8th Congressional District candidate Darcy Burner blew past her fundraising targets with an impressive surge during the final few days of the first-quarter reporting period.
Burner will report over $536,000 raised thus far, $320,000 in the last quarter. More important, her $355,000 in cash-on-hand comfortably beat the threshold required to qualify for $250,000 from the DCCC’s Red-to-Blue program.
But perhaps most impressive was the way in which she exceeded her targets, raising over $150,000 in the last ten days, and an astounding $90,000 in the final 48 hours of the quarter.
The campaign credits much of this fundraising surge to the grassroots support Burner received from local bloggers, and if that’s true, we not only helped her campaign reach “the next level” as campaign manager Zach Silk told The Stranger, but such an impact would suggest that the local progressive blogosphere has reached the next level itself.
We’ve got a competitive race, my friends. More later….
In the meantime, stop by Drinking Liberally tonight and meet the candidate herself; 8pm, Montlake Alehouse, 2307 24th Avenue E.
I sure wish more people cared about the crap Congresspeople infecting the part of the state east of the mountains. If only there were this kind of buzz against Nurse Hastings and Morrison, maybe we could get somewhere. Perhaps Jay Inslee has advice for Goldmark and Richard Wright; Inslee, amazingly, once represented Hasting’s district. I couldn’t even remember Wright’s name, that’s how active he’s been. You’d think with the goldmine in Delay-related-activities that makes up the ethically challenged head of the House Ethics Committee, Wright would at least say something pithy. Or even not pithy. Just say something.
Darcy freakin rocks!
This is bad news for the right wing traitors. They may end up not just looooosing the House but looooosing it BIG!
DARCY RAWKS!!
“I sure wish more people cared about the crap Congresspeople infecting the part of the state east of the mountains. ”
Tell me more bluesky.
It is an interesting development…
Now, class, who can tell me where a certain “fundraising machine” Vermont governor is now?
Darcy Burner for WA Dem Party Chair in 2007!
“ It is an interesting development…
Now, class, who can tell me where a certain “fundraising machine†Vermont governor is now?
Darcy Burner for WA Dem Party Chair in 2007! ”
Comment by (The Real) Mark — 4/4/06 @ 7:25 pm
Uh, Are you trying to make a comparison of Darcy Burner “running for the 8th District of Washington State” and Howard Dean former Govenor of Vermont and “running for the Presidency of the USA”
If that is the comparison you are attempting, do you feel like an idiot all the time?
Or are you just trying for the “dumbest post in all the internet” prize for 2006?
Now, class, who can tell me where a certain “fundraising machine” Vermont governor is now?
If you are referring to Redfield Proctor, he’s long dead.
How much from special interest groups
…emily’s list?
…trial lawyers?
…Indians…?
…People for american way
…Abortion groups..
All the usual suspects…
Jeremiah Leon Wright, 29, was sentenced Monday to the maximum prison term allowable by law for the rape of a then 80-year-old Maryville woman. Circuit Court Judge D. Kelly Thomas sentenced Wright to serve 12 years in a Tennessee Department of Correction facility. Wright must serve 100 percent of the sentence. State law sets sentences for the crime from 8 to 12 years. [Another young black Democrat giving women the “Tookie Willians” love they desire!!! Question: Can this young well endowed black youth still vote Democrat in 08??]
10, Nothing like a little crack, smack, Black Velvet, and rape to make a complete Democrat day!!!!!!!!
If only Cindi McKinney was there to hold the 80 yr old down!!! That would show those white bitches!!!!!!
Loooooooooovvvvvvveeeeeeeeee, Democrat “Tookie” style!!!!!!!!!!!
Donna @ 7
I’ll say this reeeeaaalllly sloooooowwwww so that you’ll understand. Yessssssss, I wassss draaaawwwwingggg the commmmparrrrrisssson.
Dean Dean the Fundraising Machine… Now US Dem Party Chair
Darcy Burner for WA Dem Party Chair in 2007!
How much from special interest groups
…emily’s list?
…trial lawyers?
…Indians…?
…People for american way
…Abortion groups..
All the usual suspects…
Commentby righton— 4/4/06@ 8:22 pm
Dont forget Moron.org and donks coming together. All lefty front groups funded by a few but claiming many memebers.
