I'm on a lot of Repug mailing lists because when I was teaching at IU, my son got his first deployment to Iraq. I was plenty hacked off and did a lot of lobbying about foreign policy.
I was kind of disgusted when I actually got a more polite hearing and personal response from the Republican Richard Lugar than from the Blue Dog Evan Bayh. I had a bit of correspondence with Lugar over time and he never asked me about my party stripe--I was a Democrat at the time.
However, apparently Lugar put me on some mailing lists. Those have metastasized over time and I never take myself off because it's interesting to know what the other side is up to. If I feel like my blood pressure can't take it or I'm not up for it, I just delete, but I stay on the lists.
Today, I got a really ironic missive, which I have posted below the fleur-de-kos for the edification of all. Ironic because the Tea Party ran Lugar off, no doubt in part because Lugar was civil to the likes of me.
I don't know how to feel about the request below.
As most of you know, I write a weekly satire column based on political news for Indian Country Today Media Network. Let's face it, Ms. Palin is God's gift to satire. I'm always cruising for items to put in How Did I Miss That?, and a Palin candidacy holds great attraction.
On the other hand, Alaska is not my stomping grounds, and I have no desire to make trouble for Sen. Begich.
This is just dithering. I'll have everything I can handle trying to help Wendy Davis (who they call "Baby Killer Barbie") and Letitia Van de Putte (who they call "Barrio Boopsie"). You see what I have to contend with in Texas?
So I post the missive below for others to weigh the entertainment and the politics and do what they feel is best.