Facebook fun, omg, too good, watch the "Likes" drop on Romney

[EverHopeful]

138. Wow Thanks!

This is almost as much fun as the night I watched Elwyn Tinklenberg's fundraising figures climb higher and higher with every refresh.

On the evening of October 17, 2008, Tinklenberg's opponent, Bachmann, appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews. She said she was "very concerned that [Obama] may have anti-American views," and called for the news media to "do a penetrating expose" on "the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America?"[10] Her statements about liberalism and anti-American views were quickly spread around liberal blogs such as The Daily Kos, Democratic Underground and The Huffington Post.

Outrage at Bachmann's comments led to nearly $440,000 in donations to Tinklenberg's campaign in less than 24 hours[11] and over $750,000 in 72 hours.[12] In response, Tinklenberg wrote, "The last few hours have been nothing short of astounding. Since Congresswoman Michele Bachmann appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball earlier tonight, there’s been a deluge of support unlike anything we have seen."[13] His total fundraising before the Bachmann appearance was approximately $1 million, under $720,000 of which was from individuals.[14] Prior to Bachmann's remarks, Democrats had already planned to spend $1,000,000 against the Republican incumbent after Tinklenberg had reached the milestone of raising $1,000,000 on his own.[15]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwyn_Tinklenberg