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wryter2000

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35. This is why I don't give money to the DCCC or DSCC

Tue Aug 1, 2017, 11:48 AM

Aug 2017

I explained to a lovely lady from the DCCC on the phone that I want my money going to candidates who support liberal causes. She more or less agreed with me.

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DCCC: a gentle reminder about what progressive women do when their rights are in the crosshairs [View all] ehrnst Aug 2017 OP

K & R!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2017 #1

i never give to the dtrip, anyway. mopinko Aug 2017 #2

HRC's PAC is getting my $$$ ehrnst Aug 2017 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2017 #8

Thank You Me. Aug 2017 #4

+++ agree iluvtennis Aug 2017 #5

Yeah. Not gonna happen. No shutting up here. BadgerMom Aug 2017 #6

Yup shenmue Aug 2017 #7

NEVER FORGET THIS: There really are forces out there pushing against calimary Aug 2017 #10

Simple Things Women Couldn't Do 50 Years Ago In The US Me. Aug 2017 #22

+ Wear Pants to School CozyMystery Aug 2017 #77

Welcome to DU, CozyMystery! calimary Aug 2017 #92

Would you prefer an anti-choice Democrat that supports Medicare for all or a Renew Deal Aug 2017 #9

Would you rather see the Democratic base take their checkbooks and walk away? ehrnst Aug 2017 #11

I'm over the threats Renew Deal Aug 2017 #12

So are Democratic women. ehrnst Aug 2017 #13

++++Plus infinity ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #14

That proves my point. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #24

You apparently didn't read the whole thread that refutes that.... ehrnst Aug 2017 #29

It doesn't refute it. It's wrong. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #37

"False purity" interesting how sticking to one's guns gets called that if it ehrnst Aug 2017 #39

Fine, be over them BainsBane Aug 2017 #33

You understand that eventually primaries end right? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #46

Of course BainsBane Aug 2017 #61

Your purity has lead to the outcomes you fear. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #71

Oh dude shut the fuck up elehhhhna Aug 2017 #78

Many Dem women in my district vote for the prolife candidate. Kaleva Aug 2017 #18

What? BainsBane Aug 2017 #34

Upper Michigan Kaleva Aug 2017 #41

Here's what I would prefer: Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #17

Life is about choices Renew Deal Aug 2017 #25

A party that abandons its base will weaken from the inside out. (nt) ehrnst Aug 2017 #27

Wrong. Life is about surviving. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #40

How many Anti-Choice bills did Pelosi put on the agenda when she was Speaker? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #58

So, the House only votes when Nancy Pelosi is speaker? Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #84

Who controls the house agenda? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #85

What does "irrelevant" mean? Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #86

Paul Ryan BainsBane Aug 2017 #93

You wouldn't know that to hear the angst about who voted no on an amendment concerning ehrnst Aug 2017 #74

The primary isn't really the point of this entire argument. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #82

That wasn't the point of my post, either. ehrnst Aug 2017 #87

That sounds like a straw man argument. charliea Aug 2017 #20

Yes Renew Deal Aug 2017 #26

Yes - the existence of unicorns as the argument for spending money on unicorn feed instead of ehrnst Aug 2017 #32

Would you prefer a candidate who supports reducing white men BainsBane Aug 2017 #21

Joe Manchin vs. Shelley Capito Renew Deal Aug 2017 #30

That isn't what this is about BainsBane Aug 2017 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Renew Deal Aug 2017 #47

Your post is a runon sentence of fantasy. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #51

Oh, so this is about Bernie. ehrnst Aug 2017 #62

No? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #64

Why bring him into the discussion, then? ehrnst Aug 2017 #67

You obviously have no idea what the word data means. BainsBane Aug 2017 #90

I'm sick of being told that a vote on a single symbolic amendment concerning Canadian drugs ehrnst Aug 2017 #52

Let's cut to the chase here BainsBane Aug 2017 #75

Since when is the defense and protection musette_sf Aug 2017 #28

Since when is puritanism a winning strategy when controlling the House? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #31

"Puritanism?" ehrnst Aug 2017 #36

Mississippi #4 Renew Deal Aug 2017 #42

Ok, that's one. Any more? ehrnst Aug 2017 #43

218-217 Renew Deal Aug 2017 #48

Can you explain those numbers? (nt) ehrnst Aug 2017 #49

Majority of 435 house members Renew Deal Aug 2017 #50

OK, so what do the two numbers you gave represent? ehrnst Aug 2017 #53

The majority of 435 Renew Deal Aug 2017 #56

That would require far, far more than one district flipping ehrnst Aug 2017 #57

We're building a coalition. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #59

How does that answer the question about how many districts there are that would ehrnst Aug 2017 #66

That specific question is irrelevant. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #69

You know what turned the whole South Republican? BainsBane Aug 2017 #91

Thank goodness we have more than the two options you provide. LanternWaste Aug 2017 #38

And you know that's happening all over the country, and apparently that's the reason we have a GOP ehrnst Aug 2017 #45

You know this is how we gained the majority in 2006 right? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #54

What all should we give up? Gun-control? Gay rights? elehhhhna Aug 2017 #80

If there is really danger that they will take over committees loyalsister Aug 2017 #89

Well, my Congresswoman is Marcy Kaptur, and she is "pro-life" . . FairWinds Aug 2017 #15

This issue is if funds from the national party should go to her or other candidates who ehrnst Aug 2017 #19

In the primary, no. In the general election, yes. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #60

I am in a solid blue area so I have good choices--I get that ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #23

Marcy Kaptur has a 95% rating from NARAL MineralMan Aug 2017 #88

Guess my info differs . . FairWinds Aug 2017 #94

My line is a woman's right to choose, that's just the way I roll ebbie15644 Aug 2017 #16

This is why I don't give money to the DCCC or DSCC wryter2000 Aug 2017 #35

People have made this argument for years Renew Deal Aug 2017 #63

Apparently their funding anti-choice candidates has the power to ehrnst Aug 2017 #76

Yes Renew Deal Aug 2017 #81

This actually is a debate that is way overdue within the party, and it doesn't still_one Aug 2017 #55

Dean is the same Democrat that said that we shouldn't make the perfect the enemy of the good. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #65

This isn't about perfect - it's about refusing to make women's health the enemy of ehrnst Aug 2017 #68

Yes Renew Deal Aug 2017 #70

And if there was actually a significant number of districts that would go blue but for ehrnst Aug 2017 #73

You are absolutely right, and that was the premise of his 50 state strategy, but still_one Aug 2017 #83

I will never vote against my rights again. MuseRider Aug 2017 #72

Thank you, ehrnst! R B Garr Aug 2017 #79