I received a bright yellow envelope in the mail the other day that looked like it could either be important or it could be junk mail. The first line in the return address was 2009 Obama Agenda Survey, so I thought I'd take a look. I didn't notice the second line, which was Republican National Committee, but I did notice the big elephant logo on the letter inside. Yes, my friends, the Republicans seem to think that I'm someone that they can count on to give them money to fight big bad President Obama. I laughed out loud as I read the poorly constructed four-page letter from chairman Michael Steele. He apparently talks in bullet-points, as there isn't a paragraph with more than two sentences in it. For example:
"You know that th eliberal media elites and the Obama-Democrats are hoping you will put this letter down right now and do nothing...
...They want you to give up, desert your Party and walk away from your conservative principles."
"I want you to know that the Republican Party is not dead and we are not going away. Our ideals remain sound and our goals remain worthy."
Some of the questions on the survey:
2. Do you believe that the federal government has gone too far in bailing our failing banks, insurance companies and the auto industry?
Ummmm...seems to me that Bush did most of this.
4. Should English be the official language of the United States?
While I do believe that people who immigrate here should learn to speak English I see no need to make it the official language.
7. Do you believe that Barack Obama's nominees for federal courts should be immediately and unquestionably approved for their lifetime appointments by the U.S. Senate?
Hey, just because you don't know how to vet your candidates don't assume we don't vet ours.
11. Are you confident that new medicines and medical treatments will continue to be developed if the federal government controls prescription drug prices and sets profit margins for research and pharmaceutical companies?
Let me see if I have this right. You're against government interference if it impacts profits, but have no problem interfering with the useful tools provided by stem-cell research? Make up your mind.
13. Are you in favor of reinstituting the military draft, as Democrats in Congress have proposed?
Really? Democrats proposing bringing back the draft? [citation needed]
It's no wonder I haven't voted for a Republican Presidential candidate since I was a naive 18-year-old girl.