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Plucketeer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 11:33 AM
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There's another forum I hang out on.....
A non-political forum that's open to discussing just about anything and everything. It even features a group of Edwards supporters. Anyway, I just put this blurb up in a couple of places there.:

"There's a movement underway - TODAY - (Jan. 18th 2008) to raise $7million dollars for Edwards in one day. Since he doesn't take "Big Money", he can use the bucks from those of us who see him as the only hope for having OUR needs foremost in the oval office. This is a one-day push. He'll get a much-needed monetary boost AND it'll make the media take note of him instead of pretending he isn't there.
If you search under your couch cushions for change, you can go to JohnEdwards.com and turn those coins into REAL CHANGE.
Heh! I should check the bowels of our couch more often. I found a hundred bucks there for John!"
:woohoo:
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ThingsGottaChange Donating Member (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 12:02 PM
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1. Good going, Plucketeer!

:applause:


I'm desperately trying to think of people I can hit up for donations.
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Diamonique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 12:24 PM
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2. Be sure to let them know the whole story...
Edited on Fri Jan-18-08 12:25 PM by Diamonique
This was started by a blogger on NewsCorpse.com. He posted his idea to DailyKos, and the rest is history. Here's a link to his dkos post today about this.

http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/18/4156/21728/621/438741



Here's a piece of his initial dkos post from January 13th this:

"There's been a lot of talk in these parts about how the media is shutting John Edwards out of the race. He has been excluded from polling. His campaign events have not been covered. Other candidates with less to show for themselves receive more attention. Etc.....

All of the these things are true. And all of the solutions I've seen have merit. We definitely need to put pressure on the media to cover this election fairly. But the media is probably not going to alter course and suddenly exhibit a journalistic integrity that they haven't even thought about since their freshman year of college. They need to be given a reason to change course; a reason that fits their definition of news.

So either Edwards could engage in a high speed police chase with Britney's kids on his lap and a missing white girl in the trunk, or he could raise $7 million dollars in one day."


And here's the link to his original post: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/13/171722/549/52/436243

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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 01:52 PM
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4. "But the media is probably not going to alter course " !!!! Good writing!
Yanno, I kinda favor the high speed police chase.... wonder how Elizabeth would feel about that....

:hi:
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 01:50 PM
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3. Thoughtful move!
This is certainly a resourceful bunch!

:bounce: :pals:
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pamela Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 01:55 PM
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5. Great!
I've put it out on a few other forums today, too.
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sandyd921 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 04:28 PM
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6. Excellent Plucketeer!
:yourock:
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Ninga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 05:53 PM
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7. Damn you are good! Just a super easy going way about you, how could anyone resist
donating?

HuH????


:hi:




:loveya:
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