
Check out Fund Race, a great way to get a look at where the money comes from. Type in your address and see who your neighbors support! Then go harass them!
An interesting note:
I put in my address (we live in a pretty liberal neighborhood in a very liberal city in a very liberal state), and did some math on the first page of listings.
The average donation to Bush was $1195.45.
The average donation to Democratic candidates was $448.56.
Of the eight $2000 contributions (the legal limit), 2 were for Democrats, and both of those were for Lieberman. You can draw your own conclusions from that last.
To me, it means that the Democrats are the party of regular people; people who can't spare $2000, but care enough -- and are scared enough -- to give one or two hundred.
UPDATE: "LogicAndWisdom" points out in comments that this is a faulty comparison, as the Republicans didn't have a primary to speak of, and it is logical to assume that Democratic contributions will rise now that there is a (presumptive) nominee. So, in the best traditions of our country, I'm backing off my previous statements.
