# I Shake my Fist at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 26, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905 "2012-10-26T04:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/1 "2012-10-26T04:29:06Z")
I am not a Democrat. Nor am I a Republican, though I was raised as one. I consider myself a conservative Libertarian, but on the whole I’m what gets called a “fiscal conservative/social liberal”, and the end result is that I agree with the “left” on some issues and agree with the “right” on other issues. So not long ago, I signed a petition at [change.org](http://change.org) in support of some issue or other that the “left” also supports (though now I can’t remember what it was; I’ve signed any number of petitions over there). The organization that apparently started the petition, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, seems to have taken my “signature” to be compelling evidence that I’m a loyal Democrat and has since been spamming my e-mail non-stop with links to other petitions to sign (many on sites other than [change.org](http://change.org)), along with repeated requests for donations. The last few such missives have all been along the lines of “Oh sweet jebus! Teh evul Karl Rove (we’re telling you his name to make you boo and hiss) is spending money on (gasp!) _advertising_ for Republican candidates! Everybody know that he who spends the most money wins, so we need ur help!” _sigh_ I’ve signed a petition or two in support of “conservative” issues as well, but I haven’t gotten a single e-mail from the Republicans. Even worse, neither the “Click here to unsubscribe from our crap” link, nor the alternate “reply to this message with the word ‘unsubscribe’ in the subject” method have made this stuff stop coming. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/2 "2012-10-26T04:33:36Z")
That’ll teach you. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/3 "2012-10-26T04:48:59Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Even worse, neither the “Click here to unsubscribe from our crap” link … have made this stuff stop coming. Okay, I’ll modify this bit. The link didn’t work when I clicked it in my plain-text-only e-mail client — the DSCC’s web site gave me an error message — but _did_ work when I viewed the HTML mail in my browser. Now to see if it actually unsubscribes me. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/4 "2012-10-26T04:56:32Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > _sigh_ I’ve signed a petition or two in support of “conservative” issues as well, but I haven’t gotten a single e-mail from the Republicans. Yet more evidence of Republican incompetence. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/5 "2012-10-26T05:49:31Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Yet more evidence of Republican incompetence. 🙂 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/6 "2012-10-26T07:12:24Z")
Shouldn’t this be in the pit? I’m reporting for thread change. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/7 "2012-10-26T16:01:30Z")
I wasn’t angry enough for the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/8 "2012-10-26T17:08:00Z")
Be glad you didn’t donate to Obama, then. I get more e-mails from Joe Biden than I do from my clients. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/9 "2012-10-26T17:15:23Z")
I signed up for a free Obama LGBT sticker and now I get emails from Obama, Joe, their wives, uncles, neighbors and long-lost friends. I never got my free sticker though. Now I’m voting for Bishop Romney. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/10 "2012-10-27T06:01:02Z")
I’m surprised nobody else is bothering you. I think “petitions” like that are mainly for collecting email addresses of [del]easy marks[/del] possible supporters. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/11 "2012-10-27T19:16:06Z")
Upside, downside. The Dems have moved to a strategy of massive numbers of small contributions, a move away from the Clintonista scheme of sucking up to big business. A move I heartily endorse, power to the people-wise. Downside: they have to beg us for the money. Or lose. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/12 "2012-10-27T19:20:43Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Be glad you didn’t donate to Obama, then. I get more e-mails from Joe Biden than I do from my clients. I like to imagine him at his computer personally composing each email. With his shirt off, or a wife beater. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shake-my-fist-at-the-democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/638905/13 "2012-10-27T20:31:25Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Upside, downside. The Dems have moved to a strategy of massive numbers of small contributions, a move away from the Clintonista scheme of sucking up to big business. A move I heartily endorse, power to the people-wise. Have they move in that direction instead of, or in addition to the big business stuff?