Just Got My Vomit Inducing DNC Beg For Money Letter!

[leftchick]

"There is No Way to hide the pain...." BLAH BLAH BLAH!!

I am sending the return envelope back with a lot of weight (they pay postage) and a HUGE clue for the DNC and JK aka:"The Raw Deal".... I am contemplating my exact words now. Any suggestions are Welcome....

:grr:

[freedom for all]

1. How about...

I got your back...

[leftchick]

5. no shit....

I keep thinking of the Veterans, Kristen Breitweiser, MJ Fox, Dana Reeves and little old normal folks like myself who gave up so much of their lives for that man. How he sleeps at night is beyond me.

:argh:

[Tuddie]

7. cute icon ...n/t

[Robeson]

45. That is a classic. LOL...

[elehhhhna]

2. Help Ain't On The Way!

[leftchick]

11. You Got That Right!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:

[Emillereid]

3. I got a letter yesterday asking for money too -- I couldn't

believe it! I just threw it away. This after giving them money a couple of days before the election to fund a reserve fund 'in case they had to challenge the election.' I'm still waiting for them to spend that money for the purpose for which it was raised!

[leftchick]

8. Exactly!!!

I did the same thing! I feel like such a sucker. Good lord that man needs to go to confession...

:argh:

[Mojambo]

4. They've got a lot of nerve

I'm going to send a photo of Howard Dean and a note that says, "you wanna get paid?"

[mitchtv]

14. suggestion?

Howard Dean OR Green

[Mojambo]

20. That is pretty much my position

It would never happen, but I sure would love to see a Dean/Gore Green Party ticket in 2008.

If those two guys left the Democratic party for the Greens it would legitimize the Green movement significantly.

It's nothing but a dream though.

[blondeatlast]

29. I'd far rather see Dean as DNC chair.

He's got his finger on what makes the party what it is.

We need people in the party who know it doesn't end with presidential and "sure thing" Congressional races.

I didn't care for Dean as a candidate, but he'd make a damn fine DNC chair.

[Mojambo]

31. I think the Democratic party

is inextricably lost to corporate influence.

Dean has a shot at reforming the Democratic party from within, but I don't think it's a great one. I'd much rather see him start a new party or join an existing one that isn't so completely fucked up as the Democratic party.

[trogdor]

43. Good one!

[Tuddie]

6. Include copies of DU threads re JK & election fraud:

that should add alot of weight to the envelope. If you have any "extra" Kerry/Edwards buttons left (that you don't want to save for posterity) include them in the envelope, too. I know this isn't giving you words, but perhaps words would be too good.

[leftchick]

9. I threw them all away...

after his pathetic concession speech... :grr:

[Sugarbleus]

27. Just remembered... did any of you get a Photograph of

Kerry/Edwards?? They sent two to me. All "numbered" etc. I had the photo hanging up in a prominent place ...now I'm wondering if I should send them back.............altered? :evilgrin:

I'm NOT amused with the Dem party at this point. :boring: :boring::boring:

[ogradda]

10. perhaps inserting some bullshit

in the letter would be appropriate.

[Robbien]

12. Tell them there are true Democrats out there you are going to donate

to instead of donating to the whimpy DNC. Tell them not to contact you again until they stop paying attention to only the center and the right. The DNC only pays attention to progressives when it has its hand out.

[leftchick]

13. I shall...

I want to say a big fat FU to JK as well but it I am refraining...

[Stew225]

15. I agree with Leftchick and the others in this post.

What a bunch of freaking nerve! No wait! What a bunch of fucking nerve!!!!!!! I like the "weight in envelope" idea. I hope I get one of those letters! F'ing bastard! Rat bastard pricks!

[Robbien]

17. You could tell them to ask JK for money because you hear he has$19 million

still in his kitty which you have yet to see him give away as he promised.

[RegexReader]

25. and watch that 19 million evaporate

like a Haliburton expense account.


RegexReader
$USA =~ s/Republican/Democrat/ig;

[signmike]

16. I get 2 or 3 every day.

It's a money pit - a Memory Hole.

[Massacure]

18. Go to the bank and trade in a 10 dollar bill for 1,000 pennies.

10 dollars in pennies weighs about 94 ounces. If they pay the postage then it will probably cost them more to mail it then they get. :D

[bvar22]

19. Print out the following page:

http://blog.progressivevote.org/index.php?cat=8

Enclose this page in your request envelope with a note stating that your money will be used to support Democrats and not Elephants in Donkey suits!

Cheers!

[leftchick]

21. Perfect!!

Thank You! :)

[bvar22]

24. Thanks.

I'm considering posting this suggestion as a thread topic.
I'm really beginning to like these people.

http://www.pdamerica.org/

[Piperay]

22. Tell them to get the money from

that 45 million that JK didn't spend on the Presidential campaign if they need money so bad. :mad: Then tell them they can take their request and shove it where the sun doesn't shine. :grr:

[m berst]

23. agreed

Way back a year ago, some of us were trying to warn people in the party. We said that we need to take a very strong position and be alert and prepared for a smear campaign and for a stolen election. We warned about going the same old DLC route. We were shouted down and told to leave it all to the pros, that the stakes were too high this time for our "radical" ideas, and that we all needed to pull together behind the "most electable" candidate and accomplish "mission one - oust Bush!" and that we should refrain from criticizing until after the election.

We did all that. Thousands of us worked ourselves to death. Many gave their last dollar to the campaign on the solemn promise that we would not be abandoned.

How on earth did the party leadership not anticipate 8-10 hour lines to vote in African American and other Democratic districts? How on earth did the party leadership fail to protect its voters? What good is GOTV if people were not able to vote, or their votes did not count?

