Comments on: Stupid Republican Tricks http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/stupid_republican_tricks/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Tue, 2 Dec 2008 05:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rooftop Report http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/stupid_republican_tricks/#comment-24389 Rooftop Report Wed, 29 Sep 2004 21:44:57 +0000 /?p=7592#comment-24389 <strong>Republican on Republican anger</strong> The National Republican Senatorial Committee is not making friends with it's latest stunt. When I went to my mailbox yesterday, there was one of those notice slips informing me that the mailman had tried to deliver a registered letter. So... Republican on Republican anger
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is not making friends with it's latest stunt. When I went to my mailbox yesterday, there was one of those notice slips informing me that the mailman had tried to deliver a registered letter. So...

]]> By: Fred Boness http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/stupid_republican_tricks/#comment-24383 Fred Boness Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:06:08 +0000 /?p=7592#comment-24383 The Republican registered letter stunt hit me a few years ago. I was more bemused than angry, in an it's-so-hard-to-get-good-help way. It cost me a lunch hour and, of course, lunch. Don't these people expect Good Republicans to be working? I can't imagine anyone responding well to this stunt. Why are they still doing this? The Republican registered letter stunt hit me a few years ago. I was more bemused than angry, in an it's-so-hard-to-get-good-help way. It cost me a lunch hour and, of course, lunch.

Don't these people expect Good Republicans to be working? I can't imagine anyone responding well to this stunt. Why are they still doing this?

]]> By: David C http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/stupid_republican_tricks/#comment-24379 David C Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:34:51 +0000 /?p=7592#comment-24379 Why is it that nearly all political fundraising mailings assume their contributors are morons? Fake urgency, fake "polls" (of the "Do you favor a ban on assault weapons, or would you prefer to have terrorists buying AK-47s at Wal-Mart and killing your children?" ilk), phony stuff on the envelope to make it look more important (usually they just *pretend* to be registered mail!) And as far as I can tell, it's equally rampant on both sides of the political fence. For some reason, I'm on a lot of the lefty mailing lists too, and they use the same tactics. Why is it that nearly all political fundraising mailings assume their contributors are morons?

Fake urgency, fake "polls" (of the "Do you favor a ban on assault weapons, or would you prefer to have terrorists buying AK-47s at Wal-Mart and killing your children?" ilk), phony stuff on the envelope to make it look more important (usually they just *pretend* to be registered mail!)

And as far as I can tell, it's equally rampant on both sides of the political fence. For some reason, I'm on a lot of the lefty mailing lists too, and they use the same tactics.

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