Obama Campaign To Girl Scouts: Nothing Is Free
Liberals have for decades argued for the expansion of social programs designed to help the poor, while conservatives believe help should come from private charities rather than forced taxation. Today the Obama campaign gives us a little insight into their thought process as to why charity needs to be government mandated as oppossed to voluntary.
Michelle Walsh wanted to teach her 2nd-grade Girl Scout troop about the presidential election.
What the Naperville mother got was a lesson about the rough-and-tumble world of political finances.
Walsh said she called both campaigns and asked for free trinkets she could give the 7-year-olds to help them learn. If they did well, she explained, each Scout would earn her “Ms. President” patch. The tchotchkes would provide added incentive.
A representative for John McCain responded immediately, sending Walsh a box filled with stickers and signs.
The Barack Obama camp wasn’t quite so generous, Walsh said.
The troop leader said she called Obama’s Chicago campaign headquarters and explained why she needed the curios. Walsh said she was directed to Obama’s Web site—where she could buy all the buttons and posters she wanted.
On the Web, a packet of 50 stickers that say “Obama ‘08″ goes for $5; a yard sign is $8. “Got Hope?” bumper stickers are $3 each, or two for $5.
Walsh found the prices a bit exorbitant her small group.
She said she asked Obama’s campaign worker again if she could get a few items for free. She pointed out that McCain’s camp had agreed to send a box and, well, her 12-member Scout troop runs on a very small budget.
Walsh said the woman at Obama’s headquarters put her on hold. After a few minutes, she returned with the same answer. The woman told her that she sympathized, but the Obama campaign needs every penny it can get, Walsh said.
“She said, ‘We’re up against the machine and we just can’t hand anything out for free,’ ”
Despite the hundereds of millions of dollars raised by the Obama campaign, they declined to offer a few buttons and stickers for free, hoping (no pun intended) the teacher would give in and purchase them instead. The Obama campaign eventually caved in after being contacted by the Chicago Tribune, resulting in the loss of tens of dollars worth of trinkets.
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I sympathize with the troop that tried to get election gear. If you see someone with an Obama pin, bumper sticker, yard sign, or t-shirt, they probably paid for it or else volunteered for the campaign.
When I have volunteered for other campaigns, most of the workers were union members who were being paid to man the phones and were being fed catered lunches while there. As someone volunteering my time only because I supported the candidate, I was the odd one out.
But on primary day in the Obama campaign, almost everyone was volunteering without pay. Some even traveled out of state to help with primaries in other states, staying in the homes of supporters in those states. The food on election day was pot-luck, home-made food brought in by volunteers.
On the other hand, who would you want managing -your- money? Obama does not accept donations from PAC’s, so no one can donate more than the maximum individual donation of $2,300. The campaign has to make that money last until November.
Well that shows what kind of person Obama really is!!!!!
He sure doesn’t live by “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you” or “Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you” Or ANYTHING that a good, descent human being does! Even a homeless person would help a child, but yet Obama can and could but won’t or wouldn’t until he was “made” too.
Hope and pray America sees what kind of person Obama really is deep down inside before election day!