Letter to DSCC: You want donation, I want Public Option

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

I received an email from THE DSCC today. In it, Sen Kaye Hagen, was asking for ME for a donation to the Democratic Senatorial Committee.

Thats pretty ironic that the DSCC wants something from me.

I'd rather donate towards primarying the US Senators who are obstructing
the Public Option and real health care reform.

A mailer from the DSCC right now is like a mailer is as poorly timed as a mailer from Blue Cross Blue Shield railing against the Public Option while BCBS raises insurance rates 10% (which happened in my state).

MY REPLY:
WHEN THE DSCC COMES OUT IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC OPTION, I'LL COME OUT IN FAVOR OF DSCC.

Here's the letter:

Dear _______

Imagine a battalion of right-wingers, tea partiers and ultraconservatives being elected and descending on Washington in January 2011.

Not a pretty picture is it? Unfortunately, it could happen.

The Republicans are hungrier than ever before. They want to win and will stop at nothing to get what they want. Not only that, they are more extreme than ever before, so the consequences of inaction are all the more dire. If they win in 2010, we will have a whole new crop of conservatives trying to take our country in the wrong direction. We cannot let that happen.

We must take action now before it is too late. We are less than a year away from Election Day, so what we do today will make all the difference in November. The best thing for you to do is give now to the DSCC, so we can build our forces for the upcoming battle.

Click here to donate $5 or more to the DSCC. We must raise $266,000 by Nov. 30 to make sure we have the funds to fight the GOP and win on Election Day 2010.

I know first-hand what it is like when the extreme right comes after you with vicious personal attacks. I have seen the way they make up lies to suit their agenda, having no qualms about sullying a person's good name with deceitful tactics.

When it happened to me in 2008, an immediate two-prong attack swung into action. I did not let a single charge go unanswered, nor did the DSCC. We both went on the offensive, and with your help, the right was defeated, and I was able to win the election.

Now it is time to do it again. We have a clear path to victory: Answer every attack, stay strong and raise a lot of money. But the only way we can do it is with your help.

Give as much as you can to the DSCC today so we have the resources we need to hold onto our Senate seats and defeat the extremist Republican agenda. We must raise $266,000 by Nov. 30 to fight the GOP and win on Election Day 2010.

We both know what we have to do. Like I said, I have been through this before. The good news is, I won. We will win again. All it takes is your help.

Sincerely,


Kay Hagan
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[HuckleB]

1. K & R.

Heck, I want single payer. It's the only thing that really makes sense, at the end of the day, IMO. And yet I don't want to give the GOP a chance to wiggle back into power. It's a difficult wire to walk.

[T Wolf]

2. Maybe if they get more responses like yours (and mine) from us "basers" who do not like

the way they have turned the party of FDR into one looking all too much like the GOP, they will wise up. This is much better than simply throwing the crap in the recycle bin.

I do wonder how many people respond this way compared to those who do donate compared to non-responses.

[dgibby]

3. I can't remember. Is Hagan a Blue Dog?