Send Hillary Some Love
By Alegre on February 19, 2008 at 3:26 PM in Health Care, Hillary Clinton
(Susan’s NOTE: Alegre is going to begin posting here. She asked that I help post her Valentine’s Day article first. She dares to post at DailyKos, but always dons her asbestos suit first. OF NOTE: If she raises just $600 more as a Hillraiser, she gets to meet Hillary! Alegre got involved in Hillary’s campaign because of the improvements in legislation and programs, brought about by Hillary Clinton, that have directly helped Alegre’s developmentally delayed son. She speaks about that below.)
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I love the spirit of the people who’ve signed up with our new Yahoo Discussion group, Hillary’s Voice. I’ve never seen such a dedicated group of folks. Hat tip to GrrlPatriot for coming up with this play on words. Check it out…
A dozen roses: $50.00
Greeting card: $3.00
Box of chocolates: $22.00
Hillary as President: Priceless
Heck, add dinner and a sitter to the total and you’re talking about well over $100. Think of it – you get to skip the hassles of finding cards, flowers & candy, lining up a sitter, getting to the restaurant… all of it. Instead you get to relax at home maybe over a nice dinner and a fire in the fireplace. Put on your comfies, pop a video in the VCR, put your feet up on the coffee table and reeeelaaaaaax.
But wait – there’s more! Make the jump to find out how you can help me attend a reception and maybe meet Hillary herself. But DONATE First! Ok I’m putting on my shameless hussy fundraising hat here – I need your help!As an added bonus of skipping all the hallmark holiday hassles, if you use my HillRaisers link to make your donation, you’ll help me raise enough money to attend a reception where I might (might!) get to meet Hillary in person after all these months of blogging and volunteering on her behalf.
As many of you know, I’ve been writing about Hillary’s hisherstoric run for the White House for quite a while now. I’ve also been working with our local campaign here in Maryland and volunteering at campaign headquarters. I’ve attended a few of her events (the most recent with my 7 year old daughter) and even shook her hand once.
But I’ve never had the honor of attending a reception or smaller event. That could change if I can raise some $ in the next 24 hours, and this is where you come in.
There’s a reception coming up here in our area and I want to see if I can go if at all possible. But I need to raise a couple thousand dollars in the next 24 hours if it’s going to happen. The thought of actually meeting the woman I’ve been working to help elect would be an absolute thrill – but I can’t make this happen on my own. I know a lot of you support what Hillary’s trying to do and if you’re thinking of donating to her campaign, now’s the time to use my HillRaisers link. Anything will help – $10, $25, $50, $100 (!!!!) … it all adds up and it’s for a mighty great cause.
As some of you might know, I’m not some Janey-come-lately who turned up during this election just to sing the praises of her chosen candidate. I’ve been on these boards for quite a few years now. I’ve written about the environment, health, women’s rights, education, the genocide in Darfur, impeachment, ending the war… the list goes on and on and on and thanks to my posts about Hillary’s great record and her plans for our future, I’d like to think I’ve become a stronger writer, and I’m definitely a more committed member of this community of progressive activists. Sure I take some abuse around here for what I post but hey – who doesn’t right? I’ve got a thicker skin for my troubles 
This is a sound investment too you guys. Over 135,000 people have donated to Hillary’s campaign since February 6th – the vast majority of whom are first time donors. They’ve donated $13 million in the last 8 days. And a new poll out today just confirmed what I knew in my gut… that a lot of the upcoming states will bring Hillary back into this race stronger than ever. Check it out…
Clinton Holds Strong Lead Over Obama In Ohio, Pennsylvania PollsHolds a 21-point lead in Ohio, 16-point lead in PennsylvaniaIn a new Quinnipiac Poll released today, Senator Hillary Clinton holds a substantial lead over Senator Barack Obama in the key primary states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. In Ohio, Clinton leads Obama by a margin of 55-34. According to the poll, Clinton holds a 26 point advantage among women and a 10 point advantage among men.In Pennsylvania, Clinton leads 52-36. She holds a 20 point lead among women and a 10 point lead with women.
Also in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton beats John McCain by six points in a head-to-head matchup. McCain is tied, however, with Barack Obama in the state. Clinton also attracts more support than Obama against McCain in both Ohio and Florida.
This thing is still very much a horse race and I’m trying to do all I can to help keep the fundraising momentum going – with or without the incentive of this upcoming reception.
I’m doing this because I want to thank her for the work she’s done on behalf of people with disabilities – kids with developmental delays like my son who’s made remarkable progress because of the programs Hillary helped to put into place. Her commitment to the children of this world is an amazing thing and to think we may actually send someone to the Oval Office with a background in early childhood development… it’ll be one of many firsts if when she wins this election.
I’m also doing this because I believe in what Hillary’s trying to accomplish.Hillary’s got what it takes to lead this nation forward, fix our broken health care system by making her universal plan a reality, and restore our good name around the world. If you want to see her make it to the Oval Office – well you know what needs to happen first right?
Check out this video first – it’s amazing… Use My HillRaisers Link to DONATE NOW! Thanks.
PS: If you guys come through for me and we near the goal, I’ll post updates. I’m counting on you guys – this may be my one chance to meet her!
U P D A T E Keep the contributions coming guys! We’re only about (getting calculator out here…) We’re about half way to the goal of raising $2,000 tonight ;o)
I may get to that reception yet!!!!Thanks!
UPDATE 2: HatTip to GrannyHelen for finding this video. Thought I’d include it as a way of saying thanks to all you contributors this evening.
This one rocks guys – check it out ;o)Yeah!
by Ronald Scott
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