I hate politics
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008I know it’s been forever since I blogged, sorry, I just rarely have things I want to throw out there in this format.
Anyway, back in the 2006 election the Republicans were running scared and daily I received in the mail 2-3 “The Sky is Falling!!!” or “Don’t let ‘Those People’ ruin our Country!!” flyers. Now regardless of politics, getting repeatedly hit over the head with these just really pissed me off. Even if I was on the fence on these issues they were exposing their ham-handed mail blitz annoyed me to the point that I was going to vote against them just because of this deluge of flyers I was getting.
This time it’s a different party, and a different medium (so far). For the last 2 weeks I’ve been getting recorded phone messages from Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and Jack frigging Nicholson(!) all telling me how important it is for me to vote for Hillary (for a transcript of one of these calls see: http://thepage.time.com/transcript-of-clinton-call-2/ ).
Well folks, these calls had the same effect on me as the 2006 flyer blitz. (the following is addressed to Hillary, but it goes to all you politicians) Lady, this ain’t the way to get my vote. One call would be fine (As much as I hate telemarketers that are saying a lot), one flyer would be fine. TWO AUTOMATED PHONECALLS A DAY FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS IS TOO FRIGGING MUCH! The only way I’d vote for you/your issue after a campaign like that is if I knew you/the issue was too important to vote against. Hell even then I may just abstain from voting – depending on how pissed off I am.
So Mrs. Clinton, I freely tell you now that you lost my vote today. After researching you and your opponents, you were a strong contender for my vote, but this phone call campaign…. Any candidate who does that is not worthy of my respect or vote.