The Funny Farm

Contributing To The Cause

I received two (that's right, two - not one, but two) surveys from the Democratic Party the other day. One was ostensibly from Senator Clinton, and one was from Terry McAuliffe, the Kerry campaign manager.

They both asked the same platitudes and the same questions stacked the Democratic way, so that there's really only one answer:

This could be a frelling Repugnicant survey if the questions were worded the other way around. And it would be just as effective as a marketing tool for people like me as this thing is - none at all. Guys, we're better than this! The Ranking The Issues section is the only place in either survey that I consider to be of any value whatsoever. That, and the empty space at the bottom for me to add my own comments (section IV in the DNC survey, and the missing part V of Hillary's, in the pretty pictures up above).

And since I will not be contributing monetarily to the Kerry campaign at this time, I see no real point in wasting even more of that record (for the Democratic Party) war chest on return postage. Not when I can just post my response up here:

To Terry and the DNC: You went way too negative way too early on your fellow Democrat, Howard Dean. You have been trying to emulate the bad guys too much, and want to beat them at their own game, instead of beating them with their own game - by exposing the lies behind the propaganda they try to sell the public and hammering at those lies with the facts in the matters when they try to abuse the system. I definitely think we should focus on the deficiencies of the other party and the strengths of our own. After seeing how the DNC bureaucracy fought for its own survival at the expense of those who gave the most to it, I do not feel you would properly utilize any donations I make to the Democratic Party. To Hillary: Thanks for the fund raising drive cleverly (cough) concealed as a survey. I believe the same technique is used by the Publisher's Clearing House in order to get more subscriptions. It is quite possible that I will be donating to individual campaigns online through some of my fellow bloggers - especially when I can use those contributions to enhance the power of the blogsphere. To both groups: Quite possibly I will be contributing to a few campaigns in the near future. In the meantime, please cease your non-stop pleas for more money. It is in fact producing a somewhat negative opinion of the party machinery over here where I'm sitting. Give it a rest, okay? Peace (: Tom :) The Funny Farm 69 West Bank Rd. Blogistan

Posted by (: Tom :) at May 20, 2004 05:51 AM