ROTFLMAO! Democrat congressmen know a loser when they see one ... and they're not too interested in throwing good money after bad, I see!
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Democrats shun Nancy Pelosi’s plea for cash
By Alex Isenstadt
Politico
7/23/12 4:40 AM EDT
One by one, the pictures of House members adorning the lobby of Democratic Party headquarters have come down, turning neat rows of framed photos into a disjointed mess — “splattered,” as one aide described it.
The half-dozen or so lawmakers whose mugs have vanished in recent weeks weren’t indicted in court or slapped with an ethics violation. But their transgression is still deadly serious in the eyes of top party leaders: ignoring pleas to kick in cash for Democrats’ increasingly uphill slog to take back the House.
Prying open members’ fists is an election year ritual for leaders of both parties, but Democrats contend this time around has been particularly frustrating. Facing a team of deep-pocketed Republican outside groups poised to swamp them in TV ad spending [Ah, Politico likes to conveniently forget that Democrats have Hollywood bigwigs, unions, and their other outside groups, too. But, of course, that would get in the way of their whining narrative, don'tcha know! B.] — and with the party not benefiting from the kind of wave conditions that lifted Republicans two years ago ["Wave conditions" ... as in the majority of Americans being totally fed up with the blatant Socialism/Marxism of the Democrat Party. Yeah, you're right ... the American people are still pissed off about the anti-Americanism of the Democrat Party. B.] — Democrats say the stinginess of their lawmakers has left them severely weakened as the fall campaign season approaches [Oh come on, Nancy ... $5 million is just a teeny tiny drop in the bucket of your family fortune ... why don't you just pony it up, eh? B.].
Democrats say they’ve tried just about everything to get their colleagues to open their wallets. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has told members that unless they pay their dues in full, they won’t get to partake in the committee’s Democratic National Convention package, complete with access to much sought-after hotel rooms and parties. [BWHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Nancy has already told her Democrat colleagues to stay away from their toxic convention, so why should they worry about the convention package they're not going to use, eh? B.] And in early June, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tried to shame her members into giving, distributing notes to each of them with a request for cash and asking them if they are part of “the team.”
The push hasn’t had much success. As of June 30, 64 Democrats — around one-third of the entire caucus — hadn’t paid anything to the DCCC, according to a party document provided to POLITICO. Another 109 members had paid only a portion of what they owe in dues, which are calculated based on seniority and committee assignments.
In June, GOP members flooded the National Republican Congressional Committee with nearly $6.4 million. The DCCC secured just $1.8 million from Democratic lawmakers.
Removing a lawmaker’s picture from the national Democratic Party’s headquarters might sound like the ultimate indignity, but officials tasked with expanding the party’s House ranks contend that it’s more than fitting treatment for those they no longer regard as team players. ...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78833.html
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