Ravekid
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Folks, go to the link and watch the video. Typical "me, myself, and I" Obama supporters.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9299280&nav=menu188_2
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.
A former spokesman for the Obama campaign said 375 people were hired as part of the Vote Corps program and said people signed up to work three-hour shifts at a time. Three hours of canvassing got workers a $30 pre-paid Visa card.
The workers showed up to get their cards Wednesday morning at 10:00 am.
"There was a note on the door saying 1:00 pm and then at 1:20 pm everybody was like why is nobody here. They just got here and they're trying to get it organized," said Heather Richards, a former campaign worker.
The large gathering of around 375 people prompted police to call in extra officers and set up temporary barricades. The barricades helped keep the crowd from spilling out onto Meridian Street. Police say the several hundred people in line were for the most part orderly.
"No arrests. Some of the people were upset at first because the line wasn't moving as fast as they thought it should. But we really haven't had any problems," said Major Darryl Pierce, Metro Police.
Eventually people did start getting paid, but some said they were missing hours and told to fill in paperwork making their claim and that eventually they would get a check in the mail.
"Still that's not right. I'm disappointed. I'm glad for the president, but I'm disappointed in this system," said Diane Jefferson, temporary campaign worker.
"It should have been $480. It's $230," said Imani Sankofa.
"They gave us $10 an hour. So we added it. I added up all the hours so it was supposed to be at least $120. All I get is $90," said Charles Martin.
"I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have 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.
My comments: Folks, this it absolute proof that a large part of the Obama loving crowd only cares about "me, myself, and I." I guess the Obama camp was to pay people $10/hr. to help campaign. These folks, most of whom are freaking black people, are miffed at not getting paid. Oh wait, most are getting paid, but they are ticked that they might not have gotten $120 and instead were given $90. This is not unbelievable, this is _totally_ believable. This is the future of the US. It is not good enough that these people had one of "their own" elected as the first black president, now they are angry at Obama for not spreading his own wealth, on the freaking day right after the election. These folks are why I no longer care about this country. Screw them all. How can you be so for a candidate and refuse to log in just a few hours a day for free? I will say it now, Obama is a one trick pony. The allure is gone. These same people bitching about getting paid to campaign for him think that the messiah is going to come into every single ghetto neighborhood and rebuild it from the ground up. Look at the lady who made comments that she didn't have to worry about paying her mortgage and gas? I can only conclude that she believes government is now going to pay for that stuff? This country is doomed. There will be no coming together, not with these types of people out there. These people will abandon Obama after his first term when he doesn't give the gas, housing, $25K/year per bastard child (plus an add't $5,000 if the kids have different baby daddies), etc..
Folks, go to the link and watch the video. Typical "me, myself, and I" Obama supporters.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9299280&nav=menu188_2
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.
A former spokesman for the Obama campaign said 375 people were hired as part of the Vote Corps program and said people signed up to work three-hour shifts at a time. Three hours of canvassing got workers a $30 pre-paid Visa card.
The workers showed up to get their cards Wednesday morning at 10:00 am.
"There was a note on the door saying 1:00 pm and then at 1:20 pm everybody was like why is nobody here. They just got here and they're trying to get it organized," said Heather Richards, a former campaign worker.
The large gathering of around 375 people prompted police to call in extra officers and set up temporary barricades. The barricades helped keep the crowd from spilling out onto Meridian Street. Police say the several hundred people in line were for the most part orderly.
"No arrests. Some of the people were upset at first because the line wasn't moving as fast as they thought it should. But we really haven't had any problems," said Major Darryl Pierce, Metro Police.
Eventually people did start getting paid, but some said they were missing hours and told to fill in paperwork making their claim and that eventually they would get a check in the mail.
"Still that's not right. I'm disappointed. I'm glad for the president, but I'm disappointed in this system," said Diane Jefferson, temporary campaign worker.
"It should have been $480. It's $230," said Imani Sankofa.
"They gave us $10 an hour. So we added it. I added up all the hours so it was supposed to be at least $120. All I get is $90," said Charles Martin.
"I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have 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.
My comments: Folks, this it absolute proof that a large part of the Obama loving crowd only cares about "me, myself, and I." I guess the Obama camp was to pay people $10/hr. to help campaign. These folks, most of whom are freaking black people, are miffed at not getting paid. Oh wait, most are getting paid, but they are ticked that they might not have gotten $120 and instead were given $90. This is not unbelievable, this is _totally_ believable. This is the future of the US. It is not good enough that these people had one of "their own" elected as the first black president, now they are angry at Obama for not spreading his own wealth, on the freaking day right after the election. These folks are why I no longer care about this country. Screw them all. How can you be so for a candidate and refuse to log in just a few hours a day for free? I will say it now, Obama is a one trick pony. The allure is gone. These same people bitching about getting paid to campaign for him think that the messiah is going to come into every single ghetto neighborhood and rebuild it from the ground up. Look at the lady who made comments that she didn't have to worry about paying her mortgage and gas? I can only conclude that she believes government is now going to pay for that stuff? This country is doomed. There will be no coming together, not with these types of people out there. These people will abandon Obama after his first term when he doesn't give the gas, housing, $25K/year per bastard child (plus an add't $5,000 if the kids have different baby daddies), etc..
