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10. I immediately unsubscribe from any and all emails like that I get. I can and do make up my own

Reply to captain queeg (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2020, 11:29 PM

Oct 2020

mind, do my own research on who to give to. And then I pick one or two people per election cycle and give a few hundred to each and that's it. This election cycle I only gave to one person, Theresa Greenfield, $2,000, running against Joni Ernst for U.S. Senate from Iowa. Cuts down on the bookkeeping and effort a lot.

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The desperate sounding doom and gloom messages seeking more donations don't inspire me [View all] captain queeg Oct 2020 OP

I feel the same way about those soothsayer Oct 2020 #1

Nope I put them in the trash bin Jamesyu Oct 2020 #2

Today oswaldactedalone Oct 2020 #3

I don't react positively to those either. RockRaven Oct 2020 #4

Pretty standard fundraising technique. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #5

Nope. Unsubscribed, blocked, deleted all of them now Arazi Oct 2020 #6

It is a little late to be asking for money. not_the_one Oct 2020 #7

Nope. They piss me off and make me feel manipulated. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #8

No. I think they overdid it this time, but I understand why. ecstatic Oct 2020 #9

I immediately unsubscribe from any and all emails like that I get. I can and do make up my own progree Oct 2020 #10

Well, since I'm in Iowa, and since that stinking poll came out today, Sogo Oct 2020 #11

I think I received about 150 e-mails yesteraday I deleted e-mails at least 4 times. doc03 Nov 2020 #12

I donated $50 today for the final push XanaDUer2 Nov 2020 #13