Fed up with the 2012 election already

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This is not a political rant, nor it is it an endorsement of any candidate. It is to vent my frustration with the spam e-mail from both sides I can't get away from.

Some how I ended up on the e-mailing lists from both sides and no amount of Take me off your list button pushing is working.

I get e-mails from the elephants and donkeys every day sometimes twice a day. We have not received a single phone call and I am happy about that but this e-mail thing is driving me nuts.

Does anyone know of a blanket place to get me off the lists? I am about ready to vote for the party that actually stops sending me e-mail.
 
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I get called on my cell phone. That is extremely irritating.

I think that being annoyed by political ads is the most unifying though among all political parties.
 
I live in rural northern arizona. Both sides know this state will shoot for one party so no one cares about us nationally and there are not enough votes up here to swing any state races. I have not seen a single political ad nor have I gotten any junk at the mail box. Except for the e-mails this has been a very calm political year.

Of course, now that I have said it the deluge will begin.
 
Build a rule in Outlook, (I am assuming you use Outlook) that has certain words from the subject line, the from sender, and other things that these emails my have in common, then they will go straight to your spam folder or trash, wherever you may direct them. I actually have a rule on my work email to filter out all the BS tickets that come into our group (over 100 per day) so I can read only the stuff that pertains to what we do.

You should be able to do similar in Yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc.
 
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Heck, we had an election two years ago, but one side didn't like the results. So, in a couple weeks, we have a "rerun" between the same two candidates for governor.

Only $16 million (tax dollars) to have the primaries and general elections (again).

I have to wonder if they will try to have a THIRD chance if Walker wins again.

The TV stations have to love it----non-stop "candidate bashing" by one side or the other. RIVETING TV:frown::frown::frown:
 
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Mark! BUT, the politicians can contact you by mail, e-mail, phone, and cell phone anytime they want, and there isn't squat you can do about it.

Politicians and "Government charities" (F.O.P., Firefighters, etc) are all exempt from the rules and laws governing "do not call" lists. Funny what you can get away with when you write the rules!
 
And Ed, that 16 million that the good folks of Wisconsin gets to pay for again, is a mere drop in the bucket to the $100+ million in political contributions made to the candidates in the June Governors race.

Regardless of which party wins, you've got to be suspicious of ANY candidate spending 50 million to get a job that pays less than $200,000 per year.
 
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I figured I was not going to be able to get off the lists but why do they all offer the "opt out" option when they are not going to honor it? I would say it was hypocritical but then again these are politicians and...well....you know...
 
Haynie said:
I figured I was not going to be able to get off the lists but why do they all offer the "opt out" option when they are not going to honor it? I would say it was hypocritical but then again these are politicians and...well....you know...
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Opt out actually is send me more please.
 
Try living in Iowa, the action never stops. Once the election is over anybody considering a run starts showing up in the state to try and build support for the next caucuses. All these politicians invading the state, lowers the average population IQ by several points.

You can usually have a picture of yourself taken with the next president, If you go to enough events and plan it right you can easily get it personally autographed.
 
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Only $16 million (tax dollars) to have the primaries and general elections (again).

:frown::frown::frown:
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We have spent $250 million STUDYING whether or not a bridge that would never see more than 25-30,000 users is even possible let alone needed! The engineers involved disagree on if the thing can even be built and even those who say it can say it would be one of the most expensive bridge projects in history! Not one shovel of dirt has been moved...........one has to wonder how much has been spent on the natural gas line that will never be built!?!?
 
PenMan1 said:
And Ed, that 16 million that the good folks of Wisconsin gets to pay for again, is a mere drop in the bucket to the $100+ million in political contributions made to the candidates in the June Governors race.

Regardless of which party wins, you've got to be suspicious of ANY candidate spending 50 million to get a job that pays less than $200,000 per year.
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Been pointing that out since highschool! THANK YOU for being another thinking human being!!!!!!!
 
Haynie said:
I figured I was not going to be able to get off the lists but why do they all offer the "opt out" option when they are not going to honor it? I would say it was hypocritical but then again these are politicians and...well....you know...
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Opt out actually means "valid email address send more junk"
 
PenMan1 said:
And Ed, that 16 million that the good folks of Wisconsin gets to pay for again, is a mere drop in the bucket to the $100+ million in political contributions made to the candidates in the June Governors race.

Regardless of which party wins, you've got to be suspicious of ANY candidate spending 50 million to get a job that pays less than $200,000 per year.
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It usually ain't their money they're spending.
 
Rick P said:
ed4copies said:
Only $16 million (tax dollars) to have the primaries and general elections (again).

:frown::frown::frown:
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We have spent $250 million STUDYING whether or not a bridge that would never see more than 25-30,000 users is even possible let alone needed! The engineers involved disagree on if the thing can even be built and even those who say it can say it would be one of the most expensive bridge projects in history! Not one shovel of dirt has been moved...........one has to wonder how much has been spent on the natural gas line that will never be built!?!?
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Not $250,000,000. If it's the one I'm thinking of that's private sector money - the bridge to nowhere is tax money.
 
I'll second the suggestion for creating a rule that sends it to spam, junk mail or trash forder, or simply deletes it. I you need help, I'm sure someone here can help you depending on what email client you use.
 
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We just discontinued our local phone service due to the amount of robo-calls. Most were politically driven.
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We rarely answer our phone - we let it go to the machine. Most of the robo calls don't leave a message and we return the real calls. Half the time we aren't there to pick up anyway.
 
