Last week I received an 8 x 10 glossy print of our President, with an enscribed message from the Republican National Committee thanking me for my support. If by “support” they mean getting to know my representatives with near-weekly letters urging them to vote against, filibuster, or otherwise stop whatever atrocity the White House might be up to, then I say, “You’re welcome” to the Republican National Committee.

Then in yesterday’s mail I received a letter from Dick Cheney asking for my continued support against the Democrats and their special interest groups (didn’t Halliburton, Cheney’s former (or current?) employer just get a no-bids contract with the Defense Department for rebuilding Iraq where they reported to their shareholders a net profit of something something like 300 million?

Given how I feel about the goings-on of the current administration, it seems that the White House’s direct mail campaigns have about as much precision as their “smart bombs” have in Iraq.