I just love getting the fund raising calls from the RNC and the Republican Senatorial Committee. I used to ignore those calls, but it is just too much fun now to tell them “no”. Then they sort of argue with me. Then I tell them I give to individual candidates, not funds like theirs. Then they ask if I want to see the democrats take back the house and the senate. Then I tell them that I can’t tell the difference now as it is. Then they tell me to have a nice day.
It is ALWAYS the same conversation. I almost feel sorry for the caller. I’ve been on the other end of the phone before, so I don’t get nasty. I applaud them for their courage.
I haven’t had a call since I told them to LISTEN. Then the guy goes into “robot mode”, reading off his script. I then yelled “LISTEN!That’s why people are angry; you refuse to LISTEN”. He hung up.
I don not send any money to the RNC, ever. I send 3 dollars to the DNC every couple of years. It keeps me on their mailing list and costs them more than $3 a year, I am sure. And I get invited to their biennial election local barbecues which they do better than the Republicans. I also get a pretty good idea who is up. I am a registered Democrat since about 1979 when my wife and I flipped a dime to determine which of us would be the R and which the D. I even voted for a Democrat once for school superintendent. He is the only one in this county in the 37 years I have been paying attention to have had an entire term with NO scandal and no unexplained money losses. He also refused to take new federal grants which was unheard of hereabouts.+ This was a 90% Democrat county and region in 1978 and is 80 or so % Republican now of the party affiliated folks. There are a lot of disaffiliating Republicans.