New Come-​​On Combines Public Broadcasting Pitch with the Paranoid Style

The pitch (empha­sis mine: ed)?

Stand up to right-​​wing spe­cial inter­ests. Con­tribute $5, $10 or more to House Democ­rats’ Mil­lion Dol­lar Match before the FEC’s crit­i­cal March 31^st dead­line and a public-​​spirited con­trib­u­tor group of Democ­rats will match your con­tri­bu­tion dollar-​​for-​​dollar.

Now hear this!  If you help us to make our goal in the next five min­utes every dol­lar you give will be matched by an enor­mously gen­er­ous match­ing pledge by the El Casino Ball­room and Drag Strip!

The Para­noid Style (empha­sis in orig­i­nal: ed)?

But it gets even scarier. The fear-​​mongering thugs run­ning this ad against pro-​​health care Democ­rats are from the very same spe­cial inter­est group which got the Supreme Court to allow cor­po­ra­tions to spend unlim­ited spe­cial inter­est cash in elec­tions. Coin­ci­dence?

The other day your Mom and Dad were talk­ing and they stopped just when you walked into the room.  Coin­ci­dence?
Mr. Addams makes more money than your Dad.  His son, Pugs­ley, sits in the dri­ve­way for hours work­ing on his bike and it always works bet­ter than yours. Coin­ci­dence? Or is it because they are rich?

I hope you have as much fun with this as I did. You might also ask your­self another ques­tion: Why do the Democ­rats per­sist in send­ing fund-​​raising let­ters to a writer who works for the Grand­daddy of all Con­ser­v­a­tive magazines?

Oh! Wait! Per­sist? A year and a half on Health Care and still count­ing? Never Mind.

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Tags: Fund Raising, Health Care, Paranoid Style, Public Broadcasting