Posted on 08/12/2008 9:46:51 PM PDT by mdittmar
The Obama campaign has started notifying people of their ticket status for the big acceptance speech at Invesco Field the final night of the convention.
Many of those who received calls told 7NEWS their tickets have come with a caveat.
Those viewers said the campaign told them they must volunteer six hours for the campaign by Friday, Aug. 15, in order to get a ticket.
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"I got a call that if I want the tickets I have to volunteer two shifts of three hours apiece -- for one ticket. If I want two tickets, then it's four shifts of two hours apiece," said Berenice Christensen.
Another 7NEWS viewer sent an e-mail that said, "I received a call Monday saying I could 'qualify' for the tickets if I do 12 hours of volunteer work for the Obama campaign between now and Friday the 15th."
The viewer e-mail goes on to say, "To work 40 hours at my job, get to and from work, get to and from the campaign office and complete the 12 hours in three days would be next to impossible."
Dozens of Obama supporters are already volunteering. They are volunteers who believe working for tickets to the biggest night of the convention is a small price to pay.
"They're trying desperately. I mean, they're almost panic-stricken, they want tickets to hear his acceptance speech," said volunteer Terry Andrews.
"I put my name in. I'm keeping my fingers crossed," said Sue Palmer.
Christensen said she too is excited, but a part of her believes the process for signing up was disingenuous. "I mean they made it seem like any Coloradan could go, and now you have to work for your ticket."
The Obama campaign insists that volunteering is not a requirement to get a ticket.
They said those who were told they must volunteer must have clicked on the opt-in button for "all-star seating" when they signed up for the tickets. If you click that button, then you are required to volunteer, but you get a better seat.
If you choose not to volunteer, you retain your place in line for what is called a "community credential," according to the campaign.
People who received tickets for Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium will be notified by text or e-mail between Tuesday and Friday.
Oh and all the volunteers MUST where beige colored shirts, nifty caps, Obama armbands and a neat little leather cross shoulder strap. (If you are a Von Trapp, you must spend the evening hiding behind tomb stones). LOL.
Of course they’re required to do something at the direction of Obama and the RATS. Maybe one or two of these dimbulbs will get a clue that this is what’s in store if Obama and the rest of the leftists take power. Ditto for Her Heinous taking over. She’s just as much a leftist who wants to control people’s lives.
Wouldn’t want to be part of the cleanup crew after the big event.
Judging by the building excitement, the seats will probably be soaked in urine.
community credential
Those Obama folks just love communism.
This is a perfect example of why the Soviet Union Failed.
You can't get com-symps to work, they want free handouts.
The assumption is that Democratic volunteers don’t hold down regular jobs. Of course, it is those folks they want to recruit the most.
Arbeit macht Hoffnungen.
Obama is going to ask us to give of ourselves. People giving of themselves to help Obama so that the sick can be healed and the oceans recede, how wonderful. We are just a few million morons short of Marxist Utopia! We truly are the idiots we have been waiting for.
Uh-oh! The very first step to being an Obamaton is knee-jerk volunteerism.
Once you’re in, it’s like you’re a zombie, a vampire, you’re....under a spell!!
And they’re asking folks to do the Obama Salute:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/8/7/one-nation-under-a-new-obama-salute.html
In a free republic;)
You HAVE to VOLUNTEER - that is an oxymoron right there! Shades of what Obama will be like if he is president...
Like the Presidential acceptance speech? LMFAO!!!
"Community credential" must be another word for "fat chance".
Obama's sh!t reaks of Communism.
"Community Credential?"
Why not just call it the "United People's Pass" or "Worker's Paradise Pass?"
reaks = reeks
I need to watch Dr. Zhivago again.
FMCDH(BITS)
That’s sick.
Funny ! - but sick...
Waaaaaaaah! You want to vote for a marxist, and go hear a marxist give his speech in a stadium packed with other marxists, but like most marxists, you want to sit back and hope someone else will do the work that your marxist overlord tells you to do. Yeah, boo-hoo, I really feel bad for you, moron. You should be proud to "volunteer" your services for your new marxist messiah, not whining about it. That, or you're just an ill-informed idiot that has no idea what marxism is, even when your marxist hero wants you to show that you're a good marxist in order to get a good seat. Either way, you're an idiot.
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