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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI hope to God that someone was really, really stoned.
Or was hired as part of a support program to get jobs for idiots. Any alternative explanation is too awful to consider.
An email today from Rep. Wasserman Schultz, titled One really super dog:
Lately my kids have been asking if they can dress our dogs up for Halloween. I can't blame them, either. I mean, wouldn't Demmy look good as a superhero?
Unfortunately, (or fortunately for Demmy, who doesn't want to wear a costume) Democrats don't have much time for an extended Halloween celebration this year. This election is going to be a close one until the very last second. We're neck-and-neck in important races in states like Wisconsin and Georgia, and we need to make sure we finish strong.
So Manny, will you chip in $3 or more right now?
If you donate $200 today, you'll be on the list of our best supporters we send to the FEC. If you've saved your payment information, your donation will go through immediately.
...
Thanks, Manny -- from Demmy and me both!
Debbie
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair
Democratic National Committee
I'm trying hard to reduce my whining in the weeks before this upcoming election... but holy @#$%...
THIS SHOULD BE ABOUT ASPIRING TO GREAT THINGS. NOT NON SEQUITURS ABOUT DOGGIE COSTUMES.
IT'S ABOUT GOVERNING. GOVERNING. HELPING PEOPLE. STOPPING EVIL.
I CANNOT FUCKING STAND THIS INSANE @#$% ANYMORE.
PAProgressive28
(270 posts)*Before someone else gives the standard response to Manny*
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)But your sentiment warms my heart, thank you!
snooper2
(30,151 posts)And I always forget to ask you, do you happen to be handy?
Exultant Democracy
(6,594 posts)for their contribution over the years.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Works for me.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)I'm still a little puzzled. A friend of mine ran a hearse in a demolition derby, it didn't do particularly well. I'd have thought that it would do better.
In any case, I have unsubscribed, but I guess not often enough.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)But those solicitations had to go and are still gone
Don't miss em esp in an election yr
No one calls me either since I voiced my opinion on many calls
Guess I went to their loser bin which is a win for me
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)I'd write a little Applescript auto-unsubscribe function.
As it is, my gingers get tired from al my work getting me off these %%$#@ lists.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)added above in an edit, I always voiced why on the calls and if they asked for feedback on any unsubs
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)They have been sending me junk mail for the past 14 years, like clockwork.
With my name on it.
At 3 different addresses in 2 states.
Gotta admire their perseverance.
FSogol
(45,484 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.
I despise those lists too.
malthaussen
(17,195 posts)Sometimes, I get visions where a bearded hippie tells me to "cinammon no more."
-- Mal
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)the One-Ginger Salute.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Thank you!
MADem
(135,425 posts)I've done the same thing--I donate where/when I can, I don't do email solicitations, and I am a real fan of GOTV.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)it makes you grit your teeth.
Much like "ignore" on a message board.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)It's one of the big reasons i cant take her seriously anymore.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)not even invited to the ceremony when his successor took his position as Chair of the DNC, I don't pay much attention to her either.
What they did to him was rude. I can't remember all the details, but it went down with a bad taste in my mouth...
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)He built up a ton of political capital that lesser leaders have frittered away.
eridani
(51,907 posts)There are still a lot of FDR Dems out there to support with my now limited funds.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)the Democratic Party.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)That'd probably go a bit of a way towards fence-mending with the folks who haven't forgotten her IWR vote.
She may well be the Nominee, and if so she will be, I suspect, a formidable candidate. I'd like to hear some concrete policy statements- I mean, beyond which Bible verses are her favorite- before I make any sort of decisions about who to support in the Primaries.
MADem
(135,425 posts)That's probably his desired bailiwick.
He doesn't work on the ticket, demographically. Two northeastern candidates from a blue region? That's like preaching to the choir. The only reason that Clinton-Gore worked all those years ago was because they were two blue candidates from a red region.
I think Clinton's Number Two will be younger (as in middle aged), male, Hispanic, possibly. But who knows? She might just say screw the paradigms and do something completely different.
I wouldn't object to that pairing--I don't think most people would.
packman
(16,296 posts)seems like they not only threw him under the bus, but backed it up and ran over him again. The guy masterminded, IMHO, with his 50 state strategy and saved the Democratic party and propelled Obama into the White House.
According to Wikipedia:
"Since retiring from the DNC chairman position, Dean has held neither elected office nor an official position in the Democratic Party "
Which is a fucking shame.
