Dwight Pelz as L. Ron HubbardOne of the silliest things about Scientology (apologies to all the Scientologists out there ahead of time) is that if you're in the religion long enough, you get to learn more about it. According to an email Dwight Pelz (chairman of the state Democratic Party) sent last night, the same is true for Democrats: I attended this meeting and sent back my observations. C-SPAN covered the event live, but, hey, you've got a guy on the inside!Come on guys, give $1,000 and sit at the cool kids table! Stay away from all those uninformed, poor Democrats who can't shell out the mula.
You can read what Dwight thought about the winter DNC meeting for free, right here. I went off on Dwight's email a little bit last night, mostly because I can't stand insiderism and also because it just felt weird to have the chairman of the party blatantly selling access. If you give $1,000 a year (that pencils out to just $80 a month folks!) you get special emails and special recognition from the party. If we are giving special recognition, shouldn't we be giving it to people who've earned it, not just those who can pay for it? Compare what Dwight is trying to do with Dan Slater, the Democratic vice-chair in Colorado. Dan writes a blog, Dem Notes, that would seem to cover a lot of the same territory that Dwight wants to cover. On the winter DNC meeting back east, Dan writes:
Dwight could easily make his "exclusive" notes into a blog. It would be public, everyone could see what he thinks and the work that he does. Dan often times writes about heading to one county or another, praising the local leaders and generally spreading good will. This reminds me of the good advice that Dwight was given last year in regards to blogging and generally creating avenues for participation through technology. At the time, Dwight really didn't see the point of putting his words (or any words for that matter) on the internet, saying that it might create "scandal" to jump into the conversation. I guess that converation is fine now as long as it costs $1,000 and its one way from Dwight's mind to our eyes.
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