So I just got an angry phone call...

[malkusm]

...from one of the recipients of the letters that I wrote to South Carolina. She was very upset and demanded to know how I got her name and address. I told her that it was a grassroots letter-writing effort and that the letters were being sent to likely primary voters, and that the names and addresses were public domain and likely given out by her state GOP....anyway she was very upset regardless.

Then she told me that she couldn't vote for anyone who said we have no business being in Iraq...said that if we weren't fighting them there we'd be fighting them here or something ridiculous....I argued for a couple minutes to no avail.

Look at the bright side - at least I know the letters got there!

 

[Abobo]

I didn't know sheep could talk.

 

[driller80545]

I hear that same arguement about Iraq all the time. It is such a dumb arguement. For me, it just shows how deeply rooted Bush's war propoganda has taken root. Nothing to do but keep punching at them and hope that some of them will come to their senses before it is too late

 

[malkusm]

Also there was this gem: "He's too old to run for President anyway, what's he like 70?"

I said, "Well I mean, McCain is 71."

Her response: "Yeah well I don't like him either!"

 

[Thomas Paine]

...from one of the recipients of the letters that I wrote to South Carolina. She was very upset and demanded to know how I got her name and address. I told her that it was a grassroots letter-writing effort and that the letters were being sent to likely primary voters, and that the names and addresses were public domain and likely given out by her state GOP....anyway she was very upset regardless.

Then she told me that she couldn't vote for anyone who said we have no business being in Iraq...said that if we weren't fighting them there we'd be fighting them here or something ridiculous....I argued for a couple minutes to no avail.

Look at the bright side - at least I know the letters got there!

You should have asked her when she was planning on suiting up and shipping out to the Emerald City in Baghdad.

 

[idrake]

Wow, that actually sounds like fun. I think I'll start writing letters.

 

[AFTFNJ]

Years of brainwashing by the idiot box is hard to erase. Especially for people that take the idiot box as gospel.

 

[Lyn]

Don't worry about it. Just move on. Some of these letters will get to people and make a difference. That's what matters.

 

[malkusm]

Hahaha I told my dad that some angry elderly lady from South Carolina called.

Dad: "Matt I wouldn't put your phone number on the letters."

Me: "Why not? What's the worst that can happen?"

Dad: "Well...I guess it just did."

Haha I'll continue putting my phone number on the letters. She took the time to call and debate me on the issue - I mean, if she's not voting for Ron Paul, then at least maybe she knows there are people who are well-spoken on the other side of the argument.

 

[DirectDemocracy]

at least she beleives in something

 

[Mark Rushmore]

Post #17 has defeated this one.

 

[Ron LOL]

Wow, that actually sounds like fun. I think I'll start writing letters.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who had this reaction. Good thread, OP

 

[Seanmc30]

...from one of the recipients of the letters that I wrote to South Carolina. She was very upset and demanded to know how I got her name and address. I told her that it was a grassroots letter-writing effort and that the letters were being sent to likely primary voters, and that the names and addresses were public domain and likely given out by her state GOP....anyway she was very upset regardless.

Then she told me that she couldn't vote for anyone who said we have no business being in Iraq...said that if we weren't fighting them there we'd be fighting them here or something ridiculous....I argued for a couple minutes to no avail.

Look at the bright side - at least I know the letters got there!

Its amazing to me how many people just literally parrot the presidents' imbecilic catch phrases.

 

[DjLoTi]

When people mention his age, I always say -

"He's a medical doctor of over 40 years. My grandmother is 79 and she's been smoking a pack a day for over 60 years, and she's still going strong."

 

[Thomas Paine]

at least she beleives in something

I agree, even if I disagree with her.

 

[malkusm]

Wow, that actually sounds like fun. I think I'll start writing letters.

Do it! I've hand-written over 30 letters now (15 to MI, the rest to SC), the way I figure it is, for every person like the one who called me tonight, there's someone who didn't know Ron Paul's stances on issues down there saying "Hmm...maybe I'll check this guy out"

 

[bbachtung]

You should have told her that you got her information through the Homeland Security Department as part of your involvement in the ongoing war of terror.

 

[kutibah]

I'm just glad they're reading the letters. Good to know my 110 letters aren't being wasted

 

[Mark Rushmore]

You should have told her that you got her information through the Homeland Security Department as part of your involvement in the ongoing war of terror.

Nice.

 

[LivingFree]

I didn't know sheep could talk.

They can't talk, they're just speaker boxes.