Near the end of his article published in the Rocky Mountain News today, writer Kevin Vaughan included one man’s claim that conditions required for attendance at Barack Obama‘s acceptance speech at Invesco Field during the Democratic National Convention Aug. 28 in Denver amounted to nothing less than blackmail:
A man, who spoke to the Rocky on the condition that he not be named, said he got a message saying he had to do 12 hours of phone work or canvassing to have a chance at the two tickets he wants.
Asked if he planned to do the work, he said “hell no” and called the campaign’s conditions “blackmail.”
My guess is that Obama will issue a public statement rescinding the work requirements. In a less-public manner, however, he’ll find out who was behind the admission scheme and throw that person(s) “under the bus” where they will spend time with his white grandmother, Jeremiah Wright and Michael Fleger, Kenyan orphans, John Edwards and several others previously excommunicated by “The Obamessiah.”
Cartoon courtesy: Political Graffiti
4 responses so far ↓
1 BA // Aug 13, 2008 at 10:30 am
Is this not illegal, to pay canvassers through tickets?
2 hotoffthepress2 // Aug 13, 2008 at 10:42 am
BA — I’m no lawyer, but I suspect you might be correct. Any lawyers out there want to take a stab at this question?
3 Pete // Aug 14, 2008 at 4:40 am
all that means is that the poster – and the writer of this article – have no understanding of the word “blackmail”.
4 hotoffthepress2 // Aug 14, 2008 at 5:37 am
Pete — Tsk, tsk.
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