“We’ll collect every note we get and deliver them to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Men­ino so they can pass along your 
 sentiments,” 
 Wasserman 
 Schultz writes.

But that’s not all they’re collecting.

This is a classic “data mining” technique that candidates and political organizations use to target 

voters to raise money. The thank you note even includes a disclaimer saying the DNC can use the information they get for any political purposes or even advertising.

Pretty clear, right? Not 
apparently to Democrats, who not only refused to apologize, but actually defended the blatant fundraising pitch while blaming Republicans for “politicizing” the issue by criticizing Democrats.