The Perfect Storm

Last week was one of those weeks where the perfect storm was brewing. Work was busy, the home life busier and then one night (of course while I was in the middle of making supper) I got two fundraising calls from the GOP - one from the RNC and the other from Senator Coleman's campaign (this was before Senator Coleman spoke about his opposition to the troop surge). The final straw came in the form of a fundraising letter from Governor Pawlenty. Now I have expressed my displeasure of the Governor and some of his recent pronouncements in this forum, but for some reason I decided to take my complaints to the man himself. I said that I was not going to give one more minute of my time or one more penny of my money to any Republican office holder who acted more like a Democrat than a Republican. I wrote what many others before me have written - how disappointed we are in politicians who only have use for us when the politician is up for re-election or fundraising. I wrote that we, the hard working volunteers are tired of being ignored in between elections - tired of being ignored unless it was fundraising time again. What I got in response was a form email thanking me for contacting his office and yet another fund raising email.

Sigh...I suppose I should have known better, but I had hoped that the Governor was different. I guess I was wrong again.