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Algernon Moncrieff

(5,961 posts)
47. I agree an explanation is in order, but less sinister mailing list sources abound
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 04:37 PM
Dec 2015

Their campaign could have purchased mailing lists from OFA (Obama for President), DSCC (he is a Senator, after all), or DNC. Alternatively, they could have purchased mailing lists from non-party actors, such as Mother Jones magazine, MoveOn, the Sierra Club, etc.

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You catch on fast! Cha Dec 2015 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #24
Oh you mean the BLASTING in your face 24/7? Yeah, that spectacle is kinda hard to miss. Cha Dec 2015 #27
Good riddance - gone from DU now. George II Dec 2015 #44
K&R baldguy Dec 2015 #2
Heh betsuni Dec 2015 #4
That's funny! all good questions and I think calling for Cha Dec 2015 #5
Why have people who haven't supported Clinton gotten emails? davidpdx Dec 2015 #6
Why have people ... NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #7
What makes even LESS sense is ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #19
Great description! eom BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #33
You're serious, aren't you? yardwork Dec 2015 #10
I've seen people on DU say they got fundraising emails davidpdx Dec 2015 #12
Oh for God's sake. yardwork Dec 2015 #13
If it is of comfort, I have gotten emails asking for donations for Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #15
I'll respond to you, as I think I have long been on that poster's Ignore List ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #22
You are not on my ignore list, i responded this week. Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #25
No, I suspect I'm on the poster pushing the nefarious plot's ignore list ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #28
Perhaps you post too sensible responses, huh. Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #34
Come on. You really don't understand this? The massive database with all pnwmom Dec 2015 #63
What is possible ... NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #64
I know right? ronnykmarshall Jan 2016 #80
In the last election cycle ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #20
No, Trump's our friend. yardwork Dec 2015 #29
HRC and now, Martin O'Malley ... Along with Samuel L. Jackson. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #30
I hear that Jackson is a 1 per center, so, off the bus. yardwork Dec 2015 #32
I get mailings from BS and I never have supported him either. Iliyah Dec 2015 #39
I don't support Bernie but I'm getting mail from his group. ronnykmarshall Jan 2016 #79
K&R! stonecutter357 Dec 2015 #8
I've been getting emails from Bernie Sanders for months! yardwork Dec 2015 #9
Well, there ya go. NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #11
Perhaps you support Bernie unconsciously? Helen Borg Dec 2015 #14
Bernie has done a Vulcan mind-meld, there can be no doubt! RKP5637 Dec 2015 #26
I agree an explanation is in order, but less sinister mailing list sources abound Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2015 #47
Of course. I was being sarcastic! yardwork Dec 2015 #50
Sorry - misread Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2015 #52
golly gee I feel left out. riversedge Dec 2015 #76
lol rbrnmw Dec 2015 #16
If you feel so violated ... Perhaps, you should limit your participation in OnLine Click Polls ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #17
Yeah, but ... NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #65
Don't both side have the DNC list? Isn't the list made up from past history? upaloopa Dec 2015 #18
Exactly outside of VT. he was lost.... Historic NY Dec 2015 #35
I am so many e-mail lists that it is not even funny Gothmog Dec 2015 #21
We all are; but, fortunately ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #23
LOL - and I have even BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #31
Imagining a CT is more destructive to your opponent Rose Siding Dec 2015 #40
Wingnuttery runs rampant BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #67
Primaries were always tough here but this is different Rose Siding Dec 2015 #72
I discovered DU in 2004 - BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #75
Out of the blue, I started getting OMalley the last couple weeks. I am getting Sanders again after seabeyond Dec 2015 #36
It must be Hillary's fault somehow!!!!! yardwork Dec 2015 #71
Ya. Two email addresses, two days I had over 145 emails, lol, mostly from seabeyond Dec 2015 #73
LOL nt SunSeeker Dec 2015 #37
Hahahaha! ismnotwasm Dec 2015 #38
Basically, if you sign a petition, you get on a list AllyCat Dec 2015 #41
LMFAO! K&R fleabiscuit Dec 2015 #42
As someone who has routinely donated to the DNC, DCCC, DSCC, and countless state & local Dem.... Tarheel_Dem Dec 2015 #43
K&R mcar Dec 2015 #45
This shall not stand! zappaman Dec 2015 #46
I'll repeat a response I posted downthread - an explanation is in order, but there are reasons Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2015 #48
Actually, there is no explanation necessary. NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #49
Why am I getting a ton of e-mails from the Ohio Democratic party? Gothmog Dec 2015 #51
Ouch. I assume you are mocking the post I wrote about my Mom and getting emails from HRC. FourScore Dec 2015 #53
Well, I don't have a lot of respect ... NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #58
Are you aware that MOM is the DU abbreviation for Martin O'Malley? Really, it is. nt Hekate Dec 2015 #78
We're getting MAIL from Ted Cruz and Ben Carson ronnykmarshall Dec 2015 #54
Lol! yardwork Dec 2015 #55
i think every dem in DC has my e-mail. DesertFlower Dec 2015 #56
Barbra Streisand?? Ellen Forradalom Dec 2015 #57
i sign a lot of petitions. i got one a few months ago DesertFlower Dec 2015 #61
I got the Susan Sarandon one too! yardwork Dec 2015 #69
Apparently you're on a much higher-class email list than I am. NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #59
I have had a nag of a question rolling around my abundant empty space... fleabiscuit Dec 2015 #60
It depends on who the candidate is, Who the corporation is, and who you ask ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #68
Nomads are questionable. yardwork Dec 2015 #70
Pretty much kjones Dec 2015 #62
If only I'd invested ... NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #66
Since the data THEFT by Bernie's minions... workinclasszero Dec 2015 #74
There must be thousands of conspiracies to account for the thousands of emails I keep getting NBachers Dec 2015 #77
I've never given a dime to St. Jude's, so why do they send me address stickers and thank me... Hekate Jan 2016 #81
And I've gotten emails from Hillary's campaign and have never given out my email to them. greiner3 Jan 2016 #82
... William769 Jan 2016 #83
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