Let's lobby Sen. Barack Obama

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Have I called? YES
Do I want Obama to support us? YES
Will I vote for him? NO

I will vote for Ron Paul in the GOP primary, and if he's not nominated [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] I'll vote for whoever the Libertarians run.

Both those choices are more palatable for me because they will both support our right to play *and* make sure we never have to pay a penny of income tax on our winnings.

[DMoogle]

Called all the offices. Nobody who answered really seemed interested, but they said they would relay the message.

[TheEngineer]

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I was looking at the list of offices to call. As I reside in TN all will be long distance. Is there a best number to call? Do we want to flood one office primarily or some calls to each office? Since you seem to be "engineering" this Engineer, just let me know which office you want me to call.

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I called Washington and Chicago. It probably doesn't matter....it's good to get the "buzz" going among all of his staff.

[TheEngineer]

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Have I called? YES
Do I want Obama to support us? YES
Will I vote for him? NO

I will vote for Ron Paul in the GOP primary, and if he's not nominated [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] I'll vote for whoever the Libertarians run.

Both those choices are more palatable for me because they will both support our right to play *and* make sure we never have to pay a penny of income tax on our winnings.

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Thanks for calling. Again, we don't have to support him to ask him to support us.

Everyone: I called twice, as I noted in the previous post. They didn't have a position, but they've heard from us. Great job everyone.

Please call back on Thursday (per OBG).

[TheEngineer]

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Called all the offices. Nobody who answered really seemed interested, but they said they would relay the message.

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That's standard. Once in a while they'll have a conversation, but they typically relay messages, especially for issues on which the politician hasn't yet taken a stand. The important thing is that they heard our opinion. I'm sure Focus isn't contacting Obama for ANYTHING, so we have a monopoly here.

[TheEngineer]

The NY Times had an interesting article about Sen. Obama today. They mentioned his poker playing <u>skills</u>. That can't hurt us. In fact, I mentioned it in my phone call today.

NY Times article on Sen. Obama

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Mr. Obama worked hard at building connections. Aside from taking up golf he joined a weekly poker game. One lobbyist said Mr. Obama played poker well, but “with more skill than luck,” adding, “It’s certainly not instinctive with him; it’s cerebral.”

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[Legislurker]

Im not sure FoF hasn't been talking with Obama. He may be the closest thing to an actual Christian running. Before I get flamed, Im not saying Romney isnt a Christian because he is Mormon, I just doubt anyone who hoards high 9 figures and spends low 9 figures on worldy ambitions is really following Christ. He may be as false as W or Bill about God, but he is IMHO, the most likely. He may not be able to give FoF what they want, assurances on action on their agenda, but they may hedge their bets in an election they see as lost.
SO, if we get some kind of comment out of him(unlikely) first, it would be a major coup. Maybe later in the election if he wins the nomination, we could confront him with incinsistency if he won't come out for us. One interesting tidbit from a recent G911 article was that NBA players were backing him heavily, and a LOT of NBA guys are into poker now. Arenas was playing at halftime at one point. Barkley plays, but I don't think we want his gambling problems front and center, only John Daly would be worse face for us. Lebron had a mini casino put in his house, and would be a good person. If people have a pipeline to ask NBA players to put in a word to Obama in conjunction with this.......maybe someone who plays some live games in the nosebleeds and is chummy with an agent or possee member. If we want to buzz his staff even more, imagine guys giving him the max with celebrity status asking him to give us a look see.

[TheEngineer]

Please remember to call Sen. Obama again on Thurday. The Monday call was a success. For the Thursday call, our friends at EOG will join us. See http://forums.eog.com/online-sportsbooks...tion-95276.html .

[TheEngineer]

www.eog.com put this item at the top of their home page. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] This should lead to good participation. Please check it out.

[Legislurker]

I trolled the hell out of Yahoo Poker and ESPN Poker the last couple days as well. ESPN yielded quite a few hits of people willing to say they would give him a call. If you have some time when you play tonight or tomorrow, hit up your poker table via Chat, and maybe a Play Money table as well. Link this thread if the room lets you paste. Every stranger we can get hooked into this makes it bigger. And please, don't trot out that lame excuse about not letting the fish discover 2p2.