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stoptheaclu.com - 8/13/2008
Think you get to see Obama for free? Not so fast, sucker: you have to EARN that privilege.
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Or so the Obama campaign is telling his supporters by requiring that they give six hours of volunteer service towards his campaign for one free ticket. And they have to do it by this Friday. As in, August 15th. Me personally, I can think of a lot ...

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The Sundries Shack:  You Want to See Barack Obama? It’ll Cost You.

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You Want to See Barack Obama? It’ll Cost You.
The Sundries Shack — ... to go, they’re going to have to work for it. It’s going to cost them six hours working for the campaign for one ticket and eight hours for two. Before Friday. This Friday, August 15th. Oh, it gets better. See, even if you put in your required hours of labor for the Obamessiah, you only qualify for the tickets, according to one e-mail sent by someone who got a call. In other words, “You are required to volunteer”. Says Stop the ACLU: This bait-and-switch deal with Obama is the premise of his ...

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