# I don't think NRCC will call anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563 "2019-05-26T18:20:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/1 "2019-05-26T18:20:07Z")
We keep getting calls from NRCC, with a Washington DC area code. Today I looked up NRCC to find that they are the National Republican Congressional Committee. They called back immediately, and I answered. They wanted to know if I thought Trump is doing a better job than Obama. ‘Oh, _Hell_ no!’ I replied. ‘In fact, when are you going to get rid of Little Donnie Fail-Fail?’ Mrs. L.A. was shocked that I actually said that. Anyway, I doubt they’ll be calling back. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/2 "2019-05-26T18:30:28Z")
They’ve called us, and I normally don’t even pick up. The one time I did I asked why it would be worth their time to call an exchange that is probably 90 percent Dem voters. They didn’t have an answer, but they haven’t called since. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/3 "2019-05-26T23:18:44Z")
When they asked if you thought Trump was doing a better job than Obama, you should have said “At golf? Sure! He gets enough practice…” ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/4 "2019-05-27T20:09:12Z")
It happens in the UK too. Years ago (back when Tony Blair was Prime Minister), just as I was changing to go out on the bike, I got a call from the Labour party. After the initial “Is that Mr Trep?” business, we had: Them: _You used to be a member of the Labour party?_ Me: _Yes._ Them:\* But now you’re not?\* Me: _No._ Them: \*Could you tell me why you’re no longer a member? \* Now, as I explained, I was changing to get out on a bike ride, and so I was quite keen to bring this call to a prompt conclusion. A succinct explanation was called for. Me: _Blair’s a twat._ Them: _Uhh - I’m sorry?_ Me: _Blair’s a twat._ Them: _Right, I see. Is there anything…more political? Something that I can put on my form?_ Personally, I thought my explanation was political enough. And exactly the sort of thing he should have been putting on his form. But the tragic postscript to all of this is, as I have observed on this board before: what wouldn’t I give to have Tony Blair back right now? j ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/5 "2019-05-31T13:24:53Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > But the tragic postscript to all of this is, as I have observed on this board before: what wouldn’t I give to have Tony Blair back right now? Ya, W doesn’t seem so bad now, either. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/6 "2019-05-31T15:59:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > We keep getting calls from NRCC, with a Washington DC area code. Today I looked up NRCC to find that they are the National Republican Congressional Committee. They called back immediately, and I answered. They wanted to know if I thought Trump is doing a better job than Obama. ‘Oh, _Hell_ no!’ I replied. ‘In fact, when are you going to get rid of Little Donnie Fail-Fail?’ Mrs. L.A. was shocked that I actually said that. Anyway, I doubt they’ll be calling back. No…but they _will_ make a tidy little profit when they sell your name and number to every skeevy telemarketer on the planet out of petty revenge. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/7 "2019-05-31T19:06:03Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Ya, W doesn’t seem so bad now, either. Oh I don’t know… I think the same thing every once in a while, but then I start running through a list of names in my head: W, Cheney, Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitz, Alberto Gonzales, Ari Fleischer… yeah it was just as bad. About the only difference between the two administrations is that, as press secretary, Ari Fleischer could actually lie convincingly. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/8 "2019-05-31T22:03:43Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Oh I don’t know… I think the same thing every once in a while, but then I start running through a list of names in my head: W, Cheney, Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitz, Alberto Gonzales, Ari Fleischer… yeah it was just as bad. They all look just a little better now. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/9 "2019-05-31T22:09:45Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Ya, W doesn’t seem so bad now, either. Except for destabilizing the Middle East and creating ISIS. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/10 "2019-05-31T22:11:38Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Except for destabilizing the Middle East and creating ISIS. Right. The _two_ things Duh-bya did wrong was to destabilise the Middle east, create ISIS, and cause the Great Recession. Wait… The _three_ things… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-nrcc-will-call-anymore/834563/11 "2019-05-31T23:43:55Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Except for destabilizing the Middle East and creating ISIS. I can only hope that one day I will be as clever and insightful as you.