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**idertedype** · 08-30-2010, 08:20 PM

Today I received an email from Organizing for America, the fund-raising arm of the DNC. The heading read, "Letting the extremists take over." The body of the email went on to say this:

This week's Republican primary elections in Arizona, Florida, and Alaska delivered a new crop of extreme nominees that the GOP needs to elect if they want to take back Congress.

For these guys, it's not enough to return to the days of failed Bush policies -- they actually want to turn back the clock to the days before Social Security, Medicare, health reform, civil rights, voting rights, and women's rights.

Republicans want to put the Tea Party in charge. We have a plan to stop them. You know, somebody set fire to some equipment in front of an Islamic center under construction in Mufreesboro, TN last weekend. I'd call that extremism. The people who flew planes into the Twin Towers, those people were extremists. Timothy McVeigh was an extremist.

Now, I may not like Marco Rubio's politics and I'm certainly not going to vote for him to become Florida's next senator, but is he an extremist? I don't think so.

I'd caution the DNC to be careful with the rhetoric. I don't need to be shocked or frightened into a particular political position. Fear has not been a traditional tactic of the Democratic Party. I certainly don't want to see them starting now. Fight back, but do so with honesty, intelligence and integrity. Rise above this nonsense.

08-30-2010, 08:20 PM	#1
idertedype Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 376 Senior Member	Objectionable fund-raising email from the DNC Today I received an email from Organizing for America, the fund-raising arm of the DNC. The heading read, "Letting the extremists take over." The body of the email went on to say this: This week's Republican primary elections in Arizona, Florida, and Alaska delivered a new crop of extreme nominees that the GOP needs to elect if they want to take back Congress. For these guys, it's not enough to return to the days of failed Bush policies -- they actually want to turn back the clock to the days before Social Security, Medicare, health reform, civil rights, voting rights, and women's rights. Republicans want to put the Tea Party in charge. We have a plan to stop them. You know, somebody set fire to some equipment in front of an Islamic center under construction in Mufreesboro, TN last weekend. I'd call that extremism. The people who flew planes into the Twin Towers, those people were extremists. Timothy McVeigh was an extremist. Now, I may not like Marco Rubio's politics and I'm certainly not going to vote for him to become Florida's next senator, but is he an extremist? I don't think so. I'd caution the DNC to be careful with the rhetoric. I don't need to be shocked or frightened into a particular political position. Fear has not been a traditional tactic of the Democratic Party. I certainly don't want to see them starting now. Fight back, but do so with honesty, intelligence and integrity. Rise above this nonsense.
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