Missouri GOP, your GOTV efforts are really working! It makes me wonder where you were in past elections, when I heard nary a peep from you. Are you just bringing more people into the fold? Is it my ZIP code that attracted you? My religion? Have you figured out a way to target Catholic voters, given the Archdiocesan emphasis on the anti-stem cell research issue?
Whatever the reason, thank you for finding me at last. And thank you for your calls and daily mailings. With every one of them, I am more and more inspired to go to the polls!
Each communication brings a fresh wave of awareness about the urgency of voting in this election--from Gary Bauer's recorded calls to the flyers reminding me that "Hollywood liberals" are going to undermine our "traditional values." You are letting me know that the most critical problems facing Missouri include preserving the sanctity of traditional marriage (although I thought that one had been handled an election or so ago) and ending the threat of "under God" being removed from our Pledge of Allegiance! You have made me understand that the Senate candidate who shares those heartland priorities is none other than Jim Talent, R-Mo.
Really, I didn't realize how worrisome things were for the Missouri way of life--indeed, the American way of life!-- until you began to offer me reminders every day, often multiple times a day!
So again, thank you. Your GOTV efforts have made me more motivated than ever to go to the polls on Tuesday....and vote for Claire McCaskill.