Throw this guy eight bucks.

[Hamlette]

http://seantevis.com/kansas/3000/running-for-office-xkcd-style/?helphim

Sean Tevis is running for state house in Kansas (!) I know only what I learned from his web site. But, its so damned clever I sent my $8.34 and think you should too. I like rewarding stuff like this.

"Running for Office: It's Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner"

[snowbear]

1. Eight bucks..

I'll send eight bucks next week. This week is going to the DU/Obama fund...

[Hamlette]

2. lol....and thanks. n/t

[blogslut]

3. I take it back

I have said that Barack Obama's site is the best campaign site EVAR. I was wrong. This guy's site is!

[Hamlette]

5. yeah, he had me at "like a flame war with a forum troll but with an eventual winner"

he's very clever

and his opponent looks like a dope

hope he wins

seemed worth 8 bucks, you can contribute through paypal so its very simple.

[KAZ]

4. What the heck, I'm in.

Done.

[Extend a Hand]

6. must.donate.now

that was sooooo worth $8.34

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. That's my hood

The pukes in Olathe are especially bad. Remember that woman KS state senator who said women should never have been given the right to vote? She was from Olathe.

[grantcart]

8. brilliant god I wish I had the $ 500 to get the video from his mom

[Hamlette]

16. I hadn't even seen that. OMG. He is VERY clever.

I got the link to this site from John Cole at www.balloon-juice.com He's a daily read for me. He is a recovering republican and can be very funny hisownself.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Help other Kansas Dems too

Share the wealth folks! We can turn Kansas blue this year. We are so close.

Here is my candidate and my neighbor. I so look forward to him being my state rep:
http://www.andyforkansas.org/

Other Kansas candidates - all progressive Dems:

http://www.milack.com/

http://www.cindyneighbor.org/meet-cindy-neighbor.html

This guy won by two votes in 2006:
http://www.rardinforkansas.com/

[high density]

10. lol, I'm sold

[Labors of Hercules]

11. kewlness!

deserves rewarding! :thumbsup:

[swishyfeet]

12. I'll make someone a deal!

I don't have a paypal account, and too lazy.

Drop 8.34 for me and I'll drop $25 for Obama through DU...

(first come, first serve - I already gave earlier this month too).

[Hamlette]

13. confirm that I'm the "first" and I'll send him another 8.34

otherwise I'm send to Obama too.

[swishyfeet]

15. Muchas Gracias!

BarackObama.com to me
show details 5:20 PM (1 minute ago) Reply


Dear Brent,

Thank you for your generous donation of $25.00.

[Hamlette]

20. not that I needed confirmation, he's mine. thanks

From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
Sent: Thu 7/17/08 7:08 PM

This email confirms that you have donated $8.34 USD to Sean Tevis for Kansas ([e-mail]) using PayPal.
This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as "PAYPAL *SEANTEVISFO".

[Lisa0825]

14. I posted this earlier and it sank like a rock.

:shrug:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3636321&mesg_id=3636321

[Hamlette]

21. sorry! Ididn't see yours or I would have kicked yours instead of starting my own

a John Cole fan by chance?

[Lisa0825]

17. I K&R'd yours...

why dontcha K&R mine in GD and maybe we can get him even more hits? :patriot:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3636321&mesg_id=3636321

[swishyfeet]

18. I kicked ya both.

:)

[Lisa0825]

19. Thanks!

:pals:

[Willo]

22. Done. He has an interesting weblog as well

From the May 21st entry:

Many front doors have a prominent “No Solicitors” sign displayed, which is a nice way of pointing out to hopeful door-to-door salesmen that the door will be shut on their face. Thankfully, as a politician, that sign doesn’t pertain to me as I’m not selling anything. The trick, however, is to let people know that I’m not a solicitor.

I rang one doorbell and heard someone on the other side of the front door. I think they were looking at me through their peephole when I heard a man yell “No solicitors!” without even opening the door. “I’m not a solicitor!” I sort of yelled back through the door. “I’m a politician!”

There was a pause.

I wondered if he had gone away, and then he yelled back, “That’s even worse!”

[Diamonique]

23. What a great idea

I donated.

[electron_blue]

24. LOL, great.

I gave him $8.

[Lisa0825]

25. I have the feeling he may break 3000 tonight!

I wish they'd go on and update the stats!

[Dissent Is Patriotic]

26. Have you guys all read where he stands on "illegal" immigration...

better take a second look.

[Lisa0825]

31. I haven't read the entire thread, but

the intro sounds reasonable....

Illegal immigration, and even *legal* immigration, exacts an unnecessary human cost. Our immigration laws desperately need fixing.

As the Baby Boomers retire we are going to need more people to work in this country. After 2010, a huge swath of workers and middle management will begin to disappear from the U.S. workforce. The number of new workers coming onto the job market will fall below the job creation capacities of U.S. companies.

We need immigration. It just needs to be legal immigration and that’s not something we can fix at the state level. I encourage you to contact Congressman Dennis Moore about the need to reform our national immigration laws.

[Dissent Is Patriotic]

32. Perhaps you should read more, as he suggests...

also, what part of the bit you posted speaks about the actions he would take...that's what you need to read.

[high density]

34. Why don't you point us to what is so bad?

I just scanned the MetaFilter thread for his comments and I didn't see anything outrageous. Nor did I see any outrageous comments on his own site.

The guy says he didn't get in the race to tackle illegal immigration, but when he was talking to people this issue was coming up as one of their top concerns. It seems politically wise to mention the issue if that's something people want to talk about. What a state legislator in Kansas can do about it, I don't know. Sean seems to agree that it's "not something we can fix at the state level."

I have no idea what is wrong with the comments about immigration on his website, unless you are completely against legal immigration too. He can't control what his company did, and he didn't even work there at the time.

[Lisa0825]

36. Enforcing current laws while trying to improve the process....

so people can more easily immigrate legally... nothing sinister from what I see.

[KAZ]

27. ..

:kick:

[AwakeAtLast]

28. That is hilarious!

I'm fairly sure the Repuke side doesn't know about it because they fall in lockstep behind McLame, and he doesn't know how to work a computer! :D

Great link!

:kick: & R!

[Lisa0825]

29. UPDATE!

He did it! :woohoo:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3636321&mesg_id=3639558

[Lisa0825]

30. New Update

Number of donors so far: 4,662!

:woohoo:

He has more than multiplied the previous record of donors by 10!

[RayOfHope]

33. Love it, just donated n/t

[AspenRose]

35. Heavens, that was fantastic

Level-headed, intelligent, focused, funny as all get-out, and cute, too!

Done :thumbsup: