I just got a letter from the RNC, yes me. The RNC is asking me for money and to fill out a survey, because apparently, they think that I (an erstwhile, but no longer, Republican) support the RNC's agenda. Chairman Steele is either desperate, or very ill informed.
It is long, and filled with emphases (bolds, underlining, and italics) that make it even more insulting. It is also full of the same old GOP childishness that insists on calling the Democratic Party and Democratic action "democrat" like a school bully insisting on calling you Pudface when your name is Steve.
Here is the letter-- warning, reading this may cause nausea, a slight sense of 2004 dejavu, as well as, a feeling of temporary displacement from reality. The parens are from me.
"Dear Friend,
Your immediate action is required. (whole sentence underlined).
Please carefully read and complete the enclosed 2009 Obama Agenda Survey which is REGISTERED in your name and affixed with a tracking code to ensure that it is accounted for in the tabulated results.
As Chairman of the Republican National Committee, I am sending out this questionnaire to gauge where you and other grassroots Republicans stand on the critical issues facing our nation -- I need to hear back from you right away.
You know that the liberal media elites and the Obama Democrats are hoping you will put this letter down right now and do nothing....
I'm asking you to please not turn your back on us now. (all bold).
I want you to know that (all underlined) the Republican Party is not dead (end underline) and we are not going away. (All underlined) Our ideals remain sound and our goals remain worthy (end underline).
We have a strong minority in the U.S. House and in the U.S. Senate. We intend to use both to actively oppose and expose the truth about the Obama Democrat agenda.
(all bold) We believe that you and every one of the (all underlined and bold) more than 60 million voters all across our country who did not vote for Barack Obama (end bold) deserve to have a voice in the way this country is governed.
(Note from me again-- well, Chairman Steel, you had better make that 59,999,999 million because I DID vote for President Barack Obama).
The enclosed 2009 Obama AGenda Survey is your opportunity to let Republican leaders in Washington D.C. and all accorss the country know where you stand on the policies and programs being proposed by Barack Obama and his Democrat allies in Congress.
As a REGISTERED participant in this important touchstone survey, your questionnaire answers will be used to represent a broad sampling of Republicans in your area. (italics) So please, no matter what, do not discard or destroy your Survey. (end italics).
(Another note-- too late, already did).
In order for our sampling of Republican opinion from your area to be as exact as possible, you must return your survey -- Even if you leave some of the questions blank.
There is so much about the Obama agenda that most Americans do not know about, thanks to the non-stop swooning coverage of the ulta-biased media.
(Fox-- Swooning? Mr. Dobbs? Even Mr. Olbermann goes after the President, often, about torture prosecutions. Wow, my definition of swooning and Chairman Steele's are radically different).
But with your help, we are going to expose the Obama agenda for all Americans to see so that we create a groundswell of opposition.
And we must act quickly because the Democrats are hoping to carry forward their momentum into the incredibly important 2009 governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey. It is up to you and me to stop them.
(Well, if it is up to me, Mr. Steele-- you are in deeper trouble than you thought).
We need solid proof from the results of this survey to show that regardless of what the left-wing media is saying ...
... There is not overwhelming support for many of the radical proposals being put forward by Obama and the Democrats.
(You mean like letting anybody who wants to carry a concealed weapon anywhere in the U.S.? Oh right, that one came from the GOP).
That's why we are asking where you stand on Barack Obama's promise to raise taxes...
(The GOP, today, mostly a party of two ideas, cut taxes no matter what and no regulation)
.... On his plans to give amnesty to illegal immigrants, which could lead to billions of dollars of government handouts and possibly bankrupt Social Security....
(the same plan that Senator McCain supported).
... and how do you feel about Obama's efforts to nationalize health care and have it run by bureaucrats in Washington D.C.?
(funny thing is, I have watched a lot of the hearings, and read some legislation and I just cannot find this anywhere but coming out of certain Republican mouths)
These are Obama's top priorities!
He intends to immediately bring about "change" that will stifle our fragile economy, undermine our nation's sovereignty and create a massive new government bureaucracy.
(sounds like our last President to me....)
We don't have a moment to waste.
Republican leaders in Congress and all across the country are scrambling to regroup and rebuild to make sure that folks like you have a voice in Washington, D.C. to look out for your interests and address your concerns.
