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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,757 posts) Thu Jun 25, 2015, 08:26 PM Jun 2015

The emails from the DCCC are driving me nuts.

Today I got one with the subject line: "Crushed hopes, dying dreams." Usually I delete these without even opening or reading them, but I was kind of curious about the latest doom-and-gloom money grovel. So I looked, and here's what it said:

*** (Ocelot): 54,573 people have signed on to congratulate President Obama today. But we haven’t recorded your name. ***

Add your name: Congratulate President Obama on this HUGE victory for the American people!

NAME: (Velveteen Ocelot)
Congratulated Obama? Not yet!

Sign Your Name >>
(Ocelot) -- In the 7 hours since the Supreme Court crushed Republican hopes of destroying Obamacare, we’ve seen a groundswell of support for the President.

This is a great day for the President. But it’s also a great day for America! As President Obama said earlier today, the Affordable Care Act benefits every American.

Before the end of the day, will you help us get 100,000 people to sign the President’s card? Let’s express our gratitude for the law he worked so hard to pass and defend.

ADD YOUR NAME: Congratulate President Obama on this enormous win for his signature law and for the American people.

Thanks,

DCCC

Yuck. What a cheap way to get people to respond to their email.

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The emails from the DCCC are driving me nuts. (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2015 OP

They're trying to measure general party enthusiasm, and this is a cheap way to do it. MADem Jun 2015 #1

They are doing a great job of killing any residual enthusiasm The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2015 #2

Last fall I got way too many emails SheilaT Jun 2015 #3

That's what one needs to do Sherman A1 Jun 2015 #5

I got tired of them, too. silverweb Jun 2015 #4

MADem

(135,425 posts)

1. They're trying to measure general party enthusiasm, and this is a cheap way to do it.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 08:29 PM

Jun 2015

If you put your name on the list, you will be more likely to receive a mailing (via US mail) with a contribution request.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,757 posts)

2. They are doing a great job of killing any residual enthusiasm

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 08:31 PM

Jun 2015

I might have had for the DCCC. I donate only to candidates.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

3. Last fall I got way too many emails

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 08:32 PM

Jun 2015

connected to the election, and I don't believe I had actually signed up for any of them. I spent a remarkable amount of time taking my name off their lists, but it was worth it.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

5. That's what one needs to do

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 08:45 PM

Jun 2015

unsubscribe to their emails and send what you can to the trash.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

4. I got tired of them, too.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 08:45 PM

Jun 2015

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Now all their emails are filtered out and go straight to trash. I'm quite capable of deciding which candidates to donate to on my own and I do not want more wasteful political snail mail.

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