Six Weeks
Six weeks ago on June 17th, I wrote…
- Okay, let’s talk money: Last week, as promised, the first ITMFA checks went out: $4,000 to the ACLU; $2,000 to Bob Casey (the Dem running against Rick “Fecal Matter” Santorum in Pennsylvania); and $2,000 to Ned Lamont (the real Dem challenging faux Dem Joe “There is no morality without religion” Lieberman in Connecticut). But since George W. Bush continues to do stupid/illegal/immoral crap, orders for “impeach the motherfucker already” buttons and lapel pins at keep pouring in at ITMFA.com. And since more order means more money, I’m looking around for some other worthy recipientients.
- Surely the Treasurer is above accepting these moneys.
It took six weeks for the Casey campaign to figure out that, maybe, just maybe, you don’t have to take every dollar you get.
- Casey returned the money despite Santorum’s fund-raising advantage. The senator had raised $20.1 million as of last month - double what Casey has raised so far.
Campaigns routinely vet their donors, looking to weed out people with unsavory backgrounds or anything else that could cause the candidate embarrassment down the road. Add sex columnist to the list of apparently questionable characters.
Then again, Savage isn’t just any sex columnist. His anti-Santorum Web site is the No. 1 hit on a Google search of the senator’s name, spawning a pop-culture reference used by the likes of liberal activist and actress Janeane Garofalo.
“Casey should man-up and take my money,” Savage said yesterday in an interview. “A little money from me isn’t going to hurt him and he shouldn’t be such a baby about it.”
He admits to being miffed and a bit hurt. He did, after all, endure the scorn of some readers who objected to his supporting an antiabortion candidate like Casey.