NY Daily News: Volunteering, Undercover

[brooklynite]

When the Republicans hit town, the volunteer guides will hit the streets. The Daily News dispatched a reporter to go undercover as a volunteer. Here's a report from the volunteer training session - replete with chanting and handshaking practice:

Training for volunteers helping out during the Republican National Convention is a cross between kindergarten and finishing school.

That's what I learned last week as I prepared to join more than 20,000 other volunteers who will flood midtown during the Madison Square Garden gala, clad in city-issued white polo shirts and khaki pants.

...snip...

The hour-long session was a blend of happy chanting - "I will make a difference" - and sweaty practice handshakes.

"I think we're being brainwashed," one man muttered as Nate Brooks, a professional training specialist, ended the interactive coaching session.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/224796p-...

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. psssst!

Yes, they are being brainwashed if they're not already in the cult.

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