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I've done this also but still

lapdogs — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:04:41 +0000

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I've done this also but still get the letters and calls.

Any letters from the DNC,

lapdogs — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:03:35 +0000

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Any letters from the DNC, DCCC or DSCC to me get shredded as fast as they came in.

And any calls from the DSCC asking for money to go to Senators that I know to be Blue Dog Republicans lead to a conversation to the caller in which I tell him/her I do not contribute to Republicans.

For some reason, the caller seems baffled.

If, like me, you also get

Mauimom — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:29:16 +0000

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If, like me, you also get e-mails almost daily from the DNL, DSCC, DCCC and OFA, you can "reply" to them with the same message. [No, I didn't "unsubscribe" myself from these lists, just so I could send messages like this one!]

Sometimes they make it a little difficult: the return address on their message to you is a "do not reply," but just use a little of that time & ingenuity you used to devote to rounding up voters for Obama and figure out how to get a missive back to them. It's not too hard.

I also inform them that I won't be sending $$$ that they can then dole out to Blue Dog losers like Heath Schuler. My funds will instead be going directly to Progressive Democrats via ActBlue.

Perhaps at some point they will get the message.

Nice job, Oleeb! Except I say

erica — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:28:10 +0000

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Nice job, Oleeb! Except I say don't wait for them to call:

Call your Democrats and tell them what we'll do if they continue to waver. And what we'll do is: refuse to contribute to or campaign for them.

I figure the "Green Panthers"--the principled, energetic progressives who campaigned hard for Democratic politicians in the last election delivered many more votes than their own.

Point out to these reps that if they're going to try so hard to get the approval of Republicans at the expense of progressive Democrats, they might as well try to get Republicans to work on their campaigns and vote for them in the next election. Make it very clear that deciding to actively support Green Panther (formerly "Progressive") initiatives will be good for them--procrastinating or refusing to support us will cost them votes when votes count the most.

Harry Reid can't do all the kitten-herding himself!