Postcards from out of state encouraging me to vote

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got two postcards in the mail today. One postmarked California, one postmarked IL. Handwritten notes encouraging me to vote on 11/2. As a person who doesn’t like either candidate, this goes in the “Con” column for McAuliffe. Are there any studies showing these things help? Because honestly it really just pisses me off to have strangers from across the country sending me these things. My vote is based on the best interest of my state, not people outside the state.

Poor you. I got a "handwritten" note from "Jenni" in California urging me to vote for Terry McAuliffe. I assumed it was just sent through some cheap mailing house in California and that Jenni really lives in Annandale.

What I think is funny are the texts. They are all from boomer women named Linda, Judy, Donna, Janet and most are from DC's 202 area code. They could be from liberal women in DC who are volunteering for the McAuliffe campaign because their husbands knew him at Catholic U Law School or knew Bill Clinton at Georgetown undergrad. Several today said something like: "President Biden is coming to Northern Virginia today! (Boomer lady name) with the Democrats inviting you to join President Biden and Terry McAuliffe in Arlington. 'Doors open' at 5 pm."

Poor boomer ladies. No one told them that Biden will be at a park and there are no "doors" at the park.

I always respond the same way: I will be in touch with you on November 3.

The poor dears generally respond with a perky: "Thank you!!!!"

So, you make your decision about voting and people in general by their names? Really? And you are judging us?

I am a BOOMER, yes, who wrote postcards, did cold calling, and did canvassing. I am not your "poor dear." I don't sit at home watching the View and writing cards while sipping tea. How condescending and ignorant. I am a college professor who cares about
1. Your taxes
2. Your public education
3. Gun sense legislation
4. Your voting right
5. Your health care
6. Your democracy...very much at stake in your state.
The people I know who write these are teachers, lawyers, veterarians, business owners, federal workers, engineers, coders, and social media managers.

You are offended by boomer names? Great, we will sign the next round with Madison, Brynnleigh, Crystal, and Ashley. 2 of these ladies, with names like this, named their kids Ruth and Eleanor, BTW.
I live in another state, and I can assure you that your election very much affects all of us, and that is what the postcards remind everyone of. Looks like these ladies are far more aware of what's going on than this generation.

Jenni doesn't live in Annandale. She likely is a MomsDemandAction volunteer from California, or Iwillvote.com volunteer or anyone of many groups that towed the line for the last 4 years trying to save this country. Look at Georgia...do you think that didn't take effort from these tireless volunteers? If you vote the opposite way as a result of receiving a postcard (?), then you will deserve Trump 2.0. But, we don't. Wake up.

I am awake, and I don’t believe that you are a college professor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got two postcards in the mail today. One postmarked California, one postmarked IL. Handwritten notes encouraging me to vote on 11/2. As a person who doesn’t like either candidate, this goes in the “Con” column for McAuliffe. Are there any studies showing these things help? Because honestly it really just pisses me off to have strangers from across the country sending me these things. My vote is based on the best interest of my state, not people outside the state.

Poor you. I got a "handwritten" note from "Jenni" in California urging me to vote for Terry McAuliffe. I assumed it was just sent through some cheap mailing house in California and that Jenni really lives in Annandale.

What I think is funny are the texts. They are all from boomer women named Linda, Judy, Donna, Janet and most are from DC's 202 area code. They could be from liberal women in DC who are volunteering for the McAuliffe campaign because their husbands knew him at Catholic U Law School or knew Bill Clinton at Georgetown undergrad. Several today said something like: "President Biden is coming to Northern Virginia today! (Boomer lady name) with the Democrats inviting you to join President Biden and Terry McAuliffe in Arlington. 'Doors open' at 5 pm."

Poor boomer ladies. No one told them that Biden will be at a park and there are no "doors" at the park.

I always respond the same way: I will be in touch with you on November 3.

The poor dears generally respond with a perky: "Thank you!!!!"

So, you make your decision about voting and people in general by their names? Really? And you are judging us?

I am a BOOMER, yes, who wrote postcards, did cold calling, and did canvassing. I am not your "poor dear." I don't sit at home watching the View and writing cards while sipping tea. How condescending and ignorant. I am a college professor who cares about
1. Your taxes
2. Your public education
3. Gun sense legislation
4. Your voting right
5. Your health care
6. Your democracy...very much at stake in your state.
The people I know who write these are teachers, lawyers, veterarians, business owners, federal workers, engineers, coders, and social media managers.

