Yes, I'm Rec-begging, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If not for this diary, then at least for THIS ONE. As second gen put it in the comments for Lance's own diary from this morning, "I'm very disturbed that folks around here complain that we're not getting more and better Democrats, but then ignore diaries and calls for a money bomb (and a really small one, considering what we've done here before) for a more AND better Democrat." Don't get me wrong, I understand not everyone can donate, but it'd help infinitely to get this one on the Rec list if only for an hour or so.
Yep, that's right. I'm Jewish, and I lovvvvvve bacon.
Of course, I'm not talking about eating bacon; that'd be against my religion as well as my taste buds, as I personally can't stand the smell of bacon, much less the taste (yeah, I strayed once in my youth, curious to try out what I'd been brought up to miss out on. No problem, as I hated the taste of it anyway).
I'm talking about a different kind of bacon. The kind that funds political campaigns. More specifically, the kind that funds one particular campaign.
Anyone who's been following my diaries the past few months knows who I'm talking about: Lance Enderle.
Now, those who've been following this saga know the basic situation (here's the detailed timeline for those who don't).
The short version is this: MI-08 has been held by Republican rapist-enabler, Great Lakes oil-driller, 9/11 First Responder Screw-Over-er, War Crime Whistleblower-Assassinationist and all-around jackass Mike Rogers for 10 years now.
Earlier this year, a guy whose name I hope never to have to mention again threw his hat in the ring, but then bailed right after the primary filing deadline. Lance Enderle, a progressive, pro-choice Democrat and Lansing teacher decided that someone should challenge Rogers, so he picked up the ball and ran with it.
Through a series of absurd circumstances too lengthy to detail here, Lance finally got placed on the ballot as the official Democratic nominee for Michigan's 8th Congressional District.
Unfortunately, due to the series of misadventures that it took to get him there, his general election campaign--and his fundraising drive, in particular--got off to, shall we say, a bit of a late start.
HOWEVER, that's where you guys come in. For a mere $10 (hopefully more, of course), you can help give Lance the basic core funding he needs to pull off the biggest upset of this election.
Oh, yeah, and you can also win a chance at free BACON (the real kind) while you're at it!
Starting at midnight tonight not only can you help make it happen, but you can also win a gift certificate to BaconFreak.com! Everyone who donates $10 or more via Act Blue to the first-ever Bacon Bomb will be entered into a drawing to win said gift certificate.
Our goal? $13,000. That may not sound like much, but for a shoestring campaign like Lance's, it would mean the world, and would give him a hell of a shot at taking out Mike "Drill in the Great Lakes" Rogers.
And heck, if you can't do it for Lance, at least do it for The Dude (his dog)!!
Lance Enderle for Congress
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Come on, cough up some cabbage to earn some bacon! It'll make you feel patriotic!
If you can't donate (or even if you can), please Rec this diary up (alternately, you can Rec up Lance's own diary from this morning. See also this one, which has more pictures of Dude than you can shake a stick at!)
Update: PS. Shhhhh!!! The Dude thinks that this bacon is for him!! Don't worry, though; we have a backup plan all worked out for him:
Full disclosure: I am being paid as the website developer for Lance's campaign. However, any blogging/other promotion of his campaign is done strictly on my own time and my own dime.