No I haven’t given to either presidential candidate. But I gave to the candidate who wasn’t picked for VP. Guess who?

I contributed a ton to Ron Paul — sh!tload of good THAT did, eh?

I never contribute to political campaigns. I’d rather contribute what little money I have to causes that I’m confident won’t go to waste, and will do a lot of good - such as St. Jude Children’s Hospital (http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f2bfab46cb118010VgnVC…). Speaking of politics, John McCain recently named Washington lobbyist William Timmons as his senior advisor for a potential McCain presidential transition team. According to one publication, [Time, 9/12/08; Senate Office of Public Records] Timmons represents “the antithesis of the kind of outside-of-Washington change (McCain) has recently been promising.” It predicts what four years under McCain’s industry-driven policy and insider politics would mean for Americans ( http://www.democrats.org/page/-/pdf/noreformer.pdf). DNC Chairman Howard Dean said, “Despite the McCain campaign’s claims that McCain ‘doesn’t run with the Washington herd,’ this analysis makes clear that McCain has his own herd of more than 170 lobbyists. Just like George Bush, under John McCain the White House would be run by the same lobbyists who run his campaign and put what’s good for them ahead of what’s good for America. It’s more of the same lobbyist-led politics that has characterized the last eight years of Republican rule. That’s not the change America needs and deserves.”

My first contribution to Obama’s campaign came the day I heard his speech on race as a response to the Rev. Wright issue, I was stunned at the honesty in his words and relieved to hear a politicain speak to us as adults. I have given four more times after that, most recently at the end of the Republican convention because I was even more appalled at the lies and rancor than I expected to be. After feeling like a fool for sending money to the Kerry campaign last time around I swore to myself I would hold off this time but who was I kidding? I’m even more freaked out about another Republican administration now than I was four years ago, I should have known I’d be bucking up.

More importantly, Obama raised $66M in August….$20M more than McCain. And Obama’s donations are on the rise thanks to McCain’s troglodyte VP pick. But what the DNC/Obama need to concern themselves with is that the GOP is already vote caging and disenfranchising voters in swing states like Ohio. John Dean etc better have a plan or it will be 2000/2004 all over again. It’s not who votes, it’s who counts the votes and the mostly Diebold voting machines are owned by GOP companies and are easily hacked reprogrammable…..that’s been proven over and over again. Why hasn’t the DNC done anything in 8 years?