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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 10:46 AM Dec 2015

Dr Ben Carson personally sent me a portrait of himself he had painted just for me!!!



HOW THE F*CK DID I GET ON A BEN CARSON MAILING LIST?

Hell just that day I also got a letter from Planned Parenthood from Cecile Richards on the return address!

I get Xmas Cards from Senator Chris Coons, VP Joe Biden and President Obama

I get fundraising letters from DNC, DSCC, DGA and Emily's List

And I get THIS in the Mail?


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Dr Ben Carson personally sent me a portrait of himself he had painted just for me!!! (Original Post) LynneSin Dec 2015 OP
Ben Carson hasn't sent me anything yet. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #1
I can get you added to the list if you like LynneSin Dec 2015 #2
We got a package mailed to my late mother's address Siwsan Dec 2015 #3
Seriously, I'm in a city that is like 90% Democrat LynneSin Dec 2015 #4
I got onto an Eric Cantor email list once. beac Dec 2015 #7
I looked for a postage paid return envelop so I could 'get back' with them - couldn't find one Siwsan Dec 2015 #8
I want to shred it first though LynneSin Dec 2015 #11
I be tempted to just add my special touch to the artwork, before returning it Siwsan Dec 2015 #18
Yes, do! At least he didn't pose with Jesus for this one. Hortensis Dec 2015 #28
I notice the quote from Proverbs on the wall. Um, Ben... Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #30
:) Actually, that IS about my Jewish husband's Hortensis Dec 2015 #31
This isn't about JC's skin tone. It's about humility and the lack of it ... Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #36
Oh, yes, it sure is! :) Although the skin tone Hortensis Dec 2015 #37
If look closer, you see it's actually a quote from the book of "Poverbs" Bucky Dec 2015 #41
Oy. His family must be poud. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #42
well, you are an inspiration to me, a true patriot, and a shining example of kwassa Dec 2015 #5
And you are too LynneSin Dec 2015 #6
I didn't get a pic. Ben Carson doesn't like me! MoonRiver Dec 2015 #9
I can get you added LynneSin Dec 2015 #13
Noooooo MoonRiver Dec 2015 #19
We got one too! He looks like a mythical "Uncle Ben" mainer Dec 2015 #10
So I'm not the only special DUer LynneSin Dec 2015 #12
We also got a mailing from Ted Cruz mainer Dec 2015 #16
ewwww, even I don't get from him LynneSin Dec 2015 #17
I'm amazed his eyes stayed open long enough to pose for the picture firebrand80 Dec 2015 #14
Maybe they didn't. He's looking very relaxed there. Hortensis Dec 2015 #25
Probably Old Codger Dec 2015 #15
Did you ever vote non-Dem for a minimal position, like a university regent? ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #20
I voted for Tom Ridge once back in the late 80s or was it early 90s? LynneSin Dec 2015 #33
They have been buying and selling lists MiniMe Dec 2015 #21
I received a large booklet from Carson unc70 Dec 2015 #22
Same way I got on Michlle Bachman's list nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #23
Well, junk mail has to go some place.... Quackers Dec 2015 #24
I keep getting stuff stage left Dec 2015 #26
I used to regularly receive mailings from an anti-choice group. drm604 Dec 2015 #27
Carson sent me a tiny vial of grain from the pyramids. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #29
Oh, sorry about that underpants Dec 2015 #32
That's ok' I just added you to the Trump mailing list LynneSin Dec 2015 #34
LOL underpants Dec 2015 #35
Sure laugh now... LynneSin Dec 2015 #39
It's stunning how much bullshit people will get sucked into believing Bucky Dec 2015 #38
But I really am the very best America has to offer LynneSin Dec 2015 #40
Nonsense. That's his mug shot from the stabbing incident. KamaAina Dec 2015 #43

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
3. We got a package mailed to my late mother's address
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 10:59 AM
Dec 2015

It was full of bumper stickers and some sort of "I'm With Ben" cards. I'm not surprised because Mom was pretty much an extreme conservative and gave, regularly, to Right to Life.

I kept getting robo-calls from his campaign, but I finally waited on the line long enough to hit the 'opt out' button. I don't know who they bought their phone number list from, but this has been a Democratic household, for decades and decades.

beac

(9,992 posts)
7. I got onto an Eric Cantor email list once.
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:44 AM
Dec 2015

Equally baffled as to how.

Did enjoy reporting it as SPAM every time one popped up.

