The Discerning Texan

I am going to take the advice of fellow blogger Rick Moran, and I hope all of my readers will think seriously about what I am about to echo here. Romney seems to be slipping, and Huckabee is in my opinion a nightmare scenario. If Romney falls back, there is only one conservative left who I trust to really do what he says he will do on all the issues I care about: Fred Thompson. Here is a message on behalf of Thompson bloggers to solicit dollars for a last minute push for Fred. If Thompson can even finish second or third in Iowa it would dramatically enhance his chances to go the distance. And that result is achievable, but we need your help. Moran's suggested text is below:

Dear Friends,

I am writing to ask for your help.

All of us know the long odds faced by Fred Thompson in his efforts to win the GOP nomination for president. I’m sure you are all aware that Fred has undertaken pretty much of a do or die bus tour of Iowa in order to finish strongly in the Caucuses on January 3.

Many of you have already taken steps to support the Thompson campaign in a tangible way by placing fundraising widgets on your sidebar and writing about the campaign. In this way, each of us alone has done whatever we can to support Fred in his efforts.

But at this, the 11th hour of the campaign in Iowa, I think it would be a very effective fundraising tool if as many of us as possible were to participate in an old-fashioned Blogburst, writing a post asking readers to donate to the campaign while embedding a fundraising widget in the post for convenience.

I propose Thursday, December 27 for the Blogburst. If you have an email list, I would urge you to ask your subscribers to donate. If you know of other bloggers who support Fred, please forward this email and ask them to participate as well.

Not expecting a “money bomb” but even a few tens of thousands of dollars would help, I’m sure. Given the number of readers represented in the blogs listed here (where I got all of your email addresses) and your cooperation, I feel confident we can give a real shot in the arm to the campaign.

I don’t think any of us believe that our endorsement of Thompson alone means that much in the long run. But working together, uniting for one day and speaking with one voice, I think we could make a significant impact on Fred’s chances in Iowa. After all, when the candidate you support rolls the dice as Fred has, the least we can do is back his play to the best of our ability.

No need to respond to this [blog post/email]. Just do it.

Sincerely,
The Discerning Texan [or, your blog name here...]

Here is the commercial your dollars will make possible in Iowa.

Please keep in mind: even small contributions will help. $10, $25, $50, $100 -- as much as you can give. If enough people tomorrow just give a small amount it can make a huge amount of difference, especially with folks like Rick and Glenn Reynolds promoting it. Is this just a game we are playing out here, or are we going to make a real difference this year?

This next step is up to us: do we want to take back our country, or not?

UPDATE: Welcome Instapundit readers--and many thanks to Glenn for the link. It is because of him that most of you have gotten this far; but there is still another step you can now take:

You can be a major reason that Fred Thompson becomes a major player in Iowa... or why he did not. If everyone reading this gave what little they could, it could not only get the commercial run, it could possibly even make the news cycle. If it did that, then a lot more Iowans might pay attention when it does run in Iowa. Hell, maybe the commercial would even get a couple of plays on Brit Hume or O'Reilly.

It is not my wish to preach here or to sound condescending: but any student of US politics understands how much of a difference moments like this can make in history; this can be our time.

What we do tonight could change everything. If the Paulistas and their friends in the skinhead community can raise so much money at once, then why not decent Americans like ourselves who think this is a pretty special place already--and definitely a place worth defending against religious zealots who want to kill as many of us as they can?

Friends, Instapundit readers, countrymen. Let's take our country back from the Socialists, the Isolationists, the anti-Gun zealots, the big Government tax and spenders, the Judicial Activists, and the Amnesty lobby: let's give Fred Thompson a chance to win this thing.

UPDATE: I have put my own money where my mouth is, and I have bumped this because today is now 12/27.