$5.01 Barack Obama “Money Bomb” Set for February 12th
On February 12th, the birthday of a prominent Illinois lawyer/politician, blueinks over at Daily Kos suggests a Barack Obama “Money Bomb”. Previously, Congressman Ron Paul has benefited from two “money bombs” – or independently organized online fund raising days.
I propose that on February 12th (Lincoln’s Birthday) we have a money bomb extravaganza of small donations of $5.01 for Senator Obama. The reasons for this amount are easy to see:
- Small donations are powering Obama’s campaign
- Lincoln is on the $5 bill and the penny
- .01 is also for us online progressives making a statement to the campaign that we are here and we’ve got money. That we aren’t the huge bundlers for campaigns. We sacrifice parts of paychecks that mean more proportionally to those of us with smaller incomes. We buy into Barack Obama because we do dream of a more hopeful future instead of cynicsm. I would much rather be called a Hopemonger than a Warmonger. So if you believe in the hope that small donors are powering the Obama campaign, please join me in showing that when Americans united with Hope can wield large influence with small donations!
February 8th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I love this idea. I’ll put it up on my own blog and link back to you and other bloggers. Thanks for the post!
February 8th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Sorry! I corrected my post.
February 8th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Thanks for the heads up, I somehow missed it on Kos. I’m totally in.
Obama 08!!!!!
February 11th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I am so in. Let’s do it.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Tomorrow is pay day for Federal Employees, so I think it’s a great idea.
February 12th, 2008 at 10:17 am
I’ll pass it around….
February 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Obvious copy of the grassroots efforts by Ron Paul.
Let’s be honest, there are more democrats than Republicans. Most of whom vote for Obama because he symbolizes change, yet, they can’t say what he’s doing to change (except the generic answer of “Washington”) OR how he’s going to accomplish this. The shallow voter. VOting for looks and feelings rather than principles and issues. (Obama missed some very important votes in the senate, and you ignore this.) You are the greatest argument against a democracy.
February 12th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
“I’m a Democrat. I’m considered a progressive Democrat. But if a Republican or a Conservative or a libertarian or a free-marketer has a better idea, I am happy to steal ideas from anybody and in that sense I’m agnostic.”
aka, if it works, it works.
and your charge is interesting, but inaccurate, at least speaking for myself.