I saw private caller and almost let the call go to voice mail. Almost. With one daughter out of the country and the other running my errands while her phone lay on my kitchen counter, I reconsidered. Should it be a bill collector I could hang up. A whispered what are you wearing might make me feel young again. And if it was one of the girls I would be glad to hear from her. With nothing to lose, I answered.
An infuriating pause warned me the call was computer generated so the caller had no respect for my time or me. I should have hung up then but I hated to waste a good mad without knowing to whom I owed the displeasure. So, I hung on, things got worse, and there was no one on the other end to answer my questions or receive my comments.
Infuriating, rude caller introduced himself as Aaron El Wmmthmmn (closest I could guess), Christian Conservative. The last part was all that I, Sandy Knauer, non-Christian liberal really needed in order to know that I had no interest but I still couldn’t hang up without knowing the name of my caller. Without a name, how could I positively know for whom I would never vote, who to campaign against, or how to title this article?
He continued in what I thought was a fake accent, repeating El something-that-never-got-any-clearer. I was confused because the accent did not resemble Spanish or Italian. El? On what seemed like at least the tenth time he repeated the name, I finally decided El was a middle initial. Now, I wanted to know who wastes time on a middle initial instead of enunciating his last name.
Since Mr. Christian Conservative promised to stick his nose in my uterus, and to deny my right to escape his religious intrusion, and to trample my choice if I help put him in a state rep seat, I knew exactly where to turn. First, I called the Republican Party of Kentucky and spoke with a kind woman who wished she could help. Unfortunately, even with a first name, middle initial, and district, she could not identify my caller. She apologized and gave me a local number. The Jefferson County Republican Party was less help. Everyone was either on another line or out of the office, but if I would leave a “very detailed” message, someone would return my call. I was not in the mood to leave a “very detailed” message about someone whose name I didn’t know so, after three tries I gave up and did what non-Christian liberals are often criticized for doing. I searched the internet looking for facts.
I found Aaron L. Wilson, State Representative – District 30 on Facebook, where I ‘liked’ him long enough to leave a message letting him know that not once in all the times he repeated his name on his ‘hidden caller’ message was I able to understand his name. While there, I read about his gratitude to the Republican Party for freeing his ancestors, and that his goal is to see Republicans control the General Assembly and restore liberty and justice for all Kentuckians.
Mr. Wilson, if you are reading, please take your nose out of my uterus long enough to study recent history. Sure, a few Republicans along the way might have helped to free your ancestors from slavery, and a couple of Democrats were less than perfect when it came to Civil Rights. More recent history (the part your handlers conveniently avoid when providing your talking points and hoping you will accept their revised history) will tell quite a different story.
I’m sad for you – and for me and everyone else watching – that you don’t see the duplicity in bragging about being freed while in the same campaign you phone women to tell them you want to take away their freedom. I’m no expert, but this does not seem like a wise campaign strategy to me.
An infuriating pause warned me the call was computer generated so the caller had no respect for my time or me. I should have hung up then but I hated to waste a good mad without knowing to whom I owed the displeasure. So, I hung on, things got worse, and there was no one on the other end to answer my questions or receive my comments.
Infuriating, rude caller introduced himself as Aaron El Wmmthmmn (closest I could guess), Christian Conservative. The last part was all that I, Sandy Knauer, non-Christian liberal really needed in order to know that I had no interest but I still couldn’t hang up without knowing the name of my caller. Without a name, how could I positively know for whom I would never vote, who to campaign against, or how to title this article?
He continued in what I thought was a fake accent, repeating El something-that-never-got-any-clearer. I was confused because the accent did not resemble Spanish or Italian. El? On what seemed like at least the tenth time he repeated the name, I finally decided El was a middle initial. Now, I wanted to know who wastes time on a middle initial instead of enunciating his last name.
Since Mr. Christian Conservative promised to stick his nose in my uterus, and to deny my right to escape his religious intrusion, and to trample my choice if I help put him in a state rep seat, I knew exactly where to turn. First, I called the Republican Party of Kentucky and spoke with a kind woman who wished she could help. Unfortunately, even with a first name, middle initial, and district, she could not identify my caller. She apologized and gave me a local number. The Jefferson County Republican Party was less help. Everyone was either on another line or out of the office, but if I would leave a “very detailed” message, someone would return my call. I was not in the mood to leave a “very detailed” message about someone whose name I didn’t know so, after three tries I gave up and did what non-Christian liberals are often criticized for doing. I searched the internet looking for facts.
I found Aaron L. Wilson, State Representative – District 30 on Facebook, where I ‘liked’ him long enough to leave a message letting him know that not once in all the times he repeated his name on his ‘hidden caller’ message was I able to understand his name. While there, I read about his gratitude to the Republican Party for freeing his ancestors, and that his goal is to see Republicans control the General Assembly and restore liberty and justice for all Kentuckians.
Mr. Wilson, if you are reading, please take your nose out of my uterus long enough to study recent history. Sure, a few Republicans along the way might have helped to free your ancestors from slavery, and a couple of Democrats were less than perfect when it came to Civil Rights. More recent history (the part your handlers conveniently avoid when providing your talking points and hoping you will accept their revised history) will tell quite a different story.
I’m sad for you – and for me and everyone else watching – that you don’t see the duplicity in bragging about being freed while in the same campaign you phone women to tell them you want to take away their freedom. I’m no expert, but this does not seem like a wise campaign strategy to me.
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