The Nigh Seen Creeder

The left's paranoia seemingly knows no bounds.  According to a growing gaggle of left-wing hairheads, academics, and public officials, the Bush/Cheney cabal stole the 2004 election by employing various shady schemes in the state of Ohio.  The hairhead set's Bible, Rolling Stone, recently published a lengthy essay on the "stolen" election; and the current RS features a follow-up letter from one Jim Johnson, who's convinced that the GOP's still subverting democracy in Ohio.  To wit:
 

I have been following your articles on the Ohio election.  As a resident of Ohio, and a registered Democrat, imagine my surprise when I received a letter from the Republican National Committee asking me to fill out their GOP census document.  What is really troubling is that the letter contained a registration number and voting district code.  I have voted for Democrats for as long as I can remember.  I can only wonder what "snafu" caused me to be identified as a Republican.


Far from being the victim of a "snafu," Mr. Johnson's name and address were bought by the RNC at some point. Instead of looking behind grassy knolls for GOP operatives, he should simply make a mental note of the magazines to which he subscribes, or the items he's bought online or through the mail. It probably wouldn't take him long to figure out how the RNC got 'hold of his mailing address.

I've been receiving RNC fundraising letters in the mail for some 15 years. Each letter always includes "voter codes" and such so that the person from whom the RNC is begging money will be impressed by the Republican Party's fundraising apparatti. These numbers may or may not be related somehow to one's voter information (this information is readily available from county election commissions), but they are in no way meant to somehow spy on, subvert, or otherwise torment voters -- be they Republicans or Democrats.