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In reply to the discussion: It's gone from annoying, to sad, to pathetic. [View all]Nay
(12,051 posts)any money for his campaign. He's a lawyer, and put up a few hundred thousand himself and also had small donations from folks like me. No one from DC stumped for him, or even gave him the time of day. If he had been some crank, I'd understand; but he was polling well.
Personally, I think it's disgusting for political organizations to use this 'drama' to fatten their coffers and their mailing lists, but I understand that's just the way it's done. But you can hardly blame us Virginians out here saying to ourselves "WTF??" when we get panhandled for five bucks when 1) they should have the money already, and 2) we suspect what money we do give is not used to help challengers like Mr Powell. I certainly will never make blanket donations to Dem orgs to use however they see fit. I will only donate to individuals I support.