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Reading the phrase "political truffle pig" is a win regardless of anything else you may think about this article.


The standard political nomenclature is "bundler", but I don't think I've ever witnessed a bundler describing himself as such. They prefer euphemism.


You can call me a bundler if you want, but I believe that term means something different than what I do. This site, of all places, should respect technical terminology!


...I began visiting rural congressional campaigns to help progressive candidates with fundraising. As a self-employed programmer, I was able to travel and serve as a kind of political truffle pig for tech workers who wanted to donate to candidates but didn’t know where to begin.

What would have to change about that description to make it the description of the actions of a bundler?


My understanding of a bundler is someone who delivers high-dollar donations aggregated from a bloc of wealthy donors.

I tweet about campaigns and people I don't know give or not based on that. The modal donation is something like $50.

If that's "bundling", I'm fine with the term. But in my eyes bundling is showing up at a campaign office knowing how much you can deliver, and from whom.


Haha yeah if it's all done through tweets that's a better look...




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