Letter sent to a political beggar
The Republicans are asking for my money again. I’m not sending them any, again. In fact, I’ve decided to tell them off in royal fashion this time. Presented for your amusement forthwith, the letter.
Dear Mr. Gillespie,
I recently received your mailing containing a 2005 calendar, and another plea for cash. I have returned to you all previous such requests unfulfilled. In several of them, I requested that you remove my name from your mailing list, as I have no intention of sending you money. Since you have been so persistent, I feel that I should explain to you precisely why you should expect no money from me.
At the national level, you have placed your faith and support in George W. Bush. While strong on national defense, President Bush has overseen the most massive increase in Federal spending and power in a generation or more. He has shown no indication that he intends to curtail Federal spending in any way. I cannot, and will not, support such a person by willingly giving money to those who positioned him for that job.
At the Congressional level, the Republican Party has gone out of their way to supplicate themselves to the Democrats at every turn. Rather than stand up for what is right and good, the Republicans (especially in the Senate, where they are said to be in the majority) will cave at the slightest resistance. A hint of a whine from a Democrat is sufficient for the Republicans to abandon all pretense of leadership and race to eviscerate their policy positions.
At the state level, our Republican governor, John Rowland, was driven out of office in disgrace for corruption. During his substantial tenure as governor, he did very little to suggest that he was, in fact, a Republican. He shocked the Democrats that rule the General Assembly by vetoing their “Millionaire tax”, as it was the first time he had actively opposed their tax-and-spend ways. I feel that the only reason he did that was to shore up support from the Republicans so that they would actually vote for him in 2002. Our Democratic U.S. Senators (Dodd and Lieberman) have run virtually unopposed for as long as I have been able to vote. What few remaining U.S. Representatives we have left in this state that claim allegiance to the Republican ideal are hardly what one could call Republican, much less conservative.
And adding insult to injury, the Republicans do not see fit to support local candidates in the municipalities. The fact that the Republicans have offered no substantial resistance to the Democratic cabal that have run this state for my entire life tells me that the Republicans do not care about Connecticut. This tells me that the Republicans have given up any semblance of hope for the state of Connecticut.
Mr. Gillespie, I hope you now understand why I cannot support your party with my hard-earned cash. I will still advocate for true conservatives, if and when they appear, and I will still advocate against the Socialist Democrats, but I will NOT support the Republican Party with my money or my words until they show that they actually are interested in the future of Connecticut.