These fools actually leave space for a response. This was mine: "I ran across your interesting article via an aquatintence's referral. I must say you folks are doing an excellent job of waiting until the last minute to print something detrimenatal to a candidate...so the candidate cannot respond before election day. I also applaud your stalwartly skirting the issues and going directly to personality (of no effect on the candidate's validity for Office, nor indication of what they would do if elected). Cutting to the chase, you had some unused column-inches, so you ran an "Oh Dear Me" on a candidate who is not only a libertarian (gasp!) but writes Pornography (Oh Dear!). Undoubtedly, you'll sell a few more Newspapers and thus help some poor newsboys out struggling in the Texas snow... Nevermind that you've skewed the election. You have rewarded the Candidate that probably bought the most advertising; that other fellow likely hasn't bought all that much ad-space in your paper in any case. What a nice way to reward a good customer: Elective office! I make a habit of scanning other state's newspapers during election fever, the People's Democratic Republic of California usually has the best of these little pre-election backstabs but in this case, you get the nod! Congratulations....folks! (the word 'Gentlemen' just doesn't fit, somehow...)" It's odd, but this might actually help you: Unlike your competition, you now have no skeletons in your closet...a point to make tomorrow, before the election. As to the Porn: Kris, truth is: the stuff you write is tame, funny. Nobody gets dead, everybody is 18 or older, it's all consensual, and even the villans are more funny than evil. What you write is Sexual Comedy, not pornography. If any of your family ask, just show them the Family-Safe stuff...it's porn, based on content. Who knows: you might still win! The Fat Lady hasn't sung yet, and the Polls haven't even opened. Don't quit with the finish line in sight. IF your Grandmother reads that part of the paper, well: at least you're trying to make a living; and paying your taxes... Hang in there, man!
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timeasmymeasure
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Date: 2006-11-05 10:29 pm (UTC)"I ran across your interesting article via an aquatintence's referral. I must say you folks are doing an excellent job of waiting until the last minute to print something detrimenatal to a candidate...so the candidate cannot respond before election day. I also applaud your stalwartly skirting the issues and going directly to personality (of no effect on the candidate's validity for Office, nor indication of what they would do if elected). Cutting to the chase, you had some unused column-inches, so you ran an "Oh Dear Me" on a candidate who is not only a libertarian (gasp!) but writes Pornography (Oh Dear!). Undoubtedly, you'll sell a few more Newspapers and thus help some poor newsboys out struggling in the Texas snow... Nevermind that you've skewed the election. You have rewarded the Candidate that probably bought the most advertising; that other fellow likely hasn't bought all that much ad-space in your paper in any case. What a nice way to reward a good customer: Elective office!
I make a habit of scanning other state's newspapers during election fever, the People's Democratic Republic of California usually has the best of these little pre-election backstabs but in this case, you get the nod! Congratulations....folks! (the word 'Gentlemen' just doesn't fit, somehow...)"
It's odd, but this might actually help you: Unlike your competition, you now have no skeletons in your closet...a point to make tomorrow, before the election. As to the Porn: Kris, truth is: the stuff you write is tame, funny. Nobody gets dead, everybody is 18 or older, it's all consensual, and even the villans are more funny than evil. What you write is Sexual Comedy, not pornography. If any of your family ask, just show them the Family-Safe stuff...it's porn, based on content. Who knows: you might still win! The Fat Lady hasn't sung yet, and the Polls haven't even opened. Don't quit with the finish line in sight. IF your Grandmother reads that part of the paper, well: at least you're trying to make a living; and paying your taxes... Hang in there, man!