fringe candidate wants to run for the Senate

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026930946

Oh my.

Links for sending money printed in blue here, but only printed in blue; they don't really work in case someone here wants to donate; sorry.

Alan Grayson (464 posts)   Wed Jul 1, 2015, 07:58 PM

Should I Run for the US Senate?
 
You are a supporter. That’s why I send you these notes. Now, I need to ask you an important question.

Should I run for the U.S. Senate?

I’ve been thinking about this decision for a long time.

If I do decide to try to join Elizabeth Warren and other good Progressive Democrats in the Senate, I need to know that I have your support.

If you think that I should run, please let me know, by contributing $20, $50, $100, $250 or even $500 today.

Every day, inequality is soaring. Social Security checks are worth less and less. The minimum wage is stuck at $7.25. America is the only advanced country without paid sick leave and paid vacations. Thirty million of us still can’t see a doctor when we are sick. College education is hopelessly expensive. The yoke of discrimination still weighs heavy on so many necks. And the law itself is up for sale to the highest bidder.

Someone has to fight back. And that “someone” is me.

You are one of many people who serve on the front lines, fighting for justice, equality and peace. People like you were grassroots leaders when Democrats took the Senate and the House in 2006, and took the White House in 2008.

Now we must stand together, and do it all over again in 2016.

My grandfather survived the Great Depression by going to the dump each day, and finding something that he could sell. I worked my way through Harvard by cleaning toilets, and then as a night watchman on the midnight shift. I know what it’s like to struggle; very few of today’s candidates and elected officials do. That’s why I fight so hard to improve the lives of ordinary people.

Your early support, now, will confirm that I can win this race, and make me feel that I’m doing the right thing. Contribute whatever amount you can, and show that you’re on our side. Every dollar counts.

When I returned to Congress in 2013, many Democrats were dispirited and defeatist. But during the 113th Congress, I wrote more bills than any other Member of the House of Representatives, passed more amendments on the Floor than any other Democrat, and had more of my bills signed into law than any other Member of the House, Democratic or Republican. The amendments I successfully passed through the U.S. House of Representatives have sought to transfer millions of dollars from military operations to medical research, increase bilingual housing counseling by 50%, restore almost half of the proposed cuts to HUD’s Housing for the Elderly Program, protect our privacy, and eliminate federal contracts for contractors who have cheated the government previously.

Salon magazine said that I’m the most effective Member of Congress. Business Insider said that I’m the most productive Member. And Time magazine said that I’m a stand-out Member in a do-nothing Congress.

What I’ve shown is very simple: That progressive Democrats can fight – and win! That’s leadership.

What worked in the House can work in the Senate. But only with your support.

Contribute $20, $50, $100, $250 or even $500 today at ActBlue now, and I’ll know that I can count on your support. 

The next few days will make the difference. I need to know that I can count on you.

So what do you think?

Should I run for the Senate? And will you help?

Courage,

Rep. Alan Grayson

92 replies, 1599 views

SidDithers (36,687 posts)   Wed Jul 1, 2015, 08:10 PM

15. You should ask DUers for money...
 
Maybe post a link to your fundraising page. 

The primitives are pretty evenly conflicted; about half-and-half.

[Carl]

Thirty million of us still can’t see a doctor when we are sick.

Wasn`t that the figure cited before Odumbocare?

[landofconfusion80]

Star Member geek tragedy (47,878 posts)
26. Copy and paste from a mass email? LAME. And NO, you should not run.

Tend to your Cayman Islands hedge fund instead.

And none of that hedge fund would have been possible without help from that primitive cash. 

[Mr Mannn]

Link to the DU thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6930946

another reply

Star Member PeaceNikki (24,424 posts)
36. You know, if you actually wanted to discuss this or anything here on DU, fine.

But you all have been spamming my email with your desperate pleas for money, and now your spamming the forum I frequent?

Pffffffft, at least pay for a ****ing ad here.

[SVPete]

[Star Member PeaceNikki (24,424 posts)
36. You know, if you actually wanted to discuss this or anything here on DU, fine.

But you all have been spamming my email with your desperate pleas for money, and now your spamming the forum I frequent?

Pffffffft, at least pay for a ****ing ad here.

  I want free @#$% for me, but you gotta pay!

ETA: DU-folk and their ilk have, for decades, blindly supported bearers of the anointed golden D. And now they've come to a dilemma of their own crafting: support a bearer of the anointed golden D who is the hind quarters of a horse; or resurrect something standards-oid on which they can refuse to support this bearer of the anointed golden D!

[Big Dog]

Wasn`t that the figure cited before Odumbocare?

Yes, but now it's a different 30 million. Under ZeroCare, Medicaid recipients are golden; working stiffs like you and me are shit.

[franksolich]

Yes, but now it's a different 30 million. Under ZeroCare, Medicaid recipients are golden; working stiffs like you and me are shit.

Uh huh.  That's exactly what happened, as many of us predicted it would.

That's always been the game plan of the Democrats--take from one group to give to another.

One really misses Ronald Reagan, who mastered the trick of giving to all without taking from anybody.  Damn.

[SarasotaRepub]

My grandfather survived the Great Depression by going to the dump each day, and finding something that he could sell.

Hmmm, like grandfather...

[diesel driver]

Hmmm, like grandfather...

Since the DUmmies have already sold their souls to the Dimrat Party, what could they possibly have of any value?  Grayson isn't trolling the DUmp, he's dredging the swamp for anything of value.  Good luck with that!   

[FlippyDoo]

I worked my way through Harvard by cleaning toilets, and then as a night watchman on the midnight shift.

I guess he forgot to add "then I learned to fleece sheeple and saw it was the road to riches".

I bet local pot dealers and the company that makes Cheetos all hate when election time comes around because any money given to a dem shyster is money that can't be spent on Cheetos and dope.