You are offended by boomer names? Great, we will sign the next round with Madison, Brynnleigh, Crystal, and Ashley. 2 of these ladies, with names like this, named their kids Ruth and Eleanor, BTW.
I live in another state, and I can assure you that your election very much affects all of us, and that is what the postcards remind everyone of. Looks like these ladies are far more aware of what's going on than this generation.

Jenni doesn't live in Annandale. She likely is a MomsDemandAction volunteer from California, or Iwillvote.com volunteer or anyone of many groups that towed the line for the last 4 years trying to save this country. Look at Georgia...do you think that didn't take effort from these tireless volunteers? If you vote the opposite way as a result of receiving a postcard (?), then you will deserve Trump 2.0. But, we don't. Wake up.

I am awake, and I don’t believe that you are a college professor.

I am, but my phone auto correction isn't. It doesn't recognize the word "toed." I think you could have figured that out, right?

I teach Organization Behavior at the college and graduate level. Perhaps you make false assumptions about people based on their boomer names and random typos on threads. If so, it's not going to be productive or useful for you going forward. There's a million typos in this thread alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got two postcards in the mail today. One postmarked California, one postmarked IL. Handwritten notes encouraging me to vote on 11/2. As a person who doesn’t like either candidate, this goes in the “Con” column for McAuliffe. Are there any studies showing these things help? Because honestly it really just pisses me off to have strangers from across the country sending me these things. My vote is based on the best interest of my state, not people outside the state.

Poor you. I got a "handwritten" note from "Jenni" in California urging me to vote for Terry McAuliffe. I assumed it was just sent through some cheap mailing house in California and that Jenni really lives in Annandale.

What I think is funny are the texts. They are all from boomer women named Linda, Judy, Donna, Janet and most are from DC's 202 area code. They could be from liberal women in DC who are volunteering for the McAuliffe campaign because their husbands knew him at Catholic U Law School or knew Bill Clinton at Georgetown undergrad. Several today said something like: "President Biden is coming to Northern Virginia today! (Boomer lady name) with the Democrats inviting you to join President Biden and Terry McAuliffe in Arlington. 'Doors open' at 5 pm."

Poor boomer ladies. No one told them that Biden will be at a park and there are no "doors" at the park.

I always respond the same way: I will be in touch with you on November 3.

The poor dears generally respond with a perky: "Thank you!!!!"

So, you make your decision about voting and people in general by their names? Really? And you are judging us?

I am a BOOMER, yes, who wrote postcards, did cold calling, and did canvassing. I am not your "poor dear." I don't sit at home watching the View and writing cards while sipping tea. How condescending and ignorant. I am a college professor who cares about
1. Your taxes
2. Your public education
3. Gun sense legislation
4. Your voting right
5. Your health care
6. Your democracy...very much at stake in your state.
The people I know who write these are teachers, lawyers, veterarians, business owners, federal workers, engineers, coders, and social media managers.

You are offended by boomer names? Great, we will sign the next round with Madison, Brynnleigh, Crystal, and Ashley. 2 of these ladies, with names like this, named their kids Ruth and Eleanor, BTW.
I live in another state, and I can assure you that your election very much affects all of us, and that is what the postcards remind everyone of. Looks like these ladies are far more aware of what's going on than this generation.

Jenni doesn't live in Annandale. She likely is a MomsDemandAction volunteer from California, or Iwillvote.com volunteer or anyone of many groups that towed the line for the last 4 years trying to save this country. Look at Georgia...do you think that didn't take effort from these tireless volunteers? If you vote the opposite way as a result of receiving a postcard (?), then you will deserve Trump 2.0. But, we don't. Wake up.

You are, indeed, a poor dear if you think I make a voting decision based on a text from an out of state college professor who is sticking their nose into my commonwealth's business.

[Anonymous]

Was the postcard from Mari Largo, Florida?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got two postcards in the mail today. One postmarked California, one postmarked IL. Handwritten notes encouraging me to vote on 11/2. As a person who doesn’t like either candidate, this goes in the “Con” column for McAuliffe. Are there any studies showing these things help? Because honestly it really just pisses me off to have strangers from across the country sending me these things. My vote is based on the best interest of my state, not people outside the state.

Poor you. I got a "handwritten" note from "Jenni" in California urging me to vote for Terry McAuliffe. I assumed it was just sent through some cheap mailing house in California and that Jenni really lives in Annandale.