WE are getting buried in Mail. We are saving to return to the send with caustic note on wasting paper and ink. I have been tired of it since the last election in 08. The should be a constitutional Amendment limiting the campaigns to 3 weeks before the primary and have an National Primary day in June the convention in October the debate the week after the convention and the election the second week in November. AND no TV coverage. Then fine the candidates for hit pieces that are not 100% truthful. Next we will cover term limits on Congress. That will never work it will contribute to the unemployment problem.
 
I live in Washington State, and somehow I got on a mailing list for Colorado Republicans! Every election cycle I get emails from guys who want to be governor, attorney general or the like. I have never heard of any of them!

Then, someone must have inadvertently written their email address incorrectly, and wrote mine by mistake. I get about 25 emails a week from colleges around the country, trying to get me to go to school there. Been there, done that. I adjusted my filter, so all college emails go into a special folder. I look at them once a week, just for kicks.
 
We seem to have been lucky so far in MN. Our gov and all the state legislators have been up to their eyeballs in getting a bill passed for a new Vikings stadium. They've been playing that like a one-string banjo.

But now it's passed, and the onslaught of election hype will soon commence.
 
Smitty37 said:
Rick P said:
ed4copies said:
Only $16 million (tax dollars) to have the primaries and general elections (again).

:frown::frown::frown:
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We have spent $250 million STUDYING whether or not a bridge that would never see more than 25-30,000 users is even possible let alone needed! The engineers involved disagree on if the thing can even be built and even those who say it can say it would be one of the most expensive bridge projects in history! Not one shovel of dirt has been moved...........one has to wonder how much has been spent on the natural gas line that will never be built!?!?
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Not $250,000,000. If it's the one I'm thinking of that's private sector money - the bridge to nowhere is tax money.
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:mad::mad::mad:BULL!!!!! $250 million as of about 4 years ago! None of it private funding the vast majority of it from the feds.........just how arogant do you have to be to tell someone who didnt even give the name of the project in his own back yard where the funding for it came from!?!? SERIOUSLY THAT WAS STUNNINGLY RUDE!!!!:mad::mad::mad:
 
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One of the few good reasons a republican should move to California. Since California has no impact on the race since we will unfortunately always be a Democrat stronghold, there is minimal political garbage. I get very little junk mail except for local races. They just leave us alone.
 
Rick P said:
Smitty37 said:
Rick P said:
ed4copies said:
Only $16 million (tax dollars) to have the primaries and general elections (again).

:frown::frown::frown:
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We have spent $250 million STUDYING whether or not a bridge that would never see more than 25-30,000 users is even possible let alone needed! The engineers involved disagree on if the thing can even be built and even those who say it can say it would be one of the most expensive bridge projects in history! Not one shovel of dirt has been moved...........one has to wonder how much has been spent on the natural gas line that will never be built!?!?
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Not $250,000,000. If it's the one I'm thinking of that's private sector money - the bridge to nowhere is tax money.
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:mad::mad::mad:BULL!!!!! $250 million as of about 4 years ago! None of it private funding the vast majority of it from the feds.........just how arogant do you have to be to tell someone who didnt even give the name of the project in his own back yard where the funding for it came from!?!? SERIOUSLY THAT WAS STUNNINGLY RUDE!!!!:mad::mad::mad:
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A little sensitive aren't you? Kindly note what I said....."IF it's the one I'm thinking of......." please read what is written before you get on your high horse.

The reason I said that was because there is a pipelne - not in your back yard, that is being held up. Also there is a lot of natural gas - also not in your back yard - that recovery is being delayed by governments at various levels.
 
My mother in law has donated minimum amounts to certain organizations and political candidates. Seeing the resulting mail and phone calls has made me totally convinced not to send to even to ones I want to support!

There seems to be no such thing as a "one time support!"
 
leehljp said:
My mother in law has donated minimum amounts to certain organizations and political candidates. Seeing the resulting mail and phone calls has made me totally convinced not to send to even to ones I want to support!

There seems to be no such thing as a "one time support!"
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Anyone, charity, political organization, local ambulance corps or fire company that you ever donate to, never stops asking for more. They have a name of someone who once opened their wallet and they never give up.
 
+1 on Lee's post. A few years back I donated a minimum amount ($25) to one of the political parties. I swear they have spent more than $200.00 on junk mail to get me to donate more. It never ends.
 
Smity

My high horse? You tell me whats what in my own home and I am on a high horse? You were rude to me AGAIN! Instead of blaming me for your own behavior why dont you take some responibility for your actions and apologise, instead of acting like a spoiled child?
 
Great practical joke.

Find someone who can take a joke and donate to the party they most detest using their name address and phone number.
 
It's getting a little hot in here....

I move that we wrap up this political thread before it goes any further south.
 
When exactly did standing up for your personal honor become "going south"? This is the second time Smity has PUBLICLY inferred I was lying.......would you put up with that? The man was rude! He owes me an apology!
 
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I know Texans dont tolerate rudeness, put yourself in my shoes.........would you let another member use you as a door mat? Repeatedly accuse you of being dishonest?


I can not understand how standing up for yourself is ANYTHING but the right thing to do........but as my father always said "Doing the right thing is seldom easy and almost never popular but it's the right thing to do!" The man was rude, the right thing to do is apologise. How is that my fault? In what reality is it unreasonable to ask for an apology?

PS I know you meant it light heartedly and unfortunately communications via a forum are seriously lacking. I'm not as angry as it may seem, more disappointed really. Seriously think about it for a minute..........
 
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