February 12th, 2008

A Daily Kos reader has suggested that, in celebration of Lincoln’s birthday, we should donate $5.01 to Obama’s campaign to show that small donors are what drive his candidacy. I love the idea (much like Ron Paul supporters have shown) of getting a ton of small donors together to make a statement about their collective influence & power (not to mention personal ownership). From the article:

I propose that on February 12th (Lincoln’s Birthday) we have a money bomb extravaganza of small donations of $5.01 for Senator Obama. The reasons for this amount are easy to see:

1. Small donations are powering Obama’s campaign
2. Lincoln is on the $5 bill and the penny
3. .01 is also for us online progressives making a statement to the campaign that we are here and we’ve got money. That we aren’t the huge bundlers for campaigns. We sacrifice parts of paychecks that mean more proportionally to those of us with smaller incomes. We buy into Barack Obama because we do dream of a more hopeful future instead of cynicsm. I would much rather be called a Hopemonger than a Warmonger. So if you believe in the hope that small donors are powering the Obama campaign, please join me in showing that when Americans united with Hope can wield large influence with small donations!

I urge you all to donate $5.01 to his campaign. It’s a small, easy amount to give and will go a long way if a large number of us can pitch in.

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2 Responses to “Moneybomb.”

1. Michelle says:
   February 13th, 2008 at 8:52 am

   A very clever idea.

   Then, on Washington’s birthday (the 22nd), I plan to donate $1.25.

   This is easy!
2. Daniel says:
   February 13th, 2008 at 9:54 am

   And cheap to boot!