Grassroots Activism
Posted at 1:53pm on Nov. 13, 2007 Babies, Bombs, And Boston Harbor: How NOT To Support A Candidate
By haystack
Promoted from Diaries by Thomas, because, first, we're all about candidates who get the NRLC endorsement, and, second, it's nice to see candidates taking advantage of online fundraising opportunities that aren't just PayPal links.
For all intents and purposes, the Texas Congressman running for President has shown strong support from grassroots activists, especially in the web o'sphere. They deserve credit for their enthusiasm and creativity-and their ability to squeeze green from a black stone. There are lessons in there for those seeking new and ever-creative ways to advance a candidate...from a logistics perspective at least.
There's a big difference, however, between psyching up the minions and getting them pumped about helping a campaign versus rustling up a few Democrat talking points and insisting people MUST fork over cash: It's for the Children!!
There's the Romney supporters, leveraging Pearl Harbor imagery as the backdrop for their own fund drive in the name of his promises to support vets, and perhaps my personal favorite, Tancredo's suggestion that we need to give him money before a terrorist blows up a shopping mall...that one might be a bit over the top but what do I know?
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Posted at 11:16am on Nov. 11, 2007 A Big Day Coming For Fred?
By haystack
As secrets and conspiracies go, few survive in the shadows for long. Such is the case with the most recent one put together by a few FredHeads. As Jim Geraghty reports something is afoot by grassroots types who DON'T have "he-with-two-first-names" tattooed to their foreheads. According to Geraghty, someone sent him a "cryptic" email suggesting:
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