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	<title>The Shovel Awards &#187; Republican National Committee</title>
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		<title>The &#8220;Gift&#8221; That Keeps Giving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight years ago we were added to the Republican Party as members, apparently by fiat, when we made a contribution to a candidate who happened to be Republican.
We didn&#8217;t ask to be members of the GOP.  We weren&#8217;t asked if we wanted to be members.  As a matter of fact, we can&#8217;t seem [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img title="Three Shovels" src="http://www.shovelawards.com/wpimages/static/3_shovels.jpg" alt="Three Shovels" align="right" />Eight years ago we were added to the Republican Party as members, apparently by fiat, when we made a contribution to a candidate who happened to be Republican.<br />
We didn&#8217;t ask to be members of the GOP.  We weren&#8217;t asked <em>if</em> we wanted to be members.  As a matter of fact, we can&#8217;t seem to get a clear answer on whether or not we actually <em>were</em> added to the official GOP party roster.</p>
<p>But in eight years we have received stacks and stacks of mail from the GOP, all unsolicited, claiming that we are members, and that we Must Send More Money.</p>
<p>Hmm. Really?</p>
<p>To try and get these mailings stopped we&#8217;ve:</p>
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<li>Written letters to the addresses listed inside these solicitations;</li>
<li>Sent emails to the Republican National Committee;</li>
<li>Sent stacks and stacks of mail back marked &#8220;remove us from your mailing list&#8221;;</li>
<li>Called State party representatives for help;</li>
<li>Called the Republican National Committee Headquarters for help;</li>
<li>Worked our way up the food chain to the Republican National Committee&#8217;s head of membership services and sent her a box (a BOX!) of these mailings when she claimed that the items &#8220;obviously&#8221; weren&#8217;t coming from the RNC, as we &#8220;didn&#8217;t appear&#8221; on their mailing lists.</li>
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<p>The letters have gone unanswered.</p>
<p>The emails have gone unanswered.</p>
<p>The phone calls have been shrugged off.</p>
<p>The flow of mail has gone on, although it&#8217;s diminished by half recently when the mailings to Clare mysteriously (and blessedly) stopped.</p>
<p>The State Party tells us it&#8217;s not their problem&#8211;that they don&#8217;t &#8220;interact&#8221; with the National GOP on mailings.</p>
<p>The RNC&#8217;s National Office as refused to take any accountability&#8211;or action.</p>
<p>Guess what&#8217;s in the latest stack of mail?  Yes, indeed, another fine set of mailings from the RNC, claiming that we are &#8220;late&#8221; in renewing our annual membership.</p>
<p>That would be the membership we never had?  The mythical one we&#8217;ve been trying for <em>eight years</em> to explain that we&#8217;ve never had?</p>
<p>So, GOP, here&#8217;s your shovel. Why?  Well, if, over a span of eight years, the Party can&#8217;t manage a simple mailing list, what makes its leadership think it can govern a country?</p>
<p>Just askin&#8217;.</p>
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