My response to a personal funding request from DSCC "Grow a SPINE or NOT ONE DIME!!!" [View All]

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It came from [e-mail] - but it was written by a fellow who's sent out emails before -

Dear J.P. -

Please pass this along to our nearly-deaf Senate leadership:

NOT ANOTHER NICKEL until:

1) We get a ROBUST PUBLIC OPTION - that covers EVERYONE.
2) Dems grow some backbone and STOP CAVING to the GOP (hey! Did you hear the news last November? The GOP LOST. Repeat: LOST. WHY are we still treating them like they won?).
3) YANK joe lieberman's committee chairmanship - AND other perks. WHY is he allowed to continue enjoying these privileges, and WHY do the Dems continue to reward his bad behavior? Would you raise your kids that way, condoning and ignoring and rewarding their bad behavior? If he won't stand with the Dems, the Dems should NO LONGER stand with him. Since when did somebody die and make him God?

I'm sorry, J.P. I worked like a dog ALL last year, blogged, hosted a local radio show, went to meetings, hosted a debate party where we shook down all our friends for the Dems and for Obama, and donated until it hurt. I busted my behind and put virtually everything else in my life on hold for this - so my Dems would take the majorities in both Houses of Congress AND the White House, so we could FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY make some changes and fix some very egregious wrongs.

And what do I get? Continued CAVING to the republi-CONS. Heck, NOBODY among the Dems even says "peep" when those assholes mispronounce our party's NAME!!! Nobody even does anything about THAT!!!!

It's a very poor return on investment for me to donate any more to the Democrats. Besides, it's liable to go to helping some Blue Dog and I have NO interest in that, either.

DEMS WITH SPINE, OR NOT ONE DIME!!!!!

I'm sorry, too, because I ordinarily love helping my Dems, and I know this is disappointing to you as an activist. But you've GOT to carry this message to SOMEONE who's listening in the Democratic Party hierarchy!!! I'm disappointed, too. I'm broken-hearted! I'm one of MILLIONS out here who are so fed up we can't see straight anymore!!!

Sign me -

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UBER-FRUSTRATED LIBERAL-AND-DAMNED-PROUD-OF-IT Democrat

Just thought you guys might like to see this. Plus - maybe another meme or two that might be usable? It kinda rhymes, so it might stick in the mind more easily, too.

I'm just Beyond Frustrated. And my checkbook is CLOSED. No backbone? No bucks.