I recently posted up parts of a Democrat email that arrives in my email box too frequently during the day. It seemed that some of you were interested in what the other side had to say, and others said you wanted more. So, more it is.
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“Pence also committed to filling the Supreme Court’s vacancy before Election Day, threatening the future of our courts for years to come.”
And every single one of them ends up asking for money, either directly in the email or has a link going to some webpage for a survey, and IT asks for money.
These are no different, but one thing I’ve seen since “campaigning” started (not that it ever ends anymore) is the messaging. It is constant, and it is Consistent. They are very good at the quantity and especially good at staying on message. Like these:
- 300% Emergency Match ACTIVE to save our Supreme Court (from the DSCC):
Team — Mitch McConnell just hypocritically VOWED to vote on another one of Trump’s right-wing Supreme Court nominees — despite blocking one of President Obama’s nominees in an election year. If we fail to hit our $500,000 goal, McConnell will keep Senate control and shape our Supreme Court for generations. The Senate is a toss-up, our Supreme Court is on the line, and GOP megadonors are POURING money into attacks against every Democrat who threatens McConnell’s majority. That’s why, effective immediately, we’ve activated an emergency TRIPLE-MATCH to flip the Senate and save our Supreme Court:
- Save the Supreme Court (DSCC)
Please, our deadline is TONIGHT and Democrats need YOUR support to flip the Senate! Rush in a gift now to defeat McConnell’s majority and save the Supreme Court:
- We’re begging you…
If we don’t give this everything we’ve got, we’ll lose the South Carolina Senate Race. We’ll lose our shot at a Democratic Senate Majority. And we’ll lose the Supreme Court.
And of course, right on message, here comes the US Federal Government Ambassador to New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen with the same message:
- I need your help
Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell want nothing more than to keep confirming ultraconservative judges to the Supreme Court and attacking our civil rights – and they know the best way to do that is to flip this seat red.
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- Mike Pence visited New Hampshire on Tuesday, just weeks after Donald Trump threw his THIRD MAGA rally here. With the future of the Supreme Court on the line, they know Democrats can’t take back the Senate majority if we lose New Hampshire. That’s why a group of donors offered to QUADRUPLE ALL GIFTS for the first time EVER to help Jeanne Shaheen defend this critical Senate seat! But we just checked our records, and noticed that you hadn’t yet taken advantage of this incredible opportunity to make 4X THE IMPACT to take back the Senate for Democrats and protect the future of the Supreme Court.
- Here’s the latest update, friend
We cannot afford to lose this race if we want to take back the Senate for Democrats and save the future of the Supreme Court.
I must get at least 5 emails a day whose message is this:
The Supreme Court is OURS. We’re entitled to it because, well, we’ve owned it for decades. Owning it is OUR Right – and the Right wants to steal it from us.
They even say it – openly and blatantly – OUR Supreme Court. Well, they call it that, but in reality, as many and I have said before, they view it as their last chance to advance the legislation they can’t either pass through the Legislative process or stop the Republicans. They view it as their last backstop – and they do believe it is their (sort of a Progressive Divine Right of Kings even as they don’t believe in the Divine themselves. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t act the way they do).
And they will do anything they have to to keep it.
And never forget that it was Dementia Joe that was the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee when Robert Bork Supreme Court hearings were held and gave rise to the verb “Borking.” Clarence Thomas suffered the same treatment. I remember Samuel Alito’s wife crying behind him as the Democrats threw everything at him. Gorsuch a bit less, but certainly, Kavanaugh suffered horribly.
Whoever Trump nominates tomorrow will be subjected to the same thing. And if it is Amy Comey Barret, watch the anti-Catholic bigotry come out for full display (if the Democrats haven’t learned their lesson from the Kavanaugh hearings where their antics backfired on them electorally).
Last note: One would think if she really were an ambassador, she’d stay out of the fray. After all, isn’t that what all of her TV commercials portray, that she’s always bringing “gifts” from the Federal Government and proudly tells us how much of our own tax money she’s “returning” to us (less, of course, the Feds “vigorish” of 15% of the initial take).
