# Apparently I'm a Bush supporter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977 "2004-05-25T12:47:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/1 "2004-05-25T12:47:33Z")
The other day I got a photograph in the mail of George and Laura Bush. The caption read, (paraphrasing) "Dear Odinoneye, Thank you for being an early supporter of my campaign." It had stamped signatures of George and Laura. Not sure how I got to be a supporter, never voted for him, never gave him any money. I guess anyone not actively protesting him is considered a supporter. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/2 "2004-05-25T13:19:39Z")
_whistles_ An authentic stamped signature, huh? Was his signature script or block letters with a backwards R? You lucky dog, you. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/3 "2004-05-25T14:41:44Z")
Cool. How’s it feel to be a member of the Silent Majority? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/4 "2004-05-25T15:09:46Z")
My mother got one, too. One of her neighbor’s sent her name in as a joke. She has actively protested him, so I guess not actively plotting a coup is considered support. It’s actually signed “W” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/5 "2004-05-25T16:57:29Z")
I am among a group of a half-dozen friends and co-workers who received these. Not a Bush supporter in the bunch. I don’t know if someone put us on some mailing list as a joke or not, but either way it’s fine by me. It’s just that much more dough he’s wasted on campaign spending. If I didn’t receive this, it might’ve went to someone a bit more on-the-fence who may actually be swayed. As for the “autographed” photos? They’re all now lining the bottom of a friend’s bird cage. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/6 "2004-05-25T17:07:44Z")
I’ve been getting a fair bit of professional-campaign-looking ‘vote bush’ emails. To a .co.uk address. They’re still a bit stuck on geography, I presume… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/7 "2004-05-25T17:15:40Z")
> [@Casey105](#): > > Was his signature script or block letters with a backwards R? > [@Mausmagill](#): > > It’s actually signed “W” But the W is backwards. > [@GorillaMan](#): > > ``` > I've been getting a fair bit of professional-campaign-looking 'vote bush' emails. To a .co.uk address. They're still a bit stuck on geography, I presume... > > ``` Look, he’s already invaded Afganistan and Iraq, he’ll get to your country eventually! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/8 "2004-05-25T17:30:26Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Look, he’s already invaded Afganistan and Iraq, he’ll get to your country eventually! Sounds fair enough…after all, we do have active terrorist cells and WMDs… ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/9 "2004-05-25T17:34:50Z")
Well, one of my co-workers managed to send out 20,000 letters–all addressed with the wrong names–last year. Maybe his twin brother works for the RNC or something. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/10 "2004-05-25T17:45:02Z")
My mother got one of these as well, thanking her for her “support” of the Bush campaign. Not sure where they got that idea. This thread has got me wondering…have any of these gone to actual Republicans who do support his campaign? She doesn’t have a birdcage to line with it, so she’s displaying it over the kitchen telephone in order to irk my father. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/11 "2004-05-25T17:48:58Z")
This is all part of the Republican plan to provide free dart boards and bird-cage liners to the good people of America. Show some gratitude! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/12 "2004-05-25T18:10:14Z")
Personally, I don’t mind at all if the Bush machine is wasting some cash sending things to the wrong people. I’ve heard of Bush opposition members signing up for all the free stuff on the campaign website just to siphon money out of his war chest. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/13 "2004-05-25T19:06:27Z")
Hey, if you get another, can you send it my way? My family’s never gotten one, though admittedly we only vote Republican but never contributed… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/14 "2004-05-25T19:17:49Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > As for the “autographed” photos? They’re all now lining the bottom of a friend’s bird cage. 🙂 No, no, no! Birds sometimes eat the paper you line the cage with. All that ink can be bad for them. In other words George Dubya will make your birds sick to their stomachs! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/15 "2004-05-25T20:04:25Z")
> [@athelas](#): > > Hey, if you get another, can you send it my way? My family’s never gotten one, though admittedly we only vote Republican but never contributed… It wouldn’t have _your_ name on it, though. If you are Catholic, you might want to hang onto it. It might be useful to show to the priest in order to receive communion… Did I say that? :o ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/16 "2004-05-25T21:23:37Z")
Maybe they’re sending them to all the people in the country. Or just a selected population - any of y’all live in Florida? Susan (I can joke - I lived there at the time) ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-a-bush-supporter/246977/17 "2004-05-25T21:37:18Z")
My dad got one as well. This is the man who wrote the RNC and said “call me when you get the party back.”