Saltherring:
I had a rather heated exchange with Republican telephone solicitor who called recently. He expected me to be “outraged” at Obama’s 500-person European entourage and other secondary issues.
Bravo, bravissimo Saltherring! That’s the essence of what the Republican phone solicitors, and all the dozens of R. mail solicitations, convey in their pleas: “those horrible Democrats are just about to do some Real Bad Things, ya gotta send money TODAY!”
I follow Saltherring’s lead on the phone: “What have you vacuum-skulled geniuses got to offer in the way of leadership based on principles? What ARE your principles? Where do I go to find out? Democrats are Americans too, tell me why is your chosen path better than theirs?”
And from time to time I respond to a mail solicitation directly, with a letter, and enclose simply a $1 bill as bait to get their attention.
Until the RNC recovers from its TV-induced stupor (what else could it be?), they can only count on maybe 20 of those dollar bills, with suggestions neatly typed up on my own letterhead, between now and the next election.