What I think is funny are the texts. They are all from boomer women named Linda, Judy, Donna, Janet and most are from DC's 202 area code. They could be from liberal women in DC who are volunteering for the McAuliffe campaign because their husbands knew him at Catholic U Law School or knew Bill Clinton at Georgetown undergrad. Several today said something like: "President Biden is coming to Northern Virginia today! (Boomer lady name) with the Democrats inviting you to join President Biden and Terry McAuliffe in Arlington. 'Doors open' at 5 pm."

Poor boomer ladies. No one told them that Biden will be at a park and there are no "doors" at the park.

I always respond the same way: I will be in touch with you on November 3.

The poor dears generally respond with a perky: "Thank you!!!!"

So, you make your decision about voting and people in general by their names? Really? And you are judging us?

I am a BOOMER, yes, who wrote postcards, did cold calling, and did canvassing. I am not your "poor dear." I don't sit at home watching the View and writing cards while sipping tea. How condescending and ignorant. I am a college professor who cares about
1. Your taxes
2. Your public education
3. Gun sense legislation
4. Your voting right
5. Your health care
6. Your democracy...very much at stake in your state.
The people I know who write these are teachers, lawyers, veterarians, business owners, federal workers, engineers, coders, and social media managers.

You are offended by boomer names? Great, we will sign the next round with Madison, Brynnleigh, Crystal, and Ashley. 2 of these ladies, with names like this, named their kids Ruth and Eleanor, BTW.
I live in another state, and I can assure you that your election very much affects all of us, and that is what the postcards remind everyone of. Looks like these ladies are far more aware of what's going on than this generation.

Jenni doesn't live in Annandale. She likely is a MomsDemandAction volunteer from California, or Iwillvote.com volunteer or anyone of many groups that towed the line for the last 4 years trying to save this country. Look at Georgia...do you think that didn't take effort from these tireless volunteers? If you vote the opposite way as a result of receiving a postcard (?), then you will deserve Trump 2.0. But, we don't. Wake up.

I am awake, and I don’t believe that you are a college professor.

I am, but my phone auto correction isn't. It doesn't recognize the word "toed." I think you could have figured that out, right?

I teach Organization Behavior at the college and graduate level. Perhaps you make false assumptions about people based on their boomer names and random typos on threads. If so, it's not going to be productive or useful for you going forward. There's a million typos in this thread alone.

Hey, PP, I posted the original message about texts from the Judy/Donna/Janet boomer ladies. They do just what the college professor is doing in this thread, responding even to no effect. They are like a ravenous jackal who gets hunk of zebra and won't let it go. They must have the last word. That's why I have dubbed them "the poor dears" just like that poor dear, Hillary Clinton, had her "basket of deplorables." The "poor dears" are boomer ladies whose husbands left them long ago and who between their "jobs," family money and what they can cadge from their kids maintain a genteel poverty that allows them to send annoying texts and to respond to them ad infinitum. Or they have disinterested spouses who would rather play with their AP, grandkids, or shoot the breeze at Starbucks with randoms. Why wouldn't these "poor dears" volunteer to send texts that allow them to be trolled until the person receiving them becomes as disinterested in them as the rest of the world.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I also find these highly annoying. You aren’t a member of my community why are you bothering me? Especially for a statewide race. My senator might have some impact on you but my governor? Go away.

You know all of the tv/mail/internet ads are financed by people outside of your community, right? Are you as mad at them too?

Like George S and Mark Z

And the Koch Brothers. And the Adelsons. And Richard Uihlein, Ken Griffin, Timothy Mellon, Joe Ricketts, and Paul Singer.

Postcards are not financed by anyone other than writers. Sorry to burst bubbles here.

PP with Koch bros, et al comment. I was talking about political ads & Super PACs, not postcards. If that helps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got two postcards in the mail today. One postmarked California, one postmarked IL. Handwritten notes encouraging me to vote on 11/2. As a person who doesn’t like either candidate, this goes in the “Con” column for McAuliffe. Are there any studies showing these things help? Because honestly it really just pisses me off to have strangers from across the country sending me these things. My vote is based on the best interest of my state, not people outside the state.

Poor you. I got a "handwritten" note from "Jenni" in California urging me to vote for Terry McAuliffe. I assumed it was just sent through some cheap mailing house in California and that Jenni really lives in Annandale.

