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Numbskull Republican Clueless Committee Survey

The NRCC hard at work developing their voter survey

That’s what NRCC stands for, right?1.

Many years ago, I was a registered Republican. But I finally grew up and fled the party in horror at what they’d become. Which was far less horrific than what they are today.

Because of my youthful indiscretion, I still occasionally get “surveys” from the NRCC. Of course, they’re actually thinly disguised pleas for money.

This used to annoy me…until I took the time to fill one out during Trump’s first term with all sorts of funny and obnoxious comments about how idiotic the party’s priorities — and His Majesty — were. I also enclosed some Trump bucks (fake currency featuring a picture of Trump behind bars, where he belongs). Someone must’ve read at least part of my response, because for the years since then I haven’t heard a peep from the NRCC.

Until the other day.

So, since they’ve apparently forgotten that Mark Olbert wants nothing to do with them and would rather stick his fingers into a running garbage disposal than support them financially, here are the answers I’ll be using to respond to their survey.


NOTE: Your CONSENSUS DOCUMENT is an official Republican Party Document to be completed and returned only by the registered participant. Simply use a blue or black ink pen to fill in the circle that reflects your opinion. Then return your completed CONSENSUS DOCUMENT along with your gift using the pre-addressed envelope provided.

YES! I will do my part to unite House Republicans around the NRCC’s plan to strengthen our House Republican Majority. Our Party is strongest when we stand united against the far-left radicals who attack our beliefs and do everything they can to tear down President Trump. To do my part in this important effort, I am enclosing my most generous gift of [an array of amounts starting with $1,000].

1) How long have you been a Republican?

2) Do you typically vote a straight Republican ticket?

3) How do you classify your political ideology?

4) Do you support Republicans’ America First agenda?

5) Do you approve of the job President Trump is doing so far in his second term?

6) Do you support building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico?

7) Do you believe the federal government should arrest and deport all illegal aliens?

8) Do you agree that the new election security laws passed between 2020 and 2024 helped reduce voter fraud and prevent the Democrats from cheating their way to power?

9) Do you support the work being done by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency to cut the debt, eliminate waste, and make the government function better for the people?

10) Do you believe a new ban on “assault weapons” would reduce the freedom of law-abiding citizens while doing nothing to make our communities any safer?

11) Do you believe international college students here in the U.S. should have their student visas revoked if they are caught supporting terrorist groups like Hamas?

12) Do you think four years of Biden’s economic and immigration policies left American communities less safe and prosperous?

13) Do you think parents should have more power and choice over where their kids go to school and what is being taught in those schools?

14) Do you think it’s wrong to let biologically male “trans” athletes compete on sports teams for women and girls?

15) Do you blame Democrats’ overspending as the primary cause of the massive inflation we continue to see across the country?

16) Do you want Congress to eliminate taxpayer funding for organizations (like Planned Parenthood and others) that perform abortions?

17) Do you think Republicans should aggressively hold Democrats accountable for the disastrous state of the nation that awaited President Trump when he took office last January?

18) Do you think Republicans should focus voters’ attention on the border crisis?

19) Do you think Republicans should campaign against the socialist plans of people like Bernie Sanders and AOC?

20) Do you think Republicans should continue to embrace President Trump’s America First agenda as a campaign message?

20) Do you believe it is important for Republicans to strengthen our House Republican Majority so we can enact the entire Trump agenda?


  1. Actually, I think it stands for National Republican Congressional Committee. But I’m not sure. Because the GOP leadership is full of numbskulls these days. 

His Imperial Majesty Speaks!

mostly incoherently, but still…

“We’re gonna start a big investigation on [California’s high-speed rail project] because it’s — I’ve never seen anything like it. Nobody has ever seen anything like it. The worst overruns that there have ever been in the history of our country. And it wasn’t even necessary. I would have said, ‘You don’t buy it.’ You take an airplane — it costs you $2. It costs you nothing.”