Not Your Steppin' Stone
Had to share this great letter someone wrote in response to DNC requests for donations. It's posted over at Pam's House Blend. I think I will be sending a similar letter next time I am solicited (like, tomorrow or later this afternoon probably).
"Dear Mr. Carville and DSCC,
I am in receipt of your most recent solicitation for funds. Apparently, the last two email responses were not direct enough or were misplaced. Let me repeat:
I will not send a single dime of my hard-earned money to any Democratic organization that sits on its hands regarding equality for the LGBT community.
I will continue to support individual politicians -- in the Senate that includes Senators Harkin, Merkley and Franken because of their leadership on ENDA -- as they have demonstrated fully that they not only support equality, but are willing to act like Democrats and work for it.
The DSCC, the DNC, the DHCC and the Obama administration talk of equality but seem all-to-willing to compromise, equivocate and defer on civil equality for LGBT Americans. If you believe this is somehow in the service of the greater good, the compromises you and your membership have made on health care reform, global warming and protecting a woman's reproductive freedom belie that.
Simply put, to paraphrase from the banking industry, 'Your current transaction has been declined. The risk for providing any additional monetary credit is too high at the present time. Pay off your current debt to the LGBT community, and we'll see if your score improves enough to revisit the situation.'
In other words, the gAyTM is closed.
If you feel that this assessment is in error, please feel free to submit evidence to the contrary.
Have a nice day!"
"Dear Mr. Carville and DSCC,
I am in receipt of your most recent solicitation for funds. Apparently, the last two email responses were not direct enough or were misplaced. Let me repeat:
I will not send a single dime of my hard-earned money to any Democratic organization that sits on its hands regarding equality for the LGBT community.
I will continue to support individual politicians -- in the Senate that includes Senators Harkin, Merkley and Franken because of their leadership on ENDA -- as they have demonstrated fully that they not only support equality, but are willing to act like Democrats and work for it.
The DSCC, the DNC, the DHCC and the Obama administration talk of equality but seem all-to-willing to compromise, equivocate and defer on civil equality for LGBT Americans. If you believe this is somehow in the service of the greater good, the compromises you and your membership have made on health care reform, global warming and protecting a woman's reproductive freedom belie that.
Simply put, to paraphrase from the banking industry, 'Your current transaction has been declined. The risk for providing any additional monetary credit is too high at the present time. Pay off your current debt to the LGBT community, and we'll see if your score improves enough to revisit the situation.'
In other words, the gAyTM is closed.
If you feel that this assessment is in error, please feel free to submit evidence to the contrary.
Have a nice day!"
Labels: politics; human rights
posted by TaraDharma at Sunday, November 08, 2009
4 Comments:
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS: The gAyTM is closed. Right on.
Absolutely!
Right frickin' on. And so is my old breeder female ATM! This administration is of course preferable to the previous one, but it's so damned milquetoast about everything.
My sentiments exactly. After the 2004 election, I sent back every donation request with a note: YOU DIDN'T DELIVER THE GOODS! I've asked for my name to be removed and now I give only to individual candidates.
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