My (last I hope) call from the DNC, just half hour ago. I finally answered their call and

[demosincebirth]

told them to please stop calling me. They have been calling at least 2 times a day for the past six months. I finally told the to take me off their list and stop calling for money. And that I donate to many Democratic causes though out the country... individual candidates of my choosing. I also told them that I did not like the way they doled out money to some democrats in name only with out hold their feet to the fire and to up hold the principles of the Democratic party. I don't think they will call again.

[LoZoccolo]

1. Can you name any Democrats in name only?

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[jillan]

5. Blanche Lincoln was one race that comes to mind.

[demosincebirth]

7. Thats one!

[PassingFair]

10. And they PUMPED money into her losing campaign.

I'll add Debbie Wasserman Schultz and then:

Heath Shuler
Diane Feinstein
Thomas R. Carper
Joe Lieberman (this one not even in NAME ONLY)
Bill Nelson
Mary Landrieu
Kent Conrad
Ben Nelson
Evan Bayh

[PassingFair]

12. How could I forget HAROLD FORD.

POS.

[LoZoccolo]

15. Yet she voted with her party 84% of the time.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/L000035

[PassingFair]

17. They used to say the same crap about Lieberman.

It's only on important votes that they vote like republicans.

[LoZoccolo]

18. Do you think that any vote on which she sided with the Democrats is not important?

[PassingFair]

19. I think the DNC and the President should have backed someone who

would have served the people and not the oil
companies.

In our current climate, they might have stood
a chance.

On edit: Many of the those votes were on legislation
that sold working people out and were in AGREEMENT
with the rethuglicans.

It wasn't until 2010 that Progressives in the Congress
outnumbered the NewDem/BlueDog coalition.

[demosincebirth]

6. Sure, my next door neighbor, Harold Jones. And all the ones who voted

against the public option in the HC bill. Give me one reason why a democrat would vote against that?

[RKP5637]

3. I neither answer them anymore nor the DSCC. I also did not renew my

DNC membership. I'll contribute to individual candidates and progressive organizations, but not the DNC and DSCC. I just don't think they represent my interests. I'll vote for sure, but I'm really pissed off at the money in elections today and how our government has been bought. It's getting so it has very little to do with representing "we the people."

[Poboy]

4. I got a call yesterday from the 'Obama election campaign'.

I pretty much told him what you wrote in regard to who I will donate to. Act Blue, Bold Progressives, MoveOn, etc.. It was sort of funny though. He started with emotional appeal and faux enthusiasm. "Obama has just announced he is running for reelection, isn't that exciting?!"
Dead silence on my end, then 'Well, not really'. I then went into where my donations will be going. He asked why, I gave the long ugly reasons, the latest being topical as the budget battle wages, that he extended the Bush tax cuts which would have paid for half the shortfall.

He may get my vote by default, but no money from me. 'Get it from Goldman Sachs' is what I told him.

[iwishiwas]

16. LOL

[PassingFair]

8. They will call you, again and again and again.

I've been telling the DNC to get lost since Howard Dean stepped down.

[northoftheborder]

9. I tell them the same thing. contributions to candidates of my choice, and/or PAC's that I know ....

are Progressive. I do give to the state Dem. Party because it is in such a pitiful, powerless condition, and the national DNC hardly ever helps us down here. (Dean gave the most support ever.)

[PassingFair]

11. Not they they give two craps about progressive money or votes.

The corporations don't need *ucking retards like us.

:puke:

[demosincebirth]

14. I would have blocked their number, but it shows up as "private."

[catgirl]

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