DAY NINE - PRINCESS BRIDE / WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS
Day Nine | Princess Bride | Wisconsin Dems
334 Sawbuck Patriots | $3425 pledged today | $27,900 donated overall
Team:
Wisconsin is a fiercely independent state. It ain't blue. It ain't red. It's as purple as they come. Eight congressional districts, three represented by one party and five by the other. In the last eleven presidentials, it's gone R D D R R D D R R R D. Also, they have tremendous cheese, and tremendous beer, and even a well-known beer-cheese soup, because of the magic that is Wisconsin.
And, if you hadn't heard, people from outside Wisconsin don't get to tell Wisconsin what to do. Only Wisconsinites get to tell Wisconsinites what to do. (Don't believe me? Just ask anyone from Wisconsin. )
So today, we're gonna help send some money to Wisconsin Democrats so they have more resources to tell Wisconsin independents (and Wisconsin Democrats) why Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and D candidates up and down the ticket are better for Wisconsinites than Trump, Pence, and their terrible, terrible enablers. Other Rs keep saying that the President is a maverick; they keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.
Polling data indicates that it's not inconceivable that Biden and Harris can win this year in WI, as people there have lots of common sense, and many folks (in Wisconsin and elsewhere) who thought they were electing an dazzling, outsider, drain-the-swamp change agent have realized that whoops, they accidentally elevated a wretched, incompetent, self-centered con man, and they can help rectify that error in November. (There's a lot of money in revenge.)
And as a bonus, we're going to have some good fun in so doing. Because, you see, Princess Buttercup, Westley/the Dread Pirate Roberts, Inigo Montoya, Miracle Max, Valerie, Vizzini, and even the awful Prince Humperdink are reuniting for a live table reading of the classic '87 movie Princess Bride, as a fundraiser for the Wisconsin Democratic Party. By donating, you'll get to a) watch it and b) help elect Democrats. (As Miracle Max would say: "go through your clothes, and look for loose change.") Director Rob Reiner will also be in attendance, and the cast QA session will be moderated by the hilarious and insightful Patton Oswalt. We are also, of course, promised "Special Guests."
So if Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Mandy Pantinkin, Wallace Shawn, Rob Reiner - or even the vile Prince Humperdink/Chris Sarandon - have ever made you laugh, cry, or think, please point your $10 (or more!) to help keep WI blue, and set your clocks for Sunday afternoon, September 13, for the one-time live stream of the show. (Prepare some delicious cheese and beer, and perhaps even an MLT, to make the movie even more delicious!)
Sawbuck Patriots, it’s go time: click HERE and send $10 (or more!) to flip Wisconsin blue again. (Please consider donating as an alternative to suicide.) Our collective effort will invest $3425 today.
PS - Fezzik can't make it, as he's been mostly dead all day. We are diminished. Pour one out for Andre the Giant! And no, I don't know whether Fred Savage will be one of the Special Guests.
PPS - If this was a confusing email because you didn't get all the references and asides, you haven't watched Princess Bride. Please do so - it's the best movie you've never seen. If you hate it, I'll personally refund your rental fees.
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