Posted on 04/13/2009 1:34:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Obama campaign did a masterful job of getting cellphone numbers from their supporters to be used for text messaging to encourage support and contributions. It was a very good strategy for keeping the people involved and making them feel like an important tool in the campaign.
The groups that are organizing the Tea Party protests are going to use a similar approach to create a network of concerned citizens (from Red State): While the passion and patriotism we will see expressed is reminiscent of American Patriots of old, it is also important that we employ modern technology to make it as effective as possible. Just as our Founding Fathers helped spread word through pamphlets, modern-day bloggers are helping spread the word about these protests.
It would be a tragically missed opportunity if thousands of never-before-active Americans attended a TEA Party, but were never contacted again and given an opportunity to become more involved in the political process.
To make sure this unfortunate event does not happen, Let Freedom Ring USA is organizing an effort to have local TEA Party leaders encourage the crowd to Text the word “TeaParty” to 74362 on their mobile phones.
This will ensure that local leaders, as well as the national leaders of the conservative movement (we are working with several conservative leaders on this project), will be able to activate and alert TEA Party attendees of future events.
Because these events are spontaneous grassroots events, this logistical effort is challenging. We are hopeful that word will also spread via this blog. Thank you for your help in that regard.
I won't be able to attend the local Tea Party events because of some personal business I have to attend to, but if you wish to find one in your area you can look here.
I do not even know how to text message and I am too danged old to start now. I tried this morning when my BIL texted me about my Mom’s surgery and got frustrated. I had to use a pencil to punch the buttons and never could get it to come out right, so I finally e-mailed him a message and told him to cut it out and call me for cripes sake. It took everything I had not to throw the danged phone and smash against the wall. IMHO, bad idea.
A lot of us old dudes don’t text. But e-mail is fine, and the Blackberry puts it near at hand like a text message.
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