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As long as everyone’s here

by DougJ|  July 21, 20119:31 pm| 20 Comments

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Lots of traffic today, so while you’re all here, why not give to Democrats for Wisconsin recall elections?

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  1. 1.

    stuckinred

    July 21, 2011 at 9:36 pm

    I gave and I have no problem with it but damn you get bombed with email from every goddamn democrat on earth. Maybe there is somewhere in the donation process where you can opt out of email traffic?

  2. 2.

    The Dangerman

    July 21, 2011 at 9:40 pm

    Lots of traffic today…

    Everyone’s inside, in front of their computers, trying to stay cool.

  3. 3.

    Ol' Dirty DougJ

    July 21, 2011 at 9:40 pm

    You think you get bombarded, damn do I get bombarded.

  4. 4.

    stuckinred

    July 21, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    I went to their contact page and asked them if I could give and not get all the subsequent solicitations. I’ll let ya’ll know what they say.

  5. 5.

    stuckinred

    July 21, 2011 at 9:42 pm

    Ol’ Dirty DougJ

    I bet! I still get shit from some dude in Texas that Hamsher hornswaggled me into giving to.

  6. 6.

    Jc

    July 21, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    Use gmail. Filte, label, and automatically move sources out of inbox.

    Easy way to handle it

  7. 7.

    khead

    July 21, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    That is P-Funk in the video.“>Overkill

    I want to be here starting tomorrow.

  8. 8.

    stuckinred

    July 21, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    Jc

    Nah, they come from individual candidates and office holders. They obviously distribute the email addy’s all around$$$$

  9. 9.

    stuckinred

    July 21, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    I don’t want to put a damper on anyone giving.

  10. 10.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    July 21, 2011 at 9:52 pm

    Several years ago, I sent McCain an email asking him to oppose the Military Commissions Act, as he was vowing to do even if it cost him the Republican nomination. I still get dead tree fund raising appeals, no e-mails.

  11. 11.

    khead

    July 21, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    I’m not here, Dave.

    Thanks for the deletion tho.

  12. 12.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    July 21, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    You think you get bombarded, damn do I get bombarded.

    Cause they know you’re a blogger? Or strictly from donations?

  13. 13.

    Three-nineteen

    July 21, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    @stuckinred: Set up a junk e-mail address. I use my old hotmail account after I switched to g-mail. Never see the junk mail.

  14. 14.

    KCinDC

    July 21, 2011 at 10:13 pm

    I just got back from a Wisconsin recall fundraising happy hour we had in DC. Our little grassroots group DC for Democracy organized it, and the money is going to Democracy for America’s efforts in Wisconsin. We raised at least $1700 from 50 or so people ($935 of it on ActBlue—so far).

    We were very happy to have Rep. Tammy Baldwin as our special guest. She inspired us with tales of the Wisconsin revolt against Scott Walker’s madness, and then answered questions. And she’s ready to ready to run for Senate if Feingold decides against running for the open seat.

  15. 15.

    James E. Powell

    July 21, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    I’m curious how much big time Democratic money is going into the Wisconsin recalls. Winning it could do a lot to change the “right-wing on the rise” narrative that has dominated national news coverage since summer 2009. And, my naive hope, it may give some Republicans reason to fear.

  16. 16.

    Ol' Dirty DougJ

    July 21, 2011 at 10:27 pm

    Cause they know you’re a blogger? Or strictly from donations?

    Both.

  17. 17.

    Beta Magellan

    July 21, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    @James E. Powell

    You’ve identified the reason why I think all the kvetching about the end of American democracy being near is ridiculous–the TPers have already provoked voter backlashes in Wisconsin and Ohio, and the GOP governors are, as a whole, pretty unpopular (Nate Silver had a good post today on how Dem, governors in many McCain states actually have higher approval ratings than their Republican equivalents). It is possible for a right-wing populist movement to take hold in a modern democracy, but they often snuff themselves

  18. 18.

    kideni

    July 21, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    Thanks, KCinDC and friends, from a Wisconsinite. Tammy is great, and I’m becoming more and more confident that she might pull off a Senate run. I’d be sad to lose her as my rep., but she’d be a fantastic senator and would take away some of the sting of having Ron Johnson stinking up the joint as the other WI senator. There are enough great people in the district that I’m sure we’d do fine with whoever replaced her (I gather a number of state reps and others have been champing at the bit for a few years, waiting for the opportunity to run for Congress).

    It was so great that Dave Hansen won his race this week. I know that his opponent was ridiculous, but it was a definite shot in the arm. It was the same thing with the primaries last week, which seem to have given a number of the Dem candidates a bounce; this week’s Republican primaries had such low turnout that I don’t know that they’ve had a similar effect.

    I don’t think I’ll get a decent night’s sleep until mid-August.

  19. 19.

    KCinDC

    July 21, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    Glad to help, kideni! I was able to tell Tammy Baldwin that about 5 years ago in the very same room (in a bar on U Street) I’d been at a low-dollar fundraiser talking to a guy named Jim Webb who managed to get elected to the Senate later that year. Let’s hope it’s a lucky room.

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    Joel

    July 21, 2011 at 11:26 pm

    I chipped in my small share. I just wish candidates would not waste my donation on sending me letters. O well. I guess it’s a subsidy for the Post office.

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