His treatment reminded me of a party purging reminiscent of one party overthrowing another then getting rid of the people who steered and led that revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Dean
MADem
(135,425 posts)It would be interesting having someone with a medical background AND a shitload of charisma directing the trajectory of medical care into the 21st Century. Who knows, maybe he could be the point man for Single Payer?
Ykcutnek
(1,305 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)either. I'm guessing TPP, XL, more fracking, and a ramping up of Arne Duncan's quest to do away with public schools. Maybe if we all send $3 we can send more troops to the ME.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)As a matter of fact, they're planning to use the money on a consolation party celebrating their own ineptitude when they get their asses handed to them in two weeks.
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)That's gonna be the main event at the party. Gotta pound the crap out of them there hippie progressives that cost them the election by not getting all fired up at the party's grand display of mediocrity.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)It's worse than just mediocrity. Many of the Dems have a not-so-secret love affair with the GOP's policies (and benefactors).
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Getting punched with padded gloves sure is better than the lead shot filled ones they wear now.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)The local goodwill store has tuxedos for $15 and I have friends in the dc area I can stay with. I'm there!
Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)The really big issue if you will. We are in favor of winning. We are opposed to losing. We promise two more years of gridlock if we hold the Senate. We are furious that the Republicans might win, we are hopeful that they lose.
Our national campaign strategy was complicated. We hoped the republicans would lose for us.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)"vote Dem, because if you don't, the Republicans will win, and they're even worse"
2banon
(7,321 posts)MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Won't fit on a bumper sticker, but sure sums it up .
BobbyBoring
(1,965 posts)What more could you ask for?
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)"My kids have been bugging me about food and medicine. Who can blame them? I'd love to see my kids off to school in a fresh set of clothes. Unfortunately, Democrats don't have time for family this year. The election is going to be a close one. So I've decided to sell my kids at auction. With the proceeds, I can help our side win.
No children? No worries. Organ donation is a great way to give. You can help win our neck and neck races by donating your own flesh and blood.
Can we count on your help today? For each boy child or kidney, we'll show our appreciation by sending you our bumper sticker with the stunning corporate friendly (D) logo.
Thanks,
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair
Democratic National Committee
Volaris
(10,270 posts)Because Wall Street damn sure wants it, and if there just HAS to be a middle-man in the "I-get-to-get-fucked-either-way" transaction, I suppose I want it to go to the people who will at least whisper sweet nothings in my ear while the deed is done...
Docross
(39 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)whores for the 1%, each and every one of 'em.
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)DWS lurrrrrves her some Republicans! Just ask the Florida Democrats!
zeemike
(18,998 posts)And they use every well known name to see if they can squeeze a few more dollars out of us.
But I un subscribed to the DNC a while back and now I get even more of them...so I assume they just sell your email to others to use.
Fuck this shit...we have to get money out of politics...not feed it with more.
jeepers
(314 posts)Fox sells the fear of losing to the rabidly insane and fundraisers rake in the contributions which are then spent on Fox to convince voters that we aren't losing all that badly. Send more money. What's three bucks?
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Demi should be costumed as usual, a priest who gets sloshed occasionally and neglects his mother:
- I'm assuming that ''Demmy'' is the secret nickname for ''sooner crossbreeds'' that are sired from the more formal breeds of political lapdog Democrats.
We know who the mother is in this email. So who tha' daddy!?!?!
liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)action program to get jobs for idiots?" Really? Seriously? You actually not only typed that but posted it? WOW.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Changed.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)But the jury came back 2-5, so for now I'm still at large.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)took there Manny. That's pretty harsh, dontcha think?
Inevitable jury- pls look back where Manny admits he actually originally wrote "affirmative action" to explain idiot w/ jobs in the OP and then changed it, thanks!
Jeff Rosenzweig
(121 posts)You're trying hard.
Very hard.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Attesting to my efforts? I could use a raise.
Jeff Rosenzweig
(121 posts)when I actually agree with you on something, and even compliment you on it? If I didn't know better, I'd say you're trying to hurt my feelings.
And of course I don't know Karl Rove any more than you do, so I can't see him giving a damn what I might say. I also don't subscribe to the fashionable (and patently lazy, scurrilous and cheap) theory that people I disagree with are paid to post here.
DeadLetterOffice
(1,352 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)See the "Me in happier times" link? He was "JeffR" on the old DU. He has more posts than YOU do--unless you are a retread/name change as well.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Seriously. We NEEDS it.
DeadLetterOffice
(1,352 posts)Was just going by his current post count and couldn't figure out how 'never' and '43' went together.
My bad.