“All the usual suspects…”
Thank you, inspector Jabbert. We, the people, stand shoulder to shoulder to oppose the corrupt special interest machine of the GOP. After all, the GOP, as the tool of the business class is, by definition a willing handmaiden to the penultimate “special interest group”.
Roger Rabbit hardly ever shows up for DL because the Seattle Parks Department has a contract out on me! I can’t imagine why anyone would want to send sweet little ol’ me to a concentration camp! (Click here for photo of concentration camp: http://www.rabbitrodentferret......ctuary.asp)
HEY STEFAN! I’VE BEEN FUCKING YOUR WIFE!!! :D :D :D
HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR
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“How much from special interest groups
…emily’s list?
…trial lawyers?
…Indians…?
…People for american way
…Abortion groups..
All the usual suspects… Commentby righton— 4/4/06@ 8:22 pm”
So fucking what??? Do you have something against people contributing to Democrats? Do you think only Republicans should get contributions? Why should Republicans have a monopoly on contributions? Republicans want a monopoly on every fucking thing! Fuck you.
Real Idiot @6
It’s only April, and Burner already has raised more money than any other 8th Dist. Democratic candidate ever, and you think that’s a good thing for the GOP? Keep telling yourself that, buddy. The rest of us are laughing at you.
One thing ya gotta give these Pukian trollfucks, they know how to be optimists!
HEY STEFAN, I’M FUCKING YOUR WIFE!!!
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“Nothing like a little crack, smack, Black Velvet, and rape …”
Commentby Hillary [JCH]Clinton— 4/4/06@ 8:36 pm
Subjects on which JCH, no doubt, is an expert.
14, 15, et al.
It’s getting tougher every day to defend the GOP corruption machine, isn’t it boys?
GOP CULTURE OF PERVERSION
A top Homeland Security Department official was arrested today for using the internet to solicit sex with an undercover cop posing as a 14-year-old girl.
For details, see http://hosted.ap.org/
(This story probably is copyrighted by somebody or other. If you want to know who, click on the link! I’m not your fucking research assistant.)
HEY STEFAN! I FUCKED YOUR WIFE!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Yeah, I know, posting stuff like that is sick and twisted. So what? Republicans are sick and twisted, so can’t I be sick and twisted too? Why should Republicans have a monopoly on being sick and twisted? Republicans want a monopoly on every fucking thing.
You want to know what “sick and twisted” really is? I’ll tell you! A 55-year old Republican official soliciting sex from a 14-year-old girl — THAT IS SICK AND TWISTED!!! How can you top that? Unless Stefan wants to admit he married his 14-year-old cousin.
Hey Stefan, why aren’t you gonna share the loot from your lawsuit against Dean Logan and King County with the generous donors to your “legal action fund” who paid for the lawsuit? And why did you marry your 14-year-old cousin?
ROGER RABBIT POLL
Stefan is gonna keep the loot from his lawsuit against Dean Logan and King County instead of sharing it with the generous donors to his “legal action fund” who paid for the lawsuit because:
[ ] 1. He’s a greedy prick
[ ] 2. He can’t hold a job and needs the money
[ ] 3. He can’t get a date with anybody over 15 years old
[ ] 4. All of the above.
BunnyBoy @ 19
I NEVER said it was a good thing for the GOP. I just said that being a prolific fundraiser guarantees you NOTHING — except maybe a party chair(wo)manship.
One MIGHT draw some analysis from the donor base drawn from vs. election (or primary) results, but my point — REGARDLESS OF PARTY — is that her only achievement is raising money (likely from a rabid base), not winning hearts and minds of normal voters.
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We’ll find out in November who won the most hearts and minds, won’t we?
Click here for photo of Republicans winning hearts and minds: http://www.globalsecurity.org/.....napalm.jpg
BunnyBoy @ 31
So, now you’re posting snapshots you took of your handiwork earlier in your life?
BunnyBoy…
As for the real topic at hand…
Do you really think that Darcy raised much money from anyone besides the rabid base + those interests seeking to
bribeerr…influence… err… “support” her?If I were to venture a guess, I’d say the increased fundraising ability is a direct result of a more “whipped up” base willing to make greater financial sacrifices rather than a broader donor base. Without public disclosure documents, it is impossible to know if the average gift is higher and/or if the donors are first-time givers to Democratic (or even political) causes.
