Middletown Republicans Obviously Don't know Their Neighbors As Well As They Thought

A couple of days ago I was contacted by a friend who received a recruitment letter in the mail from the Middletown Republicans. The Middletown GOP has been looking for bodies to fill County Committee seats and evidently they have been sending out letters to register Republicans around town as a means of identifying those that may be interested in joining their ranks.

"We are your neighbors here in Middletown and serve, respectively, as Chair and Vice Chair of Middletown's Republican Party. From your voting history we know you are a strong Republican..."

 I find this letter somewhat interesting for a few reasons.

First off, it is dated April 18th, 2012 and it was received by my friend on the 23rd, the cut off date for filling petitions for County Committee seats was April 2nd. I think they were a few weeks late sending out this letter.

Secondly, the tone of the letter is weak and seems as if the Middletown Republicans are groveling, almost begging people to join them after extolling all the wonderful things that the local republicans have accomplished:

"Do you think you might be willing to server as such a representative in your neighborhood? It does not entail much effort..."

"... if not, would you be wiIling to be a little bit more involved in your community by joining our Republican club or allowing us to put a campaign sign on your lawn?" 

Also, I would have thought that Middletown GOP Chairman Peter Carton would have been a little more careful about sending out political correspondences that contain his work email. Carton works for the Newark law firm Gibbons Del Deo Dolan and you would think that mixing business and pleasure (in this case recuiting locals to join his Republican Party) is an ethical No-No, but seeing how his corporate bio boasts of his political affiliations, I suppose his bosses condone his use of company resources to promote party politics.

Addtionally, this letter is somewhat funny to me. It just so happens that the person that this letter was sent to, changed their party affiliation a while back and hasn't vote Republican for years.

I think Peter and Chantal need to get to know their neighbors a little better in the future before sending out letters like this again, obiviously they didn't know this neighbor as well as they thought they did.