(And no, I'm not a retread, I've only been around a little over a year)
Peace,
DLO
MADem
(135,425 posts)So people could get rid of their dated names like GoreLieberman4Evah or what have you! I wasn't suggesting any sockery or anything on those lines~!
Anyway, that guy has 17K + posts on Old DU...
Peace backatcha!
DeadLetterOffice
(1,352 posts)I don't see sig lines, so I missed that you're a returning person from olden days. My bad. Carry on.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
It's not particularly my nature to acknowledge compliments, perhaps because they leave me so astonished, but I'll try to do better in the future.
As to Mr. Rove... as you write, it has become fashionable to accuse people of being paid shills for Rove, Rand Paul, or whoever. I assumed that your observation that I'm trying was a sarcastic way of accusing me of that. I apologize if I was wrong, and appreciate that you can understand that people can disagree without cash motivations.
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)Heather MC
(8,084 posts)They are worse than the Nigerian prince email scam.
MontyPow
(285 posts)She's a BlueDog Loser who unravelled everything Howard Dean had achieved.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)For instance, the voters are apparently extremely concerned about a lack of arrests of medical marijuana patients.
JVS
(61,935 posts)of some kind of legal obligation to report the money they received?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Why waste a good collapse into insanity before then?
bemildred
(90,061 posts)That is not really Ms W-s anyway, is it?
randome
(34,845 posts)Sure, it's a lame email. And yeah, some coordinated messaging would be very welcome. But 'stopping evil'? When did that become part of the conversation?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Or should Democrats not be responsible for stopping (and even reversing) them?
Or both?
randome
(34,845 posts)Last edited Wed Oct 22, 2014, 10:09 AM - Edit history (1)
Local politicians run on local issues. I'd rather hear less about what the 'other guy' is doing and more about what 'our guy' will do. And that doesn't happen nearly enough these days. But absent compelling evidence to the contrary, it's always safest to vote Democratic.
There's a positive message for you. Well, okay, it's not all that positive but it's not negative, either!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Perhaps you can rattle off a few non-evil policies pushed by today's Republican party.
demwing
(16,916 posts)it should be, because that's the challenge of the day.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)her voting record is pretty conservative. When I found out she supported the War on Drugs, I really was turned off!
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)realize she was brought in and Dean was kicked out. I met him at a small event 2007, smart and pleasant. In a few years I noticed she wasn't around as much, but recently she's back. I dislike what I'm reading here, her views on drugs, closeness to Repugs, but take your word for it. It reflects poorly on the Dem. Party, another bummer. She had 7 surgeries in the last few years, for BC and preventative ovarian removal; I thought that's why we didn't see her for a while.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)I now I have to delete more than ~50 similar ones a day. But you're right, this one was a doozie.
FSogol
(45,484 posts)vi5
(13,305 posts)Which is why they should not do it in such a shitty, tone deaf manner and need to get someone better in charge of the main arm of the party to do so, preferably someone who spends less time inside the beltway.
FSogol
(45,484 posts)vi5
(13,305 posts)At least without as strong a GOTV apparatus as they had during the Dean years.
FSogol
(45,484 posts)vi5
(13,305 posts)to have the DNC working on that as well and putting all that money they are collecting into that effort, as they did when Dr. Dean was in charge.
FSogol
(45,484 posts)being surpassed. Democratic registrations are up everywhere and I think a lot of Republicans are going to be in for an Eric Cantor-esque surprise come election day evening.
vi5
(13,305 posts)We'll see.
FSogol
(45,484 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)The dramatic and extensional crises that often result from opening an email are a serious problem in this country. I have a difficult time imagining how you are able to maintain your emotional balance in regards to this seemingly overwhelming problem.
Your well-deserved concern is most certainly not merely petulant whining about something ineffective and benign. No... this blight, this scourge, this intemperate assault against our sensibilities must be stopped in its track. Indeed, a canker on our nation.
I hope your solutions are as magnanimous, as well thought-out, and as efficient as is your well-placed occupation with the travails we must endure in Opening An E-Mail.
whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)Hard to imagine MLK getting behind this one.
Autumn
(45,082 posts)Chathamization
(1,638 posts)The Elizabeth Warren fundraising e-mail I get is usually something along the lines of I need help in the senate to strengthen Social Security. Heres a great progressive we should be supporting! Likewise, the ones I get from the DFA are along the lines of Support this candidate who is proudly liberal or lets rebuild the 50 state strategy support these progressives!.
This is self-sorting behavior, so I see it as a good thing in general .
