It’s fifty below today. I’m still feeling hopeful after the caucus, but in this red state, there’s not much I can do. It’s too cold to go door to door and talk to folks. I don’t want to turn myself into a telemarketer, even for a cause I believe in. Unlike Hillary Clinton, I don’t have five million dollars of my own money to throw into the mix. Here’s what I’ve decided to do.
In an effort to make the acquaintance of all the lurkers who’ve been visiting my blog lately (and I’ve noticed there are a whole bunch of you), for every comment on this post, I’ll donate one dollar to Barack Obama’s campaign. It’s easy. You don’t even have to have a blog to join in. Click on comments, say hello, and force me to put my money where my mouth is. I have one rule: people can only comment one time. And one limitation: I’ll donate up to $100.
I wanted to create a “Blogging for Obama” blogroll, but upon speaking with the Federal Election Comission office in Washington D.C., I learned that if the blogroll raised more than $1000 for Obama, it would have to be registered as a Political Action Committee. If it wasn’t, a Federal Elections Complaint could be filed against the person who started it and encouraged others to join. According to them, it is totally legal to make your own personal contribution based on the number of comments you get on a post, but not to organize any other bloggers to do the same thing (without being a PAC). Hmmmmm.
Therefore, I do not encourage any other blogger to donate a dollar to Obama for each comment on a single post, but if you happened to simultaneously get the same idea I did this afternoon, who am I to tell you what to do on your blog? Just don’t start a blogroll.
Join me, readers. Please comment on this post. De-lurk. Tell me what you think. If you love Hillary, tell me why. If you’re a Republican, tell me I’m crazy. If you just can’t stand this cold snap anymore, complain away. Yes you can!
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