Junk Mail

By Bruce McCall

This article appeared in the October 18, 2004 edition of The Nation.

September 30, 2004

The following solicitation from the Republican Committee to Re-elect the President (GOP-CREEP) reached us by mistake.

Dear Friend of the President:

We head toward the November Presidential election in a time of global terrorism, a sputtering economy, everybody getting fat and nobody getting educated. But let's get serious. Come November, only money can safeguard an unbroken continuation of that vital balance of power between the Executive branch and the Executive branch's friends.

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About Bruce McCall

Bruce McCall is a writer and painter whose latest book, All Meat Looks Like South America, will be published by Crown in the fall. more...
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