Dear Politicians

[Karen]

Stop using robocallers to leave messages on my answering machine - they're not smart enough to wait for the message to end, so it cuts off the first part of your recording any, making you seem even more clueless than you might be.

Stop sending me junk mail - you'll never convince me to vote for you that way - it'll just either make me think how much money you wasted on an expensive weight of paper and size of card, when you're trying to convince me you'll be smart about sending MY money

Do NOT think Paladino had a good idea sending a stinky mailer to potential voters in upstate New York. You sickened not only my brother but several other workers at the Post Office, and sent a snarky response when he emailed you. I pity the poor letter carriers, as they are bound by law to deliver the mail, and you're gonna make their cars, backpacks, etc., stink for days, smell up people's mailboxes and make them want to throw away anything it touched. Not exactly a positive image - everyone will just think of you as the disgusting guy.

Do not comment on issues from other states and expect to impress us. You are running for office HERE and I do not care what people in other countries or states think of you, or how much money they give you, when you couldn't even find your way around Back Bay, never mind find Buffumville on a map, or know that Peru is the name of a Massachusetts town.

Remember, I am an American, I have the right to vote, I pay taxes and your salary, and have more than one brain cell. Tell the truth about yourself, don't spend time bad-mouthing others or we will think you have nothing positive about yourself to say.

[RICHARD]

Do NOT think Paladino had a good idea sending a stinky mailer to potential voters in upstate New York. You sickened not only my brother but several other workers at the Post Office, and sent a snarky response when he emailed you. I pity the poor letter carriers, as they are bound by law to deliver the mail, and you're gonna make their cars, backpacks, etc., stink for days, smell up people's mailboxes and make them want to throw away anything it touched. Not exactly a positive image - everyone will just think of you as the disgusting guy.

WTH was THAT all about?:confused:

bad enough people have to worry about morons sending stuff thru the mail?

Bad enough I have to get those colonge smelly inserts!:eek::rolleyes:

[Karen]

WTH was THAT all about?:confused:

Google Paladino smelly mailer, or see

here (Fox) (http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story/Causing-a-stink-Paladino-sends-smelly-mailers/rVk95d4IHUqDMlOZUWj7Ww.cspx) or another article (http://morichesdaily.com/2010/09/carl-paladino-mailer-stinky-message-yorkers/)

[Freedom]

We have routinely been getting TV commercials for Barney Frank here.

Last I heard, Rhode Island was not part of Massachusetts. :rolleyes:

[Karen]

We have routinely been getting TV commercials for Barney Frank here.

Last I heard, Rhode Island was not part of Massachusetts. :rolleyes:

That's okay, the guy running against him has so many domain names, no one really is clear how to pronounce his name, and he probably still doesn't have a prayer. That's about all I know about him - no positions or policies, just that he's anti Barney Frank.

I always felt sorry for Rhode Island, as I am sure you gets lots of political commercials for other states because you're small geographically, and wedged between MA and CT. Then again, we get Red Lobster commercials, and I don;t even know where there is one within driving distance ... never mind within my state!

[Freedom]

Red Lobster and Long John Silver! He he heee.

[RICHARD]

Google Paladino smelly mailer, or see

here (Fox) (http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story/Causing-a-stink-Paladino-sends-smelly-mailers/rVk95d4IHUqDMlOZUWj7Ww.cspx) or another article (http://morichesdaily.com/2010/09/carl-paladino-mailer-stinky-message-yorkers/)

Moron!

:rolleyes::mad:

[DJFyrewolf36]

I'm getting pretty sick of the political ads here...and our election isn't really all that contested. I can't imagine how annoying in the races that are on the news more.

[momcat]

Bravo, Karen!!! Especially about those annoying robo-calls. Last week or so I got a robo-call from a candidate. It came at a bad time and I got so mad I called back & said to take my number off the list because that call cost them my vote and there's no chance of getting it back.

My message to all political candidates: Stop insulting our intelligence! We citizen/voters are perfectly capable of making a decision based on issues not your slams against your opponent.

[Medusa]

Stop using robocallers to leave messages on my answering macine - they're not smart enough to wait for the message to end, so it cuts off the first part of your recording any, making you seem even more clueless than you might be.

Stop sending me junk mail - you'll never convince me to vote for you that way - it'll just either make me think how much money you wasted on an expensive weight of paper and size of card, when you're trying to convince me you'll be smart about sending MY money

Do NOT think Paladino had a good idea sending a stinky mailer to potential voters in upstate New York. You sickened not only my brother but several other workers at the Post Office, and sent a snarky response when he emailed you. I pity the poor letter carriers, as they are bound by law to deliver the mail, and you're gonna make their cars, backpacks, etc., stink for days, smell up people's mailboxes and make them want to throw away anything it touched. Not exactly a positive image - everyone will just think of you as the disgusting guy.

