There is no hope for this country anymore.

Snark: Your excuse is LAME.

And to people who complain about how he's running the campaign: CALM DOWN. The "real" election season (defined as when most people are paying attention) has been going for all of 9 days now. We have a LONG time to go. Take a breath, wait for the real GOP dirty tricks to come: he'll respond in time. What's he going to do? Go nuts and be seen as panicking at the mere pick of an unknown? That the mere selection of some unknown governor unravels his entire campaign ?

I think he needs to save some aces (Powell endorsement?) for when he needs them. Yes, he needs to fight, and Yes he needs to not be Kerry. But give him time to run his race. He beat the Clintons; I can't believe he can't handle McCain.

What's moveon.org doing these days?

I'll totally vote for Obama,I'll tell other people to vote for him, but I'm not giving him a whole bunch of my hard earned money.

You can request to be removed from the campaign email list. I think it may tell you how to make the request at the bottom of the emails.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/09/america/09donate.php

http://my.barackobama.com/n2n

Sarcasm aside, @19, I'm GLAD he reconsidered the golden handcuffs of "public" matching funds. I'd rather see him elected on the individual donations of over two million individuals (and counting), with an average contribution under $200.

That's democracy.

just for shits and giggles.

You're not showing up on http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/ a handy tool for checking up on friends who claim to be donating to the campaigns. :)

PS: I just watched your appearance on Real Time. Dude - nice job! You were sharp, funny, and telegenic.

And by the way, none of us has ever financially supported a political campaign before. But this is too important to stand on the sideline.

http://www.foodlifeline.org/

http://www.newsmeat.com/media_political_donations/Dan_Savage.php

I'm worried about Andrew Sullivan. He's just posting pictures of flowers, sunsets and Desperate Housewives clips. And muttering in German.

He's your friend. Could you please check in on him? I'm worried about him... Worried that Palin may have caused his head to explode or something...

Thanks,

Signed: "Concerned"

Democrat ... it's the new Whig.

Basically I'm buying my complaining rights.

I think it is time that we stopped blaming the Democrats for the Democrats losses.

Ha ha ... That's a good one!

Did you really just say that?

It's the same playing field it's always been, and the Republicans are better at playing the game. It's true, Americans (particularly white, working-class Americans) vote against their own self-interest. It's phenomenal when you think about it.

But, how can you not blame the Democrats for being unable to reverse this trend?

As I said, if Obama doesn't win, then the Democrats are finished as a national party.

Fuck you, Dan.

No fucking way. The Republicans will be finished. Think of the nightmare that will unfold under McCain, or likely Palin. The Republicans are already on their way down. A Republican administration during what may be one of the hardest times this country has seen in 60 years will be the end of the Republican Party.

And that will be my only solace if McCain manages to win.

Align your actions with your beliefs and support change in your world, but REALLY support change. Quit griping about how fucked up the country is, forgo lattes for a month or so, give up some free time on a weekend and volunteer with a local voter registration drive, inconvenience yourself a little.

I believe Gandhi said "BE the change you want to see in the World" not "incessantly bitch and kvetch about the people who have the balls to put themselves out there and actually try to do something about it"

I really wish the Libertarians would have some success. Most Republicans that I know are really Libertarians at heart. Taxes are the only issue they care about. The Bible thumper/fiscal conservative marriage is fragile, at best. Until that divorce happens (and, until Palin came along, it was happening this year), the Republicans will be a competitive party.

Regardless of who wins, the system needs shaking up. It's a travesty that Ohio gets to decide who the President is every election.

And some more to Move-On.

Hopefully, all our small contributions will make one BIG one.