Organizing For America/MyBarackObama.com/Democratic National Committee/Obama 2.0, whatever, same thing, is asking supporters to host house parties to rally support for the president’s stimulus bill. Why? Do citizens get to vote on it? What’s the point? And, what if you support Barack Obama (shudder) but think the stimulus package sucks? You and your friends have to eat alone? From a Politico article about Organizing For America’s (Obama’s campaign organization, now a part of the DNC) plans to promote participation in this strange new campaign for support is a portion of the e-mail the organization sent out:
Friend —
Last year, America lost 2.6 million jobs. This week, some of our biggest companies announced plans to cut tens of thousands more.
The economic crisis is deepening, but President Obama and members of Congress have proposed a recovery plan that will put more than 3 million Americans back to work.
You can learn more about how the plan will help your community by organizing an Economic Recovery House Meeting:
http://my.barackobama.com/recoveryhost
Join thousands of people across the country who are coming together to watch a special video about the recovery plan. Invite your friends and neighbors to watch the video with you and have a conversation about your community’s economic situation.
What’s the freaking point? So, they all get together for beer and brats, then watch a video over Doritos and dip, then, when the keg’s empty…what? I seem to remember the last time taxpayers got mad about the bailout, and we know how well that turned out. They called it a recovery program and did it anyway. Nobody seems to have a clue what’s going to be different this time, either:
Democrats involved in the process say the goal is not to get these supporters to lobby their elected officials or pen op-eds in their local newspapers advocating the president’s stimulus plan. But the group’s first call to action targets the Obama campaign’s most active supporters and includes state-by-state economic statistics, as well as information about how the stimulus package would impact each state.
“If we wanted to have a specific action after the house parties, we’d ask for it,” a Democrat involved in the process said. “What we want to do is to make sure that folks are talking about these issues.”
This is what happens when you elect a school teacher who moonlights as a part-time politician until he runs for president, you get roughly the same results as when everybody’s favorite substitute math teacher becomes head of the school board. A lot of ideas that sound good, but accomplish little. A real politician who raised more money than anybody in history and ended up with a surplus, might see the downside of using that money to ask taxpayers to party in an effort to stimulate the economy while he cussed out bailed out executives for taking “shameful” bonuses from the comfort of his overheated office. From the Associated Press:
The e-mail message carefully avoided any specific action: no phone calls to lawmakers, no e-mails to opinion-makers, no letters to the editor. Obama and his aides have been clear that the organization shouldn’t be considered an advocacy group for the White House’s policy agenda.
This is the stupidest idea I ever heard of. Can’t wait to see what’s next, sleep with a hooker on “Screw the Republicans” night? Economy stimulation and getting fucked all in one.
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