Aides to Senator Dianne Feinstein have complained to the White House about a deluge of visits to her offices by constituents who thought they had an appointment after OFA called on supporters to visit members of Congress, Feinstein’s office confirms to me.Seems rather...disorganized. How'd the Community Organizer-in-Chief let that happen?
OFA recently blasted out an email to its list asking supporters to “visit” the office of their representatives. OFA asked supporters to sign up in shifts to avoid overwhelming the offices, whereupon supporters received follow-up emails reminding them of the “scheduled visit” they’d chosen. OFA advised them to “call ahead” before visiting.
But some constituents took the follow-up email to mean that they had a hard-and-fast scheduled meeting with their members of Congress, and around 100 such people showed up at Feinstein’s offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Feinstein spokesperson Gil Duran says. The visitors got upset when they learned they didn’t have a scheduled meeting, Duran says, adding that Feinstein’s office “expressed their concerns” to the White House.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Community Organizers are Surprisingly Disorganized
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is not happy about a wealth of unplanned visitors that Obama's community organizer...er, organization is sending her:
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It's a new system that they are still working the bugs out. It will get better, just take a number and we'll call you.
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