Dems interested in watching the Obama coronation ceremony in Denver can’t just show up expecting a free seat. Oh, sure the campaign wants supporters there, but with a catch: they’ve got to earn their way.

In a half-hour interview Wednesday with The Denver Post, Obama’s deputy campaign manager, Steve Hildebrand, said he wants to use the ticketing process as a massive recruitment tool meant to bring in supporters from all 50 states and energize them to carry the campaign into the final 60 days of the general election.

“We’re going to ask those 80,000 people in that stadium to march out of there and go with very specific instructions and goals to register millions of new voters,” Hildebrand said. [...]

The Democratic National Convention Committee will work with the campaign and with state party officials to distribute the community credentials. Formulas for the states and longtime supporters and a small percentage of overflow, or standby, credentials are being worked out.

Hildebrand said that to ensure that the campaign fills the stadium, the application process becomes in and of itself a recruiting tool.

“Every single person is going to be a level of seriousness,” Hildebrand said. “You know, ‘Tell us how you’re going to get there from Maine. Tell us how you’re going to get there from Florida. Give us a sense of whether or not you’re really serious about this. If you’re not, we’re going to provide someone else with this.’ ”

Those who want a seat will begin the process at their local Democratic Party office. While demonstrating their ability to attend, they also will be encouraged to sign on to the campaign as volunteers.

“They fill out a form; there’s a conversation,” Hildebrand said. “We ask them and encourage them to register voters and to get out the vote and those activities that are important to us. It’s not a requirement, but it’s going to be an encouragement.”

Now we know what Michelle Obama meant when she said “he will make you work.” Just remember she also warned that Barack Obama “will demand you leave your homes” and “Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual…”.

Welcome to the land of forced free labor. We on the right have been subjected to it for years as our incomes have been taxed to pay for all of your lame-brain Nanny State ideas. I’d recommend packing extra undies if I were you — it sounds like Obamessiah has the next 4 years of your lives pretty much planned already.

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