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This morning we received the following email from the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee), ostensibly from Rep. Nancy Pelosi:

Dear 201k,

Conservatives have gathered in the nation's capital to celebrate George W. Bush's re-inaugural. And what, exactly, do you think they're celebrating?

That President Bush and his Republican Congress will soon have run this country so deep into debt that it will take generations to repair the damage? Or is it the fact that President Bush has publicly promised that no one will be held accountable for the mess in Iraq, despite mass deception about weapons of mass destruction, and despite the fact that we have lost more than 1,500 heroic soldiers with more than 10,000 wounded?

Personally, I don't feel much like celebrating. So I'm going to mark the occasion by pledging to do everything in my power to fight the extremist Republican's destructive agenda.

I encourage you to do the same by supporting the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for 2005. Please make a secure online contribution right now to tell President Bush that party time is over.

201k admires and respects Nancy Pelosi, but this was our response:

By "keep fighting" you mean donate more?

Why should we? Only 2 Democrats voted against Condi Rice's confirmation.

All the Democrats except Barbara Boxer and John Kerry went along with the farce that was the confirmation hearing. Joe "We Surrender" Lieberman gave her an introductory speech in the Senate. But we're supposed to "keep fighting"--by sending more money?

I don't think so. We'll fight when you fight.