Anyone being paid by a campaign should reveal that

[realFedUp]

I think it's fair for anyone being paid by
one of the Presidential campaigns should
note that fact in their sig line. At least
we'll know when we're being lobbied by
a professional....

[Randi_Listener]

1. Exactly.

Time for all of you operatives to "fess up". Enough of this talkie bullshit.

[TorchTheWitch]

33. i never get tired of looking at that photo of Bush

drunkenly falling out of the car. heh heh :evilgrin:

[Stupdworld]

2. youre right

and i must reveal my affiliation with Janitors against Apartheid

[realFedUp]

3. lol

OK.

[realFedUp]

4. kick

and that certainly includes all the newbies
we've been seeing lately.

[wndycty]

11. So you are implying that some our newbies are paid by campaigns to be here

Wow!

[realFedUp]

12. geez

and maybe some old timers too...lol.

5. I'm not paid by any campaign

but I don't think it's anybody's business if I was being paid by one.

I don't care if someone whose ideas I'm reading on this board has been or not and I don't need to know if they are or not. I'll judge the ideas on the merits, period.

I think it is very dangerous to go the direction of requesting (on edit: maybe the word I'm looking for is "requiring" not "requesting" -- but even requesting this is a slippery slope to requiring) the writers on this board to reveal their affiliations in this way.

[realFedUp]

8. I disagree with your opinion

n/t

14. That's fine with me

I have no problem with that.
I understand why you feel the way you do also. You'd like to know!
I wouldn't mind knowing if someone is being paid by a campaign, to be honest. It's just that I don't feel any pressing need to know.

& it makes me a little nervous.

Maybe, I haven't been around long enough on the board to know for sure, but I just don't understand why it is necessary to know this about the posters. I think that their opinions are what are relevant, not the underlying causative forces of their opinions. It seems too much like "calling someone out" to me and could result in not listening to the opinion at the least or at the worst, it could result in some kind of hierarchy of good DUers and bad DUers based on whether they were "pure" (unaffiliated).

[Bozola]

17. How would you enforce it?

Sorry, no. What's important is not *who* they are, but *what* they say.

It's pretty obvious when someone has an agenda.

[sexybomber]

6. I wish I was getting paid by a campaign...

But right now, the only one I'm affiliated with is "sexybomber for ruler of the world", and they don't pay me, even though I'm their candidate...

[realFedUp]

9. believe me, I do too

I've certainly worked hard enough for Dems, the
media and lurking pundits over the years...

[TexasPatriot]

21. no kidding

it would be awful nice to get paid for any of this. maybe we should have a thread called 'people who arent paid by their candidates(or any other political association) but want to know how to get paid check in here'

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

7. agreed

It's been suggested before.

[Racenut20]

10. I once got paid

for winning the Ugly Bartender award.

[mhr]

13. You Mean, I Could Get Paid To Post At DU? Sign Me Up Scotty!

eom

[HawkerHurricane]

15. I confess...

As a member of the United Anarchist Party, I've recieved money for posting here.

Anarchists of the world, unite! Only by working together can we achieve our goals of total chaos.

[DUreader]

19. PNAC Has A Declared Strategy of Chaos. Anarchy=Chaos is Propaganda.

Where and When did you accept the definition that Anarchy=Chaos?

[HawkerHurricane]

22. Junior High School History book.

Los Angeles, 1978.

Gee, the guy who assassinated Duke Ferdinand of Austria in 1914 was described as a 'Anarchist' (he wasn't, he was a Serbian Nationalist); would he be described as a 'Terrorist' nowadays?

[Cooley Hurd]

16. Disclosure is always a good thing...

I'm with you, RFU!

[HuckleB]

18. If there are paid campaigners, they should disclose that fact.

If there are unpaid interns working on campaigns, they should probably disclose that fact, too. If we are to keep this an honest forum, it makes sense.

[Nlighten1]

20. There are operatives here?

Show yourselves.

[curse10]

23. tin foil hat anyone?

:tinfoilhat:

[mzmolly]

24. I agree, and I'd love to be 'paid' if there' s anyone recruiting.

;)

[redqueen]

25. I agree

That would be the ethical thing to do, no doubt.

In fact, why not make it part of the rules?

[creativelcro]

26. Also: people who are in close contact with the candidate

should reveal that as well. For instance, somebody who is pushing hard for Kerry and who is also somewhat close to Kerry, to the point that it is likely he/she would get some personal career advantage by supporting him (if he gets to the White House), should reveal that. Obviously, pro-Kerry arguments by this person would be less credible than arguments by people who are not so close.

[curse10]

28. LMAO

I wish.

[mzmolly]

32. heh heh,

;)

[maddezmom]

27. no way for the admins to enforce

not paid or connected to any campaign.

[SeattleRob]

29. I agree....

Though I doubt many folks will disclose this.

[Ficus]

30. who cares

really? Why does it matter? Just because you work for someone doesn't mean you only like them for paying you.

31. Are you now

or have you ever been paid by a political candidate?

[zulchzulu]

34. I don't think it makes any difference

Who cares. If someone working for a campaign contributes to this board, so be it.

You can agree or disagree with their dialogue like anybody else.

How would it be any different if it's a paid campaign person vs. an unpaid grassroots volunteer? Both usually have the same information and share issue statements and talking points at meetings?