Suuurprise, suurprise, surprise. They'll be a pricetag to witness the American version of "Triumph of the Will"...Some of those hoping to wrangle a seat for Barack Obama's speech were told this week they have to put in six hours of volunteer work for his campaign by Friday to have a shot at a ticket.
Put your backs into it, folks. It's for the children...
And that ruffled at least a few feathers."My whole reason why I'm so mad about it is because Democrats need to act like Democrats," said Heather Kreider, a working mother from Centennial.
Ummmmmm...they aren't?
"Democrats work for a living, and they have to work and take care of their families. And they say these are open to those in the community, so they shouldn't ask people to drop everything in their lives for this," Kreider said Tuesday. "It's not fair. It's elitist. And they need to practice what they're preaching," she added.
Oh, Heather. You sound so...shocked!
I would have used the word, 'clueless' ...
Doing the volunteer work only makes someone eligible for a ticket and doesn't guarantee one, according to the phone message from the campaign.
So...good luck.
Obama's decision to move the last night of the Democratic National Convention to Invesco Field at Mile High, where he will speak to a crowd of more than 75,000, sparked a frenzy for tickets.
Oooh. A "frenzy"!
Campaign organizers pledged that more than half those in the stadium would be Coloradans, but they have been vague about how they would decide who got tickets.
Maybe they'll walk out into the parking lot and throw them in the air?
Kreider was among more than 80,000 people who applied for tickets to Obama's Aug. 28 speech accepting his party's presidential nomination. As part of the application process, people were asked to check a box if they were willing to volunteer for the Obama campaign. Matt Chandler, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, said the only people who were asked to volunteer were those who said on their applications that they were willing to do the work. Those who don't volunteer will still have a chance at the tickets, Chandler said.
Just like Publisher's Clearinghouse...
"The vast majority of people who get credentials won't have to volunteer," he said. "The folks who might have accidentally hit the 'volunteer' tab, they don't have to worry. They're in the same place in line."
...and we all know where that is. Except Heather maybe.
People asked to volunteer are those in line for "all star" tickets that will put them closer to the stage and are being contacted first, said Stephanie Mueller, campaign spokeswoman. Applicants who didn't offer to volunteer will be contacted later this week, she said.
We'll...call you. Soon.
But Kreider said she is certain she didn't hit the "volunteer" box on the online application.
Certain! Certain, I tells ya!
Still, Kreider got a message telling her that she had to do six hours of volunteer work by Friday if she wanted a chance at a ticket. Kreider said she will not do the work.
Like any good Democratic supporter wouldn't...
"Absolutely not," she said. "Now it's pure principal. I was a Hillary Clinton supporter, and this is literally my first touch with the Obama campaign. And it's just disappointing."
Johnson, the salts! Quickly!
A man, who spoke to the Rocky on the condition that he not be named, said he got a message saying he had to do 12 hours of phone work or canvassing to have a chance at the two tickets he wants. Asked if he planned to do the work, he said "hell no" and called the campaign's conditions "blackmail."
They'd prefer you call it "mail of color"...