Dear Mr. McAuliffe,
The first thing that became apparent upon receipt of your letter dated Jan 19 asking for contributions was that the DNC learned nothing from their netroots efforts of the 2004 campaign. During the campaign, I received two or three emails per week from such party superstars as Kerry and both Clintons begging for donations. And when I gave, the emails kept coming, asking for yet more money. "No fight is too big for the Democratic party," the rhetoric generally goes, "as long as we have enough money in our coffers." You raised a great deal of money from small net-based contributors like me, and maybe you put up a good fight during that campaign--I don't know--but you sure as hell didn't win. And now you're back, writing to me again asking for more. It seems that is the best use of netroots you can come up with.
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