I just had a guy knock on my door from the Democratic National Convention.  It was too annoying/funny/angrifying for me to not share the experience.  I let him give his shpeel for a few minutes.  First, he decried Bush for raising money to run a negative campaign against John Kerry, which I thought was pretty funny.  He then listed what he deemed to be the “issues” of the election.  Things like health care, social security, and what he called an “attack” on our constitution were among them.  Wow, yes! Those are the issues!  Based on that list, he wanted me to give him a check for $100.  He then showed me a “statement of support” form, which at first glance appeared to be filled out by people in my neighborhood.  On closer inspection, the handwriting had been laser-printed as part of the form.  When I asked him what Kerry's plans were for those issues, he pointed me to john kerry dot com (where later I couldn't find real plans for them either).  I told him I wasn't interested.  He then asked if I wanted to see George Bush defeated, to which I said, “no”.  He then turned and left.

If you find someone a similar person at your door.  I'd encourage you to press them on their candidate's plans for those important “issues“.  And if they have one of those phoney forms, I'd grill them about attempting to manipulate people.