I kept getting these Bernie Sanders emails...

[calimary]

Don't know why. I never signed up. So I just kinda let it go - not feeling one way or another about it. He's running for the Dem nomination, I'm a Dem, might as well hang onto 'em for reference. But yesterday I finally decided - hey, I'm a Hillary supporter. And I'm almost strangling under all the emails I get (from EVERYBODY AND EVERYWHERE and on loads of subjects from the bead world to the band world to politics to green living etc etc etc). I probably should thin things out a little. So I decided to unsubscribe.

And here's what I got:

UNSUBSCRIBE
We’re sad to see you’re endorsing the Koch Brothers’ agenda in 2016!
Okay, we know you’re not doing that — you probably just don’t want to get so many emails from the campaign.

Grassroots mobilization is how we’ll level the playing field against candidates with SuperPACs and wealthy donors. We hope you’ll reconsider leaving, make a contribution to the campaign, or join us on social media at:

FACEBOOKTWITTERYOUTUBEINSTAGRAMTUMBLR
You can also choose to receive fewer emails — we’ll only send you what we think are the most important messages from our campaign.




"We’re sad to see you’re endorsing the Koch Brothers’ agenda in 2016!"

Submitted without further comment.

[riversedge]

1. Scott Walker types get $$$ from KOCH-not Hillary. Does Sanders know or

approve of this Hillary smear?? I think Sanders supporters should personally email him and ask.

[virtualobserver]

4. no sense of humor? .....guess not

Hillary smear? no mention of Hillary in what was clearly a joke.

[riversedge]

7. saying the Hillary gets money from KOCH is a smear. Nothing funny about it.

What you be content to see Sanders getting accused of getting money from KOCH?? --coming from the Hillary camp??

[virtualobserver]

8. it didn't say anything about Hillary

[John Poet]

29. It isn't ALL ABOUT HILLARY.

And her name isn't mentioned.

Typical of how Hillary supporters on this site try to twist every little thing to
"It's an attack on Hillary!"

[Metric System]

39. ***deleted***

[Duckhunter935]

55. It was a joke

And Hillary was never mentioned. for all they know about you it might have been to switch to O'M. Gee whiz, not everything is anti-Hillary.

[HappyPlace]

74. No, it doesn't. No Bernie = GOP in the white house.

Hillary has nothing to do with it, if she wins the primary we lose the general.

Ergo, pulling support from Bernie means the Koch Brothers get their way.

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/unsubscribe/

Hillary is SO easy to defeat, that much is a no brainer.

She can game the primary system with DWS and superdelegates (maybe, maybe not) but the GOP will BURY her in the general if we don't select Bernie.

Come on, get on the Bernie Train with us!

[George II]

32. There's a time and a place for jokes - that wasn't either.

Seems some around here will go to great lengths to defend the defenseless.

[virtualobserver]

47. a website unsubscribe page isn't "a time and a place for jokes"?

is that from "Miss Manners guide for the sensitive internet user?"

[DisgustipatedinCA]

63. $100 to DU if you can rationally explain how this joke was "defenseless"

loser pays.
Are you in?

[aikoaiko]

6. How would Bernie's campaign know Calimary is a HRC fan?

It's a joke and not a callout of HRC.

But maybe it's not funny to a HRC fan because of her close corporate and Wall Street relationships.

[Cry]

12. Yup. They get Berned either way...

so it really doesn't matter.

I'm happy to get Bernie's emails. I have contributed 10 dollars here and there and planning a $50 drop on the moneybomb a week from today.

[George II]

38. Glad you're happy to get his emails. Obviously a lot of other people aren't....

...and if the Sanders campaign has no qualms about spamming potential voters, he doesn't deserve our nomination.

[cannabis_flower]

72. How do you know..

that the Sanders campaign has no qualms about spamming potential voters? For all we know one of your friends signed you up.

[Duckhunter935]

57. Seems like Hillary fans

Are hypersensitive for some reason and can't take a joke aimed at no particular person. Why does everything have to revolve around Hillary, news for them, it does not.

[RoccoR5955]

14. Where the hell is Hillary's name mentioned?

I didn't see it anywhere in the message. Do I need new glasses or something?

[arcane1]

77. I guess you conveniently missed "Okay, we know you’re not doing that"

Manufacture that outrage. At least we're manufacturing something

[msrizzo]

2. Well alright tee.

No comment from me either.

[virtualobserver]

3. it's a joke!

[Cha]

5. "We’re sad to see you’re endorsing the Koch Brothers’ agenda in 2016!" That's just weird.. HAR HAR

How about.. if you're unsubscribing you don't want to get ANY emails from them?!!!

[cali]

10. it's not even a little weird. it may not appeal to your sense of humor

but it was obviously humor- and not the first time its been employed on his website.

And.you clinton fans harping on this? Irony.

