Memo to the RNC
As part of my job, I write a lot of email alerts. This causes me to critique other email alerts that somehow make their way to my inbox. The RNC is a frequent offender.
Sometimes, I wonder if the RNC is stuck in a January 2004 time-warp. The emails offering exclusive offers to buy calendars of President Bush, chat with the First Lady or holiday-themed games seem so irrelevant in Election 2008.
Today, they offered me a grotesque green elephant in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.
Yes, for only $35 that bizarre-looking pachyderm is mine.
I also sometimes wonder at their data matching abilities.
As a top supporter of the RNC, I am offering you a special opportunity to help elect GOP candidates and give a gift to your favorite Republican this St. Patrick’s Day.
I guess it’s safe to say that I’m a “supporter” of Republicans, but of the RNC? Typically, I go out of my way to not contribute to the RNC. I merely attribute all those pictures of President Bush that they keep mailing me as an acknowledgment that I’m still in the database. “Yippee!” I generally think. “I haven’t been purged yet.”
Or give Paddy to the “Green” Republican in your life who is dedicated to improving the environment.
Is it just me or the quotation marks around “Green” suggest that Republicans taking stronger stands on environmental issues are not really Republicans. It also strikes me as odd that just because something is green, it supports the environment. Do all pink things support breast cancer? Is every red object made in support of the (RED) campaign or Go Red for Women? I also highly doubt that the stuffed animal is environmentally-friendly.
I’d really like to grab the RNC by the shoulders and yell, “The majority of Republicans are furious at you, yet you keep sending us $!#@ like this. When will you wake up and realize that the party has absolutely no idea how the average Republican feels? Have you seen all the resignations in the House? Downticket votes are going to set us back decades in November! Do some bloody focus groups and opinion polls instead of asking for freaking donations all the time!”
I have a feeling that would get me kicked off the list.
[…] Adrienne Royer thinks the Republican National Committee remain blissfully unaware of the last few years: I’d really like to grab the RNC by the shoulders and yell, “The majority of Republicans are furious at you, yet you keep sending us $!#@ like this. When will you wake up and realize that the party has absolutely no idea how the average Republican feels? Have you seen all the resignations in the House? Downticket votes are going to set us back decades in November! Do some bloody focus groups and opinion polls instead of asking for freaking donations all the time!” Click here to look at a crazy looking green elephant. […]
March 7th, 2008 • 3:03 pm
Until Howard Dean became DNC Chair, we had the same problem on our side.
Terry McAuliffe thought we were nothing more than an ATM and refused to listen to us. Then, Dean came in, reformed the DNC, got small donors rolling and built the 50-state strategy that is going to destroy the remainder of the GOP that Bush has yet to destroy in the fall.
You need a Dean-like figure over there. I’d rather, for our sakes, that that not happen, but you know what I mean.
March 7th, 2008 • 5:06 pm
For the record, I feel much the same way about the Human Rights Campaign
March 19th, 2008 • 2:13 pm
This whole situation is SO absurd. Your post strikes as serious for you only. What can we do but make jokes about it?
April 11th, 2008 • 12:40 am