Do not comment on issues from other states and expect to impress us. You are running for office HERE and I do not care what people in other countries or states think of you, or how much money they give you, when you couldn't even find your way around Back Bay, never mind find Buffumville on a map, or know that Peru is the name of a Massachusetts town.

Remember, I am an American, I have the right to vote, I pay taxes and your salary, and have more than one brain cell. Tell the truth about yourself, don't spend time bad-mouthing others or we will think you have nothing positive about yourself to say.

I agree 100%!

[moosmom]

WAY TO GO KAREN!!!

I'm so sick and tired of political ads. It would be one thing if they were nice. But these politicians are getting down and dirty and it's getting old REAL fast!!!

November 2nd can't come soon enough!!!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Wow. Karen, that pretty much beats all I've ever heard. Can these people get any lower??:confused:

[lizbud]

Karen, they don't call Paladino "Crazy Carl" for nothing.:rolleyes:


http://www.indystar.com/article/20101014/OPINION12/10140323/E-J-Dionne-Crazy-Carl-and-the-limits-of-anger

[cassiesmom]

Dear Politicians,

Instead of using the ads you're purchasing to tell me why I should not vote for your opponent, could you please use them to tell me why I should vote for you?

Thank you,
Elyse


Dear readers of this thread, my town has a "Home Rule?" referendum on the Nov. 2 ballot. What is home rule, and is it good?

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Since I live close to the KS/MO border, we get the ads for the Mo people more than the KS ones. I went and voted early today. I was really surprised to see some I didn't know were even running were.

There were quite a few people out and voting which surprised me since I went early in the morning. Seems we are voting in KS. Well, my little corner of it anyway. :D

[lizbud]

Oh, this thread reminds me, I forgot to put out my yard sign.:o

[Karen]

Dear readers of this thread, my town has a "Home Rule?" referendum on the Nov. 2 ballot. What is home rule, and is it good?

There's a good description and history of it here:

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/595.html

[Freedom]

I always felt sorry for Rhode Island, as I am sure you gets lots of political commercials for other states because you're small geographically, and wedged between MA and CT.

Too me a while, but noow I realize WHY we get those commercials.

If you live in Southeastern Mass., and you use Comcast, you do NOT get the Boston channels, you get the Providence ones! :eek: it is not an option, you just can't get the Boston news at all on your TV.

[Laura's Babies]

That guy sounds like a joke! Why is he wasting his time and money even trying to run for anything?

I am with all of you on those negative ads. The whole process is disgusting and it turns people off! It gives you the idea that the only choices you have and BAD choices and you have to choose the lesser of the two evils running.

[smokey the elder]

I'm wearing out the mute button on my remote. I get Connecticut, New York and New Jersey ads and I'm sick of it. I must have gotten 6 calls from the same number one night. The worst part is if you're not home, they somehow leave your line open! I keep getting "Please hang up and try again" from the phone company, when I didn't initiate the call. Grr.:mad:

[momoffuzzyfaces]

To all politicians: if you REALLY cared about our country, you would stop spending millions (billions?) of dollars on ads that drive us nuts and won't change our minds to vote for you. We already know who we are voting for or, in my case have voted. Put the money back in the country so we can reduce the debt or give it to low income people who will stimulate the economy by spending it. :rolleyes:

[cassiesmom]

I heard on the news today that early voting in Cook County is up almost 3 times from where it was at the 2006 mid-term election. Voting by mail is also popular. I can do banking, buy groceries and pay bills via the Internet; I wish I could also vote on line. That would be a huge time saver.

[Karen]

I heard on the news today that early voting in Cook County is up almost 3 times from where it was at the 2006 mid-term election. Voting by mail is also popular. I can do banking, buy groceries and pay bills via the Internet; I wish I could also vote on line. That would be a huge time saver.

But can you imagine the potential for hacking and fraud? What could be more exciting for a bored 11-year-old than influencing a US election?

The candidates are still calling my house - robocalling anyway, several times a day. I'm thinking I could just keep a tally, and vote for whichever candidate calls me the least!

[Freedom]

I am SOOOOoooo tired of it.

Now we get ads for Barney Frank AND Sean Bielat, and two of the Mass. Referendum votes in Mass.

The RI elections are crazy.

