GOP got my name and address

[liberal N proud]

Some not so fine GOP friend of mine has added me to the GOP mailing and calling list.
I am getting bombarded with this crap.
I ceremoniously burn the mail.
If it is an individual, then it could be the church, and if I find out that is where is came from, they have one less member and I will take legal action.

[NoodleBoy]

1. send all the pre-paid postage stuff back to them

[RoyalWickedness]

15. Filled with Cap'n Crunch coupons

Or other useless bullshit. Pack 'em really full. The heavier they are, the more postage they have to pay. My son sent one back filled with dirt.

[MercutioATC]

16. Exactly! Just remember, baby powder is probably a bad idea....

[kerryin2004]

2. Act like a supporter and get tickets to one of his town hall events..

and then ask a really hard question..Something none of his fanatics would ask.

[CitySky]

3. any postage-prepaid reply envelopes in there?

For you to send them a check?

If so, then what you do is tear up the REST of the mailing into tiny little pieces, stuff them in that envelope, and drop it in the mail.

GOP picks up the postage. Do it enough times (with your name still visible), they'll take you off the list.

[LoZoccolo]

4. I would figure that at least they're wasting their money! n/t

[zuzu98]

5. I get GOP mail, too.

A FReeper acquaintance thought it was funny to sign me up with the local GOP. I always make sure to sign up for phone bank & canvassing assignments. Unfortunately, I keep forgetting to show up.... :evilgrin:

[crispini]

6. THIS is why I use

a different middle initial when signing up for magazines, etc. I get to see who sold their mailing list to whom.

[fob]

12. I have a friend that does the same thing. Like for Sports Illustrated

he use SI as his middle name. Good idea.

[ciaobox]

7. Sign up for more.

A really fun trick would be to sign up yourself and all your neighbors on the GOP snail mail lists. If we could get 100,000 people to sign up, think of the postage they would waste.

[newyawker99]

17. Hi ciaobox!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[LDS Jock]

8. I got some crap too.. and now you made me think

I am a technically a member of the Mormon church, which is of course very much a right wing group. I have no idea why the gop would be contacting ME for donations and opinions, wanting to make sure I'm registered and I vote. I even received a "survey" with questions like "Would you rather conservatives be elected to congress or tax and spend liberals?" I've been throwing that crap away, but you mentioned church. Can a church submit people to such mailing lists? NO ONE who knows me would have submitted my info to them. I know I've never done it. Where they hell did they get my name, address and phone number. If it is from church, some head are gonna roll.

[Big Kahuna]

13. Does that dog have 2 butts!?!?!

[fairyduster]

9. I received a solicitation letter

from the pugs sooooo...I printed out some pics of the Abu Ghraib torture victims and sent them back in the pre-paid envelope.
Never heard from them again.

[ronnykmarshall]

10. Lucky you!

I'd love for these assholes to waste their time and money on me. What fun, pledge money and never send it. Send their crap back in their postage paid envelopes ....... monopoly money !!!

[Big Kahuna]

11. Our computer biz recently incorporated.

It appears as public information, and for the past 6 months we have been flooded with calls from the offices of "Congressman Reynolds" and "Congressman Delay", inviting us to "Dinners with the President" We tell them to fuck-off, but they still keep calling back. Lately it's been every day.

We are in the federal do-not-call registry.. Does that law apply to these assholes?

[MADem]

14. I have some WONDERFUL advice for you!!!

DO NOT HANG UP ON THESE PEOPLE!! When they call, FUCK WITH THEM. Have some fun! Play a dumb person who doesn't know the issues, and say that while you are registered to vote (republican, yeah!) that you were thinking of staying home because you just are not motivated. Make them explain all of Bush's issues, one at a time. You're a bit slow, make them repeat and explain again. Interject with off-topic anecdotes to throw them off their script. Ask them about themselves in irritating detail and how they ended up making calls like this. Tell them to hang on, because the UPS man is at the door, or you have to run and pee. If they ask for money, start whining about how you have been unemployed for three years because your job got sent overseas, and your unemployment has run out and you are living off your savings and don't have much left. Go on and on about how you have been looking for work, and could you maybe get a job calling people for Bush, and how much does it pay? Do you get health benefits?

Keep them on the phone for as long as you can, they work regular shifts like everyone else. If they are talking to you, they aren't talking to anyone else. Conclude by saying you will probably vote for Bush, but only because the caller is so nice, that way they will rest easy and think they have one in the bag.

If you live in a state that allows one party recording of calls (no annoying beep) record the exchanges, they might be good fodder for the internet!

My relatives do this all the time for brutal, cruel sport, and compare notes. None of them are voting for that turd, of course! Some of the stories they spin are gut busting funny!