Message from the DNC

[liberal_in_GA]

Last week we asked for your feedback about the 2004 election, and tens of thousands of you responded with your positive experiences, your negative experiences, and your advice for what should come next.

One thing was clear: Democrats are deeply committed to fighting for our values, and the disappointing results of this year's election can't change that.

We're taking in all your comments and ideas and factoring them into the Democratic Party's strategy moving forward. If you'd like to read a sampling of the comments we've received, or if you haven't left your comments yet, be sure to visit our website:

http://www.democrats.org/thanks/

Here's what's coming up next. As you've been reading in the news, the Bush administration is in the midst of a big staff shakeup. A half dozen cabinet members have announced their resignations, and the White House has already started announcing nominations for their replacements.

But the biggest nominations are just around the corner. We have every reason to expect that very soon, George W. Bush will have the opportunity to appoint at least one, and possibly three, Supreme Court justices (including the chief justice), decisions that will affect every aspect of our lives for decades to come.

The Court fight encompasses the values we stand for and fought so hard for during the Election. The Democratic Party will not stand by and let President Bush use the Supreme Court to placate the most extreme members of his party. We will fight for a nominee who will protect the rights and values we hold dear, and you will be a crucial part of that fight.

We'll write you next week to tell you more about how you can get involved early in our fight to protect the Supreme Court.

Thanks for all that you do,

The DNC Internet Team

[crispini]

1. Yawn.

It's the VOTE FRAUD, stupid!

[indy_azcat]

2. but we will stand by and allow fraud

"the Democratic Party's strategy moving forward"

screw that. I'm standing right here and look backwards... to Nov 2. Grassroots, 3rd parties, and local dem organizations will have to pick up YOUR slack.

wankers.

[Pithy Cherub]

3. They are so 2000!

:nopity:

[magellan]

18. And here I thought they were finally jumping into the fray

but they've only returned to prove they are hopeless in their current incarnation. I'm glad I'm registered as an Independent, saves me the headache of changing my party affiliation.

[BR_Parkway]

4. Anyone else start counting how many times the word "values"

got used? Some great strategy moving forward - talk like the other side.

[liberal_in_GA]

5. I know--will they EVER get it?

:eyes:

[jhgatiss]

10. I think thats good actually...

The one line that John Kerry used but didn't play up enough was something like, "They talk about family values but they don't value families." That plays into a lot of democratic concerns about rising health care costs, stagnate wages, unemployment, rising tuition costs, and so forth... I think everyone who's said it is absolutely right. We need to recast the values issue as something beyond gays and abortion.

[cyn2]

15. That's a Wes Clark line....

[jhgatiss]

23. I don't think I ever heard Wes Clark use it. Only John Kerry.

[Pooka Fey]

6. A day late, and a dollar short. (n/t)

[nashville_brook]

7. what a crock

they've done nothing to earn my respect. we're fighting this battle all alone.

what in their experience makes them think they can do anything with the supreme court nominees? what a bunch of losers.

:grr:

[tandem5]

8. No, they won't "stand by"...

They'll probably sit.

[Liberal Veteran]

13. Now now...that's not true and you know it.

You know they can't leave their sphincters exposed for use when they are sitting.

[tandem5]

29. A compromise then...

Sometimes they will sit and sometimes they will stand.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. DLC still running the show

Sign me up Greens!

[liberal_in_GA]

11. I have half a mind to send them all of these responses

from disgusted Dems, but it would probably be futile as spitting in the ocean.

[saracat]

12. My, My! Notice they anything critical isn't included.

[jsascj]

14. Those idiots

What is wrong with them?

Oh boo hoo, we lost again. Where did we go wrong? But we won't 'give up the fight'? Unless, it's a fraudulent election...well, then we'll roll right over.

[cybildisobedience]

16. Did you read those comments?

They're all like, "I gave till I bled and I would do it again."
Nothing like "you sold us down the river, AGAIN, you creeps..." which is, I believe, almost an exact quote from my response.

Very Bush White House-ish in their propaganda efforts.

[Q3JR4]

17. F*ck the DNC, we can strategize without them.

EOM.

[TexasChick]

19. Are they trying to kill us with laughter? Is that their strategy? n/t

[brainshrub]

20. Last week I attended the Buncombe Country Democrats feedback session.

The first question was asked by a middle-aged woman: "Was my vote counted?"

Despite the rank-and-file demands that the subject of the BBV be discussed, the county chairman of the Buncombe County Democrats fought to change the subject back to: "What things did we do right?" and "What did we do wrong?"

The leadership of the Democratic party, from top to bottom, is blind to the danger of these machines.

[JD Lau]

28. So...that's got to be why WE are here, aye? n/t

[anamandujano]

21. "We'll write you next week "

"to tell you more about how you can get involved early in our fight to protect the Supreme Court."

something like--

"SEND MORE MONEY"

[Lostnote03]

22. OHHH and Please send More MONEY!!!!n/t

[Pooka Fey]

24. HAHAHA. I know.

[magellan]

25. Don't they still have like $51M of our money

in the GELAC fund? They can kiss my sweet a$$.

[yojon]

26. Pathetic little dweebs

What the hell are they waiting for?

[Kralizec]

27. Better hope for an Ace in the hole, Dems, because you guys are going down

[north houston dem]

30. When I saw the title line in my email

I got all excited then I read the message

big let down

[Benhurst]

31. "Last we asked for your feedback ... blah, blah, blah." To which

I replied:

Quite obviously you did not hear. Fight this crooked election and the blackbox voting first!

Tell Gentleman Johnny Kerry to get on board or prepare to be left behind.

The Democratic Party is no longer a party, but a wake.

[merh]

32. Message I just received from Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

-----Original Message-----
From: Rep. Robert T. Matsui
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:09 PM
To: merh
Subject: Join us in congratulating President Clinton

Dear merh,

Please join us at the DCCC in congratulating President Bill Clinton on the opening of his library and in celebrating the enormous achievements of the Clinton Years. Working together, President Clinton and congressional Democrats enacted policies that turned record budget deficits into record surplusess and created 22 million new jobs during the longest economic expansion in American history. Today, we at the DCCC are working to stop efforts by House Republicans to undo these achievements and restore the sound policies that were so successful in helping all Americans.

The Clinton Presidential Center: http://www.clintonpresidentialcenter.org

Sincerely,

Rep. Robert T. Matsui
Chairman
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

-----MY REPLY EMAIL ------
From: merh
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 4:40 PM
To: Rep. Robert T. Matsui
Subject: RE: Join us in congratulating President Clinton

I would rather join you all in fighting for my vote and the votes of over 55 million people that voted for President-Elect John Kerry.

Save our democracy, investigate the fraud, do what you promised!

[KoKo]

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