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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
I don't know if this quite belongs here, but it also does not quite belong in its own thread.
I've donated money to Democrats in the past, so I am on every emailing list for every Democratic candidate in the world. Whatever. But one of the things that I have found strange/disconcerting about the emails is how personal they all try to be. They rarely use last names. Everyone is discussed on a first name basis--senators, presidents, candidates for such offices, etc.
And there is also the fact that the emails want you to do things like sign birthday cards for the candidates or their spouse. Which, of course, is just a way of collecting names, but is still a kind of creepy-personal way to do it.
So, it occurred to me to wonder, is this just a Democratic Party hippy-dippy touchy-feely thing? Or is it just common for political fundraising in general?
So, those of you on equivalent lists for the GOP, is it the same way? Do you receive business-like fundraising requests from Mr. Cantor? Or are you being asked to sign a card wishing Eric a Happy Birthday (and chip in $25 to defeat Nancy Pelosi if you can)?
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I donated money back in '08 to the Libertarians to get a Barr yard sign and lets just say that number of crap junk mailings and e-mails I have gotten from all sorts of "freedom loving" businesses makes me shutter at what would happen if the GOP or Democrats had this information.