Rich — you’re right. It’s possible that I lost track of where things stood with NR’s fundraising goal while “recovering” from my celebration of the Oklahoma Sooners winning the Softball College World Series — for the second year in a row.
You see, the thing about Oklahoma and winning is: We’re used to it.
Oklahoma’s championships are a bit like 100 degree heat during a Tulsa summer: You can mark it on the calendar.
That might be hard for an alumnus and supporter of the the University of Virginia’s “sports” teams to understand, Rich.
As Barry Switzer once put it:
Okay, okay. I guess it’s true that Virginia wins championships too — in lacrosse. Wikipedia tells me that “the Virginia men’s and women’s lacrosse programs are two of the most dominant in the history of the sport.” Wow, Rich. I’m impressed.
All I know is this: I have confidence that the readers and supporters of National Review will take us from where we stand now (70 percent of our goal, having just crossed the $70,000 mark!) to 100 percent pretty quickly. Like Switzer, they can recognize a winner and an advantageous situation.
And right now we have a friend offering to match every donation to our webathon up to $100,000. If you’ve already contributed, thank you very much. If not, we’d really appreciate it if you could chip in any amount from $5 to $5,000.
