It was in my mailbox when I got home from work tonight. For reasons entirely opaque to me, the GOP has asked me to represent my district on its task force and to complete my questionnaire so that I can help them "take over the Majority and effectively cut Barack Obama's term in half."
I'm not kidding here. This is important stuff. It came in a huge envelope with the questionnaire on heavy card stock, 11" x 14", printed on both sides. It has a red banner all the way across that shouts: "OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP DOCUMENT -- DO NOT DESTROY". Even at bulk, political mail rates, that sucker cost some coins to print and mail to me. As noted, I do not know why it was sent to me. I am a lifelong Democrat, union supporter and even paid ACLU dues for a while. My distaste for the GOP is well documented on Daily Kos, though I suppose my identity is not. Maybe they assumed I'm in their camp because I am an old White guy.
Whatever reasons may have prompted the Republican National Committee to make this little investment in trying to obtain my views (more likely their actual interest is my money), I am glad that they did. Having a dreadfully dark sense of humor, I found the thing hilarious and LOL'd at several points. Follow me out into the tall grass for the details of this amusing bit of political theater courtesy of supposedly mainstream Republicans.