Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Andy Card STFU
Andy Card, former Bush Administration Chief of Staff, and one of those people who helped screw up the country so bad that it’ll take the better part of the NEXT decade to fix it, is criticizing President Obama for not wearing a jacket in the Oval Office. Are you serious? Well, late tonight (actually it’s…
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It’s About the Effort
The past few days have been really exciting. About 20 Tennessee bloggers got together, led by Knoxville blogger R. Neal to work for a common goal: to Chip inraise funds for the TNDP and elections coming in 2010. Our expectations were low. We wanted to make a statement, but not overpromise and underdeliver. Tuesday, when…
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Chip In Day 2
As of 8am this morning we’ve raised $2554 with 63 donors. That’s pretty awesome for whipping something up in 24 hours, huh? Last night we raised our goal to raise $3000 and have 100 donors. We’re closing in on this new goal. Help us reach it so we can help turn Tennessee Blue! In the…
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What First 100 Days?
In my experience, the honeymoon never lasts as long as it should. I’m sure President Obama feels the same way right about now. Just 14 days in office and the Right Wing Chatterbox has taken over the airwaves in opposition to a stimulus package that is intended to help our damaged economy recover from the…
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Keep On Chippin' UPDATE
UPDATE: 6:15PM: We hit $2000 and 50 supporters, but we still have two more days! Let’s keep this train a goin’ and shoot for $3000, maybe even like….100 supporters? Come on, we can do it! –Original Post Follows– A couple of minutes ago we received a note from TNDP Chair Chip Forrester thanking us for…
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Chip In! UPDATED
Update 11:28 CST: You guys are AWESOME! We hit our initial $1000 goal in just four and a half hours with 21 donors. Let’s keep the momentum going and up the ante. We want to see if we can get 50 donors, totaling $2000 by Friday. Any amount is appreciated. The goal is to hit,…