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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDr 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?
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)I'm SOOOO envious!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Siwsan
(26,268 posts)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.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)So not sure how my name ended up on the list.
beac
(9,992 posts)Equally baffled as to how.
Did enjoy reporting it as SPAM every time one popped up.
Siwsan
(26,268 posts)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.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)So they know what I think of their artwork
Siwsan
(26,268 posts)Now I'm hoping we get that mailing, too!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)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)... you need a better understanding of the concept of "humility." This ain't part of it:
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)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)... when you have Jeebus painted into a picture of you.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)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.
Bucky
(54,027 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)the best America has to offer.
And a Democrat.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)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
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)THANK GAWD!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Please, no!
mainer
(12,022 posts)the benign black man who just wants to be your friend.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)we're a team!
mainer
(12,022 posts)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.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)and his mother is from Delaware too
firebrand80
(2,760 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Old Codger
(4,205 posts)You pissed someone off and they added you
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)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)But only because I was pissed at Bob Casey SENIOR's anti-choice stance and he was running for governor.
MiniMe
(21,717 posts)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)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)These lists are bought and sold. You welcome.
(Now the mystery to me was how the hell I made it to her media list)
Quackers
(2,256 posts)stage left
(2,962 posts)From Reince Priebus and the RNC. Why?
drm604
(16,230 posts)I have no idea why.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)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.
underpants
(182,829 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Enjoy!
underpants
(182,829 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Until he sells his lists to white supremacy groups. Then your mailbox will get really interesting!!!
Bucky
(54,027 posts)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?
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Aren't I????
Why do you make baby Jesus cry?