Unbelievable ! Obama Charters Buses to Take Volunteers to N. Carolina !

[K Gardner]

I love this man.. I love this campaign, I love them, I love them ! They are pulling out ALL the stops, taking NOTHING for granted ! I'm sure he's doing this in other parts of the country, too; I just got this tonight.

Please join our Free Bus Trip to North Carolina!


The Obama Campaign has Chartered a bus to take you and other volunteers for free from Knoxville and Chattanooga to help with North Carolina's unprecedented Get Out the Vote operation this weekend. You'll be canvassing in urgent high priority areas that the campaign NEEDS your help to win, quite possibly, this election.
(by Thursday)

Seeing Obama President will take 270 electoral votes. 15 are tied up in North Carolina and Obama has asked us in East Tennessee to help get them. Bus will leave Chattanooga and Knoxville this Friday afternoon and return late Sunday evening. Housing is provided at a local church facility with showers - but you also can get your own lodging at the hotel below.

WHO: All Volunteers wishing to see Obama win the election

WHAT: Going to Canvass to Get Out the Vote in North Carolina

WHEN: Leave Friday 10/31 afternoon, Return evening Sunday, November 2nd
WHERE TO: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
WHY: (click here)

FREE TRANSPORTATION - 49 Passenger Bus

CHATTANOOGA
Departs Friday, 10/31 (4pm EST) / Returns: Sunday, 11/2 (11pm or midnight EST)
Rendezvous Location:

CBL Center parking lot, 2030 Hamilton Place Blvd.
This is a modern office building across from the Sears end of Hamilton Place mall, somewhat near Marshall's.
Mall itself does not permit overnight parking. CBL will by special permission. No security provided on premises.


KNOXVILLE
Departs Friday, 10/31 (6pm EST) / Returns: Sunday, 11/2 (8pm EST)
Rendezvous Location:
Knoxville Obama HQ
207 W. Clinch Street
Free parking in parking garage for the weekend
State Street garage right behind office...State Street between Union and Clinch.

LODGING - Two Options

Option 1: Free:
Greenstreet Methodist Church
639 S. Green Street / Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Sleeping arrangements on the floor, bathrooms showers available - pretend like you're camping.
Bring your own bedding, pillow, towels etc - must be completely self-sufficient


Option 2: Pay for your own hotel room at Official Hotel:

Holiday Inn Express *this is the ONLY hotel the bus service will be available from

110 Miller Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
ichotels.com website
Lowest Rate: 2 Double beds $99.99 plus tax for total $112.74 per night. Includes free breakfast.
You MUST make your own hotel reservations.

MEAL EXPENSES
You must pay for your own meals and bring your own spending money. The Campaign is only paying for the bus transportation and securing the free lodging.

(by Thursday)

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McCain has noticed Tennessee volunteers helping win North Carolina (link) and (link) - and he's fighting us back hard because he knows what's at stake....the 15 electoral votes that could decide this election.

He's using negative politics, voter intimidation and vilifying Robo-Calls like this one (click here), saying Obama "opposes jailing murders and rapists." and questioning Obama's patriotism.

You are needed now.


THIS IS IT! You have 7 days to show you want a different kind of politics.



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[LiberalinNC]

1. Welcome volunteers from Knoxville and Chattanooga - NC welcomes you with open arms!!!

[K Gardner]

2. I'm just sitting here with CHILLS thinking about how a President Obama can use this ENORMOUS Network

of volunteers and Democrats and activists once he is in office.

We really ARE going to change this country !

:hi: to NC !!

[Cha]

14. It IS Chilling to see it run the way it should

be and have everyone in on it who wants to be.:patriot::patriot:

[BadgerKid]

16. The network is for *US*.

It's helping to return the government back to the people.
B-)

[Window]

17. Obama makes you want to become a better person and citizen.

He truly brings out the best in people.

:thumbsup:

[mmonk]

3. Come across those mountains and flood in all the way to the piedmont.

We're happy you're coming.

[tnlefty]

4. I was working in our local headquarters today (Chattanooga),

driving people to vote, filling in where needed, and doing data entry and an older woman who was in phone banking was trying to decide whether she should go to IN or NC. She moved here from IN and she was trying to determine where she would be needed more. :thumbsup:

[Hamlette]

5. We've been going from Utah to Colorado for a month

and lots of ppl from Calif have been going to Nevada.

This cross state thing is a great idea. For my whole life my vote has not counted in Utah. This year it did (in the primary) and the Obama campaign found a way for me to contribue something besides money.

[K Gardner]

22. I understand about your vote "not counting". At least in NC, I can help !

[Smuckies]

6. THis is great. We'll win NC by 25+ points.

Thanks, NC. :patriot:

[Herman74]

7. Tennessee's a Lost Cause, so This Makes Sense. n/t

[mmonk]

8. During the South Carolina primaries, North Carolinians

did the same thing by going there to canvass. I have to say there is no better ground game than Obama's.

[MzShellG]

9. I would seriously go if he chartered one from Columbia, S.C.

We had the best ground organization during the primaries, and I attended meetings where Obama campaign workers asked us to drive to Charlotte, but my car is no shape for that distance. Someone please let me know if they will be sending buses from here soon. Thanks.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

10. I am so proud to be from North Carolina.

I think I might streak buck bare naked on election night in the cul de sac ... I am series.

[mmonk]

12. I have a digital camera if you want to record it for posterity

and future generations.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

13. LOL!

Yeah I am going to put it in my scrapbook along with my experience from the Obama-Biden rally with my other pictures.

[Minimus]

11. The last two weekends we have had canvassing volunteers come from SC -

what is happening on the ground here in NC is truly amazing!

[Ishoutandscream2]

15. Best. Campaign. Ever.

What a well oiled machine.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

18. We are going thusly from Dallas to St. Louis, MO!!

They are chartering buses from Dallas, Austin, Houston etc to go to nearby battleground states. I already did a stint in CO (that one was on my own dime :-( ) and this week I am off to MO!!

[mmonk]

19. Good luck in your efforts.

[K Gardner]

23. I'm so glad to hear this is going on all across the country ! Obama Just Rocks, and so do we !

[Lisa0825]

20. I did 2 trips like that for Dean when he was in the primaries!

I took a bus trip from Houston to Iowa and a flight from Houston to NH (Dean's Texas Rangers! woohoo!). It was a great time! I have been wishing I could go to a battleground state to help. If I had the money I would in a heartbeat. I am really happy to hear that they are doing this, because I am sure there are lots of people like me in that area who have been chomping at the bit to work, but couldn't swing the cost. It will be a BLAST and very rewarding!

[Sheltiemama]

21. Yay, Knoxville!

[struggle4progress]

24. Dear Volunteers!

:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce:

:loveya:

- A Tar Heel

[JPZenger]

25. There are buses every weekend from NYC to PA

There are buses full of Obama volunteers every weekend from NYC to PA. However, many of those volunteers paid their own bus fare. It is great that the campaign is now picking up the tab, at least in some places.

I stole this photo from another DUer.