grizzer
New member
Grandma's dumping massive data into obama's organizing for america database.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now this is amusing … and probably effective. At Pro Publica, Lois Beckett writes: “In Minnesota, Democratic volunteers scour their local newspapers each morning for letters to the editor with a political slant. They pay attention to the names of callers on radio shows. They drive through their neighborhoods and jot down the addresses of campaign lawn signs.
Then they feed the information into a state Democratic Party database that includes nearly every voter in Minnesota. Some of the states' few dozen data volunteers are so devoted that they log into the party database daily from their home computers. Deb Pitzrick, 61, of Eden Prairie, convinced a group of her friends to form the ‘Grandma Brigade.’ These women, in their 50s, 60s and 70s, no longer want to knock on doors for the Democrats.
Instead, they support the party by gathering public information about other voters. … One data volunteer even joked about holding ‘rat out your neighbor parties,’ where friends would be encouraged to add notes about the political views of other people on their block.” So what happens when they get a load of my Ted Nugent "How 'Bout Some Hot Lead?" bumper sticker?
http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2013/01/dayton-biz-leaders-show-me-where-youd-cut-spending
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now this is amusing … and probably effective. At Pro Publica, Lois Beckett writes: “In Minnesota, Democratic volunteers scour their local newspapers each morning for letters to the editor with a political slant. They pay attention to the names of callers on radio shows. They drive through their neighborhoods and jot down the addresses of campaign lawn signs.
Then they feed the information into a state Democratic Party database that includes nearly every voter in Minnesota. Some of the states' few dozen data volunteers are so devoted that they log into the party database daily from their home computers. Deb Pitzrick, 61, of Eden Prairie, convinced a group of her friends to form the ‘Grandma Brigade.’ These women, in their 50s, 60s and 70s, no longer want to knock on doors for the Democrats.
Instead, they support the party by gathering public information about other voters. … One data volunteer even joked about holding ‘rat out your neighbor parties,’ where friends would be encouraged to add notes about the political views of other people on their block.” So what happens when they get a load of my Ted Nugent "How 'Bout Some Hot Lead?" bumper sticker?
http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2013/01/dayton-biz-leaders-show-me-where-youd-cut-spending
