Keep the money rolling in.

 I was disappointed by the results of the 1992 Presidential election (was that 32 years ago already?). George HW Bush was a typical Republican: professing to be against tax increases but agreeing to them anyway. After the election I became involved in the King County (Seattle) Republican Party. In Seattle there was no Republican Precinct Committee Officer in my precinct.

I was elected to that position in 1992. Of course I was, I was the only one on the ballot!

Because I was registered with the Republican National Committee, I often received mail from the RNC. This included questionnaires asking for my opinion on matters of public interest. They offered to let me know the results of these polls if I made a monetary contribution.  No contribution, no poll results. 

Those polls reminded me of an old cartoon where a child received birthday cards. The child was never interested in the cards. He only wanted whatever cash was inside them. Would my answers have counted without a contribution?

I believed, and still believe, that the 2024 Presidential election was of grave importance.  So grave that I contributed to Trump's campaign. A month later I started making monthly contributions.

Money is the lifeblood of political campaigns.  I gave what I could and ceased my monthly contributions after the election. 

 I still receive messages and emails asking for money. Messages that inexplicitly tell me that:

Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and Elon Musk sit around Mar-a-Lago mentioning me by name. 

I have been invited to Mar-a-Lago and will receive VIP treatment.

I am one of the biggest supporters of the President in the State of Texas.

I have also been personally nominated to be on a Presidential Advisory Board.

This is predicated upon me contributing more money which I would if I had it to contribute. The messages that really annoy me are the ones that say they desperately need to know my views on various issues. However, in order to let them know what they say they are so anxious to know, I have to make a contribution. 

Maybe this is the way political fundraising has been done for years. I don't know and I don't believe that any of the people supposedly sending me messages are really involved, even though President Trump's name, or J.D. Vance's name, or Eric Trump's name are on many of the messages. They keep asking for money, and I will do what I can, when I can. 

But please, don't insult my intelligence when asking me.