What I think is funny are the texts. They are all from boomer women named Linda, Judy, Donna, Janet and most are from DC's 202 area code. They could be from liberal women in DC who are volunteering for the McAuliffe campaign because their husbands knew him at Catholic U Law School or knew Bill Clinton at Georgetown undergrad. Several today said something like: "President Biden is coming to Northern Virginia today! (Boomer lady name) with the Democrats inviting you to join President Biden and Terry McAuliffe in Arlington. 'Doors open' at 5 pm."

Poor boomer ladies. No one told them that Biden will be at a park and there are no "doors" at the park.

I always respond the same way: I will be in touch with you on November 3.

The poor dears generally respond with a perky: "Thank you!!!!"

So, you make your decision about voting and people in general by their names? Really? And you are judging us?

I am a BOOMER, yes, who wrote postcards, did cold calling, and did canvassing. I am not your "poor dear." I don't sit at home watching the View and writing cards while sipping tea. How condescending and ignorant. I am a college professor who cares about
1. Your taxes
2. Your public education
3. Gun sense legislation
4. Your voting right
5. Your health care
6. Your democracy...very much at stake in your state.
The people I know who write these are teachers, lawyers, veterarians, business owners, federal workers, engineers, coders, and social media managers.

You are offended by boomer names? Great, we will sign the next round with Madison, Brynnleigh, Crystal, and Ashley. 2 of these ladies, with names like this, named their kids Ruth and Eleanor, BTW.
I live in another state, and I can assure you that your election very much affects all of us, and that is what the postcards remind everyone of. Looks like these ladies are far more aware of what's going on than this generation.

Jenni doesn't live in Annandale. She likely is a MomsDemandAction volunteer from California, or Iwillvote.com volunteer or anyone of many groups that towed the line for the last 4 years trying to save this country. Look at Georgia...do you think that didn't take effort from these tireless volunteers? If you vote the opposite way as a result of receiving a postcard (?), then you will deserve Trump 2.0. But, we don't. Wake up.

I am awake, and I don’t believe that you are a college professor.

I am, but my phone auto correction isn't. It doesn't recognize the word "toed." I think you could have figured that out, right?

I teach Organization Behavior at the college and graduate level. Perhaps you make false assumptions about people based on their boomer names and random typos on threads. If so, it's not going to be productive or useful for you going forward. There's a million typos in this thread alone.

Hey, PP, I posted the original message about texts from the Judy/Donna/Janet boomer ladies. They do just what the college professor is doing in this thread, responding even to no effect. They are like a ravenous jackal who gets hunk of zebra and won't let it go. They must have the last word. That's why I have dubbed them "the poor dears" just like that poor dear, Hillary Clinton, had her "basket of deplorables." The "poor dears" are boomer ladies whose husbands left them long ago and who between their "jobs," family money and what they can cadge from their kids maintain a genteel poverty that allows them to send annoying texts and to respond to them ad infinitum. Or they have disinterested spouses who would rather play with their AP, grandkids, or shoot the breeze at Starbucks with randoms. Why wouldn't these "poor dears" volunteer to send texts that allow them to be trolled until the person receiving them becomes as disinterested in them as the rest of the world.

Your assumptions about everything are absurd, incorrect, and, basically, you are just way too dumb to get it. We already know you all are out there, and the postcards are lost on this group, but hopefully there's at least one person who gets a postcard and does the right thing. That's the goal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got two postcards in the mail today. One postmarked California, one postmarked IL. Handwritten notes encouraging me to vote on 11/2. As a person who doesn’t like either candidate, this goes in the “Con” column for McAuliffe. Are there any studies showing these things help? Because honestly it really just pisses me off to have strangers from across the country sending me these things. My vote is based on the best interest of my state, not people outside the state.

Poor you. I got a "handwritten" note from "Jenni" in California urging me to vote for Terry McAuliffe. I assumed it was just sent through some cheap mailing house in California and that Jenni really lives in Annandale.

What I think is funny are the texts. They are all from boomer women named Linda, Judy, Donna, Janet and most are from DC's 202 area code. They could be from liberal women in DC who are volunteering for the McAuliffe campaign because their husbands knew him at Catholic U Law School or knew Bill Clinton at Georgetown undergrad. Several today said something like: "President Biden is coming to Northern Virginia today! (Boomer lady name) with the Democrats inviting you to join President Biden and Terry McAuliffe in Arlington. 'Doors open' at 5 pm."

