Dems Extorting Their Weak-Minded Base Over Threatened Shutdown

There must be a lot of rubes in the Democrat base if they're going to fall for this:

A fundraising appeal from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee warns supporters that "Tea Party Republicans are threatening to shut down the government on Friday unless we surrender to their outrageous demands."

The fundraising email, penned by DCCC Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.), went out late Wednesday and asks for small donations to the committee's "GOP Accountability Fund," setting a goal of raising $50,000 by Friday "so we can hold Speaker Boehner and his Tea Party fringe Republicans immediately accountable for shutting down the government."

"The world is watching our next move," Israel wrote. "Will we cave to the Tea Party's disgraceful act of political extortion or will we fight back with the full force of our grassroots strength?"

The email says the GOP's posture in the shutdown standoff amounts to "blackmail."

So, what are the people getting for their donations? The Democrats aren't doing anything to halt the shutdown, in fact they're pushing for it thinking it will be a political advantage. Only stupid people will respond to this fundraiser...and since it was sent to Democrats I expect it will be quite successful.