[Cry]

13. And this, if you go to http://www.berniesanders.com/IendorseClinton

[MoveIt]

16. Desperate Clinton supporters, Bernie is ordering you to "Scoot Down" Next smear right here!!!

[George II]

33. Desperate? The OP got an unsolicited email and when attempting to unsubscribe....

....got a response with a first sentence that was offensive.

And not only that, the response "doubled down" with this:

"choose to receive fewer emails — we’ll only send you what we think are the most important messages"!

How the fuck does the Sanders campaign determine what is "the most important messages" to people they're sending unsolicited emails to in the first place?

I can't believe the reaction to that obnoxious response - some will defend it to the death, or at least until Super Tuesday.

[MoveIt]

40. Cmon is that all the outrage you can muster? disappointing...

You clearly are part of the "Scoot Down" agenda!

[arcane1]

78. "Okay, we know you’re not doing that" n/t

[quickesst]

27. A little humor....

...from David Letterman. See how his DU supporters take it in stride, and laugh along with him. It's just swell!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026552832

[seabeyond]

71. harping cali. tis interesting how we pick specific words for people. it implied vote otherwise, for

koch. just like posts on du. vote for other, against progressive, not true dem, not for the left.

you would be outraged if clinton joked.

fuck, she joked about wipin with a clothe the hard drive to a obnoxious FOX news reporter and we had thread after thread and endless comments that she dare to not take question seriously

[cali]

9. uh, it couldn't be any clearer that this was humor. period.

And you know that perfectly well.

[George II]

34. Humor? It was a tasteless response to a request to unsubscribe from unsolicted emails.

Pretty sad that some will defend what others would call SPAM!

[TheFarS1de]

37. oh good

yet another reason concocted to feign outrage . Any sexism in that statement we can ruffle our feathers over ?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

65. I love coming home after a long day to find you've been posting all day.

You're my go-to guy when I'm not feeling sufficiently outraged by ridiculous bullshit that means less than nothing to the vast majority of people. Thanks for the valuable service.

[Le Taz Hot]

11. Obviously, "Bernie Sanders emails"

are not always going to be from the Bernie Sanders campaign. Pretty easy, actually, just look at who sent it. If it's not from BernieSanders.com it's not coming from the Sanders campaign.

But you knew that.

[MoveIt]

15. Humor shortage reported

I'm more worried about the (obviously satanic) magical invocation :

FACEBOOKTWITTERYOUTUBEINSTAGRAMTUMBLR

[brooklynite]

17. I think this is reflective of another issue...

...partly by design and partly by budget limits, Sanders is running with limited staff. I suspect that gives some people, especially volunteers "free reign" to tweak thing the way they want without checking with higher ups.

[Armstead]

18. Heck President Obama and the DNC won't let me unsubscribe

After getting tired of receiving about 20 e-mails a day from President Obama and other leaders and a bunch of individual names, I tried to stop and unsubscribe.

To no avail. I still keep getting stuff.

[demwing]

20. Create a new yahoo.email

and switch your White House email address--don't cancel. It's easy, and your inbox will thank you!

[George II]

35. Do they respond with tasteless "humor" or something like this.....

"we’ll only send you what we think are the most important messages"?

[JackInGreen]

42. No george

The most tasteless humor they could find were your poutrage posts, but they could get through the self righteousness to ask your permission.

[Armstead]

58. No because they'e not a bunch of asshioles like the Sanders campaign

[Hekate]

45. I spent several nights at the end of last year unsubscribing to nearly everything. It worked.

What I learned is never to sign a petition again, unless I used a Yahoo account, because once they have your email address they've gotcha. There had to have been at least 50 different senders and at its worst I was getting 100 emails a day.

I upgraded my spam filters too.

I still get stuff, but not nearly in those quantities. I left my local Democratic Party stuff in place, and OFA, and Obama. It's been a huge improvement.

My advice is to do the same, and don't give up. With many of the accounts there was some lag time before they updated their records, and meanwhile I kept going through the unsubscribe routine with every new email they sent.

Feel the relief.

[Armstead]

59. Yeah, I kind of feel like my email has gotten passed around

[StandingInLeftField]

76. I'm fairly certain that calimary...

...is not concerned one whit about spam emails flooding her inbox.

[Hekate]

80. So you really know her that well, do you

[StandingInLeftField]

81. It's not that hard to parse.

As a well-seasoned DU'er you've seen it all before, I'm sure.

[demwing]

19. I love the smell of desperation in the morning

it smells like victory

[Hekate]

44. Smells like some people are painting themselves into a corner by ...

... trashing everyone who is Not Bernie so badly that they could never vote for another than him. I mean, I wouldn't vote for a Murderer -- would you?

