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You're correct, I'm not accepting campaign contributions. It was an April Fool's joke.
However, if you want me to run for Senate...you can make that part real. It will take a little bit from each of you in the most crowd-sourced campaign possible.
However, if you want me to run for Senate...you can make that part real. It will take a little bit from each of you in the most crowd-sourced campaign possible.
Here's what we are up against:
Susan Collins has about 500k followers on twitter alone.
She has access to near-unlimited financial resources.
Susan has a very favorable relationship with the media (particularly local) and can get any TV/radio/newspaper coverage she wants.
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Susan Collins has about 500k followers on twitter alone.
She has access to near-unlimited financial resources.
Susan has a very favorable relationship with the media (particularly local) and can get any TV/radio/newspaper coverage she wants.
😬
Wait, Tiffany, you aren't taking money - how the heck can you combat that?
You. The person reading this tweet. Be an advocate.
Take 5 minutes a week to RT, like, comment, share.
If you see anyone talking about Susan, tell them the good stuff - #Readthebill, #MaineRaising
You. The person reading this tweet. Be an advocate.
Take 5 minutes a week to RT, like, comment, share.
If you see anyone talking about Susan, tell them the good stuff - #Readthebill, #MaineRaising
Ask people directly to follow this account. To get an equivalent voice on Twitter, I need 500k followers (yikes!). You have done that with accounts like @DevinCow, you have the power to make this happen.
If you are media and reading this, maybe cover an unconventional campaign?
If you are media and reading this, maybe cover an unconventional campaign?
If you are frustrated with Susan Collins, and I certainly am as a constituent, know that all the snark, complaining, and criticism will not get her out of office. It just won't. We could spend $50 million on attack ads, and she will win.
What do we do, then?
What do we do, then?
Dig down with the passion and intensity of Gandalf that status quo politics are simply unsustainble.
Channel every ounce of energy into making so much good happen with #MaineRaising that all of the bullshit falls to the side.
Channel every ounce of energy into making so much good happen with #MaineRaising that all of the bullshit falls to the side.
But that can't work?
Sure, it can. How many people are mad at Susan Collins? 10k? 100k? Millions?
If even 10% of people who are mad at Susan did a #MaineRaising every time she did something that makes you want to yell at the sky, how much power would that have?
Sure, it can. How many people are mad at Susan Collins? 10k? 100k? Millions?
If even 10% of people who are mad at Susan did a #MaineRaising every time she did something that makes you want to yell at the sky, how much power would that have?
This is the opposite of a boycott, and it's more powerful.
Mad about DeVos? Donate $10 to a school in Maine through donorschoose.org, tell the teacher to pick a representative who will actually help their schools with a little bit about me and #MaineRaising.
Mad about DeVos? Donate $10 to a school in Maine through donorschoose.org, tell the teacher to pick a representative who will actually help their schools with a little bit about me and #MaineRaising.
Angry about Kavanaugh? Buy some coffee roasted in Maine so you can start your day with a jump in your step. Leave a note. Screen shot. Share on social media.
Channel your anger into positive action that directly tells people in Maine about a better choice.
Channel your anger into positive action that directly tells people in Maine about a better choice.
Maine makes so much great stuff - custom shoes, fabulous art, hand-crafted soaps, lotions, artisnal jams, great coffee, maple syrup, small batch yarn straight from the farm - you can find almost anything locally produced.
...and we're poor, so every sale matters.
...and we're poor, so every sale matters.
We have literally hundreds of towns with fewer than 1k people, vast areas with only dial up internet, and gossip is our pastime.
If you don't have financial resources to do a #MaineRaising, embrace our pastime and talk about the benefits of using $ in politics for our community.
If you don't have financial resources to do a #MaineRaising, embrace our pastime and talk about the benefits of using $ in politics for our community.
Make this viral and habitual, it will work.
If millions can do ridiculous challenges on youtube, we can fix our broken politics.
It starts with one race in Maine, we can make this the way politics should be.
#TWPSB
If millions can do ridiculous challenges on youtube, we can fix our broken politics.
It starts with one race in Maine, we can make this the way politics should be.
#TWPSB
