I received a letter from the NRSC the other day. It was a typical GOP fundraising letter, filled with lowbrow, ra-ra nonsense. I really hate those letters; the Republican platform (which is modeled after the conservative agenda) is reduced to a few talking points that are designed to prod you into a panic about the current state of affairs, thus feeling obligated to send money to the requesting branch of the GOP.
Did I mention I don’t like those letters? I’m a Republican. I’m active in my local party, and I follow politics pretty closely. These letters still get on my nerves.
They often have “surveys” attached, with questions like this:
Do you think President Bush should protect the nation instead of doing nothing as the Democrats want him to do?
I am particularly frustrated by this latest letter “from Bill Frist, M.D.” (a.k.a. the National Republican Senatorial Committee). I didn’t even bother reading the letter. The first question of the enclosed survey was something like this:
What issues would you like to see the Republicans in the senate tackle? Rate the following in order of importance (1-7):
- Homeland Security / National Defense
- Social Security reform
- Education
- Insurance and Healthcare Reform
- Creating Jobs, Growth, Balanced Budget, Economics, etc.
- War on Terror
- Other
There was one other thing on the list that I’ve forgotten. Anyway, immigration wasn’t on the list. Are these people insane? How much more out of touch could you be? I wrote immigration in the space provided next to “Other” and ranked it #1.
Anyway, the survey was actually not that bad, except for a few asinine questions that have obvious answers.
At the end of the survey, I lectured that if I realized the importance of keeping “our” senate majority, that it was important for me to donate. I boldly marked “NO” and wrote in the comments box below that until the NRSC ends support for Lincoln Chafee’s re-election campaign, they wouldn’t be seeing another red cent from me.
What a bunch of morons. Chalk up another item on the list of reasons to abolish the 17th amendment.
Andrew Connell
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