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HappyPlace

(568 posts)
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:01 PM Jul 2015

Just off the phone with the DNC...

Very nice woman, mentioned that there was an opportunity for me to take advantage of a donation matching program.

That's really nice, I told her, but I plan to donate directly to Sanders, and that I wasn't happy with the DNC's favoritism toward the frontrunner this early in the process, mentioning the limited schedule of debates.

I have no idea if she noted my response, it was not solicited.

Now what a shame, because I might have been inclined to make a small donation, that would have been doubled, if not for the reasons I cited.

I just wanted to share that.

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Paka

(2,760 posts)
2. Like you, I am donating directly to Bernie only.
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 01:29 AM
Jul 2015

In fact I trashcan all DNC emails that come to me. They do not reflect my views.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
3. You can unsubscribe. They do honor that and those statistics in themselves say something.
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 03:10 AM
Jul 2015

Paka

(2,760 posts)
4. Thanks, for that info.
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 07:50 AM
Jul 2015

I will do that. The initials DWS are like fingernails on a blackboard to me when I see them in my inbox.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
6. I unsubscribed from the last email I got from them, told them I was donating
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 02:45 PM
Jul 2015

directly to Bernie and to please take me off their list.

Got a survey from them two days ago, threw it out because it was pointless. I imagine there will be some sort of announcement that uses what I consider slanted survey question results.
The thing that struck me was the vast gulf between those "Democratic Platform Planks" and what some of the DINOs actually do. I am supposed to believe they stand for that platform - but if I express the desire for anything on there to actually be done - those planks are glitter-pooping ponies and rainbows. Quite the dissonance.

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
7. All of the Democratic Establishment fundraisers are dead to me
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 04:40 PM
Jul 2015

DNC
DCCC
DSCC

DONE WITH THEM ALL!

No more 3rd-Way candidates!

eridani

(51,907 posts)
8. Haven't donated to DNC since Dean stepped down
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 05:18 AM
Jul 2015

I always tell them I donate to specific candidates instead.

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