Money Bomb Week Hits $4500! Candidate Offers to Match Donations

18. Feb, 2010 Categories: Economy by Aaron Emery 0 Comments

“Veritas numquam perit. Veritas odit moras. Veritas vincit.”

Truth never perishes. Truth hates delay. Truth conquers. – my personal motto

Money Bomb Week continues, having raised $3,698.29 from 80 donors on 2/15, and $737.76 from 11 donors during the 2/17 Liberty Candidate Money Bomb. I would like to thank grassroot supporters Gigi Bowman of www.liberty-candidates.org and legalizeliberty of DailyPaul.com for their invaluable organization of these money bombs.

So far this week, the campaign has raised over $4,500 from over 90 donors. The largest donation was $250, and most donations were between $10 and $50. This is short of the $20K goal, but I am quite thrilled with all the support – not everyone is so fortunate that they have dollars to donate to political races. Remember, the $20K was selected since it was what was necessary to turn this race into a full-fledged assault on the Establishment candidates in the next several months, but we have raised enough money to carry out operations into the next several months, finance signature petitioning events and fees, print up the next set of 20,000 flyers for door-to-door distribution to residences. The campaign is in great shape and gaining ground every day, though we will have to spend additional resources on fundraising next month.

I had promised to add $5,000 of my own money if $20,000 was raised by Saturday, but achieving this goal is unlikely. (I assure you, this is not an insignificant sum for me personally, and remember I will be taking the median household income when elected, not the usual $174,000 plus benefits.) The reasons for this are two-fold – if supporters turned out that much support, it is a mandate – and the financial means – to work even harder to unseat the Republocrats. Second, when the campaign spends money, if I have my own skin in the game (I have donated over $2100 to date) it ensures it is spent as best as possible. While it is critical to save up for the final assault at the close of the campaign, this campaign needs to be constantly aggressive.

Residents in the area need to hear the message of prosperity, liberty, and peace. They need to hear the truth – the two-headed, one-party system is hopelessly corrupt, party apparatchiks in truth select the Establishment’s candidates, as the Pennsylvania Republican party just did. LOOK ACROSS THE LAND! Plenty of people grumble about politics and say they could do the job better, but many do not have the financial means, drive, or knowledge to mount legit challenges to the Republican and Democrat machines. This is despite the fact that nationwide the numbers of independents and third parties are LARGER THAN EITHER MAJOR PARTY. I’ve completely had it with Congress’s lies and their transgressions against the Constitution.

Per the FEC, my campaign for US House appears to be the top independent fundraiser with well over $22,000 raised so far. When I made the decision to run independent in May 2009, I was fully aware of the challenges ahead. My race is certainly winnable – I am already at 8% in a January poll run by a Republocrat opponent. Because of one weapon – the truth - this campaign is a major threat to the Establishment, and I look forward to victory.

Therefore a dare for supporters – the next $1,000 raised between now and Saturday, February 20th, will be matched by $1,000 of my own. This will bring the total to $6,500+ which would be absolutely fantastic!

Who will open their wallets and take a stand against the Republocrat Establishment with me?

Jake Towne