Apparently, Mike Huckabee has set his sights on the UN. For reasons I can't figure out, I am on a list of people that these right-wing nut cases think are going to be sympathetic to their views. I got another one of these calls, that start out with a real person, followed by a recorded message, and then another real person. The recorded message was from Mike Huckabee, saying we need to take a jackhammer to the UN Headquarters in New York and let it float off to whatever country will take it. He wants me to add my name to a petition to Boehner. Seriously. Of course, no explanation of just why the UN is so evil -- it's just stated as a fact. Following the message a woman gets back on the phone, and after she thanked me for listening to the recorded message, the conversation went like this:
Her: Do you agree that the UN is a useless organization?
Me: [pause, then in a disbelieving tone of voice] No.
Her: So you think the UN is a good organization?
Me: Yes.
Her: Ok, thank you.
I was, in fact, somewhat disappointed that the conversation was over so quickly. I would have enjoyed wasting more of her time. I wanted to know what arguments they would be making to try to convince people that the UN is useless. But as it turns out, they weren't interested in convincing anyone of anything. I'm sure this was just another attempt to solicit donations, but she figured out that I wasn't worth talking to. Maybe they'll get the message and stop calling me.