{"id":1031,"date":"2003-03-24T02:35:24","date_gmt":"2003-03-24T18:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/24\/contributions\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T15:22:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T23:22:33","slug":"contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/24\/contributions\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11847,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.deanforamerica.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240506070256\\\/https:\\\/\\\/deanforamerica.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 19:59:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 17:05:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 20:24:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 05:02:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 20:28:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 20:28:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15048,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.deanforamerica.com\\\/dean.cfm?section=involved&amp;page=tell&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/deanforamerica.com\\\/dean.cfm?section=involved&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I went ahead and made my first-ever political contribution today, after thinking about it through the weekend. Hey mom &#8212; is there a line for <em>that<\/em> in my baby book?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Thank you for your contribution to Dean for America.<br \/>\n  Your support will help me share a new vision for America that includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guaranteed access to quality health care for every American.<\/li>\n<li>An American foreign policy that embraces multi-lateralism, and that would seek to resolve conflicts in concert with our allies.<\/li>\n<li>A federal budget that is balanced, because we can only have social justice if we have a strong fiscal foundation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  Your continued support is critical to our campaign&#8217;s success. I hope you also will consider inviting your family, friends, and associates to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deanforamerica.com\/\" title=\"Dean for America 2004\">www.deanforamerica.com<\/a> and make a contribution to our campaign.<\/p>\n<p>  With best wishes, Howard Dean, MD<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deanforamerica.com\/dean.cfm?section=involved&amp;page=tell\" title=\"Contribute to Dean 2004\">Tell a Friend<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went ahead and made my first-ever political contribution today, after thinking about it through the weekend. Hey mom &mdash; is there a line for <em>that<\/em> in my baby book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043,2042],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-politics","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}