A few days back, the phone rang and I stupidly answered it. I usually don’t unless I know who it is, but lately I’ve been getting a lot of phone calls from health insurance adjusters and therapists and whatever-whatever, so I’ve taken to actually answering the damn thing sometimes.<\/p>\n
\nSo this lady is on the other end of the phone line telling me that she is a “professional fund raiser” and “this call may be recorded” and all about how the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is gonna use my money to make sure there are more Democrats in the Senate, yadda yadda.<\/p>\n
I interrupted her. I said “You guys gave away Ted Kennedy’s seat.” She started to say something. “Do you have any idea who I am?” I said. She started to say something. “I’m an influential science blogger. I can raise money for a candidate just like that,” snapping my finger into the phone. “But after you morons lost the most unlosable seat in the country, I contacted your chairman and told him to get back to me.” She started, again, to say something. “And do you know what? I’ve not heard from him. I was going to tell him he had to resign. He has not gotten back to me, nor has he resigned. What’s up with that? You call that fund raising?”<\/p>\n
She started to say something, and I cut her off again. “Never mind. You guys are useless this year. This year people will just need to give to the candidate of their choice. Your committee is a waste. Take me off your damn list.” Click. Or beep, actually (the hang-up noise).<\/p>\n
I really am annoyed with the committee, and I really do not support giving them a dime this year after they screwed up Massachusetts. I mean really. Had the Massachusetts debacle been followed by the swift resignation of Bob Menendez, the DSCC chair, and an admission that they screwed up and will try to do better, than I might support them. But at this point, I see the DSCC as an unnecessary middleman with unnecessary “professional fund raisers” wasting dollars that could be used to directly fund campaigns.<\/p>\n
The blogosphere can help with the process of drawing attention to various campaigns around the country where there is promise for a Democrat kicking out a Republican, or where a Democrat needs help staying in office.<\/p>\n
So, you’ll see the occasional post by me in this regard, and feel free to contact me if you have any specific suggestions about who should be supported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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