Poor boomer ladies. No one told them that Biden will be at a park and there are no "doors" at the park.

I always respond the same way: I will be in touch with you on November 3.

The poor dears generally respond with a perky: "Thank you!!!!"

So, you make your decision about voting and people in general by their names? Really? And you are judging us?

I am a BOOMER, yes, who wrote postcards, did cold calling, and did canvassing. I am not your "poor dear." I don't sit at home watching the View and writing cards while sipping tea. How condescending and ignorant. I am a college professor who cares about
1. Your taxes
2. Your public education
3. Gun sense legislation
4. Your voting right
5. Your health care
6. Your democracy...very much at stake in your state.
The people I know who write these are teachers, lawyers, veterarians, business owners, federal workers, engineers, coders, and social media managers.

You are offended by boomer names? Great, we will sign the next round with Madison, Brynnleigh, Crystal, and Ashley. 2 of these ladies, with names like this, named their kids Ruth and Eleanor, BTW.
I live in another state, and I can assure you that your election very much affects all of us, and that is what the postcards remind everyone of. Looks like these ladies are far more aware of what's going on than this generation.

Jenni doesn't live in Annandale. She likely is a MomsDemandAction volunteer from California, or Iwillvote.com volunteer or anyone of many groups that towed the line for the last 4 years trying to save this country. Look at Georgia...do you think that didn't take effort from these tireless volunteers? If you vote the opposite way as a result of receiving a postcard (?), then you will deserve Trump 2.0. But, we don't. Wake up.

You are, indeed, a poor dear if you think I make a voting decision based on a text from an out of state college professor who is sticking their nose into my commonwealth's business.

If you don't understand why the Virginia elections on Nov 2 matter on the national level, then this argument and thread are too much above your understanding. And, I guess this is the whole problem right now- an incredible degree of stupidity which will cost this entire nation.

I suppose you have no issue with Trump sticking his nose in, is that correct?

[Anonymous]

I am a BOOMER, yes, who wrote postcards, did cold calling, and did canvassing. I am not your "poor dear." I don't sit at home watching the View and writing cards while sipping tea. How condescending and ignorant. I am a college professor who cares about
1. Your taxes
2. Your public education
3. Gun sense legislation
4. Your voting right
5. Your health care
6. Your democracy...very much at stake in your state.

I am also a Boomer. I am voting on the issues listed. Unlike PP, however, I live in Virginia.

Youngkin voter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also find these highly annoying. You aren’t a member of my community why are you bothering me? Especially for a statewide race. My senator might have some impact on you but my governor? Go away.

You know all of the tv/mail/internet ads are financed by people outside of your community, right? Are you as mad at them too?

Like George S and Mark Z

You are a Republican who has already gone down the rabbit hole of lies. So, we get that a postcard won't help your decision.

The postcards are paid for by the actual writers, namely the person who pens it. 6 cents per card, 40 cents to mail. I paid for mine, everyone paid for their own. Take your conspiracy theories and dump them in the trash- where you threw your card away

I am surprised that your DH gave you the money to buy the cards and stamps if you knew they would be tossed. You are not a thrifty steward of the family purse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I got two postcards in the mail today. One postmarked California, one postmarked IL. Handwritten notes encouraging me to vote on 11/2. As a person who doesn’t like either candidate, this goes in the “Con” column for McAuliffe. Are there any studies showing these things help? Because honestly it really just pisses me off to have strangers from across the country sending me these things. My vote is based on the best interest of my state, not people outside the state.

Poor you. I got a "handwritten" note from "Jenni" in California urging me to vote for Terry McAuliffe. I assumed it was just sent through some cheap mailing house in California and that Jenni really lives in Annandale.

What I think is funny are the texts. They are all from boomer women named Linda, Judy, Donna, Janet and most are from DC's 202 area code. They could be from liberal women in DC who are volunteering for the McAuliffe campaign because their husbands knew him at Catholic U Law School or knew Bill Clinton at Georgetown undergrad. Several today said something like: "President Biden is coming to Northern Virginia today! (Boomer lady name) with the Democrats inviting you to join President Biden and Terry McAuliffe in Arlington. 'Doors open' at 5 pm."

Poor boomer ladies. No one told them that Biden will be at a park and there are no "doors" at the park.

I always respond the same way: I will be in touch with you on November 3.

The poor dears generally respond with a perky: "Thank you!!!!"

