Hilarious

I found this to be very funny:

Lynn Raskin, a Washington D.C. realtor, and her husband, Marcus, a cofounder of the Institute for Policy Studies, have routinely contributed to progressive candidates in tight congressional races during this election cycle. They’ve donated to Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), and Elizabeth Warren, the Democrat running for Senate in Massachusetts. They’ve also given money to Sen. Sherrod Brown(D-Ohio).

Late Saturday evening, Raskin typed “Sherrod Brown” into Google to make another campaign contribution. She clicked the first link populating her search results, a Google ad that took her to an innocuous-looking campaign fundraising page. She entered her Visa digits, hit submit, and just like that, she’d forked over $50 to a Republican in one of this season’s most hotly contested Senate races: Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts.

Raskin realized her mistake the next day when she read the automated thank-you email from Scott Brown’s campaign. She says she takes “full responsibility for not paying attention” when she clicked on Scott Brown’s Google ad, but she still feels like she was duped. After all, why should a search for Sherrod Brown, Ohio Democrat, bring up an ad for Scott Brown, Massachusetts Republican?

 

2 responses to “Hilarious

  1. I searched Sherrod Brown and no Scott Brown link came up at all on the first page. I did find a cute story about a conservative blogger accusing a journalist of being too close to Brown, even hugging him. The journalist, Connie Shultz, is married to Brown.

    But even misspelling Sherrod Brown’s name, I couldn’t get Scott Brown to pop up. She might have just typed Senator Brown, in which case Scott Brown’s campaign site comes up first.

    • But even misspelling Sherrod Brown’s name, I couldn’t get Scott Brown to pop up. She might have just typed Senator Brown, in which case Scott Brown’s campaign site comes up first.

      I don’t know how you go to a site and get all the way through donating money without noticing!

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