(Somehow, I really don't think that is true).
I know we aren't going to win every battle, but we must fight for our principles, values and beliefs on every issue.
(And other than tax cuts, what are those exactly? crickets).
The RNC will make sure the Democrats OWN their record now that they are in total control of the federal government.
(I thought he claimed the GOP has a "strong minority?")
You and I know that Obama and the Democrats ran away from their own liberal agenda during the 2008 elections -- Obscuring their plans for massive tax increases and the largest, most expensive expansion of our federal government in history.
(I know no such thing, and neither do you, Chairman Steele).
But they have nowhere to hide now.
Unfortunately, one thing Obama and the Democrats have is lots of money.
(a few paragraphs omitted here about what President Obama raised as then candidate Senator Obama)
In order to compete with the Democrats in your state and all across the country, our Party must immediately start building our campaign war chest, even now as we assess our future, focus our attention, and rebuild our infrastructure.
(a paragraph omitted in which I am asked for money)
The Republican National Committee will use your contribution to rally Republicans, independents and disaffected Democrats who do not support the radical left-wing Obama agenda to come together and speak with a single, loud, clear voice.
(Because the last 8 years under President Bush were so darn good and so radically right leaning....)
We cannot afford to wait...
... Or the Obama Democrtas will dig in, using their massive fundraising network to mount an all-out propaganda campaign to obscure their actions in Washington and hide the fact that their agenda is dictated by, and benefits, the special interests that bankroll their election campaigns.
(I'm a special interest now.... wow....)
If you don't like the direction that Obama and the Democrats are taking our country, then the single most important action you can take is to come forward and support the Republican National Committee today.
Even though the media acts as though the outcome of the past election was a unanimous 100% vote in favor of Barack Obama and his liberal agenda...
(I haven 't heard that anywhere, you?)
.... Over 60 million Americans did not support Obama and the Democrats....
.... Republicans are not going to give up or go away....
(or do anything else, according to Chairman Steele, but delay, obstruct and destroy)
We are going to get back to basics, rebuild from the grassroots up, and come back with renewed energy and a strong commitment to the conserative principles of low taxes, small government, personal responsibility, and a strong national defense.
(none of which we have seen in the main-- there are exceptions, like Senator Lugar, and others --- in decades, now).
I am asking you to pay a very important role in our resurgent effort to move our Party forward. The Republican Party truly needs your support and advice today.
(Here is some small advice-- perhaps you should capitalize Country, rather than Party, and give the President his proper title. You may not respect the man, but if you truly are a conservative, you can at least show a modicum of respect to the Office).
Of course, we realize that as we most forward, our Party cannot simply oppose the Obama agenda, we need to offer substantive alternatives based on our conservative principles and free market ideals.
(Here I am at page 4 and I still don't have a clue for what the RNC stands).
That's why we are already working in your area and across the nation to recruit the next wave of Republican leaders to run for office and offer innovative new solutions to meet the real, pressing problems we are confronting in Washington, in state capitals, and in town halls.
(No mention of what those might be-- does he have a clue, I wonder?)
We have been on the defensive as the Democrats in Congress put partisan politics in front of the best interests of the nation, attacked our leaders with personal smears, and saturated the media with propaganda.
(The only one I have seen attacked is Rush Limbaugh, a self-admitted "entertainer", not a journalist, or party leader--- is this an admission?)
In 2009 that all changes. The Democrats will have to offer the nation more than just pessimism and attacks on Republicans. (Sounds like what this letter does in the inverse...) And we have already heard their calls for the largest tax increases and the most massive expansion of government ever (that is if you cannot read a history book to find out the truth).
So please, help the Republican Party refocus and rebuild so that we are ready to expose the Obama Democrat agenda of special interest handouts and ultra-liberal big government policies.
(Paragraph omitted again seeking money)
The future of the Republican Party is in your hands. Act now.
(If that were true, things would be very different-- and All of the relevant Republican Senators would be in those rooms negotiating in good faith).
(Salutation omitted).
(And there is post-script again seeking money)
And that is the end of that extremely lengthy request for funds from a long-since defunct Republican (me)--- and I'm certain you noticed how completely lacking in any real solutions that lengthy missive is.
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