My First Democratic Party Email

What do the Republicans do right that the Democrats are getting wrong? The Republicans don't send me stupid emails, the Democrats do.

A friend suggested I would learn lots of good stuff about Barack Obama if I would go to his web site. Well, I went. But before I could get any information, it demanded my email address. Enough of that nonsense, thought I, as the mouse clicked the Back button – Obama’s price for campaign hucksterism is too high.

Now I'm getting email from the Democrats in Missouri. I dutifully read their stuff before consigning it to the virtual round file cabinet. Bad move - not for yours truly but for the Democrats. Why would they want to send a good independent voter like me such a bunch of trash talking ennui? Sure, I’m disgusted at President Bush for being a social luddite and an economic big-spender; but the constant harping and name calling of the emails gives me sympathy for the poor guy. Lessening the Bush irritation factor is bad news for every Democrat on the ballot.

I have been supporting the Democratic candidate for governor (Jay Nixon) over the Republican (Kenny Hulshoff), mostly because I detest ear-marks. Hulshoff is the Missouri king of ear-marks. My support for Nixon might be strengthened if the Democrats tell me what the candidate does right. It is diminished by blaming Hulshoff for things beyond his control. Really now, surely he did something wrong in the eyes of the Democrats. Blaming him for automotive job losses is grasping at straws. All I can figure is that they think Hushoff’s ear-marks were inadequate to save the automotive jobs. If there is something different, I wish they would mention it.

So, Democrats, send your vitriol at your own risk. Republicans, too. The party that irritates me least will get my vote.