So, I just finished watching the Patriots go to 11-3, another AFC East crown, feeling very good. And then I stupidly picked up the phone when it rang, and my good mood went away very quickly. It was the Democratic Party Senatorial Campaign calling.
A very nice lady identified herself and who she was with, and said there was a challenge grant on, and could I give $172 to promote the DSC, who was working with leadership to elect more Democrats like Elizabeth Warren. At the end of her spiel, I had a few questions.
Really, you're calling today? The day after 30 Democratic Senators voted to stick me with a 300+ Trillion bill so the banks can continue to play with derivatives?
Really, Elizabeth Warren? Then why was her amendment blocked by the DSC leader Harry Reid?
Really? After my own 2 corporatist whores Kaine and Warner voted for more pension shenanigans? To fuck over the EPA more than it's already been fucked?
No, I said. I cannot give $172, or indeed $1.72 for the likes of you anymore. I will give to progressive candidates only, since the DSC isn't going to give any of my $$ to any candidate that I support.
She had no answers, just noted that she felt my frustration as well, but that means we need more Democrats. No, I said, it means we need better Democrats, and sadly that is a goal that the organization you are working for does not support.
I hope there are many others who made the same opinion heard today. I hope the message gets through. I doubt it, but as Christmas is the season of hope, then maybe it will.