Delaware’s 9-12 Patriots Turn Me Down Cold

Delaware Patriots sure clam up quick when they get emails from liberals. I might go so far as to say that they are chicken shits.

You read the email trail and decide.

Email Number 1:

Hi Fellow Delawareans & 9-12 Patriots,

I’m Jason, a blogger for Delaware’s number 1 political blog,
Delawareliberal.net. I was wondering if one of you would be interested
in a 25 minute call in interview for our blog’s podcast segment.

By now you’ve all heard that the News Journals Ron Williams has spoken
State Republican Party Chairman Tom Ross who said, “We’re just going
to give
them the keys and let them run the show. See ya later.”

So you guys now have the keys to the Delaware GOP and I was wondering
what you planned on doing with them. It would just be a cordial
conversation to learn more about what the 9-12 patriots are all about.
Topics like:

*What do you make of Tom Ross’s statement?

* Your backed candidates didn’t do so well in the last election, how
do you see that changing in 2012

* I thought that the Tea Party was focused on fiscal conservatism, but
there seems to be a lot of social conservatism involved – is there a
tension?

* You are very active with six meetings a month statewide, can you
discuss some of the speakers & topics that have generated the most
interest?

Stuff like that.

Let me know what date and time works for you and I’ll need a phone
number eventually.

Thanks

JS

Then there was a little “Reply all” snafu on thier side, but hey..I don’t judge, so I sent Email Number 2:

Theresa,

That email was not meant for me. To demonstrate my good faith going
into this I have deleted it unread, so you don’t have to worry about
the error. It happens.

I hope that my request for an interview is looked upon favorably.

JS

No response, so I sent email Number 3:

To: TGarcia123@aol.com,
russ@912delawarepatriots.com,
theresa@912delawarepatriots.com,
alex@912delawarepatriots.com
date Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:17 PM
subject Re: Delaware Undiluted – Interview Request

Hello again.

I haven’t heard anything back, so I wanted to give you an alternate
email address, because I know that this one is flaky.

Jason330@delawareliberal.net.

Also, I didn’t mention this, but I’d like to record the podcast on
Thursday, so if none of you are available or open to this sort of
thing, you might have some contact information for someone willing to
speak on behalf of Delaware’s Tea Party members.

Thanks,

JS

Then I finally got a response:

Thank you for your interest in the 9-12 Delaware Patriots, but at this time we are not giving interviews.

9-12 Delaware Patriots Board of Directors

So I responded to their response and I guess I let my cool slip a touch.

Dear Patriots,

Naturally, I am disappointed with your decision. As Thomas Jefferson,
the great secular humanist founding father of our great American
nation wrote, “Information is the currency of democracies.” I guess
you are in currency hoarding mode for the time being. So be it.

While you guys are not up for it, I’m still interested in speaking
with some Tea Party members for the podcast. If you know anyone from
the ranks for the Tea Party or insurgent side of the Delaware
Republican party who would be interested in being interviewed for the
podcast, I would be eager to speak to them.

Thanks

JS