The netroots July 4th fundraiser to help Hillary Clinton retire campaign debt has been a huge success. Just Say No Deal coalition spokesperson, Will Bowers Bower, announced in an interview yesterday on FOX News that fund raising estimates ranged from a conservative $6 million to as much as $10 million within one week. Will also stated that the coalition has grown to 2.5 million members with over 230 blogs and websites. That's impressive for a coalition that formed just 23 days ago. Hear what Will has to say:
Yesterday, the coalition kicked off a 48 hour fund raising push to dump the "Star" bucks and donate to Hillary instead. Let's do it. Skip another latte, dig deep into your pockets and pocketbooks, and drop some cash on Hillary. For those of you who can afford a bit more, check out this new winning tee from Clinton's Project T-shirt contest.
The new, limited edition "This One Is For You" T-shirts are $50 with proceeds going to help retire Hillary's campaign debt. Get your T-shirts while supplies last. You can buy the T-shirt from Hillary's website. Give it up for Hillary just one more time. All it takes is another $5, $10, or even $50 to free Hillary from the DNC and campaign debt.
UPDATE 1: Let's add Hillbuzz to the Hillary-thon and have some fun. Hillbuzz devised a clever little carnival to raise money for Hillary. Check out the pics on the site. I am especially fond of Nancy's.
Donate $5.00 = Harry Reid gets a big kick in his farty pants!
Donate $10.00 = Donna Brazile gets dunked in the tank!
Donate $15.00 = Nancy Pelosi gets a makeover!
Donate $20.00 = Howard Dean gets screamed at!
Donate $100.00 = Obama gets a great big, red, white and blue Belgian waffle...right in his face!
UPDATE 2: On Friday, we raised a total of $623.52 in this post, which includes $300 in t-shirt sales. Thank you to everyone who has donated to Hillary's campaign. A special thank you to the following people who donated again on Friday:
UPDATE 3: For clarification, I use the term "PUMA" in a broad sense as a description, not a group. I believe that any Democrat not supporting Obama as the nominee of the Democrat party is a PUMA. I was crediting the whole coalition, not a single "PUMA" group. I want to thank StandsOnPrinciple for his/her comment below, providing some background on the July 4th/$20.08 "Independence Day" Retire the Debt initiative that JSND promoted. I want to credit Paula Abeles' group and GeekLove for their efforts on behalf of the coalition. It is also important to note that other groups across the pro-Hillarysphere had their own debt drives as well, even though it was the July 4th/$20.08 drive that JSND chose to promote.
"Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble, keep faith. When you?re knocked down, get right back up. And NEVER listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on."
Hillary Clinton - June 7, 2008