Saw on the news this election year will set a new record for the total spent nation wide on campaigning. Sigh.

[Grace]

This fits right in here -


Susan Estrich
The Final Days

For half of the candidates on Tuesday's ballot, these are the days you remember.

If you win, you remember what comes next. But if you lose, you always second-guess what came before. You have years — decades, even — to Monday morning quarterback your campaign, to revisit what you should have thought, said or done, especially in the final days, when time almost stops and you campaign day and night and it seems (usually wrongly) like every decision you make is crucial.

Mostly, they aren't so crucial. Most races are "decided" even now. Polls don't vote, but they're usually right (especially when they show you losing). But if the races that really are still up for grabs have already dwindled, if the last-minute decisions mostly won't determine who wins or loses, for those who lose, these are the final minutes in the spotlight.

My best advice to candidates is very simple: Use them well. They may not determine whether you win or lose, but they will define you in the public eye. They will be the measure of your class. This is legacy time, whether that's what you were aiming for or not.

This has not been the kind of campaign that would make a mother proud. Any mother. I don't know that I've ever seen a nastier, more mean-spirited race — but then, it feels like we say that every two years. Seriously, though: It. Has. Been. Bad.

In the old days, candidates really did switch back to positive ads in the closing days of campaigns. Closers, we called them, literally. Close on a positive note. What an old-fashioned thought. These days, only candidates with double-digit leads worry about closing positively.

No, the new danger in closing weekends of campaigns is that the worst of the past year or two all gets concentrated in one little weekend: all the attacks and counterattacks, and viciousness and innuendo, with the added protection that there is barely time to respond, much less figure out the truth. Campaigns that have gone badly tend to end badly and leave everyone feeling angry and embittered. The truth is that they don't really end, even though they should.

We need to end this one on Tuesday. If not before.

I hope at least a few candidates in these closing days will stop to say something positive about their opponents, about the other party, about the need to work together after Tuesday, about the values and ideals we share and how they are far more important than what divides us.

I hope at least a few candidates will take the time to remind themselves, and us, why they got into this business in the first place, what they dreamt of, what they hoped to accomplish, and why it's important to still believe in such dreams even after you've been through such a process.

I hope at least a few will give the kind of speech they'll be proud to re-read when it's all over because it was right and true, and not just the product of careful research and polling; that a few will get ahead of the nastiness and the ugliness and will stand tall and proud and for something better than we've all been mucking through for the past few months.

I hope at least a few will be thinking of life after Wednesday, because it will make it a whole lot easier for all of us to get through the rest of the week ahead. The people who lose on Tuesday may not set the agenda for the future, but in defeat, they can set the tone. For better or for worse.


source (http://www.creators.com/liberal/susan-estrich.html)

[phesina]

All you Canadian folks who live near the U.S. border must be getting REALLY sick of being inundated with all the nasty ads running one after the other.. to do with a whole system and culture you have no part in! (aren't you glad?)

I'M really sick of all the ads, and I have to vote or not vote for these clowns next Tuesday. :mad:

[Grace]

We handed in our absentee ballots today.

Mine was a sight to see - 1 from column A, 1 from column B, a couple more from column C - and so on down the list. I even wrote in NOTA a few times (none of the above).

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/mywristsbleedcourage/happyemotesdonotdirectlink/vote.gif

[Marigold2]

Oh my God yes. I am so incredibly tired of this BS I want to scream. No one tells us what they stand for or their vision just what an SOB the other person is. Those adds that come in the mail telling me how to vote, right in the trash can they go. I don't even bother to look at them.
I get my facts elsewhere as do most of us.
But you know friends that as soon as the election is over we will be bombarded with
CHRISTMAS COMMERICALS!!!!!!!!!!
It just seems like there is no end in sight to the consent stream of brainwashing we put up with through TV, print, phone adds.
Buy this, buy that, you kid needs this toy for Christmas, this new gadjet is a must have.
It is like we are mindless robots buying what is put in front of us the most.
I plan on buying lots of books for Christmas presents and things people need not the new fad.
Ah well here I am talking and what do I want for Christmas but a Coach purse, kettle black folks. LOL

Dear Politicians,

Instead of using the ads you're purchasing to tell me why I should not vote for your opponent, could you please use them to tell me why I should vote for you?

Thank you,
Elyse


Dear readers of this thread, my town has a "Home Rule?" referendum on the Nov. 2 ballot. What is home rule, and is it good?

