primitives discuss bitching about the DSCC

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025667186

Oh my.

brooklynite (17,001 posts)    Wed Oct 15, 2014, 12:11 AM

I, for one, am pissed at all the bitching about DSCC...

Let's be blunt, shall we? Many people here (as another OP points out) will proudly state that they don't contribute to DSCC. Well, -I- do, to the tune of five figures. As a result, I get to know the DSCC staff and the Senate leadership. And I have an understanding of their decision making process and their resources.
 
Right now, there are NINE Senate races that are arguably in play: Alaska, Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota, New Hampshire, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana (Montana and West Virginia are lost causes; Michigan is a safe bet). DSCC's job is to get as many as the Democrats in those States elected as possible. And it does NOT have infinite funds to do so. So in the waning days of the campaign it has to decide where and how to spend its money.
 
Now, DSCC is not a bunch of idiots who can't evaluate a campaign's success; it's their JOB to get Democrats elected, so they hire people who are good at that. And their pulling ad buys doesn't mean they don't think Grimes can win; it means that, ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL, there are places where DSCC's financial resources can be better placed. A dollar that goes into Kentucky is a dollar that doesn't go to possible pickups in Kansas and Georgia, or protecting our candidates in Louisiana or South Dakota. And I respect their ability to make hard decisions, because they've been making them for the 10 years I've been contributing.
 
For some people, it appears that it's more important to "send a message" by bashing Mitch McConnell. That might make you feel good, but if the end result is that we lose control of the Senate because the funds used to send that message weren't available for a more winnable seat, that's a price I'm not willing to pay.
 
It appears

BrotherIvan (3,860 posts)    Wed Oct 15, 2014, 03:00 AM

9. I'm glad you let us know you donate five figures

Union Scribe (6,781 posts)    Wed Oct 15, 2014, 03:12 AM

12. I'm glad to hear you're such a mover and shaker.

For, like, the fifth time in the last month.

RandiFan1290 (2,692 posts)    Wed Oct 15, 2014, 05:27 AM

14. OP loves to brag about their money on DU.

cali (96,232 posts)    Wed Oct 15, 2014, 05:30 AM

15. constantly bragging. It's sad.

Starry Messenger (24,673 posts)    Wed Oct 15, 2014, 06:13 AM

16. I'm glad you found another way to tell us you are wealthy.

The system works for you. How nice.

QC (23,011 posts)    Wed Oct 15, 2014, 06:47 AM

18. That's one subject he never tires of discussing.

Earth_First (14,242 posts)    Wed Oct 15, 2014, 06:49 AM

19. So in other words you're buying access...

What's for lunch?

By the way, one of the three main functions of the DUmpster is to "quality check" the primitives, to be sure they're what they say they are; their self-advertised virtues of niceness, generosity, intelligence, whatnot. 

It's about as rare as the birth of a three-headed calf, to come upon a primitive who passes this quality control, who's really what the primitive alleges he is.

The brooklynite primitive's one of those three-headed calves.

[Carl]

Somebody posts (politics aside) rational advice to the primitives and all they can do is gripe about the person.
What an ungrateful,miserable bunch.

[BlueStateSaint]

Somebody posts (politics aside) rational advice to the primitives and all they can do is gripe about the person.
What an ungrateful,miserable bunch.

Neighbor, don't think that God Almighty won't 'settle the score.'

[DumbAss Tanker]

Neighbor, don't think that God Almighty won't 'settle the score.'

Unfortunately, that happens on a somewhat different timescale, and in a different plane of being, than the current election cycle.

 

[fatboy]

Clearly Dummy brooklynite needs to dig deeper and make it 6 digits. I think 5 digits is being somewhat selfish.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I hope every dime of it is wasted and the POS dies soon, painfully, and broke.

[Dori]

Somebody posts (politics aside) rational advice to the primitives and all they can do is gripe about the person.
What an ungrateful,miserable bunch.

They're jealous and they hate people who have money.  It's not the DU-commie way.

[Karin]

   I knew his "five figure" remark wasn't going to end well for him.  It's like everything they look at goes through a prism of jealousy.  What an awful way to live.

[franksolich]

  I knew his "five figure" remark wasn't going to end well for him.  It's like everything they look at goes through a prism of jealousy.  What an awful way to live.

The primitive's what the primitive says the primitive is.*

That's probably why the brooklynite primitive doesn't show up in the DUmpster much; we're attracted more to the liars and embellishers and scammers on Skins's island.

*Skippy should notice the DUmpster takes non-disclosure of personal information about primitives so seriously that even the gender of this honest primitive isn't revealed here.

[diesel driver]

Clearly Dummy brooklynite needs to dig deeper and make it 6 digits. I think 5 digits is being somewhat selfish.

Yeah, frank, DUmmie brooklynite's $122.56 (five-digits, right) won't buy a lot of campaign airtime.