Posted on 08/12/2009 3:33:13 PM PDT by faq
I never thought I'd enjoy a Democratic senator from California as much as I've enjoyed Dianne Feinstein for the past couple months.
Today, she's hitting Organizing for America, the astroturf totally genuine grassroots operation of the Democratic National Committee, for misleading constituents into thinking they have scheduled meetings with her. When her offices aren't able to accommodate each constituent, they're understandably upset with her, and she's upset with the White House:
Aides to Senator Dianne Feinstein have complained to the White House about a deluge of visits to her offices by constituents who thought they had an appointment after OFA called on supporters to visit members of Congress, Feinsteins office confirms to me.I wouldn't have expected such community organizer FAIL from this White House, but I guess you get rusty when you're running the country.OFA called on supporters to visit members of Congress, Feinsteins office confirms to me. OFA recently blasted out an email to its list asking supporters to "visit" the office of their representatives. OFA asked supporters to sign up in shifts to avoid overwhelming the offices, whereupon supporters received follow-up emails reminding them of the "scheduled visit" they'd chosen. OFA advised them to "call ahead" before visiting.
But some constituents took the follow-up email to mean that they had a hard-and-fast scheduled meeting with their members of Congress, and around 100 such people showed up at Feinsteins offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Feinstein spokesperson Gil Duran says. The visitors got upset when they learned they didnt have a scheduled meeting, Duran says, adding that Feinstein's office "expressed their concerns" to the White House.
Update: The GOP is getting blow back for this, too, as OFA claims to "schedule" meetings with House Republicans for constituents:
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
dont worry, she’ll just steer another govt contract to her hubby and forget all about this
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh...that HAD to hurt......
Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
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