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
8. I looked for a postage paid return envelop so I could 'get back' with them - couldn't find one
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:46 AM
Dec 2015

I have a habit of stuffing entire unsolicited mailings, of this nature, back into the postage paid envelop, including the outside packaging and a pithy note written in bold sharpie right across their solicitation letter, taping it shut and dropping it back into the post. Perhaps the postage slightly exceeds their budgeted amount.

Childish, perhaps, but it also tends to get my name removed from their mailing list.

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
18. I be tempted to just add my special touch to the artwork, before returning it
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 12:09 PM
Dec 2015

Now I'm hoping we get that mailing, too!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
28. Yes, do! At least he didn't pose with Jesus for this one.
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:28 PM
Dec 2015


Why do I think this man probably really likes the idea of carpeting America with his portrait?

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Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
30. I notice the quote from Proverbs on the wall. Um, Ben...
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:37 PM
Dec 2015

... you need a better understanding of the concept of "humility." This ain't part of it:

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
31. :) Actually, that IS about my Jewish husband's
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:53 PM
Dec 2015

skin tone in summer (he's very outdoorsy). He and Jesus have a Mediterranean ancestry in common. Can't really blame Carson for liking to see him as fairly close to how he likely was, given how much WASPish types prefer to depict him as


Now, THAT's really silly.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
36. This isn't about JC's skin tone. It's about humility and the lack of it ...
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 02:09 PM
Dec 2015

... when you have Jeebus painted into a picture of you.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
37. Oh, yes, it sure is! :) Although the skin tone
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 02:27 PM
Dec 2015

might be acceptably close, what I notice is how SIMILAR the these friends are. Happy soul mates, probably attended the same college, played the same sports and chased the same girls. Also, for Ben to be sitting when Jesus is standing suggests he feels very comfortable among dieties.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
5. well, you are an inspiration to me, a true patriot, and a shining example of
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:35 AM
Dec 2015

the best America has to offer.

And a Democrat.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
6. And you are too
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:36 AM
Dec 2015

I think I'll paint you a picture of myself and send you a photo.

And if you are inspired you can send me money

mainer

(12,022 posts)
10. We got one too! He looks like a mythical "Uncle Ben"
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:50 AM
Dec 2015

the benign black man who just wants to be your friend.

mainer

(12,022 posts)
16. We also got a mailing from Ted Cruz
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:59 AM
Dec 2015

And we've been Dems since, like, forever. But our zip code has a number of huge GOP donors, so I guess they lump us in with them.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
20. Did you ever vote non-Dem for a minimal position, like a university regent?
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 12:33 PM
Dec 2015

That's how I ended up on an "undecided" list. When I vote for university boards, I keep it gender and race balanced. Ex. I'll vote for one male, one female, one Asian, etc... Because it's a board of regents.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
33. I voted for Tom Ridge once back in the late 80s or was it early 90s?
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:57 PM
Dec 2015

But only because I was pissed at Bob Casey SENIOR's anti-choice stance and he was running for governor.

MiniMe

(21,717 posts)
21. They have been buying and selling lists
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:04 PM
Dec 2015

I all of sudden started getting emails from Bernie Sanders. I love Bernie, but I started getting emails every day and started feeling like I was being spammed.Sometimes less is more. Asked to be removed from the list that I had never signed up for.

unc70

(6,115 posts)
22. I received a large booklet from Carson
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:05 PM
Dec 2015

It is about 40 pages, roughly 8.5x5.5. It is really poorly designed. Really long paragraphs with few headings. It is very hard to read. Reminds me of the screeds street preachers hand out.

I figure they must have a lot of money to waste sending anything to me.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
23. Same way I got on Michlle Bachman's list
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:07 PM
Dec 2015

These lists are bought and sold. You welcome.

(Now the mystery to me was how the hell I made it to her media list)

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
29. Carson sent me a tiny vial of grain from the pyramids.
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:34 PM
Dec 2015

He and General Westmoreland collected the grain while the general was telling young Ben that he had just been accepted to West Point and given a scholarship! Ben was so happy, he attempted to stab a friend in the belt buckle with a knife and pummel his mom with a hammer.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
39. Sure laugh now...
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 03:00 PM
Dec 2015

Until he sells his lists to white supremacy groups. Then your mailbox will get really interesting!!!

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
38. It's stunning how much bullshit people will get sucked into believing
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 02:52 PM
Dec 2015

Ben Carson doesn't know me, so how am I an inspiration to him? I mean, it's such baloney. Do enough people really not care about sincerity for this to not turn off more voters than it'll win? Is he trying to ride a wave of oblivious knuckleheads into the White House?

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