Obama off to a slow start in Capitol Hill gun campaign
President Barack Obama’s campaign operation appeared to be getting off to a shakey start Friday, sending out an ill-timed email calling on millions of supporters to flood the Capitol Hill switchboard with calls supporting gun control.
Call in campaigns can be a powerful tool in lobbying Congress: when done right, lawmakers’ offices are inundated with thousands of constituents demanding to speak with the senator or congresswoman about a particular issue. Well-orchestrated campaigns can even result in the congressional switchboard going down for hours at a time, disrupting everyday life in the Capitol and giving everyone in the building a sense of a national grassroots surge.
But the Obama email, penned by Former Obama campaign manager and National Chairman for OFA Jim Messina, didn’t seem to be having much of an effect Friday afternoon. Five Democratic and Republican offices contacted by Buzzfeed from Illinois, Kentucky, California, Oklahoma and Tennessee reported either normal or below normal call traffic during Friday afternoon, and no perceptible increase in calls about gun control.
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Looks like he misfired here.
Fighton03 on January 25, 2013 at 11:47 PM
Speaking of guns, I just watched a movie made in Hong Kong. I want to know where they get these handguns with 150-round magazines. Or maybe I don’t. They’re not very effective. They can empty one of these babies into a guy standing 10 feet away, and that guy still gets up and staggers away.
The Rogue Tomato on January 25, 2013 at 11:55 PM
Link should come with a warning that there is a big creepy picture of Jim Messina.
Mark1971 on January 26, 2013 at 12:12 AM
You think Obama would have figured out Affirmative Action already. You can guilt trip them into giving you the job but you can’t guilt trip them into working with you.
Rocks on January 26, 2013 at 12:14 AM
All they got is test balloons to see what floats. So far nothing has even taken off yet without a huge fan (aka Media) blowing and even tossing it in the air. Only to have it come crashing down just as fast.
tjexcite on January 26, 2013 at 12:24 AM
We just need to keep bad things from happening for the next four years.
ProfShadow on January 26, 2013 at 12:28 AM
Jim Messina looks like a child molester.
Blacksheep on January 26, 2013 at 1:21 AM
lol, why do we all think that way?
I guess he is just our stereotype molester. Of course look at Axelrod, Hillary and Biden as well as assclown Obama. None of them I want to go camping with or to the showers.
arnold ziffel on January 26, 2013 at 2:08 AM
If you’re in the shower with Barry, you damn well better soap up with your back to the wall. Gay, straight, or whatever.
Red Creek on January 26, 2013 at 5:12 AM
Obama… gun control… Waterloo.
petefrt on January 26, 2013 at 5:24 AM
Bah, because even demorats want to keep their guns.
Cabelas received 50 AR’s last Monday, and the line outside the door before the store opened was such a mob scene that they had to pass out tickets: 1 ticket = whatever AR they handed you once you got to the gun counter. No ticket = no rifle.
We’re speaking with our wallets, not calls to politicians.
Bishop on January 26, 2013 at 7:28 AM
I wouldn’t mind a big picture of Jo Dee Messina……
GWB on January 26, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Messina always looks like he’s just had a long hot shower with Barky and Axelhoff.
It’s disturbing.
CorporatePiggy on January 26, 2013 at 10:01 AM