Gawd knows that shit sells like ice in hell on DU.

These emails are ridiculous! Democrats will never again have a say in the legislative process because Bill O'Reilly didn't like the dress Michelle wore to a kindergarten fitness rally yesterday! If you you don't send us $3 by midnight, a Republican comet will strike the earth -- but only Blue States -- and envelop us in a Koch-fueled nuclear winter!!! Come on...I get fund raising, believe me, but these guys are shooting themselves in their own feet.

I finally dumped the address in the junk file so I don't have to bother with the gloomy crap.

my unread/delete folders. It's pervasive. If the democratic party is in that bad shape with all of this doom and gloom, seems we've already lost everything. The net/net is they will receive a defensive/rejection reaction from many thus failing in their advertising objective. Bottom line, they are stupid emails!

It's hard to keep up with the email addresses. I never even open the "politics" folder, just send then to the trash.

There's a small link at the bottom of every message. And tell them why.

It's bullshit. If you click it, it just confirms that you are a valid subscriber reading their emails.

I did that a few times and it made the situation worse.

provoked response, then one is auto-added to more email lists as they hone/focus their objectives for the desired response of 'send money.' Right Wingers are probably easier to manipulate.

The first screen did try to get you to remain signed up for a smaller number of emails, but had another small link to actually unsubscribe.

It seems like every day they want MORE money for every little issue that's going to DESTROY LIFE AS WE KNOW IT.

You are quite right that negative political advertising doesn't work.

Positive political ads that focus on the possible are the ones that win, and I'm saying this as someone who worked as a newspaper reporter for many years.

They never leave a message, but they never actually block their calls...caller ID says "Washington DC" or "DC." How stupid do they think we are that we'd answer this? I think if President Obama was calling my cell phone it might say "White House" or "The Big Guy" or something...not "DC."

This said, I totally agree with you. Panic is not what makes people look good (though it is my understanding the GOP does the same thing).

election and it was my fault. Crap like that does not work on me, my reaction is just "F you!" I can't for sure recall if it was specifically for Obama or a local candidate, but the message was the same.

...given all the tools of social media, every campaign falls back to mimeographed fundraising emails that never stray from the following:

1) "I just left a meeting with my Finance Director, and we're only $XXX away from our goal....."

2) "The (Koch Brothers/Karl Rove/Evil Republican of your choice) are at it again..."

3) "Did you hear what my opponent said? Contribute to our campaign to send a message that you oppose....."

4) (to your point): "There's really bad news: in the latest (poll/Republican House Bill/evil vote suppression tactic), we're facing a loss of (Senate control/House seats/The White House)..."

FW: this could make the difference

Snooper-- we’ll be quick:

With just 24 hours to go before the most important deadline yet, we are still $2,100 short of our $9,000 goal.

Snooper, we don’t have the luxury our opponents have, where Super PACs and outside groups can spend millions on their behalf so far out from the election.

Our success depends on support from folks like you. Will you help Pete close the gap before tomorrow’s midnight deadline?

Please chip in $3 or more to help Pete reach his $9,000 goal before midnight tomorrow >>

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This could make the difference:

One week from today, we’ll learn which Republican challenger I’m going to face off with in November.

Already, extremist outside groups funded by the Koch brothers have spent hundreds-of-thousands of dollars on TV against me. Once the primary is over, you can be sure they’ll increase their attacks even more.

Snooper, I’m committed to keep fighting for you every day. I’m committed to working for the Texas families and communities I represent both in 2014 and beyond. But we must be prepared for the road ahead.

We’ve set a big goal this month: $9,000. It represents the 9 hours it takes to drive from one end of the district to the other. I hope you’ll help us get there.