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Pavlo

(42 posts)
34. First of all
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 10:27 PM
Jun 2012

I cut my teeth on Organizing for America back in 2007. I would like to say my efforts to get out the vote help our president get elected. I remained a very active volunteer with the Obama for America. Our organization and many others flooded Wisconsin for weeks, with calls to get out the vote. We were told that the president had our backs and after we laid the ground work, he would be there to bring out the vote. In a big way

This never happened . A 2 second tweet is not the same as appearances and obviously had no effect. For weeks we made calls and reported those results to the to our manager and him to his district manager. We were told many things that never seemed to come to fruition. Many more than just the president would appear and turn out the voters, against Walker.
If It was a local fight why were we and other offices across the country, calling for weeks on end. (We were also doing the same in Pennsylvania, including to giving up our free time to drive to different areas and register voters.) I can't even begin to tell you some of the things that the voters of Wisconsin told me and my fellow interns. A showing from Washington was one thing that we and they expected.

The bottom line our president chose to go to fund raisers in other states. We felt that something was wrong but no one told us anything. The president never showed, the plug was pulled and
we lost, big. Call it what ever you like, his advisers, or the president never show. They knew all along that they were not going to win but did not disseminate that information to the rank and file.

What do you call a leader that does not show up to do battle in the face of adversity. He stood in the back row and watched the very hearts, and minds of his supporters be crushed, while waiting for the big guns. I am sorry that was a chicken shit move and one I would subscribe to a coward and not a leader.

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GOP Election Fraud in Wisconsin [View all] FarLeftFist Jun 2012 OP
I hope that Wisconsin has a law about this sort of thing GarroHorus Jun 2012 #1
Given their current state of fundraising rules Tushon Jun 2012 #2
LOL n/t GarroHorus Jun 2012 #3
It's called "A Koch and a Smile". Kurovski Jun 2012 #31
Nothing will be done. freshwest Jun 2012 #4
Nothing ever gets done in cases like this. hamsterjill Jun 2012 #6
I spoke to a voter who actually received one of these calls jsmirman Jun 2012 #7
I will dream with you. hamsterjill Jun 2012 #8
people have been convicted for this. Kurovski Jun 2012 #32
Looks like two individuals, right? hamsterjill Jun 2012 #33
I believe it happened in Florida and elsewhere as well. it's not unheard of. Kurovski Jun 2012 #35
+1. the money men don't want it. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #11
True, but if Democrats were doing, something would definitely be done. The media would be all over sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #24
Yet, I said something about it an another thread and the poster trashed Democrats as the crooks. freshwest Jun 2012 #25
There should be a law.. ananda Jun 2012 #5
Why didn't Obama support Tom Barrett? Pavlo Jun 2012 #9
Thanks for your concern...n/t monmouth Jun 2012 #10
Pavlo, your link says: 'Oh, No's! A 404! and has a pic of an unhappy guy. freshwest Jun 2012 #13
Is there another wage-lowering, anti-union, free-trade agreement in the works at the Federal level? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #14
Are you forgetting that Pres Obama took the time truedelphi Jun 2012 #15
odd question and observation sequence. chknltl Jun 2012 #19
many in our own party 2pooped2pop Jun 2012 #20
That's not the link I wanted to use Pavlo Jun 2012 #26
Oh Ok. Actually Scott Walker Recall: Obama Campaign Gets Involved SunsetDreams Jun 2012 #27
I'm sorry, but I'm going to be petty here: AllyCat Jun 2012 #28
"Whenever a Republican and/or disruptor comes here, they call it the "Democrat" party" abolugi Jun 2012 #30
First of all Pavlo Jun 2012 #34
There were some pretty severe prosecutions in New Hampshire if I recall wial Jun 2012 #12
Oh yeah so severe that they did it again in WI n/t dinopipie Jun 2012 #16
yes, figuratively, of course 2pooped2pop Jun 2012 #21
You mean some fines a few years after the election? Doctor_J Jun 2012 #23
If the confessed War Criminals Bush and Cheney get a pass dinopipie Jun 2012 #17
Wisconsin voters went against their own best interests... Brooklyn Dame Jun 2012 #18
And we need to take every gain in stride. AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #29
thats election fraud. not voter fraud PatrynXX Jun 2012 #22
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