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- preneel, on 05/11/2008, -9/+46I am one of them. I have never donated to any campaign before nor made calls, donated air miles or sent pizzas to campaign offices or early voting sites. But I feel a part of a great grass roots effort and for the first time in my life, the incentive to become involved. Obama inspires this in all of us.
- LKnight, on 05/11/2008, -5/+38This comes up again and again - it's what scares McCain, it's what brought about the Decline of the Clinton Empire, it's what defines Obama's campaign, and it signals a turning of the tide in Washington. Entrenched interests will cling, tenaciously, to the structures that have supported their power and influence, but there's a time to every purpose, and the times they are a changing.
- dattaway, on 05/11/2008, -6/+37I'm selfish. I donated to his campaign, because I thought it would be a good investment. Having a good President would bring great returns. I feel he's the only candidate that's not playing a zero-sum game with our economy.
- Rohela, on 05/11/2008, -4/+27I have been unemployed or over a year and I give $10 here and $23 there. Why? The reason we suffer economically is that control has been in the hands of the fat cats while us "little" people have less and less each year. But if we band together and give we are showing that it does not have to be this way. By loosing our apathy and giving we show that "little" people can be even more powerful within the existing system.
- inactive, on 05/11/2008, -10/+32"we don't have the pull of a gigantic corporation, but we have sort of the reverse — we give him freedom."
- breadfred, on 05/11/2008, -4/+22I am Dutch and live in Wales. Even I feel like donating..
- grungegbunny, on 05/11/2008, -7/+27Obama unites people.
- grungegbunny, on 05/11/2008, -4/+17Buried reported.
- treejohn, on 05/11/2008, -3/+15I actually donated $25 (and had my roommate do it for me since I don't have a credit/debit card) to obama two days ago when I heard Hillary was going to pump more of her wealth into her flailing campaign. This is the first time I've donated money to anyone. There's something about him that's encouraging. Interestingly enough, my roommate matched my $25 and we were amused to read the increments (ours being a total of $50) listed in this article: "arriving in increments of $10, $15 and $50, have collectively swelled into a financial roar"
- Drizzit, on 05/11/2008, -3/+16 Individual contributions $233,823,614 100%
legend PAC contributions $250 0%
legend Candidate self-financing $0 0%
legend Federal Funds $0 0%
legend Other $921,217 0%
99.9% of his donations are from individuals. Research something before you make outlandish statements like that. He is the true canidate of the people by the people. - goomba323, on 05/11/2008, -2/+14Buried for comparing Howard Dean (who barely made it past the first primary) to Obama (who has essentially wrapped up the nomination)
- debuggercll, on 05/11/2008, -1/+9If he were dyslexic, he would untie us.
- CoolGui, on 05/11/2008, -1/+9lol... So *that* is what his healthcare plan is.
- inactive, on 05/11/2008, -1/+10ive got $25 in that massive pool of money of his, i will give more when I have more to give.
- malex, on 05/11/2008, -1/+9In all likelihood, Dean would have made a great president. He certainly would have been more fiscally conservative and responsible than Bush.
The fact that his campaign was derailed by the media's over obsession with him cheering too close to a live mic, rather than any flaws in his positions or competence, only proves that America's democratic process is seriously ***** up and we as a society need to stop being retarded. - SaintStryfe, on 05/11/2008, -5/+13I've replied to your comment above. You're trolling you little nugget.
- NVMojo, on 05/11/2008, -2/+9Obama didn't have rich parents.
- RebeL5K, on 05/11/2008, -2/+11Wrong. We already know, since they're supporting Obama, that they're intelligent. The logical conclusion, then, is that they also know how to manage their finances well enough that they can pay their mortgage, their health insurance AND make a campaign contribution. Funny how that works - it's not always all or nothing.
- SaintStryfe, on 05/11/2008, -2/+9You laugh about Dean, but what Dean started, Obama (And to a much lesser extent, Ron Paul) has continued. And despite not winning the presidency, Dean's move to the DNC and his return to the 50 State Strategy (not writing off lower-ranking office holders in "Red" States, making new battle grounds rather then dumping massive resources into old ones, ect.) has worked brilliantly.
- SaintStryfe, on 05/11/2008, -3/+9you don't need high ideals. That's what the power structure has hoped for - that we'd get so disconnected, that if a legitimate chance to change would show, we would write it off as not being worth it, or be so disheartened that it would feel wrong going against the power structure.
It is not wrong, friend. We don't need to be saints to do the right thing - pun on my handle intended. We just need to look at what's best for us. More War is not what's best for us. Racial division is not what's best for us. The politics of business as usual is not what's best for us.
Obama, of the choices we have, is the best of us. - reed311, on 05/12/2008, -2/+8Thanks, I was getting ready to email you to see how much you donated.
- Gemfinder, on 05/12/2008, -0/+5This, I believe, is Barack's golden ticket. He opened the political process enough to enfranchise the Every(wo)man and let them know that if they only had $5 to give him, he'd take it. If you multiply $5, $25, $60 by 1.5 million...suddenly, you have a LOT of money, and nobody is anywhere close to maxing out their contribution. It's not the size of the bank account: it's the sustainability. Anyone can afford to throw $5 a month at their Presidential candidate.
