Tuesday, July 3, 2007

DEMS BEATING UP ON DEMS

Thought you might find this interesting. it is posted on burnt orange report.here is the letter written by Sarah White.
Go to BOR to read the comments this letter has generated.
Dear Mikal Watts,
Hi! We've never met, but I felt like I needed to talk to you about something. You see, I follow celebrities a lot -- I love reading celebrity gossip, reading celebrity blogs, etc. One thing that celebrities often need is an "intervention" to get them to calm down. So consider this my own attempt at an internvetion: I will give you $5 to calm down and stop throwing your money around.
Why $5? Well, yesterday I read (and even wrote a little) about all the Rick Noriega stuff going on. Pretty exciting -- seems a lot of the blogs are for him, and I got to admit, I like his pro-choice record. After reading so much on Noriega, I wanted to learn more about you. Here's what I found on Yahoo! News:
Watts has also filed a statement with the U.S. Senate indicating he intends to expend personal funds totaling $10 million. He listed $3,810,661.81 for the primary and $6,189,333.19 for the General Election, totaling $9,999,995.
Dang! $9,999,995!! That's a whole lot of money, man. I think you've got a spending problem -- and I guess I'm worried about what that spending problem could do both to you, and other Texas progressives like myself. So I'm offering $5 -- to bump you up to a clean $10 million -- if you just take a breath, slow down, and realize money isn't everything.
You see, we've been down this road before. It is called "Tony Sanchez Parkway" and it's a dead-end street. I found this cool piece from the Texas Observer that talked all about the failed campaign Sanchez ran in 2002. I'm worried you're heading down the same path, and you don't need to. From what I've read by Eddie at BOR and some other places, you seem like an all right guy (though I'd laugh in your face if you ever gave me that quasi-pro life explanation in person). So why all the money?
It seems to me -- and this is just little old $5 Sarah talking -- that a lot of folks aren't that impressed with your endless cash-flow. If those online folks are really serious about supporting Noriega, they could easily raise $2-3 million. And which is more impressive -- personally loaning $9,999,995 to yourself, or raising a lot of money independently from the grassroots? All we have to do is look at how successful Obama was this past quarter to know the answer to that question.
So here's what I'm offering: $5 to calm down. $5 to take a step back, develop your issues, rebuild that crappy website you have up right now, and rethink your approach to this campaign. Be cause the more it looks like you're just trying to buy a seat in the U.S. Senate, the more people like me are going to run away from your campaign.
Cross-posted from my blog.

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