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Reader Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 08:50 AM
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My response to DSCC
I got a fundraising email, ostensibly from Al Gore, trying to hit me up for money. This was my response.


Dear DSCC:

While I agree that electing a Democratic majority in the Senate is an absolute necessity if we want to reverse the destruction wrought by the Bush Administration, I have no intention of donating to organizations such as yours. I make political donations only to specific individuals with proven records of speaking out against the crimes of this administration. Too many Democrats are willing to claim political affiliation with the so-called "opposition party" while providing no opposition whatsoever. I will not donate blindly to an organization that may end up contributing my hard-earned dollars to someone like Senator Joe Lieberman, who is a Democrat in name only. My political donations are reserved for those Democrats who behave like Democrats, by speaking out and voting against the lunacy perpetrated by this administration. Thus far, this number is depressingly small, but, as ever, I hope it will grow.

If this response has not reached the appropriate individual(s), I would greatly appreciate it if you would forward it to the proper office. Please do not contact me again seeking a donation.


My reply was probably just a waste of bandwidth, but I'm in a bad mood, and I'm tired of these guys always with their hand out and little or nothing to show for it, as far as fixing our country.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 08:57 AM
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1. Don't despair
I am sure alot of people have sent letters emulating the one you sent. I know I have sent them one also after asking for a donation (Mine is for a different reason), but when they start getting rejection letters from the masses, hopefully someone will wakeup & say hey we need to start listening to these people if we want there money.
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shaniqua6392 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 08:58 AM
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2. I feel the same way.
Save your reply and copy paste it to every donation request you receive. That is what I have done. I will give to a local person running for office, but I will not give to these organizations any longer. I don't know what they do with that money, but I have yet to see results. Results being a "unified" Democratic Party with a "unified" anti war anti bush message. United we stand and divided we fall. They will get my money when they get that message.
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vademocrat Donating Member (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 09:06 AM
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3. My reply to a phone soliciation from them was similar -
I got a call last week when the Schumer story about the DSCC possibly supporting Lieberman even if he ran as an independent was front and center. I told the rep on the phone that I was only donating to individual candidates or the DNC because I fully support Howard Dean's 50-state initiative and I didn't want to give any money to an organization that supports candidates solely on their incumbent status. He wasn't very happy and tried to push the idea of "democratic unity" until I reiterated that I'm all for democratic unity which is why my money goes to real democrats...

Interesting about the Al Gore letter - my Al Gore letter came under the DNC banner...
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 09:16 AM
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4. Good letter.
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