[Bonny]

There are those phone calls too. You run your butt off to get to the phone & then there are the politicans & their buddies talking up a recorded storm. I even got included in another town meeting. It is the same old same old. Make promises & don't keep them. Raise the taxes too why don't they & Give themselves a raise to boot. :rolleyes:

[Marigold2]

I got rid of my land line when Bush called.:mad::mad::mad:

[Marigold2]

I promise not to switch it with your neighbors....
Oh, this thread reminds me, I forgot to put out my yard sign.:o

[momoffuzzyfaces]

It is the same old same old. Make promises & don't keep them. Raise the taxes too why don't they & Give themselves a raise to boot. :rolleyes:

Don't fret; they will do all the above and more. They are just waiting until after the election hoping we won't notice! :love:

[K9karen]

*Yawn*..Okay, I'm asleep at 8a. I refuse to answer my land line. Duh...it automatically will ring my cell if I don't answer. But if I don't recognize the #, it's an auto delete. I don't know how much more I can take. Geez, every channel, interrupting my fave shows with a gaziilion wicked, evil commercials. Count down until Nov 2. (I'm watching TV now...4 ads after another..AHHHHH!) Of course I'll vote to the best of my knowledge, but I'm tempted to disconnect my door bell too. (Poor Logan barking all day long!) More junk mail to shred! Ick. Ick. Ick

Liz..better put out those posters on your front yard before it's too late!!:p

[lizbud]

Yeah, my yard sign is out there.:) Same sign I used two years ago.
boy, those things are durable.(Much like the candidate);)

Wouldn't do any good to switch signs, my neighbors have one just like mine.:p

[cassiesmom]

Karen, I had 3 "robocalls" yesterday. Grrr! I'll just be glad when the TV and radio ads are gone. They are so negative and they've gotten more frequent over the last week or two. Like K9karen said, four in a row. Ick ick.

[momcat]

The only thing I can say to the candidates is that this has been, by far, the nastiest campaign I can remember. The main focus seemed to be "my opponent is a raving jerk because..." There was very little discussion on the issues and what the candidates intend to do about them if elected.

I've voted in every primary and general election since turning 21. I follow campaigns closely in order to make an informed choice when going into the voting booth. Not so easy to do this time around. After these past few months, I'm not sure any of them are fit to hold public office.

Candidates, in future campaigns:

Stop the robo calls. They're annoying, intrusive, and might cause you to lose more votes than you gain.

Tell me what you see the issues to be then tell me exactly what you'll do about them if you're elected.

STOP insulting my intelligence with negative ads and fliers. Give us some facts, we voters CAN make our own informed choice.

Keep your opponent's families out of your campaign completely. We vote for candidates, not their relatives good or bad.

Your negative low blows against your opponent must stop. I don't really care about something they might have said or done 25-30 years ago. It's what they say and do now that really matters.

Believe it or not, the source of your funding is important to many of us. Aside from the $10 or $15 you get from middle class supporters, some of us want to know who is making mega-contributions. Prove to us that you "can't be bought" by being open and honest on this.

And next time around, approach us as the intelligent people we are. DO NOT tell us we're not patriotic and anti-American if we don't accept your position. The fact that we do vote proves you wrong!

[Karen]

I thought I'd give you all a bit of a grin - yesterday, just as I was gearing up to clear all the leaves I could from the front stairs and sidewalks in preparation for the trick-or-treaters, the doorbell rang. It was a nicely dressed woman, older than me, with a clipboard, and as I did not recognize her as one of my neighbors, I was instantly suspicious.

"I'm here for the Patrick (our current governor, Deval Patrick) campaign," she began ...

And I promptly cut her off, and said, "I am not interested in spending time with this, I have work to do."

She tried to cut in with a protest about not taking much time, and I looked at her and said, "I have already decided. I am voting for the candidates who bother me the least."

She did not know what to say to that, hesitated, then got the (not very subtle) hint and left. Thank goodness!

[RICHARD]

Danny Glover called me yesterday and told me to vote for the marijuana initiative.

Top that.

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All of you!

Quit complaining about the elections.;)


Really, If anything?

It reveals the stupidity of the people you DO NOT WANT IN OFFICE!



I loved the Witch, Aqua Buddah and the Barbara Boxer's scrunched up mug in the commercials/news.


You have to love it?:eek:

[wombat2u2004]

I thought I'd give you all a bit of a grin - yesterday, just as I was gearing up to clear all the leaves I could from the front stairs and sidewalks in preparation for the trick-or-treaters, the doorbell rang. It was a nicely dressed woman, older than me, with a clipboard, and as I did not recognize her as one of my neighbors, I was instantly suspicious.

