Making Nancy Mad
by digby
Donna Edwards is about $15,000 away from raising $100,000 online to defeat Bush Dog Al Wynn in the primary. Those of you who are cynical about politics and think there isn't dime's worth of difference between them should really take a look at Edwards. She's a real live true blue progressive who is trying to unseat a crooked, sell-out Democrat.
If you think politics in this country are hopeless and just want to complain that's certainly your privilege. If, on the other hand, you want to do something, you can throw a few dollars to people like Donna Edwards and help us get the ball rolling for real change.
Matt Stoller mentioned this campaign to Nancy Pelosi last night at a NYC fundraiser (which he points out is the only place to get any real face time with your representatives.) Here's what happened:
I went up to Pelosi after her odd speech to ask her in person about her support for Al Wynn. I said 'I helped organize a fundraiser for Donna Edwards', and I was about to talk about retroactive immunity and ask her to take this as a sign of frustration, as well as to tell her how proud she makes me as the first female Speaker of the House. But the moment I mentioned Al Wynn, Pelosi's whole face abruptly changed, her smile melted away, and she got hostile and said in an icy voice 'I know about that.' She then turned away to talk to someone else.
As Jane says,
If for no other reason than to say thanks to Matt Stoller for making that entrenched, do-nothing system just a little bit more uncomfortable to acquiesce to, please consider giving to Donna today.
If you want change, you've got to start somewhere.
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