So, you make your decision about voting and people in general by their names? Really? And you are judging us?

I am a BOOMER, yes, who wrote postcards, did cold calling, and did canvassing. I am not your "poor dear." I don't sit at home watching the View and writing cards while sipping tea. How condescending and ignorant. I am a college professor who cares about
1. Your taxes
2. Your public education
3. Gun sense legislation
4. Your voting right
5. Your health care
6. Your democracy...very much at stake in your state.
The people I know who write these are teachers, lawyers, veterarians, business owners, federal workers, engineers, coders, and social media managers.

You are offended by boomer names? Great, we will sign the next round with Madison, Brynnleigh, Crystal, and Ashley. 2 of these ladies, with names like this, named their kids Ruth and Eleanor, BTW.
I live in another state, and I can assure you that your election very much affects all of us, and that is what the postcards remind everyone of. Looks like these ladies are far more aware of what's going on than this generation.

Jenni doesn't live in Annandale. She likely is a MomsDemandAction volunteer from California, or Iwillvote.com volunteer or anyone of many groups that towed the line for the last 4 years trying to save this country. Look at Georgia...do you think that didn't take effort from these tireless volunteers? If you vote the opposite way as a result of receiving a postcard (?), then you will deserve Trump 2.0. But, we don't. Wake up.

I am awake, and I don’t believe that you are a college professor.

I am, but my phone auto correction isn't. It doesn't recognize the word "toed." I think you could have figured that out, right?

I teach Organization Behavior at the college and graduate level. Perhaps you make false assumptions about people based on their boomer names and random typos on threads. If so, it's not going to be productive or useful for you going forward. There's a million typos in this thread alone.

Hey, PP, I posted the original message about texts from the Judy/Donna/Janet boomer ladies. They do just what the college professor is doing in this thread, responding even to no effect. They are like a ravenous jackal who gets hunk of zebra and won't let it go. They must have the last word. That's why I have dubbed them "the poor dears" just like that poor dear, Hillary Clinton, had her "basket of deplorables." The "poor dears" are boomer ladies whose husbands left them long ago and who between their "jobs," family money and what they can cadge from their kids maintain a genteel poverty that allows them to send annoying texts and to respond to them ad infinitum. Or they have disinterested spouses who would rather play with their AP, grandkids, or shoot the breeze at Starbucks with randoms. Why wouldn't these "poor dears" volunteer to send texts that allow them to be trolled until the person receiving them becomes as disinterested in them as the rest of the world.

Your assumptions about everything are absurd, incorrect, and, basically, you are just way too dumb to get it. We already know you all are out there, and the postcards are lost on this group, but hopefully there's at least one person who gets a postcard and does the right thing. That's the goal.

The postcards are not as much fun as the texts. Those well raised boomer ladies are much more entertaining to troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did they ask or tell you how to vote? I have done vote postcards in the past but there was no mention of voting for a specific candidate. Just a message about how voting was an important civic opportunity to be engaged and have a say. Honestly, if it inspires you to go vote for either candidate, it’s a win for the process.

You know nothing about targeted mailings. The return address, alone, signals a party preference.

No, it signals an individual, with others seeing preconceived notions of what that signals. Notions that very often turn out to be wrong. The voting behavior in the last election is an excellent example of the fallacies of seeing ‘signals’ from a return address.

Well the postcards I received for Terry had a return address of Democratic Party or similar and the postcards I received for Youngkin had a return address if Republican Party or similar. Please tell me how that does not signal a party preference?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I also find these highly annoying. You aren’t a member of my community why are you bothering me? Especially for a statewide race. My senator might have some impact on you but my governor? Go away.

You know all of the tv/mail/internet ads are financed by people outside of your community, right? Are you as mad at them too?

Are you kidding? Those are insanely annoying!!! I actually grew up in Iowa, hating political ads is my birthright.

Great - then a handwritten postcard from an individual from another state would logically be less upsetting that the fact that big corporations pump money into Super PACs to send you ads/mail/flyers, etc on how to vote in your community, no?

