"The American political system is like a gigantic Mexican Christmas fiesta. Each political party is a huge pinata -- a papier-mache donkey, for example. The donkey is filled with full employment, low interest rates, affordable housing, comprehensive medical benefits, a balanced budge and other goodies. The American voter is blindfolded and given a stick. The voter then swings the stick wildly in every direction, trying to hit a political candidate on the head and knock some sense into the silly bastard." - P.J. O'Rourke, "Parliament of Whores"
Yes, I've written to him, to Kenny Mehlman and I've returned more than a few postage paid fundraising envelopes with explicit messages.
I tend to be very vocal, so that the party takes the right message from Ricky's impending defeat.