“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
— E.B. White
— E.B. White
Oddly enough, I’m getting advertising material from the Trump Campaign. How my name became associated with their list of donors/supporters is a mystery. Evidently, Donald Trump is not an avid reader of this fine publication (or else the pseudonym threw him off the scent).In fairness, he’s reportedly not much of a reader in any case. I also hear often from the Dems. That’s no surprise; Mrs. Basura and I have donated often and with moderate generosity to the party whose values reflect ours. Of course the Dems court us too.
It interests me how the ad campaigns differ. I do read the stuff from the Trump Campaign. This morning I had 11 e-mails, all but one political. They were more or less equally divided between the two parties. Both parties send material purportedly from the candidate, and from others, telling why Donald or Joe is best.
Trump has identified me, I’m told, as one of his strongest supporters, and was even offered the opportunity to acquire the very special Trump 2020 Platinum Card, with his likeness on it, for a donation. Another enticement was the chance to win, in a drawing, an presidentially autographed Make America Great Again cap.
It is interesting to see how differently the approaches are with regard to campaign material. Donald’s are notably childish in tone. Of course, Donald said, in 2016, “We love the uneducated.” And why not? The lower the education, the greater the likelihood of support for Trump.
Of course there are educated people who like Trump. And uneducated ones who like Biden. But demographers have graphed out these trends. Donald’s bunch of campaigners seem to have noticed this.
On some mailings from the Trump campaign, I’m asked to complete a survey to indicate my preferences. I’m given the choice between selecting President Donald J. Trump and Sleepy Joe. Not between Sleazy Donald Trump and Sleepy Joe Biden. Not between Donald J. Trump and Joe Biden. One gets a pejorative nickname, one does not. It’s a campaign; they’re free to adopt a childish tone or not, as they so choose. But the difference is plain to see.Biden’s campaign always solicits a contribution. So does Trump’s. But Trump’s, in one series of emails, advised me that if I contributed, my donation would be matched 500%. Then a couple days later, it was 600%. Then it went up to being matched 700%! Wow!
Some of the Trump surveys are cute. One, a mailed survey, with return postage paid envelop, asked how President Trump is doing. The boxes for responses were GREAT, EXEPTIONAL, VERY GOOD and OTHER. Of course, I dutifully filled out the survey in its entirety, and wrote my comments in the blank box under OTHER. I was concerned that this might cause me to lose the ongoing communications with the President. I still get ‘em, though.
While I’ve been tapping out these words, a new email came in from Trump Team. “The SOCIALIST convention starts today! They want to destroy America!” Etc.
Is Trump Team sounding a little desperate to you, too?
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