I NEVER give $3 to campaigns on taxes -- what an anachronism that seems these days, plus being against everything I stand for. But, "hasty-hasty" as Ed Norton used to say -- knowing that some is going to Ralph Nader, I might reconsider and file an amended return.
Nader is a nutjob of the first order but financing a permanent boil on the butt of the Democratic party seems a good investment. Yahoo news points out:
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader (news - web sites) raised about $600,000 in the two months since he announced his candidacy, enough money to qualify for federal matching funds and well ahead of the fund-raising pace he set four years ago, his campaign announced Wednesday.
In papers filed with Federal Election Commission (news - web sites), Nader said roughly 60 percent of that amount had been donated over the Internet.
To receive matching funds, a candidate must raise at least $5,000 in 20 states in donations of $250 or less. Nader has collected more than $5,000 from 23 different states. About 91 percent of his donations have been under $100.