Your ebbing affectation says all I need to know about you. The postcards from other states are not upsetting but annoying. As another poster said, why do you want to tell mr how to vote in my state election You ate like a Zillow algorithm in California telling me what my house in worth in Arlington. You are doing nothing nut manipulating a market. It backfired for Zillow and eill do the same to you buttinskies, no?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I got two postcards in the mail today. One postmarked California, one postmarked IL. Handwritten notes encouraging me to vote on 11/2. As a person who doesn’t like either candidate, this goes in the “Con” column for McAuliffe. Are there any studies showing these things help? Because honestly it really just pisses me off to have strangers from across the country sending me these things. My vote is based on the best interest of my state, not people outside the state.

Poor you. I got a "handwritten" note from "Jenni" in California urging me to vote for Terry McAuliffe. I assumed it was just sent through some cheap mailing house in California and that Jenni really lives in Annandale.

What I think is funny are the texts. They are all from boomer women named Linda, Judy, Donna, Janet and most are from DC's 202 area code. They could be from liberal women in DC who are volunteering for the McAuliffe campaign because their husbands knew him at Catholic U Law School or knew Bill Clinton at Georgetown undergrad. Several today said something like: "President Biden is coming to Northern Virginia today! (Boomer lady name) with the Democrats inviting you to join President Biden and Terry McAuliffe in Arlington. 'Doors open' at 5 pm."

Poor boomer ladies. No one told them that Biden will be at a park and there are no "doors" at the park.

I always respond the same way: I will be in touch with you on November 3.

The poor dears generally respond with a perky: "Thank you!!!!"

So, you make your decision about voting and people in general by their names? Really? And you are judging us?

I am a BOOMER, yes, who wrote postcards, did cold calling, and did canvassing. I am not your "poor dear." I don't sit at home watching the View and writing cards while sipping tea. How condescending and ignorant. I am a college professor who cares about
1. Your taxes
2. Your public education
3. Gun sense legislation
4. Your voting right
5. Your health care
6. Your democracy...very much at stake in your state.
The people I know who write these are teachers, lawyers, veterarians, business owners, federal workers, engineers, coders, and social media managers.

You are offended by boomer names? Great, we will sign the next round with Madison, Brynnleigh, Crystal, and Ashley. 2 of these ladies, with names like this, named their kids Ruth and Eleanor, BTW.
I live in another state, and I can assure you that your election very much affects all of us, and that is what the postcards remind everyone of. Looks like these ladies are far more aware of what's going on than this generation.

Jenni doesn't live in Annandale. She likely is a MomsDemandAction volunteer from California, or Iwillvote.com volunteer or anyone of many groups that towed the line for the last 4 years trying to save this country. Look at Georgia...do you think that didn't take effort from these tireless volunteers? If you vote the opposite way as a result of receiving a postcard (?), then you will deserve Trump 2.0. But, we don't. Wake up.

I am awake, and I don’t believe that you are a college professor.

I am, but my phone auto correction isn't. It doesn't recognize the word "toed." I think you could have figured that out, right?

I teach Organization Behavior at the college and graduate level. Perhaps you make false assumptions about people based on their boomer names and random typos on threads. If so, it's not going to be productive or useful for you going forward. There's a million typos in this thread alone.

Hey, PP, I posted the original message about texts from the Judy/Donna/Janet boomer ladies. They do just what the college professor is doing in this thread, responding even to no effect. They are like a ravenous jackal who gets hunk of zebra and won't let it go. They must have the last word. That's why I have dubbed them "the poor dears" just like that poor dear, Hillary Clinton, had her "basket of deplorables." The "poor dears" are boomer ladies whose husbands left them long ago and who between their "jobs," family money and what they can cadge from their kids maintain a genteel poverty that allows them to send annoying texts and to respond to them ad infinitum. Or they have disinterested spouses who would rather play with their AP, grandkids, or shoot the breeze at Starbucks with randoms. Why wouldn't these "poor dears" volunteer to send texts that allow them to be trolled until the person receiving them becomes as disinterested in them as the rest of the world.

Your assumptions about everything are absurd, incorrect, and, basically, you are just way too dumb to get it. We already know you all are out there, and the postcards are lost on this group, but hopefully there's at least one person who gets a postcard and does the right thing. That's the goal.

So what is “the right thing?”

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Anonymous wrote:

I teach Organization Behavior at the college and graduate level. Perhaps you make false assumptions about people based on their boomer names and random typos on threads. If so, it's not going to be productive or useful for you going forward. There's a million typos in this thread alone.

What the F is organization behavior? Sounds like Basket Weaving to me. What a waste of tuition dollars.

She divorced well and talked a neighbor into letting her teach ESOL classes in how to organize your cleaning supplies.