Haha, maybe seeing those words on an envelope excites some people. I’m just wondering what sort of joke this is and who signed me up for Rudy’s fund raising mailing list! Since most of my friends are completely non-political (conservative, but really couldn’t care less about politics), I don’t think they understood my snort of disgust and subsequent laughter upon receiving this in my mail this evening.
My favorite tidbits from the letter:
I’m writing you because you are someone who makes up your mind early. You are influential in your community and it would mean so much to have you join my team as one of its founding members.
What’s the word I’m looking for… oh, right: brown-noser.
For the Republican Party to win the presidency in 2008 and take back the majority in Congress, we must wholeheartedly embrace our core principles.
You know, he’s got a point here. Whenever I think of the core principles of the Republican Party, Rudy Guiliani is the first person who comes to mind. You know, such a staunch defender of life, an firm advocate for 2nd amendment rights, solid pro-family values… Oh, wait, I guess he doesn’t support any of that. In his cute little letter, he emphasizes cutting taxes, lowering crime, and fighting terrorists. Last time I checked, though, the Republican Party actually had a multi-faceted platform that goes beyond fiscal and military conservatism. We actually had morals. Value-based principles. Huh, where is that reflected in this letter? It’s not.
On that note, I just took a fairly pithy political philosophy quiz over at VoteMatch and my results seem to be spot on. Out of the potential 2008 presidential candidates, Duncan Hunter was “an ideal candidate” for me, matching 88% of my results. The only differences were a few “oppose” vs. “strongly oppose.” The furthest from my score was Dennis Kucinich with 0% compatibility. Ha. I am also categorized as a “Hard-Core Conservative“… I’m happy with that. 
I must have clicked something wrong cause I got a 5% from the OH Congressman. However, he was at the bottom of my compatibility list; Hunter/Hines also at the top (immediately followed by Tancredo) with a Hard-Core Conservative classification. Whew! At least I did
I got a letter from Sen. Brownback (#4 on my list) the other day and today, urrr, yesterday I got a letter–with survey on conservatism in the Republican party–from Mr. Romney (#10, just before Rudy, and after Hagel???).
I’m apparently no good at the quiz. My highest match (Duncan Hunter) was only 63%? Some of the questions were stinkers — such as:
“teach family values in public schools” I had no opinion, just because you never know whose family values they would start to teach.
“mandatory Three Strike sentencing laws” I guess I was more in mood for one strike and you’re out. Crime is not baseball and in the case of sexual predators … well you get my point
“allow churches to provide welfare services” Are they not currently allowed this? Was I taking the right quiz?
Anyway, I had a 0% match with Hillary.
Actually, mom, a lot of the questions were worded rather oddly, but if you clicked on them they were better explained. So, for instance, strongly supporting “teach family values in public schools” would mean that you agree with the following statement:
“Judeo-Christian values are American values. Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so praying in school or other public places does not violate the separation of church and state. Displaying the Ten Commandments is appropriate because they are the moral basis for Western law. The Pledge of Allegiance should continue to include the phrase “Under God.”"
Etc.
Oh well … I might have to re-take the quiz one of these days.
How was hockey?
Tieki’s Mom,
If it makes you feel any better, I missed the “click on the question for an explanation” tip, too. Like you, now that I know about it, I’ll have to give it another shot sometime.