I'm going to start phonebanking for the Republican Jewish Coalition, after 50 hrs, I'll get an ipad3

[trailmonkee]

NOT going to happen, and there is nothing wrong with this, as far as I know... but, it just goes to show you how dedicated Obama Volunteers are... at best we will get a slice of pizza for a few hours of phone banking, and, of course, a good night of deep contented sleep (which is of course, priceless)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/republican-jewish-coalition-paying-volunteers-wi

The Republican Jewish Coalition is offering its volunteers incentives to continue to phone-bank, but unlike traditional gimmicks which provide hard-working supporters with special access, the RJC is providing iPads and American Express gift cards.

According to an email to supporters, supporters of the RJC DC Chapter who make calls during designated phone-banks stand to earn:

—Phone-bank for 50+ hours and get an ipad3 (32 gig)
—Phone-bank for 40-49 hours and get an ipad 3 (16 gig)
—Phone-bank for 30-39 hours and get an iPad 2 (16 gig)
—Phone-bank for 20-29 hours and get a $100 AmEx gift card

RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said the arrangement is "not unusual at all."

"We really appreciate and are thankful for our volunteers," he said. "We wanted to do something special as a way to say thank you for all the time, hard work and effort they are putting into the effort to make an impact in the Jewish community. For people who put in lots of hours working to defeat President Obama and highlight the concerns about his failed mid-east policies this is a small token of our appreciation."

[Drunken Irishman]

1. There are Republican Jews?

[trailmonkee]

2. Probably a shit-load of them.... and I think they all have ipads!

[MADem]

4. Ha ha ha! nt

[Panasonic]

9. My uncle is one.

He's a Rushbot Republican.

And my dad is pretty conservative too, but he still identifies himself as a Democrat, but won't vote for Obama because of his heritage (you know kenyan m00slim, etc)

[Drahthaardogs]

12. That is the dig here.

You cannot GET 50 hours of work in because there is only about six hours of work that can be done, thus no ipad for you. Clever ruse indeed, but I am onto them.

[sakibsust]

3. Great

Great

[XemaSab]

5. Hi! I'm calling to talk to you about Mitt Romney

and how his religion believes that at the end of days, Jesus will come back and kill all the Jews!

Can I sign you up for a donation?

[ohheckyeah]

6. It's not really volunteering if you get paid, is it?

Or bribed...however you want to look at it.

[NICO9000]

7. I love it! They gotta bribe people to even go near them!

I have a lot of Jewish friends, none of whom would vote for RMoney if you put a gun to their heads.

[Samjm]

8. I should defnitely do this!

I'm quite possibly the WORST phone banker ever. I do infinitely better face to face.

[coldwaterintheface]

10. I actually might do it for the free stuff to give away to those that need it!

I would be really shitty at phone banking too.

[Egalitarian Thug]

11. A lifetime ago when I was in HS I used to work for a political activist group. We were paid

$.25 per signature for various petitions the company was pushing, $.50 for registering Democrats, and $2.50 for registering republicans.

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