"I'm here for the Patrick (our current governor, Deval Patrick) campaign," she began ...

And I promptly cut her off, and said, "I am not interested in spending time with this, I have work to do."

She tried to cut in with a protest about not taking much time, and I looked at her and said, "I have already decided. I am voting for the candidates who bother me the least."

She did not know what to say to that, hesitated, then got the (not very subtle) hint and left. Thank goodness!

Hee hee....good one. :D

[Grace]

I love this and with your permission will use it before the next election cycle.




The only thing I can say to the candidates is that this has been, by far, the nastiest campaign I can remember. The main focus seemed to be "my opponent is a raving jerk because..." There was very little discussion on the issues and what the candidates intend to do about them if elected.

I've voted in every primary and general election since turning 21. I follow campaigns closely in order to make an informed choice when going into the voting booth. Not so easy to do this time around. After these past few months, I'm not sure any of them are fit to hold public office.

Candidates, in future campaigns:

Stop the robo calls. They're annoying, intrusive, and might cause you to lose more votes than you gain.

Tell me what you see the issues to be then tell me exactly what you'll do about them if you're elected.

STOP insulting my intelligence with negative ads and fliers. Give us some facts, we voters CAN make our own informed choice.

Keep your opponent's families out of your campaign completely. We vote for candidates, not their relatives good or bad.

Your negative low blows against your opponent must stop. I don't really care about something they might have said or done 25-30 years ago. It's what they say and do now that really matters.

Believe it or not, the source of your funding is important to many of us. Aside from the $10 or $15 you get from middle class supporters, some of us want to know who is making mega-contributions. Prove to us that you "can't be bought" by being open and honest on this.

And next time around, approach us as the intelligent people we are. DO NOT tell us we're not patriotic and anti-American if we don't accept your position. The fact that we do vote proves you wrong!

[anna_66]

Karen that was great! Sounds like you got her:D

We don't have a land line so luckily we don't get all the calls, but the mail...OMG! So much junk! I'm glad today is voting day!

[momcat]

Hi Grace,
Please feel free to use the post anytime it might be appropriate. If it has any impact at all on future campaigns, it will be well worth it. We, the voters, cannot go through another election cycle like this one.

Momcat

[cassiesmom]

We don't have a land line so luckily we don't get all the calls, but the mail...OMG! So much junk! I'm glad today is voting day!

I'm glad too! Yesterday was the first day in I don't know how long that I had no election-related mail. I'm glad the nasty TV and radio commercials will be going away too.

[lizbud]

Nasty political ads are not really new. Check out some from the 1800s.

http://njuice.com/Attack-Ads-Circa-1800

[Karen]

I'm glad too! Yesterday was the first day in I don't know how long that I had no election-related mail. I'm glad the nasty TV and radio commercials will be going away too.

I was glad we didn't get any today - we got some yesterday, though! Sometimes makes me wish we had a fireplace or woodstove - to at least get some benefit from it! We voted today, no line, no waiting, but there almost never is if we don't go in the morning. Polls are open until 8 p.m. here in Massachusetts, so we saw no reason to get there before noon!

[cassiesmom]

Well... Rick Fox just got eliminated from "Dancing with the Stars" (which I wasn't expecting because his partner Cheryl Burke is a previous winner) and the election results aren't looking the way I was hoping they might. ... sigh

[caseysmom]

Some of us did not know that yet!

[lizbud]

Well, my guy won.:D 65% t0 35%. Guess I can put my sign away now.:)

[cassiesmom]

I heard on the news this morning that this election had one of the largest numbers of very close races. I am happy about some of the results, not happy about others, but that's part of the process.

[cassiesmom]

Dear Politicians,

You can come and get your signs back now that the election is over.

[Grace]

Hi Grace,
Please feel free to use the post anytime it might be appropriate. If it has any impact at all on future campaigns, it will be well worth it. We, the voters, cannot go through another election cycle like this one.

Momcat

Thanks, Eileen. I plan to use it next time around.

Now - we are three days past election and there are still 2 Gubernartorial and 1 Senate seat still undecided - as well as 9 seats in the House.

Alaska has to count all those write-ins for the Senate. I read somewhere it might be Thanksgiving before that is completed. The states of Connecticut and Minnesota still don't know who their new
Governors will be. And I don't know the 9 House seats still in limbo.

[wombat2u2004]

Both politicians and diapers
need to be changed often
and
for the same reason! :D

[smokey the elder]

Hear, hear!

At least it doesn't look like it'll take months like picking the President in 2000! That's when the "Revocation of Independence" started floating around the internet.:D