On Nov 11, 9:52 am, Marvin the Martian <
mar...@ontomars.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:26:15 -0500, ColdWarDinosaur wrote:
> > On 11/10/2012 4:59 PM, Marvin the Martian wrote:
> >> On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:41:44 -0500, ColdWarDinosaur wrote:
>
> >>> Left them high and dry without credit cards to even get home.
> >>> I am surprised he didn't just fire them in his concession speech.
> >>> Using that "I like firing people" line! That must be what he sounds
> >>> like when he addresses the employees of a new Bain acquisition,
> >>> positive, dignified, hopeful and as they applaud when he leaves the
> >>> room, the power, water and equipment is turned off and a retrenchment
> >>> squad starts handing out pink slips.
>
> >> Of course, if you're a campaign worker you have to expect to be layed
> >> off the day after the election. To expect anything else, (as this non-
> >> american CWD does) is just fucking stupid.
>
> > The DECENT thing to do is at least pay for them to get home. Which makes
> > me wonder where all the billions his campaign had went???
>
> >> Obama laid off his staff too. He even told them he's never going to
> >> hire them back again.
>
> > Because he's not running again?? :)
>
> >> Get a damned clue.
>
> > Hmm..
>
> So, you can understand why, after the election,
> Obama fired his campaign workers
No he did not. I am involved with the campaign and get reports, etc.
several times a day.
> Obama spent $540 MILLION, Romney $336 MILLION. Billions? You lie.
No, they did not (some manager you are!). From your own URL:
Overall BLUE TEAM RED TEAM
Spending $932,094,231 $1,030,218,386
Here's the scoop.
(1) Essentially both campaigns spent comparable amounts.
(2) The number of donors to the Obama campaign is a historical
record. People who could barely afford contributed $3.00 and similar
figures.
(3) The number of volunteers is not even in the same league. The
Democrats assembled the greatest Electoral Team in the history of the
US. Romney had to BUY his campaign workers.
Several months ago, we volunteers were told: "There is no way we can
outspend Romney on TV, radio and Internet ads. What we are doing
instead is investing in the GROUND GAME: providing volunteers with the
resources they need (car rentals, telephone lines, office space,
etc.)"
Mr. Romney could not do the same because it is impossible to provide
resources to volunteers who DO NOT EXIST. IOW: What do you do with
1,000 cars if you only have 500 people? Moral: Some people are not for
sale.
In short, it was THE REPUBLICANS who insisted on unlimited
contributions and spending (the raison d'etre of Citizens United), so
we Democrats answered: "Really? Are you sure that you want that? We
rather not, but we can also play that game."
... and so we did. We made history.
-Ramon