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moonshinegnomie

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33. my anti democratic OP????

Thu Sep 29, 2022, 12:30 PM

Sep 2022

complaining about a slew of candidates sending me text messages begging for money is somehow anti democratic??

I live in texas. we have a vitally important governors race that i have donated to. my donation to beto doesnt mean bombard me with pleas from across the country. and from the replies to my OP the feeling is shard by many others. the constant begging is out of control.
If im going to donate to a candidate its going to be locally. for example you listed 30 congressional candidates. only 1 of them is even in my state. Ive donated to beto,and some other local races but im sorry a candidate from alaska has no business sending me a text message begging for money.

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why i hate donating to political campaigns [View all] moonshinegnomie Sep 2022 OP

Yeah, it's a real PITA. Nt Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #1

I hear you. It's gotten out of control. MLAA Sep 2022 #2

Yeah. I made one donation to a dem candidate & now I'm on a lot of lists. CrispyQ Sep 2022 #3

I'm pretty sure they do. When I made my first donation to Act Blue, I didn't notice that I had Arkansas Granny Sep 2022 #16

Annoying as hell Effete Snob Sep 2022 #4

Yes, I donated to more candidates then I ever have this election cycle, guilting emails Shellback Squid Sep 2022 #5

agreed Skittles Sep 2022 #6

Give by mail. pwb Sep 2022 #7

It sucks but donating is necessary. Elessar Zappa Sep 2022 #8

My donations to Hillary in '16 continue to get me texts and emails Kaleva Sep 2022 #9

I could have writtent this! 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2022 #10

Just consider this, though.... WVGal1963 Sep 2022 #11

Kudos to you! I just ignore the constant emails and texts...they need the money and if my small PortTack Sep 2022 #14

Excellent post, thanks for putting it together. emulatorloo Sep 2022 #21

This should be a thread of its own. CrispyQ Sep 2022 #34

I don't know how to post it elsewhere! But thank you! n/t WVGal1963 Oct 2022 #39

Agree with all of you but there's another thing that really ticks me off. The darn questionnaires. napi21 Sep 2022 #12

Yes Timewas Sep 2022 #13

If the GOP takes over... then what? It takes money to win campaigns. I give what I can afford Demsrule86 Sep 2022 #24

How do they have your phone number? nclib Sep 2022 #15

Odd, I gave $2000 to our candidate for U.S. Senate from Iowa in 2020 and $1000 to Mandela Barnes progree Sep 2022 #17

I created a new email account that I use only for campaign donations... Tolerant1 Sep 2022 #18

Beto charges "donations" $30 for small yard signs, gets huge celebrity contributions UTUSN Sep 2022 #19

My Beto sign was $5 moonshinegnomie Sep 2022 #23

Price is not the issue. Fence space is in-kind donation, free advertising. UTUSN Sep 2022 #27

If you can't donate, knock doors and GOTV emulatorloo Sep 2022 #20

Tired of The Hype DET Sep 2022 #22

It is for worst...our Republic hangs in the balance. I give what I can. I know that with Demsrule86 Sep 2022 #25

I Get It DET Sep 2022 #28

Donations were down for Gore...the primary was brutal thank Michael Moore and others and Demsrule86 Sep 2022 #30

I am trashing now. I don't even want to see a thread that encourages folks not give what they Demsrule86 Sep 2022 #26

Suppressing donations before an important election. emulatorloo Sep 2022 #31

you'll get begging emails even if you never donate a single buck pstokely Sep 2022 #29

THESE are the races that will determine control of the House of Representatives! Please help! emulatorloo Sep 2022 #32

my anti democratic OP???? moonshinegnomie Sep 2022 #33

Grow up. It is easy to ignore texts. Your thread is discouraging other DU'ers from helping Dem emulatorloo Sep 2022 #35

the countless texts are doing more to discourage donations than anything else moonshinegnomie Sep 2022 #37

I'm fed up with the number of begging emails I'm getting csziggy Sep 2022 #36

I've gotten shaming messages from the national DNC that I haven't contributed yet this year. milestogo Sep 2022 #38