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Going to Ground

Posted on 12/10/2012 2:50:30 AM PST by AdaGray

Cannot believe the number of calls I am still getting from Republican groups...making a hobby of unsubscribing from all email marketing lists.


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KEYWORDS: allisvanity; chat; emailmarketing; notnews; rinoleeches; vanity
Cannot believe the number of calls I am still getting from Republican groups soliciting even more money. And they are really shoddy pitches too. I guess it’s still a booming industry in the political world. I tell them all that I have given the cause a lot of money but won’t give again until a true firebrand shows up on the Conservative side. Until then (which could be a very long time) it is over for the GOP. I am going to ground, taking the target off my back and making a hobby of unsubscribing from all email marketing lists. The latter isn’t easy and is taking quite a long time but think of the message it would send if everyone did it.
1 posted on 12/10/2012 2:50:42 AM PST by AdaGray
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To: AdaGray

me too! I thought it would all be over. I especially like the ones from rience priebus. after a few angry responses - which made me feel good but accomplished nothing - I unsubscribed. Going to follow your lead and unsub from ALL conservative groups till they get their act together.


2 posted on 12/10/2012 3:18:24 AM PST by oldmomster
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To: AdaGray
The post office I use has a container for recycle unwanted mail. All political mail sent to me goes there.
I quit donating to the RINO party a long time ago.
We need some major changes within the party and we need them FAST.
3 posted on 12/10/2012 3:20:22 AM PST by DeaconRed (The Lunatic is on the grass, and in the White House. . . . (Brain Damage- Dark Side of the Moon))
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To: AdaGray

Same here. The only “idea” any of these people seem to have is “Send $25.”


4 posted on 12/10/2012 3:43:38 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a baby girl's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
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To: AdaGray

Over the past years since the Republican party turned its back on freedom loving citizens, I have taken the time to respond to every telephone call for money and letters begging me to be a good Republican by sending more money.

My response on the telephone is “F___K You” and I return the payment via mail with no money in their prepaid envelope but a pre-printed large message that says “F___K You.”

Over the years I don’t get any calls or letters from the Republican “sissies” any longer. It just breaks my heart.


5 posted on 12/10/2012 3:53:34 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: AdaGray

I got a call last week looking for money. I told them no and they kept lowering the dollar amount and I kept saying no...

The guy was sort of befuddled and then I told him the GOP was so “yesterday” and that come 2014 there will be a new party to replace them.


6 posted on 12/10/2012 3:58:29 AM PST by EBH (0bama is guilty of willful neglect of duty.)
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To: AdaGray

my spouse who has been a registered republican for 50 years, just changed his registration to “Independent” and I will do the same

Maybe that will reduce the junk mail

It sure would send a message if enough of us did it

Actually “independent” is a better 3rd party identifier than TEA party


7 posted on 12/10/2012 3:59:58 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: AdaGray

I would be leery of any emails claiming to be The Tea Party asking for donations. The scammers know people will trust The Tea Party over the GOP.


8 posted on 12/10/2012 4:04:16 AM PST by Eye of Unk (A Civil Cold War in America is here, its already been declared.)
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To: AdaGray

I’ve concluded that what most conservative outlets are interested in is stick you for money. Even the pedigreed conservative news outlets.

Lots of donation forms and begging letters; well-hidden mail addys.

If you have anything over at all which is less and less the case for many of us, give it to FR.


9 posted on 12/10/2012 4:11:06 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: Hardraade

You have to write crossways with a marking pen if you want to comment on their “questionaire” gimmie letters as there is not one square inch leftover for any actual comment. I NEVER add postage, natch.

Me? I contribute to conservative websites.
PERIOD.


10 posted on 12/10/2012 4:19:44 AM PST by Flintlock (PARANOIA--means having all the facts.)
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To: AdaGray
I blocked the "Tea Party Express" a long time ago. I may agree with their goals but don't appreciate my mail box being spammed multiple times per day by anybody.

I've blocked some friends and relatives too - anything with "FWD" in the title doesn't even get opened.

11 posted on 12/10/2012 4:46:15 AM PST by Graybeard58 ("Civil rights” leader and MSNB-Hee Haw host Al Sharpton - Larry Elder)
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To: DeaconRed

The post office I use has a container for recycle unwanted mail. All political mail sent to me goes there.
I quit donating to the RINO party a long time ago.

If there is a prepaid envelope , stuff the content back into the envelope and send it back o them. That is what I do. I remove my information first though.


12 posted on 12/10/2012 5:09:29 AM PST by chainsaw ("Two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by Obama")
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To: AdaGray

With the electorate being as polarized as it is, I wonder how many political organizations accepting donations are outright scams. The RNC is probably the biggest and most established. LOL


13 posted on 12/10/2012 5:36:24 AM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: AdaGray

The Republican and Democrat parties get lists of people who register to vote in the primaries and general election. And there is no way around this if you want to vote in the primaries.

However, if they glean information from other databases of personal information, you can obfuscate these by using false or partially false data, which you record so you know who is selling your information.

http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/


14 posted on 12/10/2012 6:29:29 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Pennies and Nickels will NO LONGER be Minted as of 1/1/13 - Tim Geithner, US Treasury Sect)
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To: DeaconRed
" We need some major changes within the party and we need them FAST. "

Too late. The RINO party needs to be abandoned and left to die in the cold, and for a new Conservative / Patriot / Constitutional party to be born, under new leadership that was not acceptable to the stupid feckless RINO party.

Going to the election board to change my registration to Independent today.

15 posted on 12/10/2012 6:34:19 AM PST by OKSooner
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

We spider their stupid addys right from their hangouts. You’d not believe who is talking to whom :).

We also sniff their pics for stego content and stuff like that.


16 posted on 12/10/2012 7:31:26 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: Hardraade

I’m still getting telephone calls from Huckabee and the GOP.

There’s no sense in supporting an organization that refuses to listen to its members and uses contributed funds for spam mail and robocalls.

RIP GOP!


17 posted on 12/10/2012 9:32:30 AM PST by jayrunner
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To: EBH

I like that. I basically told the last caller the same thing.


18 posted on 12/10/2012 3:22:02 PM PST by AdaGray
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To: EBH

I like that. I basically told the last caller the same thing.


19 posted on 12/10/2012 3:22:02 PM PST by AdaGray
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To: EBH

I like that. I basically told the last caller the same thing.


20 posted on 12/10/2012 3:22:38 PM PST by AdaGray
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