Chris Daly's Threatening Email to SFDCCC Members Revealed!
You know how Board of Supes Prez Aaron Peskin was elected to the head of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee? Beating out former chair Scott Wiener? All because Chris Daly spammed voters with a threatening email? Well, here it is, complete with a menacing tone and a plan to take over the DCCC.
Oh, and it gets really good after the jump, which is where the threats begin to bloom most beautifully. Check it:
Original Message----From:
xxxxxxx@xxx.com [Email address redacted because some people cannot behave themselves. -- Brock]
Sent: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 9:04 pm
Subject: Scott
Hale, I've heard through the grapevine that you are considering supporting Scott for DCCC Chair over Aaron. I tried to contact you by phone but was not successful, so I am sending you this email.I can not stress enough what a nightmare it would be if this DCCC elected Scott as our Chair. I hope that you fully appreciate what this would do to reforms that you and I have discussed. Simply put, it would kill them before they even began. As a proxy for Leno/Newsom/Downtown, Scott would be in a position, through Committee assignments and agendizing, to squash any and all of our efforts to reform the Party.
I am very concerned that electing Scott Chair could compromise good progressive candidates for Supervisor this November. As Chair, Scott would be in position to influence close endorsement votes. I believe this would make it less likely that our candidates would win the endorsement of the Party. Even if our candidates are endorsed, Scott could stymie Party activities in support of them. Conversely, any bad Supe candidates (like Asha Safai in D 11), if endorsed, could be the beneficiaries of 3rd party donations to the Party controlled by the Chair (like that Lennar deal in the last cycle). In this way, they could effectively campaign beyond the spending caps, negating our system of public financing.
The November Board races are my top priority and were a major impetus for pulling together our slate, lining up endorsements, and then pushing resources into the slate cards. Between Aaron, Michael Bomstein, and I, we moved tens of thousands of dollars to promote our entire slate, while investing very little in promoting ourselves.
Finally, if Scott is elected Chair after all that work electing progressives to the DCCC, the unity that we've developed among progressives would be instantly lost. I, for one, have already committed to make it my personal mission to make sure that any members voting for Scott never receive the endorsement of the Guardian, Tenants Union, Sierra Club, and Milk Club in subsequent races. Meanwhile, I am committed to fielding a progressive slate for DCCC in 2 years and plan on investing significant time and resources into it. I hope that you decide to be with us by casting your first vote this session with Aaron.
In Struggle,
Chris Daly
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
First, oh my God, Daly is a BlackBery user. I would've pegged him for an iPhone fan. Strange.
Second, iIs this threatening? Yes. Yes, it is. (e.g., "I, for one, have already committed to make it my personal mission to make sure that any members voting for Scott never receive the endorsement of the Guardian, Tenants Union, Sierra Club, and Milk Club in subsequent races." Because: dude, really? Awesome. Love it.) But do you find it persuasive? Long-winded? Delightful? Discuss.
Altered image of Chris Daly speaking at a Free Tibet rally in San Francisco: Nick Gulotta.