That, together with his insistence to keep mudslinging and nastiness out of his campaign, is why he's winning. - NVMojo, on 05/11/2008, -2/+7that quite a mature response for a big boy!
- CiXeL, on 05/12/2008, -1/+5i am no paid staffer but i would take a bullet for that man.
- beowabbit, on 05/11/2008, -1/+5They did say that about Howard Dean, and it was true about Howard Dean. Large numbers of small-dollar donations, and a huge network of enthusiastic, energetic volunteers linked through the Internet didn't win Dean the nomination or the presidency, but they took him far further than he would have gone without them -- and as SaintStryfe notes, after the elections they took him to the head of the DNC.
Dean primed the pump for Obama, and if it hadn't been for Dean's campaign and Dean's 50-state strategy at the DNC, and the Obama campaign successfully learning from them, Obama would not be where he is now. I don't by any means intend to diminish the accomplishments of Obama's campaign, but an important change has started in how politics is done in this country, and Obama's people saw and embraced it, and Clinton's and McCain's didn't. (Or haven't so far, anyway; I suppose McCain still could in the general election, but it doesn't seem likely.) - Zaneris, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3They think he's Muslim for some crazed reason, not that it should matter.
- Quavistar, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3I got another 25 (dollars) on it!
- inactive, on 05/11/2008, -3/+6*pukes*
- CiXeL, on 05/12/2008, -0/+4I'm white, i dont dislike him. I've even donated money to the campaign. its not alot, but no one has alot of money these days.
- zydeco, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3I bet if we stop wasting billions in Iraq we wouldn't have to raise taxes.
- bhod, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3people change. deal with it. and he actually has a chance of winning. we've got the media, we've got the donors, so we're practically in the whitehouse already. GObama!
- scottc, on 05/11/2008, -2/+5Actually, your comparison just proves his point that the times have changed. Clinton (and many others) thought that the influence of grass roots support was overstated too.
- Disregard, on 05/11/2008, -1/+4Scary, I thought the cult talk was hyperbole. I got some great Amazonian jungle real estate you might be interested in.
- bills534, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3sorry but its the stupid people like bush and his supporters who have ruined this country.
- inactive, on 05/11/2008, -1/+4How much did Clinton get? Just wondering. I could not get this figure in the article. I do not belong to your country.
- Jassman, on 05/11/2008, -2/+4You support McCain just because he doesn't have the Democrat label? That IS retarded. A "Lesser of two evils" mentality ensures that "evil" will always be in power. If you support the principles/policies/platform of someone else, why wouldn't you vote for them (even if you had to write them in)?
- inactive, on 05/11/2008, -4/+6I liked the fundraiser Obama held at an Abramoff firm.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/14/obama-takes- ... - inactive, on 05/11/2008, -3/+5You had me right up until you mentioned Obama.
- sodade, on 05/11/2008, -2/+4Bingo. A better way to invest would be to hedge against McCane winning. The contract for him winning the 08 election on Intrade is only $37.6 (it pays out $100 if he wins). I figure with 50 contracts, the bitter pill of a McCane victory will be a bit easier to swallow.
- Twenty, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2Someone didn't read the article.
- CiXeL, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2rohela, you're so right i want to cry.
- Cattywampus, on 05/11/2008, -1/+3Well, Howard Dean in 2004, for one. Dean wasn't that young, of course, but there's a reason his many devoted followers were called "Deaniacs."
- inactive, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2only in your guilty mind.
- zydeco, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2Buried for getting the story about Obama's house wrong. Read his Tribune interview.
- CiXeL, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2ive got $35 and everytime my mccain supporting republican coworker badmouths obama i'm contributing another 35.
this guy has a picture of bush hanging on his office wall. - queotic, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1And neither is Obama, so what is your point?
- queotic, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1"I think I'm just going to vote for McCain because the dude is tough as nails, read some of his history about the pow camps in N. Vietnam."
You're willing to vote for a former POW that was tortured who SUPPORTS torture and supports an unjust war? That doesn't make any sense.
"...but has anyone else noticed how every other article on digg is one singing his praises...."
I don't understand the point you're trying to make. Are you disagreeing with the praises being sung or are you simply tired of reading positive things about Obama? Isn't it a GOOD thing when so many people have so many good things to say about a candidate?
"and then the other ones are about how awful a human being Hillary Clinton is...."
Again, I'm not getting your point. Are you disagreeing with the negative (truthful) things being said or are you simply tired of reading all the bad things about HRC? Is it Digg's fault that HRC consistently lies and gets caught on it? Is it Digg's fault that she consistently plays the race card, gender card and victim card?
"and then there is the occasional one calling John McCain a dousche bag."
I don't know that I would use those words, but I certainly do NOT respect a so-called "maverick" who has done a 180 on his previous beliefs in order to get the Republican nomination. He used to hate Bush (& rightfully so, after the 2000 Repub primary), but now he loves him? He voted against Bush's tax cuts for the rich, but now he completely supports them? The "Straight Talk Express" man who, last year, said he didn't know if condoms prevented the spread of HIV/AIDS? The man who sang, "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran"? The man who said Shi'ite Iran was training Sunni Al Qaeda (only to be corrected moments later by LIEberman)? - queotic, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1LOL! I knew there'd be some idiots out there who'd believe that stupid rumor. Thanks for the laugh.
- queotic, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Really? Please provide some evidence of this.
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