Posted on 11/06/2008 8:20:41 AM PST by Maelstorm
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.
But hey, he’s black.
You vote in a scumbag....then you have to deal with a scumbag. Guess the libs have not learned that yet....
What a shame they don't see the connection between what is happening to them and what the chosen one proposes.
I “hope” they like their “CHEnge”
That is why it is more important that he deliver. I had an Obama campaign worker tell me she thought he was “too white”. lol
I guess some people didn’t get the memo about sharing the wealth.
That is just hilarious!
He will pay them with tax dollars.
Great story. Sorry, but I have to say it - hahahahahaha!
The check is “in the mail” hahahaahhaahaaaaaa
and also,, they’ve heard endless stories abobut how much cash his campaign has. haahahaaaa
They’ve done enough dope deals in the “hoood” to know they shouldn’t “front” the product without seeing the cash up front. Bwahaahahahahaahaaaaaa ROFLMAO
Typical, but you won’t hear about this from the MSM.
It’s less money because of TAXES. It is considered “taxable income”.
Remember when the storms came through this Summer? The same lines formed all around Indiana for free “stuff”. I guess the masses have figured out in Indiana that they can vote themselves out of poverty.
Oh, the irony...
Obama said people were going to have to make sacrifices. You mean you want to get paid for your work now? How selfish of you.
LOL! Let’s keep this one bumped for all to read!
“I want my money today! It’s my money. I want it right now!”
Get used to hearing that from Obamunist thugs.
This so reminds me of the cycle in trhe impoverished countries of Africa. A leader comes along and promises people the world — jobs, school, prosperity.
Of course, what little these people know about how the world works has come from a socialist educational philosophy, so they have no idea that prosperity cannot be created by a government. Nobody has told them that propserity comes from an educated, entrepeneurial populace with the freedom to create wealth, keep it, and enjoy it.
So they believe any demagogue who comes along and promises that he will make everything better for them. Of course, after a while — after he has skimmed off a bunch of the foreign aid and lived like a potentate — nothing has changed for the people. No amount of foreign aid can build prosperity among a group of people with no skills, no ambition, and nothing but a belief that someone is going to come along and take care of them.
So, the cycle starts all over again. Some other demagogue comes along and tells the people that they are poor because the existing government hasn’t taken care of them.
We are seeing the Third Worldization of America.
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