Who else got the DCCC's "breaking news" email, extolling the virtues of the funding bill?

[Fridays Child]

I just got it, and I went to their web site comment page to call bullshit. Then, I unsubscribed from further emails.

Breaking News: Because of your help, the House just passed legislation that will go to the White House that includes critical issues Democrats have been fighting for including: canceling the President's blank check in Iraq, raising the minimum wage, and increased funding for military health care and veterans' benefits, and help for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Dear ______,

THEN:
Two weeks ago, President Bush vetoed our legislation to demand accountability in Iraq and declared he would only sign a bill without any accountability for his management of the war.

NOW:
Now, the President has agreed to accountability and reporting provisions. That means for the first time we can force the President to be held accountable for his endless war in Iraq. We canceled the President's blank check in Iraq.

Why the sudden change? It's because of you that we have taken this first important step. You stood with us here at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) every step of the way. You signed petitions against the President's failed policies, spoke out on the need to change course in Iraq, and wrote letters-to-the-editors in support of the issues Americans care about.

As the President's resistance shows, there is no quick and easy way to end this war.

As Speaker Pelosi said today about the vote, "This debate will go on." Democrats believe ending this war is a step-by-step process and today marks a significant step in this direction.

I will need your help again to take the next step in our fight to end this war. Tomorrow, Democrats in the House will announce a new plan to bring legislation forward that includes timetables.

They will need your help to make this a reality. Together, we have come this far and I know together we can do even more. It will take both sides working together to truly bring this war to a successful and responsible end. That's why I need you to do even more to speak out and voice your support. You can do so at our DCCC Iraq Resource Center.

Today marks a new beginning for America. We took a step forward together as a nation - away from the failures of the President's policies and toward a more hopeful time. Democrats are committed to redeploying our troops and ending the war in Iraq once and for all. Our commitment will never change and our dedication will never stop.

I hope I can count on your continued support.

Sincerely,


Brian Wolff
Executive Director


P.S. –The fight to end the war in Iraq is far from over. With your continued help, we will keep up the pressure on the President to listen to the advice of his commanders and the will of the American people. But we will only succeed if we move forward together. Please visit the DCCC's Iraq Resource Center and get involved in the fight today.

Let them prove me wrong.

[enough already]

1. Dear Brian

Fuck you.

P.S. - Fuck you.

[Individualist]

2. What a steaming, stinking pile...

This calls for an H. L. Mencken quote: "It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line; it reminds me of stale bean soup, of college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It drags itself out of the dark abysm of pish, and crawls insanely up the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash."

[rurallib]

3. Last November I and many others awoke with a sense of hope

that we had not felt for years. Thank you DLC for putting me back in my place. Don't call me, I will call you.

[loudsue]

26. This had the DLC fingerprints all over it.

They do everything they can to undermine the credibility of the Democratic party.

:kick:

[SharonRB]

4. I got it, too.

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

5. I got it

What nerve! They should be laying low for awhile before asking for money. We're not like the republican sheep that fall for any bullshit line you give them.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. I got it

Damn greedy bastards.

[Doc Martin]

7. Unsubscribe to the DCCC e-mail list!!!

That e-mail was insulting; it is a lipstick-on-a-pig spin that rivals Bush's capacity for fact-free communications.

[Dr.Phool]

8. I did better.

I called and e-mailed them and told them to take me off their fundraising and contact lists. And I told them why.

[Doc Martin]

9. Let's flood them with feedback

Great. I just went to their website and sent a comment via the "Contact Us" feature. Thanks for the inspiration. I will call them as well.

[Richard Steele]

10. I hadn't even checked today, but I'm sure it's there.

I'm not ready to look at it yet.

Let's just say I've got a lot of things to
think about before I do, and leave it at that
for now.

[noamnety]

11. K&R

Thanks for the post. I unsubscribed. If I end up missing them, I can watch Tony Snow on youtube or something til I get my fix.

[Kat45]

12. Yes, I did. I also got Kerry's "I vote no."

[Crewleader]

13. I did the same pal!

unsubscribed from future mailing...:hi:

[Catamount]

14. I got it too.........

:-(

[Erika]

15. Do any of them have family kids serving multiple tours?

I've never been more disappointed in the Dems than I am today. 3,348 dead troops aren't enough for them in this insane war?

[saigon68]

16. Nope

Ask Rahm Emmanuel and the corporate toadies he represents.

[Gelliebeans]

17. My response to the DCCC

Please be advised after Thursday May 24th with the War Funding Bill having passed, I will no longer be accepting any emails from DCCC or your affiliates.

The email sent by Brian Wolff to try and convince me that this bill passing without time-line or benchmarks is a good thing reminds me of the saying, if it sounds, looks and walks like a duck well...you know the rest.

Don't even bother asking for money in the future for any candidate you support as it insults my ethics and morality. Rest assured I won't be changing my mind anytime soon. This type of coddling may work it's magic on the republican sheeple but that shit don't fly with this DEM.

Got it?

[Laurab]

18. I got it too, and couldn't believe the spin

I just deleted it, but I think I will follow your lead, and go unsubscribe and tell them why.

[Pachamama]

19. I got it and I feel like contacting Brian Wolff and telling him that he can go to hell and that the

DCCC will never see another dime from me and that the only people who will get money for running for Congress are the Progressive candidates that voted against this bill and have spoken out against it, and that I'll give directly to them.

I couldn't believe the message and I yelled and laughed as I read it...looks like they are acting like the GOP more and more....

[CTD]

20. I unsubscibed after the Carville email last week.

Any group that uses Carville as a representative certainly doesn't share my values. They got a nasty email from me on this and then I unsubscribed.

[michaz]

21. I got mine late last night!

Reading it turns my stomach.

[NewJeffCT]

22. I got the email and thought "WTF?"

Literally.

I got it last night and was thinking, "Well, I've been really busy at work, did I just misinterpret the capitulation? Did I fall asleep for an entire day while the Dems did a 180?"

Alas, I did not. It was just a fucked-up email.

I'm going to unsubscribe tonight.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

23. my fear last month was we would cave.

I can't standing having my fears come true.

I got the DCCCrap too, and responded in kind.

I wonder why no one in the MSM is reporting on this.

[NaturalHigh]

24. "I hope I can count on your continued support."

Does that translate into "be sure to send us your money whenever we ask no matter how badly we screw you over"?

[mdmc]

25. It made it into my inbox

then deleted...

[bobthedrummer]

27. Kick

[BlooInBloo]

28. It's one thing to eat shit, and quite another to call it crab legs.*

* I think caviar is disgusting.

[williesgirl]

29. I got one and sent a zinger to their real email address saying not one more penny

to them, that their spin is as bad as * and they make me sick. I forgot to ask them to take me off their mailing list though. recommended

[Warren DeMontague]

30. To be fair, it's hard to get folks to cut a check with a letter that says "We Shit The Bed. Give us

cash so we can try harder, next time. Please?"