By Alethia Kasben
Managing Editor
Posted: March 11, 2019 2:22 PM

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters in a fundraising email this weekend attempts to capitalize on those of us who are feeling a little sleepy after "springing forward" Sunday morning. After all, is there a better way to deal with the negative side effects of changing our clocks than donating your money to a political candidate?

For daylight savings time (for the record, I know it is daylight saving time, but I am from Michigan, and the need to pluralize the term is the strong), Mr. Peters sent out an email to supporters with the subject: "Disoriented? Us too."

But Mr. Peters tells potential donors the one thing worse than waking up disoriented after changing your clocks is waking up after the 2020 election and feeling the same as when you woke up after the 2016 election (when, of course, President Donald Trump won the White House).

"Forget changing our clocks – if we don't get into gear NOW, Republicans will set Michigan's progress back DECADES," the email says. Definitely not going light on the drama.

Mr. Peters' fundraising email also brings back memories of a 2014 blog where he was a little more blunt with his emails.

My, how times have changed.