Comments on: Why an army of small donors isn't all good news http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/10/why-army-of-small-donors-isnt-all-good.htm Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:39:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/10/why-army-of-small-donors-isnt-all-good.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1302 Anonymous Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:32:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1922#comment-1302 In the US delivery is a federal offence. Seriously. They regard it as tampering with the mail. Volunteers mostly just cold-call people although the do have "fieldwork" (canvassing and street stalls).<br/><br/>No US politician will ever appeal to the UK because their entire political spectrum is skewed so far to the right of ours. The hard right of the Tory party is still to the left of the "crazy" left of the Democrats (NHS? Communism! - the phrase British style healthcare is used by all sides as an insult). In the same way even the most left wing of British politicians would be considered unpallateably right-wing in most of continental and Scandinavian Europe so even the most reformist US candidate is too right wing for us to stomach.<br/><br/>That said we are right to be excited about Obama because he is new and different. Any other result would represent the same-old-same old (particularly a Hillary victory - She has already had 8 years in the White House during which the US committed war crimes in Sudan, Somalia, Kosovo and Iraq whilst simultaneously allowing the Rwandan genocide to take place unchecked, letting Israel walk all over Oslo and allowing world war 3 to break out in Congo).<br/><br/>I've read Obama's book and to be honest I disagree with him on almost every substantive point. But I was convinced that he was an honest and moral man trying to do his best for the people he served. If he wins he'll be the first President to be that since FDR. In the US delivery is a federal offence. Seriously. They regard it as tampering with the mail. Volunteers mostly just cold-call people although the do have "fieldwork" (canvassing and street stalls).

No US politician will ever appeal to the UK because their entire political spectrum is skewed so far to the right of ours. The hard right of the Tory party is still to the left of the "crazy" left of the Democrats (NHS? Communism! - the phrase British style healthcare is used by all sides as an insult). In the same way even the most left wing of British politicians would be considered unpallateably right-wing in most of continental and Scandinavian Europe so even the most reformist US candidate is too right wing for us to stomach.

That said we are right to be excited about Obama because he is new and different. Any other result would represent the same-old-same old (particularly a Hillary victory - She has already had 8 years in the White House during which the US committed war crimes in Sudan, Somalia, Kosovo and Iraq whilst simultaneously allowing the Rwandan genocide to take place unchecked, letting Israel walk all over Oslo and allowing world war 3 to break out in Congo).

I've read Obama's book and to be honest I disagree with him on almost every substantive point. But I was convinced that he was an honest and moral man trying to do his best for the people he served. If he wins he'll be the first President to be that since FDR.

]]> By: Bernard Salmon http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/10/why-army-of-small-donors-isnt-all-good.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1301 Bernard Salmon Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:34:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1922#comment-1301 From what I've read, Obama has been successful in not just getting a large number of small donors, but also in getting more people involved in the election. His ground organisation is very impressive and relies on a large number of volunteers. If delivery runs etc are a little shorter, that's probably to encourage more people to get involved. Let's face it, someone doing two delivery runs of 125 leaflets is better than one delivery run of 200 houses. From what I've read, Obama has been successful in not just getting a large number of small donors, but also in getting more people involved in the election. His ground organisation is very impressive and relies on a large number of volunteers. If delivery runs etc are a little shorter, that's probably to encourage more people to get involved. Let's face it, someone doing two delivery runs of 125 leaflets is better than one delivery run of 200 houses.

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