Those Bush campaign officials sure are sneaky.
On a chilly recent morning at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo, Bush backers showing up early for a rally were greeted with a sign that said, “Want to be closer? Upgrade your tickets here!”
Those who signed up were taken to a table of cell phones near where first base would be for a ballgame. In exchange for the upgrade that got them closer to Bush, rally attendees were turned into an instant phone bank and given lists of people to call to solicit support for the president.
Yes, this is a rather unseemly way to get supporters to “volunteer” to help the campaign, but I have another question: Is the Bush campaign’s support in Iowa so weak that it has to trick people into helping at phone banks?