It is not whining, it is not disloyalty and it is not a little "disappointment" over not "winning" that people should be told to "get over" when we say these things, and it is an insult to characterize critics of the party in these humiliating and derogatory ways. We are not talking about losing the race for prom queen here. That would be something to "get over." People's lives are on the line. Our freedom is on the line. Our Constitution and our right to vote are on the line. The survival of the country is on the line.

[Generator]

38. Beautiful post

"What good is GOTV if people were not able to vote or, or their votes did not count?"

This is THE issue. Man oh man what's the point indeed, if we have a polarized country and you need 51 one votes-they have given up two or three-oh well, on to 2008! What's the point? Why give them money to continue to lose?

[Robbien]

39. Wow. Great post

"not a little disappointment

not a race for prom queen

Our freedom is on the line."

thanks m berst

[shesemsmom]

26. Ha, I haven't checked my email

but if I got one they are gonna get another NASTY GRAM!!!!!!!!!!

[leftchick]

28. It came via the US Postal service....

our money at work...:grr:

[NightTrain]

33. Actually, the U.S. Postal Service gets *no* federal money.

The post office makes all its money through sales of stamps, certified mail, etc. I only found that out recently and was quite surprised!

[shesemsmom]

41. Good it will give me a envelope

to send back my reply. I will be glad to foot the 37 cents lol

[PrisonerLazy8]

30. I'm waiting for the 15 million in the Kerry bank to be used to cover our

backs. Right now I feel the hair raising on my neck from the darkness creeping up on my backside.

[NightTrain]

32. I simply tossed mine in the trash.

I'll never give another dime to those spineless fucks at the DNC!

[leftchick]

34. must not forget the biggest spineless fuck...

and a Liar worse than * ! John Kerry... "The Raw Deal"!

:mad:

[Shopaholic]

35. They had better not send me a beg letter

if they don't want to get an angry letter sent back to them! I'll donate money to them again when they a) get rid of the DLC; and b) pick a DNC chair who has a spine and who is a real Democrat! Until then, sorry--my checkbook is closed.

[Neecy]

36. Been there...

After the 2000 election theft, I got one of the fundraising letters from the DNC. I wrote a vicious reply about how feeble the Democrats were in the face of outright election theft, and how Al Gore was left to his own devices without visible support from the party while our democracy was stolen in broad daylight. I told them to never ask me for money again. It would be just as well served poured down a rathole.

And they haven't. That's one way to be taken off of their fundraising list...

[leftchick]

37. sadly, I was sucked in again this time....

I saw Edwards and Kerry at rallies in my city. I gave more money than I should have to the DNC and Kerry campaign. I donated hundreds of hours of my time to the Democratic party and the campaign. I was 2 feet away from JK at our local event and I Believed him! I fucking believed him when he said 'I have your back'. There were many Veterans that showed up at these events and BELIEVED!! May he never have a peaceful nights sleep. OMG... I feel like I have wasted so much time and energy better spent with my children than listening to that snake oil salesman!

:grr:

[Neecy]

44. Yes, I got on that merry-go-round

I also donated money to Kerry, worked for months for the Missouri Democratic party, went to the rallies and did all of the grunt work everyone else here did. The only difference is that I didn't give a nickel to the DNC.

I'm not going to do that four years from now unless it's a candidate who personally motives me to do so. No more blindly working for a candidate who is selected by Iowa (which then promptly goes Red).

[Dan]

40. Suggestion on what to say, not how to say it...

Tell them that you would be willing to provide funds, once they do the following:

1. Concrete evidence that the Democratic party is addressing the
problems - on who and how the ballots are counted.


If we cannot validate the count, what good is the vote?


2. Would like an answer on why did it appear that the leadership
of the Democratic party, Democratic members of Congress did not
actively support Kerry during the election.

3. Why does it appear that the Democrats in Congress have elected
leadership that appears to be supportive of the Bush agenda, or
Bush-lite. Why support a GOP-lite when we can have the real deal.

4. Would they answer this question: Given that Tom Daschle (sic)
who recently loss his senate position/leadership post in the
Democratic party, is now a counsel for Bush. Was Nader right
that there isn't a damn bit of difference between the GOP and
DEM'S?

(a) If there is a difference, explain Tom accepting this
position with this administration?
(b) If there is not a difference, why give money to the
DEM'S?

Hope that helps...

[mandyky]

42. Not sure how you feel about the DLC vs DNC issue

But were it me to write back, I would include a paragraph about withholding support funds until it is clear what the DNC is going to stand for - for example will they go all religious or will they go further towards Republican Lite as a strategy? Will they abandon Roe and homosexuals?

Being a Deaniac I might add something about that as well (but personally I would rather Dean run again in 08, instead) and that the party needs to find away to expand without pissing off the grassroots base.

[journalist3072]

46. The letter from Senator Kerry

I received the same letter from him, along with an envelope to send money to the DNC.

I donated to the DNC twice during the campaign, but I will not be sending them money any time soon. They have not stepped up to the plate and been the opposition party that they should have been during Bush's first term.

I am considering switching my party affiliation to Independent.

[Robeson]

47. After the 2002 debacle, I wrote the DNC and told them to never...

...solicit me again. I told them I would use my money and time towards individual candidates whom I supported. Guess what happened? They never sent me anything again. I have received nothing from them to this day. And frankly, I thought that was more telling than anything. You would think if they cared, they would try to calm the fears of their constituency and address the issues of concern that I and others have. But no. I never heard from them again. And had they done that, had they just tried to assure me that they wanted to remain the opposition party, I would have probably helped them out again. I would have thought, that maybe they cared, or that I mattered. But they don't, and I didn't. I guess I was either with their Republican-lite agenda, or I was against them. Hows that for an umbrella party?