In the course of the last three weeks or so, I have gotten quite a few emails from political interests - having subscribed to several to see what everyone is up to. (In the interest of disclosure, I should let you know that I am running for Congress as a Democrat in CA's East Bay area.)
Here is why Democrats suck: I got two emails asking me to help specific candidates, one in Virginia, the other in West Virginia. Here is the Democratic email, and here is the Republican email. Now, forgetting for a minute that one says "Barbara Boxer" at the top, and the other says "GOP" at the top - what are your impressions? One is short, simple, and direct. It asks for help in an interesting, fun, grassroots way. The other is almost 4 times longer, repetitive, uninformative and mean spirited. It asks only for money.
Would you be suprised that the Democratic one was the bad one, and the Republican one was populist, empowering and grassroots oriented - without a mention of money in sight? I certainly was.
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