Tinklenberg picks up $450,000 in wake of Bachmann remarks

[wellstone dem]

Source: St. Cloud Times

Elwyn Tinklenberg’s congressional campaign received roughly $450,000 in contributions in the 24 hours following U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s controversial talk show appearance on Friday afternoon, campaign officials said today.

More than 9,000 individual donors contributed to the DFL- and Independence Party-endorsed challenger’s campaign from around the country, mostly through the Internet, said Tinklenberg spokesman John Wodele.

Tinklenberg received about $250,000 of the donations directly through the campaign’s Web site, while another $200,000 came through ActBlue, a progressive political action committee that allows people to donate to particular candidates online, Wodele said.



Read more: http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081018/NEWS01/110180039

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Act Blue now at $241,000 so the actual amount is closer to half a million. (And my parents mailed in another $50).

[lob1]

1. So he got about $100,000 for every minute she spewed.

That has a nice yin-yang feel to it.

[napi21]

4. I hope she goies down in flames!!!! n/t

[wellstone dem]

16. THEY MOVED THE LINK> IT IS HERE

http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081019/NEWS01/110180039

[markevil]

15. Anyone else want to call liberals anti-american?

Anyone?........

[timtom]

22. Beautiful response.

Beautiful.

Welcome to DU!!!

[msongs]

2. a victory for the internet - unfettered by excess controls nt

[Jack Rabbit]

3. The lady has a big mouth

It consumes her big feet.

[dflprincess]

What else can one say but

and I suppose a big thank you to Michelle.

[dflprincess]

5. What else can one say but

and I suppose a big thank you to Michelle.

[liberalmuse]

6. HAHAHAHAHA!

Be-YOOO-Ti-Full!

[fulllib]

7. DU member there too!

I'm the Mark quoted in the article. Thanks to DU's presence, donations and posts that helped push the story!!

[VoodooGuru]

8. New slogan for the Democratic Party:

"No, seriously, yes we can. Watch this shit."

[Bushies gotta go]

9. hahaha... serves her right! I gave! n/t

[stillcool]

10. You think Tweety will invite her back?

[SemperEadem]

12. I was watching that while it went down

and I was wondering at that time why Tweety wasn't shutting her down, but in hindsight, what he did was brilliant. He let her pride take over and go to her head and she went on and on and on, digging herself into a hole out of which she can never climb.

Right about now, bachmann needs to turn to that passage in her little bible that says "pride goes before destruction and the haughty spirit before the fall..." How "approprié".

[Ozma]

17. I sure hope so! Maybe there's another Democratic candidate ..that

she can raise almost a half a million for.

[question everything]

11. K&R

[Trajan]

13. LINK

http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/18660

Dont forget to check out DU's contributions

[ACTION BASTARD]

20. Now why can't they offer Paypal as well?

I want to kick in a few bucks but no Paypal?

[Jim Lane]

14. Corrected link

They've moved the article.

[Canuckistanian]

18. He got all that money AND some ammunition for a great ad campaign

I hope he uses it well.

She's a radical foam-at-the-mouth extremist and should be exposed as such.

[Warren Stupidity]

19. Wow. Piss off the internets at your peril.

[Piewhacket]

21. smirk, smirk,,,, lol. Don't bother with a fork, she's toast! Crispy toast.