Two fund-raisers; same city, same night...
FUNDRAISER #1. On Thursday, Sept 28, George W. Bush will fly to Columbus, Ohio, to wine and dine with the GOP movers and shakers of perhaps the most corrupt state in the Union; to scarf up $$$ for the re-election of Rep. Deborah Pryce (R) (OH-15), aka Republican leadership flying monkey number 4. (See Footnote #1 in Tip Jar.)
Bush & Pryce motorcade enroute to their mega-loot-a-polooza as they snarl traffic throughout downtown Columbus and the greater Central Ohio metropolitan area. (Artist's conception.)
FUNDRAISER #2. The very same evening, on the other side of town, a few local progressive groups will be holding a friendly neighborhood get-together of their own--
at my friends' house.
Here my friend (artist's conception) lets her neighbors know there will be some extra cars parking around the old neighborhood next Thursday, and she sure hopes they don't mind, and why don't they just pop over and say "hi" to Mary Jo Kilroy. We think you'll like her!
Yes, our little fund-raiser may seem a bit out-gunned. We don't have Air Force One, or the Secret Service; and we have neither the means nor the desire to dip into the crony/unbid-contract/taxpayer-rip-off cesspool that IS Republican politics (especially in Ohio). So we probably won't be raking in as much as Pryce. In fact, the next day's headline for the Columbus Dispatch will probably look something like this:
And that's okay. Because Republicans NEED $gazillions. Spending $gazillions is what Republicans do.
And, before you start feeling all sorry for our little overwhelmed fundraiser, may I point out, KILROY IS ALREADY NECK-AND-NECK WITH PRYCE. Did you catch that? For all of Pryce's connections, power, and already a $1 million advantage, Kilroy is in a dead heat!
Soooo, if you want to help a winner who will make your contributions count....
- If you can't get to our little soiree, but still want to help, here's a contribution site set up just for this fundraiser. Send some bucks to Kilroy, and send a message to Bush/Pryce. (OR if you prefer snail mail, you can send your check to this fund-raiser sponsor, made payable to "Kilroy for Congress".)
- If you live in Central Ohio, click here for the time and place of our fundraiser. Click a second time to make it big enough to read. To co-sponsor, go here, which tells you to email Rgood120954(at)aol.com. (Yes, Stonewall is a gay group, and I belong to it--See Footnote #2 in the Tip jar.)
- Or, if so moved, maybe recommend this diary to keep it up a bit more, maybe pulling some more $ into the Kilroy cookie jar--but I realize there are a lot of us fundraising right now.