Based on Goldy’s comment of “The campaign credits much of this fundraising surge to the grassroots support Burner received from local bloggers”, it would seem that she was preaching to the more-than-faithful and simply got them to dig deeper into their hemp satchels.
How much did Ross raise last year?
It gives me so much hope for a new day to read these comments while eating my breakfast. Ah, the world is good!
You can bet the inbred right wing morons would be saying she hasn’t got a chance if she DIDN’T raise the money. But who cares what these traitors to freedom think? Their liars, cowards, cheats and child rapists. They mean nothing.
re 9: If you or a family member gets screwed by a big corporation you’re going to be glad you have an experienced trial attorney.
“We’ll stop the trial attorneys and pass the savings on to the consumer!!!!!!!”
…right……….
It’s only April, and Burner already has raised more money than any other 8th Dist. Democratic candidate ever, and you think that’s a good thing for the GOP? Keep telling yourself that, buddy. The rest of us are laughing at you.
Well, more than any Democrat up to this point in the cycle.
Ross raised over $1,453,000 total and he didn’t enter until about Juneish. Alben raised $843,000 total (with $300K being his own money) but through March 31, 2004, he only raised $263,000.
In any case, Burner is off to a very good start.
I hope Darcy pounds Reichert for the help he got from the Corrupt Mr. Delay
http://www.thestranger.com/sea.....?oid=31149
How the hell will Darcy find the time to be state party chair in 07? She will be spending her time in DC taking back our nation from the neocons. And we have a great party chair who I am sure will be reelected.
Republicans suck!! Let’s keep up the pressure until we drive them into the ocean like the corruppt, infected rats they are.
It seems that both Goldy and Stefan really don’t have jobs. What is it, exactly, that these two guys do every day? How do they pay their bills?
More inmportantly, how can I get into their line of “work?”
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Sell advertising space in your comments.
“Yo” is a contraction of “yahoo” (as in “trailer park yahoo”) and is properly spelled “y’o.” Like most trollfucks, Y’o can’t even spell his own fucking name! Illiteracy doesn’t keep them from contributing to the delinquency of minors, though.
Hey Y’o — are you fucking your 14-year-old cousin? Just wondering.
yossarian i know it’s hard for you but normal people would try the ‘about me’ link.
You Lefties still don’t get it…
The fundraising is evidence of very little other than a more generous, foaming-at-the-mouth base. When it comes to Election Day, it isn’t going to make a difference because they can’t vote twice. Errr… ummmm… sorry. Nevermind.
Hey deadlyshoe,
I checked it out earlier, many months ago, and I still don’t believe these guys actually can survive on what they’re doing. So lick me and lick me hard!
Yossarian,
I have not given Goldy one dime.
Yossarian,
I have not given Goldy one dime.
Commentby George Soros— 4/5/06@ 12:25 pm
Georgie-Porgie, puddin’-n-pie!
Neither have I!
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“Neither have I! Commentby Yossarian— 4/5/06@ 12:27 pm”
You admit to FREELOADING on Goldy’s blog? Figures. Republicans are
F R E E L O A D E R S
BunnyBoy @ 50
YOU are the definition of a “freeloader.” You collect a gov’t. check after a lifetime of doing more harm than good.
And your prolific breeding? Merely to get a bigger check. Typical Democrat.
“Neither have I! Commentby Yossarian— 4/5/06@ 12:27 pm”
You admit to FREELOADING on Goldy’s blog? Figures. Republicans are
F R E E L O A D E R S
Commentby Roger Rabbit— 4/5/06@ 2:04 pm
Hey, Roger – I don’t recall Goldy ever passing the hat for a collection, do you? If he did, would you send him a check? You sure as hell take us a lot of space on Goldy’s blog, so it would be nice, if Goldy were to ask, that you contribute some of that “guvmint lawyer” money you’re so fucking proud of!
E-S-A-D, MF!!!!!!
Yossarian and (The Real) Mark are having a TROLL-OFF!I gotta give the edge to Yossarian, he is more persistant, if not more idiotic.
Both are great competitors!