Posted on 09/10/2008 10:29:38 AM PDT by flyfree
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
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Too little, too late. Hahahahaha!
This is NOT the sort of thinking that Obama wants to encourage!!
!Snork!
Do they have “catnip” flavor?
0be’s campaign’s not sending out 0be condoms to help kids avoid punishment?
I’d say that was an outstanding lesson for the group in the respect Democrats vs. Republicans have for ordinary Americans.
I suggest those girls work on earning their Ms. Vice President patches. :-)
Seems to a common excuse in the Obama campaign.
Yes, very telling.
Maybe a small matter, but the kind of thing people remember.
Anyone who thinks about "the money" when it comes to giving $25 worth of stuff to the Girl Scouts is a heartless person.
Walsh said she was determined to remain impartial.
"I thought it was a little ridiculous," Walsh said. "I guess I don't understand what the problem was."
Stupid liberal soccer mom. Get a clue lady. Liberals will suck up money until you're dead, if you let them.
Obama's campaign replied that the "McCain camp was thoughtless."
I hope that’s what America says to Obama in Nov. 4 - we sympathize, we really do, but we need all our money too and we can’t afford to pay for Obama’s planned tax hikes.
That wasn’t the “pig in lipstick” that I once knew.
Walsh said she was determined to remain impartial.
"I thought it was a little ridiculous," Walsh said. "I guess I don't understand what the problem was."
Stupid liberal soccer mom. Get a clue lady. Liberals will suck up money until you're dead, if you let them.
7-year old girlscouts aren’t in the league with the elitist group of Obama et al.
It’s that simple.
fixed.
“Stupid liberal soccer mom. Get a clue lady. Liberals will suck up money until you’re dead, if you let them. “
They’ll do it after you’re dead too and ‘letting’ them isn’t a factor. They’ll have plenty of guns to back up their demands if Obama wins.
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