It has begun…
Posted on April 23, 2008
It’s election time, so that means…junk mail. Since I don’t watch TV or listen to the radio, I guess that’s about the only way I will encounter candidate ads. Strangely, the only junk mail I’ve received for elections is from Democratic candidates.
It’s strange for two reasons. First, I’m an independent and not registered with any political party. One of the reasons I became an independent (years ago) was to cut down on the junk mail. Guess it works differently in Indiana. The other reason it’s strange is because I only get junk mail from the Democrats. They’ve got more to spend, but for a party that likes to pride itself on being environmentally friendly, they seem to send a lot of trash (literally and figuratively). Maybe the environment is secondary to getting the word out, but it seems like those spam e-mails that promise anti-spam solutions – the message contradicts the medium.
For what it’s worth, this particular piece of mail came from the Obama campaign. Since the primary (I’m an independent, remember) is in two weeks, I expect a lot more junk mail will be in my mailbox until then.
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