Challenger to "You Lie" Congressman Cashes In After Speech

[Clintonista2]

The words "you lie" will live in infamy for Joe Wilson, the overheated Republican Congressman who shouted at President Obama during his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. Beyond criticism and a swift apology, the incident has already provided a fundraising bonanza for Wilson's opponent, Rob Miller, a Democrat and Marine Corps veteran.

Miller raised over $50,000 in just a few hours after Wilson's outburst, after activists and small donors flooded his page on ActBlue. Bloggers and readers at Daily Kos, a popular liberal blog, also used the site to instantly create a dedicated fundraising page highlighting the incident. The portal, titled "Defeating the man who yelled 'liar' at Obama: Goodbye Rep Joe Wilson," has already raised $35,000 for Wilson from over 1,050 individual donors.

Miller welcomed the spontaneous support on Wednesday night, sending a message to supporters on his Twitter feed: "55K raised, let's double THAT in 12 hours."

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/471063/challenger_to_you_lie_congressman_cashes_in_after_speech

[supermodel]

1. Act Blue

I just donated! It wasn't much because I am a single mom but I gave what I could for such a worthy cause.

[jeremyfive]

2. When Life Hands You Lemons, . . .

Good work, all! I sincerely hope ill-bred Republican gorilla Joe Wilson gets trounced in the next election.

[GardeningGal]

3. Just checked....

Looks like we met his Twitter challenge. He has now collected over $114,000.

[nyc 4 Biden]

5. not yet...

http://www.actblue.com/page/kossacks4miller

He's raised $61,815 since the incident. That higher amount is what he's raised from ActBlue in total.

[GardeningGal]

6. Not true - take a look at this thread from last night.

Shows he had $2,000 before the dust up started. Not everyone selects one of the incident titles to contribute. I for one, did not. Just contributed to the total.

[nyc 4 Biden]

10. Gotcha.

You're probably right. I wish we could see more info on the donations like a chronological breakdown.

[Peacetrain]

4. Karma.... It is the word of the day..

[Historic NY]

7. ..

http://www.actblue.com/page/kossacks4miller/asks/new

[safeinOhio]

8. Hey guy

and gals. Up to over 137K. Lets shoot for 200K. Help dump Joe the Heckler.

[alteredstate]

9. Please help us do something positive in South Carolina!

Support Rob Miller!

http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/19079

[safeinOhio]

11. Up to 230K

[alteredstate]

12. kick!

:kick:

[Historic NY]

13. Over 16k supports & 587,320 raised...its still moving

[CreekDog]

14. That ain't no lie Howard

:D