Congressional Award of Merit

I was all excited thinking that I had won an award but it turned out to be a scam. A scam from Congress, no less.I got a message awhile back from a staffer of Congressman Tom Cole. This was not the first call I have received about this same topic of discussion. Apparently, they wanted to present me with an award called the Congressional Order of Merit for being a small business owner. I did return the call and got a recording of sorts. I was not impressed. They went so far as to offer me a dinner with the President as well as being on their business advisory council for the NRCC. For a “donation” of a few hundred dollars, you get this “award”. They pushed for my answer but I told them I would have to think about it and call them back at another time.

I knew that Tom Cole was not in my state’s congressional delegation and something just didn’t feel right. So I googled Tom Cole and from the first page of results, it was apparent that he was a real congressman, from Oklahoma. But why would a congressman from Oklahoma want to present something to someone in Montana, especially someone who had just recently moved here from North Dakota?

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The unfortunate thing is that the do not call registry does apply to politicians.