An Open Letter to the NEA
October 8, 2008
Dear NEA,
Today I received this in the mail from you:
In response, I would just like to say three things:
1. This makes 19 times you’ve contacted Josh Pullen to try to persuade him to vote for Barack Obama (through 9 pieces of mail and 10 phone calls). Once was fine, twice was tolerable, but 19 contacts is ridiculous.
2. Your staffer should at least know how to spell Senator Obama’s first name correctly.
3. Josh Pullen, this person you’ve contacted 19 times, is MY SON. HE IS SIX YEARS OLD.
Please make it stop.
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Matthew K. Tabor | October 8, 2008 at 6:55 pm
#1. 19? Good Lord.
#2. I’m also shocked at how many Obama supporters spell his name wrong. Really, it’s not that tough.
#3. The NEA sure starts ‘em young, huh?
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Steve Goulet | October 8, 2008 at 7:35 pm
So I’m guessing they collected his name as part of your registration information for participation in the association, and automatically added it to their “contact” list without checking his age. Is this a pattern or just a mistake?
3. NEA: 19 Calls and Letters&hellip | October 9, 2008 at 1:24 pm
[...] Pullen, The Elementary Educator, has written an open letter to the NEA. He’s just received his 19th call/letter from the National Education Association requesting [...]
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Rebecca Haden | October 10, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Actually, If they’re sending postcards, Josh could make a nice collection or collage. Not to mention the thrill of getting mail, which can be considerable for a six year old. Have you considered asking Sarah Paliin if she’d like to match the total?
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Eric Jablow | October 12, 2008 at 10:31 am
It could be worse. His last name was correct. See the Rensaleer County, NY Board of Elections for a worse mistake.
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mpullen | October 12, 2008 at 10:49 am
Ouch… I looked up your reference, Eric. Barack “Osama” — what a mistake.
7. Please, please, please vo&hellip | October 12, 2008 at 1:22 pm
[...] times — nine pieces of mail and 10 phone calls — the National Education Association has urged Josh Pullen to vote for Barack (or [...]
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Katy | October 14, 2008 at 9:49 am
Hysterica!!! Think of what they could do with the $ from all that postage, paper, and staffing time!
9. Ed is Watching » No&hellip | October 14, 2008 at 10:12 am
[...] Josh’s father disagrees. The most recent postcard urging a vote for “Barak” Obama put him over the edge. That’s right … Josh’s father. Josh is only 6 years [...]
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Doug who homeschools | October 14, 2008 at 12:27 pm
If the Dad is an NEA member and a teacher (both of which may not be true) then it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. It so reminds me of the movie ‘Brazil’.
Time for the tea party to begin.
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jrsposter | October 14, 2008 at 10:58 pm
That was probably not a staffer who wrote the postcard to Joshua Pullen. It was probably an NEA educator member who was a delegate to the NEA Convention.
I was a delegate at the NEA Convention last July, and I myself must have written about a dozen pre-addressed postcards with essentially the same message.
I did, however, spell Barack Obama’s name correctly, since I am, after all, a teacher.
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Lavada napier | January 29, 2009 at 2:27 am
I wish i had the money they spent on postal. I can use it to pay my fuel bill.