Stage your RepubliCorp stunt and attract media attention.
Republican groups and their corporate allies spent $12 million in the first two weeks of September on advertisements to promote their right-wing agenda. Since we don't have that kind of cash, we need to be visible at every Republican public appearance to expose them for siding with corporate interests time and time again.
Event Roles
There are four important roles for your event:
RepubliCorp spokesperson. This person is the loud, unabashed person of your group and is willing to play the role of RepubliCorp in front of the media and your target.
RepubliCorp lobbyists holding signs.
People to distribute RepubliCorp flyers.
A videographer or photographer.
RepubliCorp Stunts
They key to media attention is a little political theater. Here are a few idea for your bird-dogging event:
Present your target with a RepubliCorp "Employee of the Month" award.
Award your target with a campaign contribution from RepubliCorp.
Organize an auction of public offices and institutions, with particular offices going to the highest bidder in exchange for legislative votes that favor Wall Street and Big Corporations.
Host a Job Fair. Offer job applications for positions at RepubliCorp, where the qualifications for the job reflect some of the worst positions of high-profile Republicans. For example:
RepubliCorp: Do you believe that Social Security should be handed over to banks?
A Sample Event
Here's a sample timeline for a RepubliCorp bird-dogging event.
The scenario: Your Republican target is hosting a high-profile fundraiser at a downtown hotel at 12:30 p.m. You've decided to present him or her with the RepubliCorp "Employee of the Month" award.
The plan:
12:00—Gather at a coffeeshop across the street. Solidify your media message and the roles each of you will play. Distribute signs and flyers. Review your plan of action and make sure the RepubliCorp spokesperson is prepped with talking points.
12:15—Head over to the front doors of the hotel. The RepubliCorp spokesperson stands in front of the lobbyists holding signs. Folks with flyers distribute the flyers to everyone who walks by.
12:16—The RepubliCorp spokesperson leads the group in RepubliCorp chants. This will attract attention from the media. Keep singing the song for several minutes.
As soon as the media comes over, immediately start the award presentation. If after several minutes the media is not paying attention, one person from the group should go approach them and let them know what is happening.
12:20—The RepubliCorp spokesperson reads the award presentation script and announces the awarding of the "Employee of the Month" certificate. The corporate lobbyists cheer and hold their signs for the media to see.
12:25—The award presentation ends, and the group continues to chant and
Tips on Earning Media Attention
Here's some tips to help you earn the best media coverage possible:
Be flexible. You'll want to have a plan, but be ready to adapt and make quick decisions on-the-fly.
Find the Republican candidate. Our interaction with the Republican candidate will be the most media-worthy part of the event. Don't expect to get very close while carrying signs or an over-sized certificate, but instead get a pair of people (the RepubliCorp spokesperon and a videographer or photographer) to join the greeting line, and present a small version of the award to the candidate.
Find the media and go to them. Your action is for the media. Our goal is to reach undecided or swing voters with a message about the RepubliCorps takeover of Congress. For that reason, everything you do should be for the media, or for taking our own video and pictures that we then share. You don't need to engage or persuade anyone at Republican events, and you should avoid spending time talking to them.
[B]Are you starting to get the picture here???[/B] Tim Profitt is not the Enemy here. It is Marxist, Socialist, neo-communism, group in this county which is eroding our Republic; I would have really restrained myself as well from stamping on this piece shit. If she doesn’t like it her let her go to the Peoples Republic of China…. The Communist Party in China would have thrown her sorry ass in a hell hole for years.
We have the enemies play book …….It now must sink in!!!! “Enemy” (The jack asses own words speaking to illegal Mexicans to go out and vote)