Iowa - Help me calling Republican Delegates

[austinphish]

I am in the ronpaulaustin.com meetup group and we are calling Iowa Republican delegates to politely talk to them about Ron Paul and possibly convert them or get more information on them. I have been assigned 100 and it is way too many for me to handle. My main problem is that I am very introverted so my voice gets shaky when talking to strangers and they are very unresponsive to me.

So if you are interested, we have a loosely written script, I could use some help. I am going to work on getting better at it myself, but I don't want to ruin a whole 100 potential delegates. Just tell me how many you would like to call. Even 5 people off my list really helps.

Thanks,
holtmichael @ hotmail.com

P.S. If anyone from the Austin team reads this and is like WTF? well sorry, I didn't want to do this!

 

[austinphish]

thanks for nothing

i am not pissed or anything, b/c this is somehow my job, but it makes me worry that most people on this forum think they are supporting RP just by posting on this forum all day (see doing nothing).

Grrr, I am going to spend Saturday calling people. I am serious when I said this is not my forte. I was not born for sales, especially not telemarketing.

 

[angrydragon]

Someone has to be on here that's great with phones.

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

I think most of us are the same way about calling strangers, so don't feel bad. Try doing 10, or even 5. Don't take it personally if they are not very responsive. They are probably getting a lot of these calls, and you know how we all feel about sales calls. After you do a few, you'll gain confidence.

You note that I didn't volunteer to take any. I'll think about it. Maybe I can try a couple tomorrow.

It is a great thing you are doing, and you deserve tremendous kudos.

 

[Bradley in DC]

This is a hugely important effort. Most Iowans are getting swamped with automated phone calls. Getting a personal call from a real live Ron Paul supporter has been having a huge, and positive effect on those called. Everyone should try to make some time to call--if we can get the Meetup.com groups to "adopt" a county, or part of a county for the bigger ones, we can put Dr. Paul on top in Iowa!

 

[austinphish]

We'll please consider doing 10. I have done 12 now, and I was going to do more today but no on was picking up.

It is important - even more important than posting on forums. ;-)

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

AustinPhish, if you will private message me 10 and the script, I will try to do them tomorrow. Or let me know if there is a better way to get them from you. Ask for my email addy if you need to attach something.

 

[austinphish]

I like your style Scribbling

AustinPhish, if you will private message me 10 and the script, I will try to do them tomorrow. Or let me know if there is a better way to get them from you. Ask for my email addy if you need to attach something.

Sweet

As further inspiration, I just spent the last 2.5 hours walking around downtown Austin promoting RP.

 

[RJB]

I volunteered to help in Iowa in ANY way. I quickly regretted it when I received a list of 100 people to call. As much as I wanted to weasel out, I knew Dr. Paul needs us. And does he...

Most people had NOT heard of him. One was a die hard Giuliani guy and didn't know of Paul. Most like his message, even the Giuliani guy like the message. Those not interested in him were brief calls anyway. Please do this. It means more than donating. These are the actual voters.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE DO LOVE THE CALLS. These are political people that love to talk politics. They are republican volunteers. The delegates who vote. Also most of my calls were picked up by answering machines so I left a good pitch for Ron and left my phone number. So far I've made 34 calls. I did talk to one definite supporter and two who didn't know of him who were very excited about his stances.

PLEASE CONSIDER THIS. 100 calls are a lot for me. I'm not that type of a guy (tele-salesman) If I can do it you can.

 

[RJB]

He is the script I made-- short and sweet. Funny thing is I haven't said I was a republican since '92

"Hello, I'm R.J. Burle, a republican. I found your name on the list of republican delagates and was wondering if you had chosen a Presidential candidate for '08."

Here they either answer or flat out ask me who I'm calling for. So when it does gets to me I'll answer


"Ron Paul for his consitant integrity in 10 terms in congress.
He's NEVER voted for an unconstitutional bill
Never voted to raise taxes.
Never voted for gun restrictions.
Always been prolife
and always for defense of our borders."

A lot are for the Iraq war, which I respond that "He voted against the use of force because it's unconstitutional to use our military as tools for the UN to enforce UN resolutions and because congress should have declared war instead of the cowardly authorization to use force. This is why we've bogged down the the politically correct battle over there that's killing our boys and the democrats who voted for it can weasel out of it. Ron Paul will never send our troops in harms way without a declaration of war."

