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donating to campaigns
Feb. 6th, 2008 09:08 amToday I want to talk to you about donating to political candidates. Everyone who only gives to charity (as opposed to groups that pursue political agendas you care about) and never gambles can stop reading this, as I'm not talking to you.
Who I am talking to are the folks with a Friday night poker game, the folks that buy a lottery ticket from time to time. The people who, pay some sum of money, not to get a small chance at winning some larger sum of money, as we too often think of gambling, but to buy a brief experience of hope, of fantasy.
If you're one of those people, and I am one of those people - I grew up in a gambling family, dressed up by my mother to sneak into the casinos in Atlantic City when I was well underage - and you feel strongly about a political candidate in this race, consider buying in.
Sure, you can worry you might not get anything for it - but that's how it is when you sit down at the table, at the machine, or scratch the card. If you're a gambler, if you buy for yourself a certain fantasy from time to time, why not this one? why not now?
Obviously, I hope this entreaty skews to my candidate, but the challenge is out there to all of you. (And seriously, if Clinton raising just a little bit more money means she'll stop asking for _weekly_ debates, sure, give her cash).
Who I am talking to are the folks with a Friday night poker game, the folks that buy a lottery ticket from time to time. The people who, pay some sum of money, not to get a small chance at winning some larger sum of money, as we too often think of gambling, but to buy a brief experience of hope, of fantasy.
If you're one of those people, and I am one of those people - I grew up in a gambling family, dressed up by my mother to sneak into the casinos in Atlantic City when I was well underage - and you feel strongly about a political candidate in this race, consider buying in.
Sure, you can worry you might not get anything for it - but that's how it is when you sit down at the table, at the machine, or scratch the card. If you're a gambler, if you buy for yourself a certain fantasy from time to time, why not this one? why not now?
Obviously, I hope this entreaty skews to my candidate, but the challenge is out there to all of you. (And seriously, if Clinton raising just a little bit more money means she'll stop asking for _weekly_ debates, sure, give her cash).
