At the Weissport Redneck Festival last summer, the local 9/12 group was raffling off an assault rifle. Now I read that Tea Party candidates are using the same idea as a fundraiser and a way to collect the names and addresses of committed pro-gun voters.
This got me to thinking about what liberals could raffle off. I can’t come up with something comparable. I do have a few ideas:
--an all-expense vacation to Florida to swim with the manatees.
--a year’s subscription to the NewYork Times.
--two tickets to a Broadway musical.
--a hundred shares in a solar panel company.
Somehow none of these has the same resonance as an assault rifle, however. Maybe we should just raffle off a Glock and be done with it.
I've been giving some thought on this. At first I thought maybe tickets to a baseball game. But then I thought something patriotic might be better. Maybe a framed copy of the constitution or the bill of rights. Of course it would be great to get a flag that was flown over the White House or the capitol. Might be difficult to get though.
ReplyDeleteActually, I think a flag flown over the White House might be doable. That is a great idea.
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