so the rnc has sent out a congressional district census mailing soliciting donations for the party. they conveniently timed it so that it might coincide with the national census that happens every 10 years. i don't necessarily oppose the party soliciting donations, as fundraising is obviously important for political campaigns in these times (though i would prefer money not play such an important role in political influence). what really gets me is HOW the republican party goes about doing it. sure, they might be technically allowed to do something like this... but that doesn't make it the right thing to do. now i'm not saying that the democrats have never or would never do something like this, but sometimes i wish that the whole political system wasn't so dirty. with the "survey" that's included, they're basically baiting the respondents to answer the way they want.
The letter asks political questions, including, "Do you think the record trillion dollar federal deficit the Democrats are creating with their out-of-control spending is going to have disastrous consequences for our nation?" and, "Do you worry that the Obama administration is committed to greatly expanding the government's role in your life?"
i wonder how many people would actually take the time to ask themselves, "are the questions i'm reading biased in any way?" for some reason, i don't think most people would even stop to question them.
i've been thinking a little bit lately about how i really should just stop reading the news and stop caring about politics and just let everything play out, and be ignorant. it would make my life more serene, i wouldn't be all mr. furious (100 bonus points if you get the movie reference) all the time. then i start to think maybe this is how the gop is going to end up winning... by outlasting all the liberals in the country... since they oppose healthcare reform which would expand coverage to many middle and lower income voting individuals. this block of voters have historically had a higher proportion of democrat leaning individuals, the expansion of preventive health services would hurt them, by causing their blood pressure to increase after listening to all the bs the republicans spew 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. the end result of this would be an increased risk of heart disease and associated cardiovascular illness. without preventive healthcare and the increases of these diseases, life expectancy would be limited. so if these individuals are not around, they can't vote. meanwhile rich conservatives will always be able to afford their private insurance premiums. though i really don't think that's the real agenda, it does make me wonder how a group can be so against reform that covers everyone? on top of that, the whole election of a republican to replace kennedy in ma. really has me down. the democrats totally screwed the pooch on that one as they didn't put enough resources into that election. that's also been playing into my feelings of going anti-news and being ignorant. life would be so much simpler if i didn't care about any of this going on. at the end of the day though, the gop always draws me back as they'll always find a way to somehow make it into my life everyday to irritate me.