US Republican Party outsources fund raising to India

[Paragon]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11219

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY is using call centres in Gurgaon and Noida in India to raise funds for itself and for its chieftain, George W. Bush.

Young people at the call centres are helping robots to phone American citizens to enlist their support and money for the political party, with plans to extend the scheme if they whip up enough donations.

More in-depth here:

http://www.business-standard.com/archives/2003/jan/50310103.016.asp

[RamboLiberal]

1. I saw a clip of Dean mentioning this last night

Every Dem candidate ought to hammer this!

[The Sushi Bandit]

2. Dennis Kucinich talked about it a month ago!

[RamboLiberal]

3. I hope someone put this in a commercial

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[dArKeR]

4. What would we see in the Whore Media if either Clinton did this?

http://darker0darker.tripod.com/

[The Zanti Regent]

8. The Whore Press always give a Pass to the GOP

New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta KKKOnstitution, Los Angeles TImes, San Francisco Examiner--every one of these lying pieces of trash give pass after pass to the GOP.

[expatriot]

5. Buzzflash had this months atgo... this is good stuff...

very, very good stuff... especially for the IT suburbanites who perhaps are flirting with Bushie.

[Don_G]

6. Might Be Funny....

Older staunch Bush supporters getting calls from India from people who can barely speak English and with a heavy accent?

"Gol-durn Martha. I knew Bush was a little funny but I never knowed he'd put a phone bank in Gitmo to get those rag-heads to ask for money after all I've done for hisself. I think Amurika a goin' to hell real quick...."

[Pert_UK]

10. Hmmmmm....take your point but dodgy stereotyping.

We're losing jobs from the UK to India too.

Thing is, in the UK you have to pay 8,000 pounds minimum to employ someone with a basic, poor educational record and with minimal people / language skills.

In India you can employ graduates who are fluent in English for a fraction of that cost. In India, a call centre job is seen as a worthy achievement, in the UK it's the bottom of the pile if you can't find anything else.

Not that I'm defending it, but the standards can actually improve.....allegedly.

P.

[monobrau]

7. shameless

When president shitheel said he would create jobs, he didn't say American jobs.
(channeling Bob Boudelang)

[blockhead]

9. "outsource"

Geez I hate that word, it usually means more jobs lost.

[I Lean Left]

11. almost always

today at work they said they were looking to increase headcount without increasing the budget. Gee, wonder how they'll do that?

[maggrwaggr]

12. this should be a huge story on every talk show

:kick:

[ibegurpard]

13. How fitting.

And how wonderfully ironic. The Greedy Old Pigs are just a treasure trove of irony these days.