MineralMan
(146,307 posts)Maybe some people did donate, though. That would be a good thing. You can ignore these fundraising emails, or send them to your spam folder, Manny. This one didn't get a donation from you. Have any? Not every fundraising email gets money from everyone, but they all get money from someone.
Maybe you'll get one you think is good someday and you'll donate. Who can say?
cadaverdog
(228 posts)Well said MMan. Not every democrat passes the political purity test required by some members of DU, but their vote is just as important as those of our intelligentsia.
Different messages touch different donors. Who'd a thought it?
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)I would suggest that serious posters discontinue using it as a counter to posters who want Democrats to support traditional Democratic values.
Withholding support from Democrats who support Republican-style policies is not an issue of "purity," it's basic political ideological integrity.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Nobody who sends me a letter, whether by email or snail mail, ever gets a donation in return.
I choose my donations and the timing thereof based on my own choices, not because somebody tried to guilt me into them. Although I have occasionally donated after reading a detailed and informative blog posting about a candidate or organiation that also included a link to their ActBlue account or whatever.
MineralMan
(146,307 posts)I don't have a lot of money to donate, so I try very hard to make sure it goes to a deserving recipient. I mark all donation requests as spam. Over time my spam filter stops showing them to me in my inbox.
marble falls
(57,081 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)KG
(28,751 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)malthaussen
(17,195 posts)In your most inspired dreams. The Onion needs to hire whoever wrote that one, fast!
-- Mal
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)I wish Howard Dean were the head of the Democratic Party. He knew how to organize.
Obama rode in on Howard Dean's horse. Why he fired Howard Dean I will never understand.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)They couldn't wait to jettison Dean for the more conservative Debbie W-S. Losing the support of the Left wasn't as important as gaining the support of the Right. As we've since learned, Obama's appeal to the Left was bait and switch.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)A Checkers speech? Sheesh!
ieoeja
(9,748 posts)I would say this is pretty much par for professional politics.
tclambert
(11,085 posts)Republicans want to destroy Obamacare, cut taxes for the rich, refuse to raise the minimum wage (or eliminate it if possible), cut regulations that put an unfair burden on businesses (like not poisoning the air, water, and land; not crashing the economy with buccaneer financial behavior; and providing workers and customers with working conditions and products that won't kill them), HOWEVER, Democrats are FOR doggie costumes.
Sheesh, Manny, get your priorities straight.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)It could happen, ya know.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)But just out of curiosity, what kind of email WOULD get you to donate?
And has it occurred to you that the exact message that got you to donate, might just completely turn off a different donor?
The doggy email would probably appeal to the same kind of person that gives a buck to the guy on the corner holding up the sign reading, "Why lie? I just want a beer."
Different strokes for different folks ... that's probably why we see 10 different ads for the same product.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)When she failed to support Democratic candidates, that sealed it for me, I think.
EEO
(1,620 posts)from another message. Even while completely blitzed I would never write such incoherent bullshit. In fact, alcohol enables some really philosophical thoughts and I have had many fascinating conversations with friends aided by a glass (or more) of whiskey. This woman is not someone I would ever want to drink with.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)They do focus group the hell out of these things, you know...
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)greiner3
(5,214 posts)And I too have realized the worst is about to occur.
If the outcome of the election hinged upon me replying and/or sending money then the worst WILL happen; to the detriment of my dreams for they will become nightmares.
dflprincess
(28,075 posts)I was tempted to send her dog a costume. I figured I'd tell her I had to make a Target run anyway so, seeing as I'm apparently the only Democrat still selfish enough to run personal errands, I thought the least I could do was get her poor dog something to wear on Halloween.
Hippo_Tron
(25,453 posts)BUT DONATE $3 AND YOU CAN RESTORE IT!
imthevicar
(811 posts)All the Folks I know who Smoke or eat MJ are intelligent, thoughtful sick to death of this kind of B.S. As a matter of Honor they would be insulting the shit out of YOU right now. I'm prevented in doing so as of this time as I'm in trouble enough here. This is no less a Half baked (no pun intended, but chuckled at any way.) callous attempt at humor that deserves to be ridiculed. Yes the campaign Letter is indescribably Laughable but, to drag The Stoned in on this stupidity is IL-advised. Pick on the Drunk instead they are the ones to Idiotic enough continue to drink till they spend the evening laughing at every stupid joke,then eventually (If they are lucky enough to not be in a car wrapped around a tree.) spend the remainder of the party kneeling before the Great porcelain god screaming out it's name RALLLLLLPH!