Curious come-on
Here's a funny one that popped into the old e-mail inbox yesterday -- a message from the mayor:
Gee whiz. Merkley's obviously the party establishment's candidate in the primary. He's got the bigwig endorsements already, and I thought he was supposed to have some big national money already committed. But now he's the "grassroots" guy?
The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it is natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures.And he needs me to give him my friends' e-mail addresses, presumably so that he can hit them up for dough? Add this one to the Think I'll Pass series.
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Comments (4)
Whereas i won't be giving Merkley the email addresses of my friends either, i'm less concerned about what has become this ubiquitous begging. The DSCC meddling in our highly contested primary does however turn me off.
Posted by East Bank Thom | October 18, 2007 7:15 AM
Do it for the children.
BTW, what's up with that picture of Tom Potter squatting in Pioneer Square? Isn't that illegal now?
Posted by none | October 18, 2007 11:48 AM
I understand Potter's trying to appeal to the average guy by not dressing like a politician, but lately it seems he's going for the homeless look. The other day I saw him wearing a suit and a pair of running shoes, what the ....?
Posted by Joey Link | October 18, 2007 1:49 PM
For what it's worth (and it may not be much, to you) Jeff Merkley has said - since he got in the race - that he intends to build the "biggest grassroots campaign in Oregon history."
That's an interesting definition of "grassroots" though - but these days it usually means a campaign powered by lots of people doing lots of volunteer work and making small dollar donations.
That's as opposed to a campaign funded almost entirely with big checks from special interests and wealthy insiders, ala Gordon Smith.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | October 19, 2007 12:36 AM