[demwing]

61. No... smells exactly like victory

[hrmjustin]

21. "We’re sad to see you’re endorsing the Koch Brothers’ agenda in 2016!"

Poor humor on their part.

[cyberswede]

23. It's like when DUers say "Why do you hate America?" to other DUers, as a joke.

I think it's mildly amusing. They're probably naive to think everyone would get it, though.

[hrmjustin]

24. Yes you and I would get it but some might not like it.

But no big deal.

[George II]

48. Some might not even get past the first sentence.

[hrmjustin]

49. It was hard for me to get past it.

[arcane1]

79. Too bad, because the 2nd sentence admits it's a joke.

Gasp and swoon!

[George II]

36. And some of those posts are hidden.

[cali]

28. you're absurdly partisan

[hrmjustin]

30. And you aren't?

[George II]

51. Not appreciating an obnoxious response to a request of a political campaign is "partisan"?

I wonder what it would be like if the tables were turned. No doubt we'd see all sorts of complaining about Clinton's "corporatist surrogates" who don't know how to treat people if they're not part of the 1%.

[cyberswede]

22. Bernie is the nemesis of the Koch Brothers. So it's a joke.

[Motown_Johnny]

25. Clearly a joke, from the next line

It says that they know you're not doing that.

[HappyPlace]

26. Here is a link to that very page. It's very funny that they say that!!!

And I think it's just fine!

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/unsubscribe/

[Duckhunter935]

60. And read the part that is in bold

Wow, the outrage.

I like how they also give you the CHOICE of receiving far fewer emails. Bet Hillary will not do that.

[demmiblue]

73. All the hullabaloo over that?!

Get off my lawn, you whippersnappers!

[lunamagica]

31. I'm getting those emails too. Never subscribed...

I just ignore them, but they are starting to annoy me.

And the joke? Not funny.

[aidbo]

41. I AM OFFENDED

JK

But I think I've decided on a signature, at least for now.

[Hekate]

43. Sanders seems like such a mensch. Does he have any idea what some of his supporters are saying?

No further comment.

[Trajan]

53. What exactly are those supporters saying?

I'm curious ...

[ibegurpard]

56. They are very mean

And won't let anyone support anyone other than Sanders...or something.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

68. yes it was just the same with our Obama

we were very mean in 2007

[Hekate]

70. Visit his namesake group for your edification...

Words like murderer and traitor have recently been bandied about freely, which rather surprised me. The good Dr. Dean is currently examining the undercarriage of a mode of public transport there.

I only visited by accident and shall not do so again, but the group's posts are prominent on the home page, so I need not go further for the news.

Enjoy.

[boston bean]

46. How obnoxious!!

[ibegurpard]

50. I keep getting emails from the DNC saying basically the same

I find them annoying but just delete them and go about my day.

[djean111]

52. Yep. And don't for get all the SAY HELLO TO PRESIDENT TRUMP/FIORINA/WALKER/BUSH stuff.

I guess the difference is the sense of humor.
Oh well, not like those sniffling about it were going to vote for Bernie anyway.

[ibegurpard]

54. "if you don't send us money you can kiss everything goodbye"

Yeah after the 2014 election disaster I'm pretty sure money isn't the primary thing hindering Democrats' electoral fortunes.

[LWolf]

62. Maybe I should add that quote

to the next email I return to the DNC. I've tried, repeatedly, to tag them as junk so they won't land in my inbox, but it never works.

That inbox, with 100 or so new emails every day, 99% that I have to delete to get to those I actually want to read...

If you don't want the emails, it's a simple thing. Unsubscribe. It's nice that there's an option.

Interestingly, I don't get that many emails from the Sanders campaign, and I AM subscribed. I get more from the POTUS, and I never subscribed to the WH, lol.

[Sancho]

64. For goodness sake, don't erase them!!!

It's very important that you save all emails in a secure location.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

66. I'm trying to get a socialist prayer circle together to address this travesty.

But, you know, socialism and prayer is a rare combination. Give me some time, and just hang in there.

[BooScout]

67. Sounds like....

...they need a few lessons in how not to lose friends and supporters by alienating people with insults.

[nadinbrzezinski]

69. For information only

have you ever subscribed to ANY donor list? I mean ANY? You could end up on it becuase you donated for the local guy\gal running for dog catcher.

These lists are bought and sold in bundles to campaigns. This is how I ended up in the Michelle Bachman list, and a few others that just make me smile. And she did a no-no at one point that got her in hot water... donor lists are supposed to be sacrosanct and separate from media lists... ooops somebody in her staff forgot that rule... but that is a story for another day.

Some of the people who send me email are left, some are center, some are far, far, far right. None are even in my state!

As a reporter I don't unsubscribe, but that is how you ended in the list. Somebody at some point bought a list from somebody else. a list that might have been bought and sold a few times incidentally.

[Amimnoch]

75. K&R!!