Stop Picking on Me!

I don't usually post the daily solicitation emails I get from the campaigns -- the ones asking for money -- because there's usually nothing useful in them. But this one from Mark Kirk's campaign was a good one:

Dear Friends,

Are you worried about this country in a way you haven't been before?

Has someone laughed at you because you are from Illinois? ...

Remember, we're up against ACORN/SEIU, the Trial Lawyers and MoveOn.org - they have millions to keep Congress approving more taxes and government spending ...

Wait, what? Has someone laughed at me? Of course I get what the campaign means -- Blago et al. -- but it was just, er, a funny way of putting it.