I was chatting with Darcy the other day, and told her I was writing this diary as part of a month-long fundraiser for her organized by Sara R. Darcy joined DK in 2005, so I asked her what she liked about Daily Kos:
Right now our democracy faces an existential threat as multimillionaires and billionaires try to buy our government outright. The best hope we have is a self-organized movement of engaged citizens informing themselves and others -- people-powered politics fully realized. DailyKos is people-powered politics at its finest.
As Meteor Blades stated eloquently, progressives would love to have Darcy in DC!:
On issue after issue, she's been there for us, whether it's the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the war on workers, the war on voters, the war on women. She stands for economic democracy. She's not just on our side. She is one of us. Darcy doesn't just hold positions on issues that matter. She's a fighter. Even when it goes against the grain, even when she's in the minority of her own party, she stands up for what's right, unhesitatingly. Sure, she's an idealist. But that doesn't make her impractical. On the contrary, it informs her political practicality.
Darcy doesn't just hold positions on issues that matter. She's a fighter. Even when it goes against the grain, even when she's in the minority of her own party, she stands up for what's right, unhesitatingly. Sure, she's an idealist. But that doesn't make her impractical. On the contrary, it informs her political practicality.
Darcy's also been there for us here at Daily Kos. I've organized a number of blogathons over the years, and Darcy is one who responds immediately to our invitations, and with a YES. This year is no different. Bill McKibben, boatsie and I are hosting a climate change blogathon next month, and Darcy accepted our invitation immediately, and stated why this issue is so important:
Catastrophic climate change is the greatest challenge humans have ever faced. We must stop giving our consent for our own destruction. No laws are just which allow the extinction of the species for profits; no laws are just which allow billions to face death for the convenience of a few. Justice requires that we take whatever steps are necessary to stop climate change and save humanity.
Click on the thermometer to donate!
Sara R gives us the details of how you can win a quilt Sara R made for this fundraiser:
The entire month of July will be a quilt fundraiser for Darcy Burner, candidate for Congress, WA-01. There will be a drawing for the quilt signed in Providence at NN12 the first week in August. Everyone can get one chance per day, each and every day in July by EITHER donating $10 or more to Darcy Burner's campaign through a special Act Blue page which I will post on July 1, OR by writing a 50-word-or-less essay on this topic: How can we bend the arc of history more towards justice for all?. Send essays to winglionquilts AT gmail DOT com with "Darcy Burner" in the subject line. To recap, earn an equal chance once a day every day in July by either donating or sending a short essay (one or the other), every day in July. That means everyone can have as many as thirty-one equal chances in this drawing. The first week in August, I will find a neighborhood child to do the drawing and someone will become the new owner of the quilt.
Our goal is $2,500 and right now we are at $2, 208!
Here are the quilt signatories:
TexDem Sara R Kitsap River Charles CurtisStanley Chris Loesch Phyllis DeGrave Monsieur Georges Velo Vixen Hawkwife Abraham J. Bonowitz CA Berkley WV Ramara Barbara Banoff Leslie Simmons Jessica Wainfor Immy Humes The Fat Lady Sings Marcy Miranda Ann Porter Carol Neil Malaka Gharib Susie Kameny Sandy on Signal Bill Lusk Charlie Harris Macaela Gardner Flamingogirl Paul Krugman Martin Garcia Lefty coaster Samuel Skurkovich Krista Brewer Markos Moulitas Hunter Ken Schider Sharon Saltzberg Nancy St. Germain Carl Farmer Angelajean Susan Gardner Brian Loper Betsy Cazden Catherine Casas Erika Martinez Marcy Chong Faith Gardner Pamela Mackey Shirley Koegel Andy the Cat Mimi Marziani Sonrisa Cheryl Krauss Ann Savage Paula Dove-Jennings Megan Secatore Jee Fedele Dominique French Dennis Travares Mark Musho Hayden Erin Hofteig Bill in Portland Maine Common Sense Mainer Canilo Viveiros Sean Kitchen SSMIr Marta Turnbull Navajo Grace Priscilla Cruz Shayan Zdrisavi Nomandates Jodie Evans Glitterscale Nik Swiatek Sam Schoeburg Rachel Gordon Jamie McGonnigal Brillig Mik Laura Clarckson EK Hornbeck Hannah Resseger Alan Grayson Arjun Jaikumar Kari Fulton Terilee Edwards-Hewitt Alisa Roost Linda Lee Luan Tatum Karen Bradbury Kate Coyne McCoy Elena Perez Triciawyse Steve Dondley Katie DeCarlo Diane Palmer Eric Packer Cheryl McLeod Chacounne Keesha G Oke Greyhawk Meteor Blades Rep. David Cicilline Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Charles Patenaude Tool Cynthia Kain Mike Ertel Emberlyn Transactivist Patrick St John David Braun Una Spenser San Mateo DFA Evan Leeson Moody Loner Erin souza Jeana Brown Sen. Jeff Merkley Maria Luz Torre Olive Niccoli Nancy Peckenham Matt Bors Yasuragi Benis Binion LaToya Egwekwe Peregrine kate NW Terri D David Gusick Vicky Rateau Marcia Robbins Eric Thut Molly D CJ Adam Skoog Brandon Silverman MsSpentyouth Jay Lustgarten Onomastic Mommy Pooka The momcat Lilian Molina Robyn Carmichael Ed Tracey Suzanne Turner Erika Boulware Amy Ziering Joan Brooker N in Seattle Malik Rhasaan Kafi Rouse Poe 42 gizmo59 Regan McCarthy 4Freedom Scottie Thomaston Jo Lux Arenosa Megan Lickley Polisigh True Blue Majority Kelly Lincoln Eclectablog The left neck chick Tarryl Clark Little Loner Nancy Green JoAnn Schwartz Side pocket Dev Tobin Brian Swinehart Andrew Hubbs Don Rhodes Belinda ridgewood Winglion Cendwyn Winkk Commonmass Terri Foster April Pederson Loggersbrat Katrina Gamble Lightbulb Jennifer Miller-Smith Vec Gina Fesmire Clytemnestra
