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yardwork

(61,538 posts) Sat Nov 10, 2012, 01:03 PM Nov 2012

Question about Romney team cancelling volunteers' credit cards and phones right after he lost. [View all]

Is it possible to that on short notice? It seems to me that it would be difficult to cancer the credit card accounts and phone accounts for thousands of volunteers in the middle of the night. It seems like this would need to be done in advance, well in advance, not within minutes of conceding a presidential race after midnight.

It seems to me that Romney had planned to cancel the credit card and phone accounts for his volunteers whether or not he won.

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Question about Romney team cancelling volunteers' credit cards and phones right after he lost. [View all] yardwork Nov 2012 OP

stop. it's a phone call. prolly from the campaign treasurer. elehhhhna Nov 2012 #1

In the middle of the night? yardwork Nov 2012 #9

sure, all those 1-800 customer services are 24/7/365 Motown_Johnny Nov 2012 #26

They could have done it in seconds w/ one phone call or one email ...... Botany Nov 2012 #2

Has anyone stepped forward to repudiate this story? hedgehog Nov 2012 #3

What's to repudiate? Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #14

Several cards issued under one account holder, could be done quickly. justice1 Nov 2012 #4

Bill Press had a guest on his show the other day who said Not Me Nov 2012 #5

From an HR perspective... dorkzilla Nov 2012 #6

In the middle of the night this could be done instantly? yardwork Nov 2012 #10

If your card is stolen would you wait until morning to call? GoneOffShore Nov 2012 #12

Gotcha. It could have been done at the last minute, I see that now. yardwork Nov 2012 #20

Yep, the credit card companies are there 24/7... dorkzilla Nov 2012 #13

So you think that they would have cancelled the cards even if Romney won? yardwork Nov 2012 #15

I doubt he would have shut them down if he'd won aletier_v Nov 2012 #19

Maybe the people who were going to transition didn't have their accounts turned off. yardwork Nov 2012 #23

That's why I mentioned "a few accounts" aletier_v Nov 2012 #28

Except that this would have been a bookkeeping nightmare dorkzilla Nov 2012 #27

I would think it was pre-arranged dorkzilla Nov 2012 #22

Bain behavior. They invented it. yardwork Nov 2012 #25

Why not? They're staffed around the clock Retrograde Nov 2012 #16

Some of them were probably planning on using it to get home i.e. airplane fare, taxi's, etc. JaneyVee Nov 2012 #7

Yep--right when they are soon to collect their last checks before TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #21

You can do it almost instantly. aletier_v Nov 2012 #8

I agree with you yard work Justice Nov 2012 #11

We don't have any evidence, but that's what my gut tells me. yardwork Nov 2012 #18

they do it so you can't 'steal' from them Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #29

Go online, report it lost/stolen, it is shut off. Done (nt) The Straight Story Nov 2012 #17

If we don't hear them bitch about having to pay hotel or airfare after then flamingdem Nov 2012 #24