Cleveland, we have a problem...
My wife isn't "exactly" a Republican. Well, in all honesty she's a lifelong Democrat and used to be quite active in the local Democratic Party.
Hmmm. It seems that this is (brace yourself Bridget) nothing more than a gasp fundraising scam!! Of course we wouldn't come to expect that sort of thing from the RNC now would we boys and girls?
The call went sort of like this..... (close your eyes)
Telephone: "Ring, ring"
Me: "Hello"
Caller: "Hello sir... is, uh, Lauie Farinsana available? (This is not even close to the pronunciation of my wife's last name but it's what he said.)
Me: "No, may I take a message?"
Caller: "Yes sir, my name's Karl Swaggert (name changed) and I'm calling on behalf of Congressman Tom Reynolds. Mrs. Farinsana has been selected to receive the National Republican Leadership Award."
Me: ....stunned silence...
Caller: "Can I fax a copy of the award nomination to her for the purposes of the press release?"
Me: "Yes, please do." (Struggling not to break out in a guffaw.)
Caller: "Thank you sir."
And that was the long and short of it.
Doing some googling I came up with this:
http://sqljunkies.com/...
Has anyone else had the pleasure of having this tremendous honor bestowed upon them? snicker Will it get you a free latte at Starbucks or anything? (Not that I drink Starbucks, they burn their damn beans and I'm pissed about them screwing with the Ethiopians.)
Frankly I can't imagine they would waste their time by just blanket calling. You'd think they'd at least find out the political affiliation of the folks they're calling.
Tata for now.
Space Leprechaun