On Thursday afternoon, NR editor in chief Rich Lowry posted an update on the Corner on the current webathon asking readers, “Can You Get Us to $60,000?”
It behooves me to point out that, yes, while Rich’s post was up for just a few short hours before NR’s readers put us past that $60K goal, Rich picked a conveniently achievable goal just a few thousand bucks off of what the webathon had raised to that point.
That surely wasn’t a coincidence.
Rich’s touchdown dance this morning is, in many respects, akin to the way that his beloved state of Virginia constantly celebrates itself as the “Mother of Presidents” . . . when it’s been 103 years since the last Virginian (Woodrow Wilson) ran the executive branch.
So in the spirit of the America-west-of-the-Tidewater, I’m going to go big or go home and ask if you can get us to $70,000. Considering we’re at $61,000 now, reaching $70K would represent a far greater distance than Rich had to travel and put him in his proper place.
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