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* A buddy of mine received this text from the NRCC…

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:31 pm

Comments

They probably didn’t want to use the word “cancelled”

Comment by BlueBin Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:33 pm
Blacklisted? Someone named names!

Comment by Melido Perez Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:40 pm
I don’t understand why they work so hard to squeeze and scam the little fish 20 or 50 bucks at a time when there’s a hundred Ken Griffins out there willing to blow 50 million apiece on a lark.

Comment by Roadrager Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:42 pm
== blacklisted ==

Bringing old-school McCarthy era terms back.

Comment by Telly Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:44 pm
I get these, too; they’re definitely creepy.

Thing is, you never actually lose your ID privileges. They’ll still hit you up for cash. It’s like they want to desensitize the base to threats of losing your ID.

Comment by Socially DIstant Watcher Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:50 pm
McCarthyism?

Purity destroys a party bent on requiring “you don’t get backlisted

Comment by Anonymous Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:52 pm
Above was me, apologies, I’m traveling today

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:52 pm
I suppose some fundraising technique genius convinced them that abusive threats are effective. For the MAGA-Trump party, threatening people for non-compliance is so on brand.

Comment by Norseman Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:55 pm
If you are blacklisted does that mean they don’t want your vote?

Comment by a drop in Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:55 pm
So I need a membership to be a republican now?
Bet the democrats don’t require membership.
/S

Comment by Bruce( no not him) Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 3:59 pm
@Roadrager

The big fish come with big, often politically unpopular, asks. The little fish get nothing.

Comment by Chicago Blue Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 4:01 pm
I don’t say this about many subjects, but both sides really are bad on this. They’re the experts, but this strategy strikes me as counterproductive. I know I’m less likely to make small donations knowing that it invites a deluge of electronic abuse. And a lot of the folks who get snared by this garbage are elderly people whose children then need to untangle recurring donations. Seems like the $20/mo or whatever would get eaten up by the staff time devoted to getting yelled at by the children of the people you scammed it out of.

Comment by vern Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 4:11 pm
how much does it cost to get blacklisted? I am tired of all the junk mail.

Comment by very old soil Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 4:12 pm
That SOP for Republicans today. If you don’t comply and conform, you’re shunned & bullied. Nothing but cowardly class for them.

Comment by Lt Guv Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 4:20 pm
Such a deal, 1/2 off a membership to an organization that I can’t and would never join.

Now if I can just figure out how to block all the republican’t spam text messages I’ve been receiving.

Comment by Huh? Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 4:21 pm
Ooh, please blacklist me. I’ve always wanted to be hunted down by the Raymond Reddington task force.

Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 4:27 pm
Republicans are calling Adam Kinzinger and Lynn Cheney RINOs when they voted with Trump 96% and 99% of the time, respectively. It’s not a party of values, it is a party of blind loyalty to a god emperor and the vitriol he spews. It’s a party not of policy but of doing things with the sole motivation of “owning the libz”. They have no plans to govern, only fear to peddle. Heck, they don’t even believe in elections anymore.

And because of the way we set up this country, they currently run half of it. A lot more if you look at the judicial appointments that we’ll be stuck with for decades (and I’m not just talking Supreme).

Lord help us

Comment by Commissar Gritty Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 4:37 pm
I like the URL. It sounds like a cheer: Go Pee Win Us

Comment by thechampaignlife Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 4:44 pm
=If you don’t comply and conform, you’re shunned & bullied=

The next “solicitation” will say something like “donate today or we’ll know you’re a RINO. And you already know that we know where you live.”

Comment by Joe Bidenopolous Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 5:13 pm
=== And you already know that we know where you live.”=== reminds me of Jimmy Conway. “You might know who we are, but we KNOW who you are, you understand?”

Comment by Saluki with a Job Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 5:57 pm
“You’re either for us, or against us…and you don’t want to be against us, friend. This is your final warning.”

I believe that is an appropriate paraphrase of the NRCC message.

Comment by PublicServant Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 6:07 pm
It’s so much funnier if you read that and hear Bailey’s voice in your head.

Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 7:15 pm
You are so right, 47th @7:15.

Comment by Leslie K Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 9:48 pm
Gopwin and Godwin are only one letter apart.

Comment by Barnaby Wilde Monday, Jul 11, 22 @ 10:48 pm
Blacklisted ? Might be a good thing.

Comment by sal-says Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 7:54 am