Earlier this month I posted about a piece of SPAM I received from the campaign of Rory Blake.  Well, damnit, I just got another one from them.  Let me share it with you:

Subject: Let’s Do It!

Body:
$10 for Change

 
 This is your year: the year for change.

You can reclaim your government. You can make it once again a government of the people, by the people, and, yes, even for the people. It’s been a few years since you could say that, hasn’t it?

Yes, you
can reclaim your government, by changing it, one Congressional seat at
time – beginning with your own, North Carolina’s Sixth Congressional
District. You can help elect Rory Blake.

And if you were to do this, how much would it be worth to you?

How much would be worth to you to reclaim your government?

$10, maybe? After all, your share of the national debt is about $30,000. So $10 is not so much, is it?

Well, that’s what we need from you. Yep, that’s it: $10. Now, be honest, that didn’t really hurt, did it?

Why?
Well, let’s face it. No one knows Rory Blake’s name. But everyone knows
Howard Coble’s. So we need to get
Rory’s name out there, around the District. How? The old fashioned way:
signs and bumper stickers. And the new way: a Podcast. $10 from you is
what we need. Just click here to contribute.

$10 for Change.
Your contribution of just $10 will tell the people of this District
that Rory Blake is your
candidate. $10 will buy the signs and bumper stickers and Podcast you
need to do your part to reclaim your government. Amazing, isn’t it?
Just $10.
No joke. If everyone on our mailing list contributes $10, we’ll be able
to buy the signs and bumper stickers and Podcast we need.

Of course, we would very much appreciate a larger contribution, but, honestly, $10 will do it for now. After all, we are Democrats, not Republicans. And we are dealing with smaller vendors, not Halliburton.

When?
Now. Today. We need to start putting signs in our yards and stickers on
our cars and a Podcast on the Internet – today. Today. Click here to contribute. Now. Today.

How? This is the easy part. Actblue.com provides contribution services for Democratic candidates. Actblue
has collected millions for Democratic candidates all across America, and Actblue is collecting money for Rory Blake.
So you can trust Actblue when they ask for your credit card number. It’s quick. It’s simple: just click right here to contribute.

$10. That’s it. Not the thousands of dollars the PAC’s are giving to Howard Coble. Just $10. And all you have to do is click  here to contribute.

We can do this: $10 at a time.
To give yours, just click here.

Democracy … not corruption. That’s Rory’s promise to us. And that’s our promise to each other.

You can do this.
We can do this. We will do this.

Pass the Word.
We can make this happen. Forward this to everyone you know in the Sixth
District who wants change this year. Invite them to help make this
happen too. Tell
them to visit the campaign Web site, www.blake06.com. Invite them to contribute $10 by clicking here.

Remember, this is our country. This is our government. This is our year.

We can do this. No … We will do this. And with your help, we will begin today: click here.

I have to tell you that writing like this makes me wonder if he’s running for Congress or VP of the 10th grade class. My favorite line, besides the "Let’s Do It" cheerleading is, "Of course, we would very much appreciate a larger contribution, but, honestly, $10 will do it for now. After all, we are Democrats, not Republicans. And we are dealing with smaller vendors, not Halliburton." 

That’s the dumbest damn thing I’ve heard in a long time. Democrats don’t get big bucks from big business?  Please.  They’d be a lot smarter to play the outsider card, not the Democrat card.  Right now the general feeling is that those in power are dirty or corrupted by power regardless of their party affiliation.  They should play up their candidate’s outsider status and the fact that he isn’t a member of the club of the corrupted.  In fairness the message starts out with that theme but they can’t resist pulling the partisan card and killing it.  After all they might be able to pull in the independent or disillusioned Republican votes if they played it right.

Oh, and let me again point out that sending a partisan message to a stated independent who doesn’t even live in the congressional district their running for is probably not the best idea.  That tends to lead to pissy blog posts about how stupid you’re being.