Over the past several months, I’ve been getting emails from Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy and Mike Pompeo. In fact, Trump’s people tell me I’m one of his top supporters. Odd considering I never sent him a red cent (pun intended).
In the interest of fairness, as a registered Democrat, I also receive emails from, among others, Adam Schiff, Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders.
While Republicans and Democrats consistently, cloyingly and annoyingly both beg for bucks, G.O.P. emails are decidedly different. They make it sound like Donald Trump personally knows me, tracks my responses and is upset and hurt that I hadn’t signed up for his new social media platform or activated my Trump Life Membership. Following are a sampling of G.O.P. emails which illustrate this approach and what it shows Trump insiders think of Trump supporters.
NOTE: For space considerations, and to keep this post from looking like an unqualified mess (as opposed to a qualified mess), I’ve deleted visuals and edited the emails down to manageable size. My remarks are in italics.
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Congratulations!
Because of recent survey responses, petition signatures, and contributions, you have been officially marked in the top 5% of ALL Conservatives in America. Your proud support of President Trump and our America first movement has been an inspiration.
As a small token of our appreciation, we're offering something we've NEVER offered before...
We’re giving you the chance to have a face-to-face dinner with the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump
Oh, and did we mention we'll pay for the dinner AND the flight AND the hotel?
DNL comment: I’m in “the top 5% of ALL Conservatives in America” and my “support of President Trump and…America first… has been an inspiration.” Some inspiration! I still have to make a donation and, even then, may not be chosen to share a Big Mac with Mr. Trump.
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We are trusting you with very important information.
President Trump has a TOP SECRET video message for defenders of his America First agenda!
This video contains CONFIDENTIAL information that is only meant for the recipient of this email address.
In order to see the new CONFIDENTIAL Trump video FIRST, you need to sign up and get on the Trump Priority List.
Please add your name IMMEDIATELY to the Trump Priority List to see President Trump’s confidential new video message FIRST.
DNL comment: See “A Christmas Story”? The movie takes place in the late 1940s in a typical middle-class family in Middle America in the middle of the Christmas season.
In the midst (Thought I was going to say middle again?) of holiday preparations, ten-year-old Ralphie at last receives his long-awaited Little Orphan Annie decoder in the mail. Running to the family radio, he tunes into Little Orphan Annie and listens intently as, at the end of the episode, the announcer delivers a vital secret coded message that can only be deciphered by the “select” few who sent away for their decoders.
Making a beeline to the most secure room in the house, the bathroom, Ralphie locks the door to prevent spies from intercepting the secret message and painstakingly, letter by letter, works it out — BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE. Which, if you haven’t guessed, was the show’s sponsor.
Kind of get the idea Donald Trump’s video is another ad from a sponsor?
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EMAIL
Memo #0001127
Status: TOP SECRET
To: lonewriter@comcast.net
From: WITHHELD
Delete this after reading. Or Democrats could find it.
DNL comment: Perhaps if they didn’t want Democrats to find it, they shouldn’t have sent it to a Democrat.
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You’ve ignored 28 messages… Did you miss this or did Big Tech BLOCK IT??
DNL comment: It was big tech. Definitely big tech and their damned black helicopters buzzing us day and night.
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DNL comment: I’ve gotten all kinds of special offers from the Trump camp. There was “Make Christmas Great Again” wrapping paper for twenty-five bucks a roll and a brand-new, limited-edition commemorative 1776 Patriots Club bottle opener. I asked myself why a Trump supporter would want a bottle opener? I mean beer cans come with easy-open tabs. And you sure don’t need a bottle opener for a bottle of Thunderbird wine — just one hand with an opposable thumb. Okay, that might be a problem. Anyway, the following is my favorite Trump premium to raise money. Maybe favorite’s not quite the right world. Have a look:
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It’s not just a chant. It’s a movement.
And we want to know, have you joined the “Let’s Go Brandon!” movement yet?
It’s not too late to join in. Start TODAY by claiming your limited edition
“Let’s Go Brandon!” t-shirt!
We’re almost out of supplies though, and we predict we’ll sell out by the end of today!
DNL comment: If you haven’t heard, “Let’s go Branden” is right-wing shorthand for “Fuck Joe Biden”. How this came to be had to do with an auto race and ….It’d be quicker to Google it. In any event, the Brandon promotion demonstrates class. Real Klass with a triiple KKK.
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I just got off the phone with GOP Leadership - when I asked them if YOU had stepped up, they informed me that they hadn’t heard from you in a while. Is this true?
You were one of the Patriots I have always been able to count on - no matter what the Left-wing media and SOCIALIST SQUAD throw at me - which is why I’ve decided to hold your spot on the roster open until midnight tonight.
We only do this for my TOP supporters, like YOU, so please do not share this very exclusive offer with ANYONE.
Please contribute $45 or more by 11:59 PM TONIGHT to become an Official 2021 Trump Life Member.
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Friend,
We’ve reached out THREE times, but you still haven’t signed the Thanksgiving card for the Trump family!
If your name isn’t on the card, President Trump will think you’ve abandoned him. We’re collecting all the names at 5:00PM! Add your name now!
DNL comment: This may sound cold, but I’d like to abandon him on a desert island with an IRS agent for company and veggies for food.
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What do you miss most from the Trump Administration?
SHARE YOUR OPINION
DNL comment: Okay, they asked for my opinion:
There are a lot of things I miss about President Trump. I miss the range of lies about everything from his hair (or lack of it) to how many people attended his inauguration to buying off porn stars with campaign funds.
He's got...what...like well over 30,573 documented false or misleading claims according to the Washington Post and that doesn't even include the BIG LIE about winning the election when he lost by well over 8,000,000 votes.
I miss his making fun of handicapped reporters and men like John McCain and the posthumous Medal of Honor Winner and his family.
I miss his great achievements like the tax cut that did the most for the wealthiest and little for everybody else.
I miss the greatest healthcare plan the country has never seen.
I miss his sparkling wit and four letter words.
As a Vietnam veteran I miss his fighting beside me. Oh, right, a questionable injury sworn to by a questionable doctor denied Ole Blood and Bone Spur the opportunity to attain military greatness on the battlefield.
I miss his being impeached more times than any other president in history.
I miss his Adolf Hitleresque Reichstag fire moment on January 6th.
I miss him insulting Marco Rubio for being short and suggesting Ted Cruz' wife was ugly and Cruz’s father having participated in the Kennedy assassination. And I miss him still being able to count on them to kiss up.
I miss his supporting Vlad Putin over the CIA and FBI assessments that Russia was interfering in our elections.
I miss his disarmament treaty with North Korea.
I miss his medical advice like Clorox with Lysol chasers for killing Covid.
I miss his rampant ignorance of history.
I miss his ability to not pay taxes for years and years…and years.
I miss his self-effacing humility and ability to shove diplomats and ninety plus year old queens out of the way.to get to dinner or a photo op.
I miss his strict religious adherence to the Bible and knowing it upside down and backwards.
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SUMMING UP
So what do Trump team members Really think of Trump supporters?
From the tone and direction of the emails, it’s clear fund raisers don’t believe Trump supporters are very bright. Also it would appear they think supporters share a trait with Mr. Trump as laid out in a Vanity Fair story from August 2020 which reported that “early on in Trump’s presidency, Sean Hannity was heard to describe Donald Trump as ‘bat shit crazy.’”
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