RNC fires phone solicitors (all 65 of them!)

[babylonsister]

:evilgrin: :nopity: :evilgrin:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/05/31/rnc-fires-all-65-phone-so_n_50249.html

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070531-050131-2781r.htm

RNC fires phone solicitors

May 31, 2007

The Republican National Committee, hit by a grass-roots donors' rebellion over President Bush's immigration policy, has fired all 65 of its telephone solicitors, Ralph Z. Hallow will report Friday in The Washington Times.

Faced with an estimated 40 percent fall-off in small-donor contributions and aging phone-bank equipment that the RNC said would cost too much to update, Anne Hathaway, the committee's chief of staff, summoned the solicitations staff last week and told them they were out of work, effective immediately, the fired staffers told The Times.

The national committee yesterday confirmed the firings that took place more than a week ago, but denied that the move was motivated by declining donor response to phone solicitations.

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[featherman]

1. Bizarre and... hysterical, if true (consider the source)

[babylonsister]

2. Found it via alternet via HuffPo - et voila'! nt

[Robbien]

3. Something doesn't smell right

Aging phone equipment? Not going to update phones?

These calls bring in tens of millions of dollars and they are going to stop doing it because voters are upset and their phones are aging.

I can see cutting back, but firing everyone?

[babylonsister]

4. Nah, the motivation from the OP is that no one is calling in-the RNC is

being ignored.

[BrotherBuzz]

5. Some bright bulb over at the RNC will outsource these jobs to India

I just know it! :rofl:

[Dr.Phool]

6. They ought to get some at the RCCC too.

I kept getting calls saying Tom Reynolds wants to give me an award for all that I do to help the Republican Party.

I asked him, "Am I really doing that bad of a job, that you guys want to give me an award"?

He said, "What do you mean"?

I said, "You do understand that I manage Democratic congressional campaigns,right"?

"I'll put that in my notes sir.?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[orleans]

7. ha! (good) n/t

[Blueberry_raspberry]

8. This story is the told of rightwing radio

Righties are attributing the drop in donations to the immigration issue.