Republicans and democrats can appreciate that logic.

 

[goldstandard]

Maybe mentioning Reagan could be your foot in the door. Another thing is spending and debt.
Wiki-quote: "Foot-in-the-door technique, also known as the Foot-in-the-door phenomenon, is a persuasion method. In it, the persuader does something small in order to catch the target's interest, before moving on to what he really wants. This may be a small, insignificant offer which the receiving party cannot logically refuse."

 

[Bradley in DC]

A lot are for the Iraq war, which I respond that "He voted against the use of force because it's unconstitutional to use our military as tools for the UN to enforce UN resolutions and because congress should have declared war instead of the cowardly authorization to use force. This is why we've bogged down the the politically correct battle over there that's killing our boys and the democrats who voted for it can weasel out of it. Ron Paul will never send our troops in harms way without a declaration of war."

Republicans and democrats can appreciate that logic.

When the Iraqi question comes up, I always say "Dr. Paul proposed going directly after the terrorists responsible with Letters of Marque and Reprisal rather than indiscriminately bombing civilian populations."

That usually changes the tone of the discussion.

 

[RJB]

When the Iraqi question comes up, I always say "Dr. Paul proposed going directly after the terrorists responsible with Letters of Marque and Reprisal rather than indiscriminately bombing civilian populations."

That usually changes the tone of the discussion.

Thanks. I'm making things up as I go.

I also mention that RP is against the unconstitutional scheme of putting our grandchildren in debt by taxing us to install, arm, and then remove the same dictators.

It kind of places our insane foreign policy in perspective.

 

[Alabama Supporter]

When the Iraqi question comes up, I always say "Dr. Paul proposed going directly after the terrorists responsible with Letters of Marque and Reprisal rather than indiscriminately bombing civilian populations."

That usually changes the tone of the discussion.

Bradley that is a nice response. I imagine it changes the tone of the conversation favorable to Ron Paul?

 

[Alabama Supporter]

Austinphish, email sent.

I will propose at our next meetup group in Huntsville, AL that we get some volunteers to do this sort of thing.

Did the campaign task the Austin group for this? There are a lot of Ron Paul supporters across the country willing to do this.

 

[maggiebott]

I would be more than willing to take ten off your hands. What time is it in Iowa right now, since I'm on the east coast.

 

[Bradley in DC]

Bradley that is a nice response. I imagine it changes the tone of the conversation favorable to Ron Paul?

Yes, sorry, favorable change. Often the implication in these questions is that Dr. Paul in opposing the war doesn't think we should respond at all and just let them get away with it (as they are in fact now getting away with it under our current misguided policies despite so much death and destruction and cost).

 

[Bradley in DC]

Austinphish, email sent.

I will propose at our next meetup group in Huntsville, AL that we get some volunteers to do this sort of thing.

Did the campaign task the Austin group for this? There are a lot of Ron Paul supporters across the country willing to do this.

It would be good if the Meetup groups could "adopt" a county in Iowa to call.

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

When the Iraqi question comes up, I always say "Dr. Paul proposed going directly after the terrorists responsible with Letters of Marque and Reprisal rather than indiscriminately bombing civilian populations."

That usually changes the tone of the discussion.

I'd also say that he voted FOR going after bin Laden in Afghanistan. None of the 911 terrorists came from Iraq. We should be putting our efforts into going after the people who actually harmed us.

 

[ratsbew]

This is from another thread but it seems relevant:

I've been thinking about the following:

We could order Iowa phone books and divide them into manageable sections to be sent to volunteers around the country.

The volunteers would receive a package consisting of the phone book section, a how-to page, a scripted message and a FAQ sheet with quick answers to questions about issues for a phone campaign.

When the names in the section were called, the volunteer would mark them off the list. If anyone called requests further info that name and address would be noted and when the package is returned to Iowa, the folks there could call on the residence with literature.

If there is enough of a response from volunteers, they could blanket Iowa in short order. 2,000 volunteers could cover the state's eligible voters in 2 weeks, and they could work from their homes from anywhere around the country.

This might help in Iowa and NH.

Just a thought, FWIW.

Bosso

This is really a great idea! And if people do not want to use up their phone minutes or make long distance calls, you can use Yahoo Messenger to make phone calls for 1 cent per minute ($10 = 16.5 Hours!), all you need is a headset with a microphone and a decent (some sort of broadband) internet connection.