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August 08, 2008
John and Cindy Send Me Pictures
Last fall several KTers and I attended a Rudy Giuliani fundraiser on the Upper West Side, where we dined on kosher sushi and heard a fervent pitch from members of his Jewish committee.
Rudy tanked, but the donation I made lives on, and on, as I can tell how my contact details got passed up the line to the various tentacles of the Republican Party. They have been reaching out in recent weeks, desperate to slither into my pockets and shake loose some spare change for the dear old GOP.
Since I'm a registered Democrat, I find the efforts amusing. I've already picked up a black-and-white McCain bumper sticker, and in recent days I've excitedly ripped open envelopes to find 8 x 10 "signed" glossies of John and Cindy McCain. One says, "Thank you for everything you do for our Party and country, John & Cindy," while the other says, "Thank you for for commitment and support, Cindy & John."
What I liked most about the glossies is how well Cindy wears her four strands of pearls. The perfect Republican First Lady!
Lately the mailings have come from other directions. I got one with the envelope teaser,
I'm not the type of person today's lilberal Democrats want to see in Congress. I'm a woman . . . a minority . . . and a conservative
I know you're curious, so the letter came from Dr. Deborah Honeycutt in Atlanta, running for the House.
Don't think the GOP is a soft touch, however. It expects results from its direct mail campaign. Just today, I got a scolding letter from the Republican National Committee.
Treasurer Tim Morgan, no doubt grinding his teeth in frustration, wrote,
Dear Mr. Wallach, I don't want to believe you've abandoned the Republican Party, but I have to ask . . . Have you given up? Our records show we have not yet received your Republican National Committee membership renewal for the critical 2008 presidential election year."
Excuse me . . . (see, I can use ellipses, too) . . . renewal? What renewal? Mr. Morgan, I'm a registered Democrat, I never joined the GOP.
Now, you would think the smooth-running Democratic machine would be reaching out to me, as a registered member of that party since I could first vote in 1976. But no, somehow the Democrats overlooked me, so I haven't yet received my glossies of Barack and Michelle (Princeton '85) Obama. Do I have to send money in for that?
Van | 08/08/08 at 08:08 AM | Categories: Domestic Politics
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