Wanted: Somebody, ANYBODY, to volunteer for the GOP National Convention

[marmar]

from the Minneapolis Star-Trib:



GOP National Convention puts out SOS for volunteers
The local host committee seeks about 4,000 more people to help showcase the Twin Cities to visitors in September.

By RANDY FURST, Star Tribune

Last update: June 23, 2008 - 11:12 PM



Kjersti Duncan needs a little help these days -- from 10,000 of you, actually -- and the quest takes her all over town.

She was in the rain outside the Metrodome a few weeks back, handing out flyers seeking volunteers for the Republican National Convention, set for Sept. 1-4 in the Twin Cities.

Last week, she made a pitch at the Eagan Rotary Club, where one member told how his wife got bit by a bat and a motivational speaker offered career strategies.

Duncan has her own strategic goal: locking in enough convention volunteers while her counterparts in Denver, where the Democrats will hold their convention, have long since wrapped up the task.

On Monday, Duncan, volunteer coordinator for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Host Committee, was helping out at a news conference that unveiled a first prize for whomever recruits the most volunteers.

"We're not worried," Duncan said in a recent interview.

She ticks off the reasons that becoming a volunteer will be a chance to showcase the Twin Cities and to be an eyewitness to history.

"This is an opportunity to make our area shine and meet people from all over the world." ....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/conventions/20723669.html?location_refer=Local%20+%20Metro



And read one of the great reader comments that followed the story: :thumbsup:

Can't Do It
"After everything that the Republicans have done over the last eight years to polarize Americans, why should it be any surprise that people … read more aren't volunteering in droves to support their convention? The Republican party's platform is against almost everything I believe in, and am as a person. I'm not going to practice some "Minnesota Nice" in order to pull in some extra revenue for the state. A lot of the people I work with are in danger of being laid off because the Republicans voted to slash our budget. If Minnesota is truly a "purple" state, there should be plenty of Republicans who will volunteer to fill those positions."

[Old and In the Way]

1. Hmmmm, I'm thinking that we Democrats could help out.

Nothing malicious, mind you. Just provide some constructive chaos. :rofl:

[Hawkeye-X]

2. I'll volunteer for GOP convention if MY following conditions are met:

First class seats to Minneapolis.
I stay at the finest hotel with no expense spared.
Casino credit at a local casino.
$500,000 cash only up front.
And I'll volunteer for 0.00001 milliseconds about 5 miles away from any GOP nearby.

That's it. Thank you very much. Try the beef, and tip your waitress!

Hawkeye-X

[marmar]

3. Sounds like extortion worthy of the GOP......

:)

[jwirr]

5. And I would add that I get to wear my Obama button.

[gratuitous]

4. How many public bathroom monitors will they need?

There are going to be lots of Republicans using public bathrooms, and if the last couple of years have shown the American people anything, it's that Republicans in a public bathroom is akin to handing an arsonist a can of gas and a Zippo.

[Indenturedebtor]

6. Bwahahaha seriously though

Somebody needs to get Drag Queens Of America United or some such organization involved. Do you think the puke heads would literally explode?

[Contrary1]

7. This comment makes the time wasted reading about poor Duncan's problem worthwhile:

"Maybe they could use inmates from the local prisons to help out? Most republican lawmakers should feel right at home then.
Can Tom Delay volunteer?"

:rofl: