As has been obvious to anyone reading DK, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) has brought down a whole heap of trouble on himself with just two words. We all know what they are so I won't bother repeating them, but I am offering up a challenge to the DK crew - let's transform Rob Miller into our Million Dollar man. More after the flip...
First, a couple of words for our heroes in Congress, Raul Grijalva and Keith Ellison. These two men are working their hearts out on our behalf and they need all the carrots we can give them. Read nyceve's diary to see the great work they are doing for us. I just went to Rep. Grijalva and Rep. Ellison's ActBlue entries on the Public Option ActBlue webpage. I was shocked to see the amounts raised across all of ActBlue were only $42,241 and $9,053 respectively. Let's not forget the heroes in the trenches in the midst of our righteous ire at the antics of some right winger. The folks in the Progressive Caucus need our support, financial and otherwise. Now returning to our regularly scheduled program...
I had this thought as I was reading diaries this morning that what we need to do is give Joe Wilson our Million Dollar Man Award TM. The award is simple - one million dollars to the opponent of any Republican who raises the bar on "teh stoooopid" in our political discourse. So my challenge to this community is to keep working and giving to Rob Miller until we hit a million dollars raised across ActBlue. Currently, that number stands at $779,547. So in anticipation of this happy occurance, I hereby award the following:
Hope this diary generates lots of anvils for "teh stoopids" of the disloyal opposition. Have fun!!!