Want to write for the Obama campaign?

[Qutzupalotl]

(An email I received today. Any DUers need work?)
________________________________

The Obama campaign is looking for talented writers to join our digital team
in Chicago.

This is the team that wrote, set up, and hit send on this email. Then we
tweeted about it and put up a post on Facebook. We thought about
texting you, too, but we didn't want to go overboard.

This is also the team responsible for the campaign's website copy and a lot
of the language for materials that are handed out in communities across the
country.

The positions we're looking to fill require the ability to write at a high level
and think strategically and creatively in a campaign environment, often on
tight deadlines. (It doesn't hurt to have a working knowledge of HTML, too.)

That writer might be you, or it might be someone you know -- a colleague or
a friend. Find out more, then apply or pass it on today:

http://my.barackobama.com/Be-an-OFA-Writer

This is a campaign, so the hours can be very long. But, exhausting as it might
be, this job will be one of the most incredible and fulfilling professional
experiences you will ever have.

The digital team is made up of some of the hardest-working people in politics.
That's because we're always trying out new things and innovative ways to build
this campaign -- and that takes time. We share a commitment to doing everything
we can to re-elect the President, and having some fun while we're at it.

If you or someone you know would be a great fit, apply or pass on the link:

http://my.barackobama.com/Be-an-OFA-Writer

Looking forward to hearing from you.

- Toby

Toby Fallsgraff
Obama for America

[derby378]

1. Tempting...

I gotta think about this. Seriously.

[monmouth]

4. I just read some parts of your journal and I think you should go for it.

You have a a good grasp on the issues, etc.

[derby378]

19. You're very kind

My current financial situation is a bit dodgy at the moment, so that's weighing on me as well. But I'll see what I can do.

[Sherman A1]

2. No,

[MissDeeds]

3. +1

[bahrbearian]

8. and a Fuck NO.

[jefferson_dem]

5. Right. Much less rewarding, and productive, than profound expressions of concern...

and misdirected anger.

[Sherman A1]

6. A question was asked

and an answer given. Any problem with that answer is yours and yours alone and just whom are you to decide or infer my mindset or "misdirection" behind my one word answer?

[babylonsister]

10. ...on a message board. nt

[frazzled]

11. It's a real job you know

This isn't volunteer shit, it's a paid position. I thought everyone wanted jobs. Now you're dismissing them out of hand. Picky, picky.

[Sherman A1]

12. You are responding to a whole lot of words

in my posting that simply don't exist.

The response to the question asked was "No" .

It appears that you are projecting what you believe my reasoning for that response and responding to what you want to believe I said..

Perhaps I am not a good writer, Perhaps I don't have the time, Perhaps I don't like the candidate, Perhaps I have a job already, Perhaps I simply don't want this position,

If you want the job then apply for it, my response to the question has been given.

[frazzled]

14. I figured there was no reason to respond unless

Your reason was: you don't like the candidate. Whence my arch reply.

"No" is not a helpful response, and it certainly wasn't a necessary one if you simply didn't want or need the job.

[Sherman A1]

15. No, is not a "helpful" response?

It is somehow up to you to judge just what is and is not helpful?

In fact No, is simply No and nothing more if you have chosen to put more words into my response, those are Your words not mine.

I find it amazing that you can read my mind as to how I feel about the candidate, you must be pretty good.

[frazzled]

16. No

It really isn't. "No, because ... " is helpful. Plain "no" is not.

[Sherman A1]

20. Your opinion

[Number23]

7. I know about 100 Aussies that would cry tears of joy if they could work for the Obama campaign

Wonder if there's a chance it could be done internationally?

[Caretha]

33. So you are into outsourcing

Good to know

[Number23]

34. Truly, the weirdest and most non-sensical post I've seen this month

[rug]

9. Me! Me!

[Oldenuff]

13. No thanks...

I'm not a fiction writer.









And he was all like, "I will open the doors of Government and ask you to be involved in your own Democracy again", that is..until the topic of Cannabis legalization came up...

[Mimosa]

17. Candidate must be versed in blind allegiance..

and not averse to arguing emotion instead of facts (we call it 'computer mode). Blue link skills especially welcome.

[ellisonz]

18. Applied.

Finger cross.

[rury]

21. Applied as well!!

[ellisonz]

22. Probably going to be like 5,000 applicants for maybe 10 jobs...

[Number23]

28. More like 5 million

[txlibdem]

23. Pass this along: "I will not seek"

I will not seek
and I will not accept
the nomination of my Party
for the Presidency of the United States of America.

These are words I dream of hearing in a speech from President Obama. We need a Democrat with SPINE, not a Conciliator-in-Chief, nor Capitulator-in-Chief. Grow a backbone, Mr. President, or slip quietly into history, the choice is yours.

[woo me with science]

24. It's not a backbone he's missing.

This was the plan all along.

I support what you would write.

[rury]

27. He has backbone enough...you need to get his back and work for

a "progressive" not just "Democratic" Congress to work with him and we'll all be just fine.

[txlibdem]

30. What good would having a Progressive Congress do if the top man is Corporate Dem???

Which Obama has proven that he is.

How many tax cuts did he give to the rich and to corporations??? How many did Reagan give? How many did Bush I give? How many from "Dubya?"

The truth is that President Obama is a dyed in the wool Corporatist and that is who he will always be. You may not choose to believe it. You are free to believe whatever you wish.

Last question: Who did he bail out? The homeowners who got ripped off by unscrupulous loans and ripoff bank practices, or did he bail out the banks. I think you know the answer to that question.

[Number23]

29. Wow, all of this screeching over an advertisement to do paid work for his campaign?

If this gets you so upset, I can just imagine what the photos of the president shirtless must do to you....

[Pab Sungenis]

25. Depends.

What's it pay? If they pay me, I'll write for him.

[LWolf]

26. er...no. Just no. nt

[great white snark]

31. Did Jane Hamsher make a better offer?

Just kidding!

As one of the unemployed I'd give certain parts of my anatomy for the job.

[LWolf]

32. I've still got a job,

although I'm working more hours for less pay every year. I do some things here and there to try to make up the difference, but I wouldn't write in support of anything I don't.

[Marazinia]

35. Nope

But I'd gladly work for the Socialist Party. Any of you guys out there reading this?

[ellisonz]

36. Go Democrats!