As happens in the weeks before any election, the mailbox is crammed with glossy flyers from candidates and the telephone rings off the hook with both automated messages and callers from their candidates headquarters urging us to vote for them. I've gotten two calls from the same candidate this time around. The first time, I let the caller go through his script about voting for Ms. Whoever. When he paused and asked, "Do you have any questions I can answer for you?" I said, "Yes, is Ms. Whoever pro-life?" There was dead silence for a moment and he said, let me get right back to you. He held his hand over the wrong side of the telephone receiver and I clearly heard this conversation:
Caller: She wants to know if Ms. Whoever is Pro-life? What do I tell her?
Other: She asked 'what'?
Caller: She wanted to know if Mr. Whoever is Pro-life!
Other: Just tell her yes.
I happened to know that Ms. Whoever is not pro-life.
Yesterday, a caller for the very same Ms. Whoever called and this time I asked, "Where does Ms. Whoever stand on the obama mandate against Catholics and Christians regarding our amendment rights
concerning freedom of religion?
Caller: Uh, let me verify that for you. (to another person at the headquarters) Where does Ms. Whoever stand on . . . uh, some mandate against Christians or Catholics or something to do with obama?
Other: What? What mandate is that person talking about? No, don't bother asking, just tell her that
Ms. Whoever stands by the Constitution.
Caller: Hello? Oh, you hung on, thank you for waiting. Mrs. Whoever stands by the Constitution.
I thanked the person for taking the time and then said, "Well, according to the Constitution, the mandate against Catholics and Christians is wrong and unconstitutional. If Ms. Whoever is standing by this mandate or is uninformed as to what it contains, she has made my family's decision on voting tomorrow and we will most certainly be voting for her opponent." The caller was not very polite in hanging up.
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