{"id":179649,"date":"2017-12-06T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/12\/06\/this-aint-political-support-this-is-looting\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T01:28:00","slug":"this-aint-political-support-this-is-looting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/12\/06\/this-aint-political-support-this-is-looting\/","title":{"rendered":"This Ain&#8217;t Political Support, This is Looting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border: 1px solid black; float: right; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; width: 330px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sdrr8tUEZE8\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><br \/><i>A Little Florid, but On Point<\/i><\/div>\n<p>The folks at <i>The Young Turks<\/i> have come across a memo from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which <a href=\"https:\/\/tytnetwork.com\/2017\/12\/05\/leaked-memo-democratic-campaign-committee-demands-unity-of-2018-candidates\/\">appears purpose designed to ensure both that small dollar candidates are disadvantaged, and that consultants extract maximum money from the campaign<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is making several demands of candidates preparing for the 2018 House elections, according to an internal memo obtained by TYT. The memo dictates policies on campaign spending and sexual harassment, and outlines requirements for Democratic Party \u201cunity.\u201d An email accompanying the memo gives campaigns until Thursday, December 8, to respond.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">The memo was sent by DCCC Executive Director Dan Sena on December 1 to candidates and campaign managers. Sena did not respond to a request for comment, nor did DCCC Communications Director Meredith Kelly.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">Although the memo does not mention the highly contentious 2016 presidential primary, it includes a requirement that the campaigns must agree \u201cnot to engage in tactics that do harm to our chances of winning a General Election.\u201d The memo does not identify what tactics it is prohibiting.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">Candidates also must \u201chold a unity event with their primary opponents following a primary,\u201d the memo says. What would constitute a \u201cunity event\u201d is also not made explicit.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">The document also requires that candidates \u201cestablish a strong written sexual harassment policy for their campaign and all staff\u201d and \u201ccomplete an extensive online sexual harassment training, to be offered through the DCCC by a third-party vendor.\u201d Rep. Ruben Kihuen, a freshman Democrat from Nevada, has been called on to resign by current DCCC Chairman Rep. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi after allegations surfaced that he sexually harassed his campaign\u2019s finance director in 2016. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the longest-serving member of the House, announced his \u201cretirement\u201d Tuesday after a slew of harassment allegations.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, you have to pay <b>THEIR<\/b> consultant for training, even though there are a slew of non-profits out there that would do this at a minimal cost.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">The memo requires that candidates hire \u201cprofessional staff and consultants who can help execute a winning campaign\u201d and says that the DCCC \u201cwill provide staff resumes and a comprehensive list of consultants\u201d to help satisfy this requirement.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">The memo mandates that candidates preserve at least 75 percent of all funds they raise for \u201cpaid communications\u201d\u2014which is seen as code for T.V. advertising, a method viewed by much of the new generation of Democrats as outmoded, especially for mobilizing young and minority voters who could be critical in 2018. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Again, you have to spend money on their favorite consultants, and dedicate 75% of your campaign funds to TV, which corresponds to about 22% of your campaign funds to consultants who are paid commission on ad buys.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, don&#8217;t give to the DCCC, don&#8217;t give to the DSCC, don&#8217;t give to the DNC, give directly to campaigns, and when you do, try to ensure that they aren&#8217;t overspending on overpaid Washington, DC consultants.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, the entire Democratic Party establishment resembles a f%$#ing racket.<\/p>\n<p>They are corrupt and incompetent.<\/p>\n<p>Do not feed the flim flam men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Little Florid, but On Point The folks at The Young Turks have come across a memo from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which appears purpose designed to ensure both that small dollar candidates are disadvantaged, and that consultants extract maximum money from the campaign: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is making several demands &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[513,368,588,374,401],"class_list":["post-179649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-campaign-finance","tag-corruption","tag-fail","tag-politics","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}