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Obama Campaign Workers Not Getting Paid, And Aren’t Happy About It
Say Anything —
... Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd. ...
Police Called After Obama Campaign Scrimps Workers On Pay (Video)
Gateway Pundit —
The Obama Campaign workers were upset they were not getting paid. Police were called on Wednesday after the Obama Campaign shortchanged their GOTV workers in Indiana. Eye on the World and WTHR reported: Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign ...
Obama Stiffs Campaign Workers: 'I Want My Money Today! It's My Money. I Want It Right Now!'
JammieWearingFool —
Looks like the $600 Million Man is slow paying his campaign workers . Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd. The line was long and the crowd was angry at times. "I want my money today! It's my money. I want it right now!" yelled one former campaign worker. A former spokesman for the Obama campaign said 375 people were hired ...
Honeymoon Over For Some Obamabots?
The Jawa Report —
November 06, 2008 Honeymoon Over For Some Obamabots? When it comes to money, yes. WTHR reports: Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd. The line was long and the crowd was angry at times. "I want my money today! It's my money. I want it right now!" yelled one former campaign worker.[...] Eventually people did ...
future shock
The Corner on National Review Online —
[image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Thursday, November 06, 2008 [image] future shock [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Could this be about spreading the wealth? 11/06 10:30 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us
Sorry, No Returns
Stubborn Facts —
... Plus ça HopeyChange®, plus c'est la même chose! No word on the status of those pony orders yet, and the payroll accounting isn't going so well either. Temporary glitch, I'm sure. ...
Still working out the bugs on the whole wealth-spreading deal
Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet —
Still working out the bugs on the whole wealth-spreading deal Obama campaign workers angry over unpaid wages Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd. The line was long and the crowd was angry at times. "I want my money today! It's my money. I want it right now!" yelled one former campaign worker. If there is ...
Obama campaign workers angry over unpaid wages
Flopping Aces —
Welcome to Obama’s America! You had better get used to it!
“Short changed?” Get it?
Former Obama workers claim they were short-changed
WTHR
Nov 6, 2008 10:47 AM EST
Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to ...
I Won't Have To Worry About Paying My Mortgage*
small dead animals —
November 6, 2008 I Won't Have To Worry About Paying My Mortgage* Angry crowd gathers in wake of Obama victory. * Posted by Kate at November 6, 2008 11:49 AM Comments Funny how the "news" organization found an excuse to disable comments on this story. Posted by: Fritz at November 6, 2008 11:56 AM Post a comment Before submitting, review the post to ensure your comment is on topic and does not contain words that might get caught in the spam filter (eg: insurance, viagra, online, poker). This is not a forum or a repository for off-topic link dumps. Profanity is ...
"The Man" Sticks it to Campaign Staff
The Jawa Report —
November 06, 2008 "The Man" Sticks it to Campaign Staff Ahh the more things er uh change. Via WTHR: Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd. The line was long and the crowd was angry at times. "I want my money today! It's my money. I want it right now!" yelled one former campaign worker. Did they not get the ...
Chump change you can't believe in
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] On its first test run, the Obamatronic Hopeychangeamatic Wealthspreadenizer malfunctions : Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd. The line was long and the crowd was angry at times. "I want my money today! It's my money. I want it right now!" yelled one former campaign worker... The workers showed up to get ...
Obama Campaign Shafts Its Own Workers
Moonbattery —
... These angry words were screamed by one of many Obama campaign workers in Indianapolis who have had trouble getting paid: ...
“It was supposed to be $120. All I get is $90.”
Rachel Lucas —
HA HA HA HA HA:
Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd.
The line was long and the crowd was angry at times.
“I want my money today! It’s my money. I want it right now!” yelled one former campaign worker.
A ...
Just Desserts
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler —
... of news, because it gives me a much-needed opportunity to laugh my arse off, not to mention the first chance, within a scant two days of Comrade Hussein buying the election, to bring out my loud, obnoxious I Told You So!™ drum, an implement that I expect to make good use of over the next four years. It looks like the Anointed One who thought nothing of spending more than half a billion dollars, hundred of millions of which were raised by deliberate, illegal means, to buy an election can’t quite find it in himself to pay the employees who worked so tirelessly to help him get to his ...
Indianapolis Campaign workers honored by being the first stiffed by Obama.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
As above, so below.
A little story, but still amusing. Via Glenn
Reynolds:
Obama
campaign workers angry over unpaid wages
Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not
to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several
hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute
campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on
North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd.
The line was long and the crowd was angry at times.
"I want my money today! It's ...
Shots from the Show 11/6
Tammy Bruce —
... Obama workers finding out "change" really means "no change" for them. Wow, I knew Obama supporters were going to be disappointed in their New Sugar Daddy, I just didn't know it would happen this fast! ...
Obamanomics: Already a Day Late and Many Dollars Short
AMERICAN DIGEST —
... “Talking about they’ll mail it to us. I ain’t worried about that, man. They’re not going to mail nothin’,” said Martin. ...
The Deadbeat President
Rhymes With Right —
Looks like some poor working stiffs are getting stiffed by The Man. What will President-elect Barack Obama do to punish such plutocratic malefactors? Probably nothing after all, it is Obama's campaign that has failed to pay workers as promised. Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd. The line was long and the crowd was ...
Police Called In To Quell Furious Unpaid Obama Campaign Workers
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... earned,” said Randall Waldon.
Some people weren’t satisfied with filling out a claim form for money they felt was still due to them.
“They say that they gonna call you or they going to mail it to you, but I don’t know. We’ll see what happens,” said Antron Grose.
“Talking about they’ll mail it to us. I ain’t worried about that, man. They’re not going to mail nothin’,” said Martin.
(WTHR)
Indiana: Obama Workers Want to Get Paid
PoliGazette —
... It has to be said that this report over at the Indianapolis News Weather is quite ironic: 375 people who worked hard the last days of the campaign to convince voters to go vote for Sen. Barack Obama, protested before the campaign’s office in Indianapolis claiming the campaign had not paid them yet, and demanding to be paid instantly. ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/6/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... Obama Campaign: Unpaid Wages Resolved Former Obama workers claim they were short-changed Indianapolis — The Obama campaign says most of the payment issues that brought hundreds of upset campaign workers to the Indianapolis office Wednesday have been resolved. Campaign spokesman Jonathan Swain says a few people showed up Thursday and made arrangements for payment by mail. A few hundred people stood in line for several hours Wednesday waiting to get paid for working in the final days of ...
