A week or so ago, I received an automated phone call directed at state and congressional district delegates.  It asked only 2 questions, one of which was, “If you were to vote today, which of the following would you vote for:  1) John McCain; 2) Mitt Romney; 3) Mike Huckabee; 4) Ron Paul.”  The inclusion of the neoconservatives’ arch enemy, Ron Paul, made me wonder about the nature of the call.  I certainly wouldn’t put it past the GOP to try and flush out Paul supporters amongst the delegates.  To be safe, I punched in number one (”Yes, sir.  I love John McCain…let’s kill some goddamned Iraqis!”)

I didn’t realize the connection when I received an e-mail informing me that I had been removed from the Ron Paul Delegates meetup group.

Later on Mike Toles told me that I had actually been called by our group’s auto-dialer.  My answer had immediately red-flagged me as some kind of infiltrator.  He discovered this after mentioning my name to the organizer, who responded, “Don’t trust that guy…he’s a McCain supporter!”  Fortunately, he explained the story to her (which I had previously told him about) and brought me back into the circle of trust.

I wish politics weren’t so complicated…

Anyway…tomorrow’s the big day.  Congressional District 6.  I’ll let you know how it goes.