Career recruiters have been touting the “evils” of the social networks on the Internet for years, and have issued strong warnings in seminars and lectures on our college campuses and in our high schools. Since you never know where one’s path may take you, what is meaningless today, may haunt you tomorrow.
Case in point involves Facebook, MySpace, and one certain Obama campaign worker.
If you’ve looked at the “questionnaire” for vetting if you are interested in a position in the Obama White House, several questions pertain to the Internet. One asks what URL’s, blogs, social networks you might post, comment, or appear on. And another asks if there is anything that might cause embarassment to family, friends, or the President.
And therein lies the twist. President-Elect Obama was able to appeal to the youthful masses because of Jon Favreau. As Obama’s head speechwriter, the 27-year old graduate of Holy Cross College was able to write for Obama from the youthful perspective that brought the youth masses to his rallies. Now Obama has tagged the youthful Favreau to be the White House Director of Speechwriting.
On December 5th, this was found on Favreau’s Facebook account, and shown in the Washington Times, as well as swirling through the Internet:
Favreau is the one doing the “groping”
With Senator Clinton having been tapped to be the Secretary of State, the head of Obama’s cast of “All Star” characters, one could say that this photo of one of his key campaign staffers is a “bit of an embarassment” for the President-Elect. Favreau has already extended his apologies to Senator Clinton.
Of course, having read all of the questions on the vetting questionnaire, even President-Elect Obama could not pass his own vetting. After all, Larry Sinclair’s tell-all book is less than a month away…….. and since there’s no legal challenge to it, one could add another layer of credibility and validity to Mr. Sinclair!
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December 7, 2008 at 8:10 am
Interested Bystander
JAMES,
Hey All,
To me this photo is just simply a “gag”. It is obviously a “stand up” of Hillary that he is “groping”.
It is a shame that people can not “let their hair down” sometimes, and just have fun without it coming back to haunt you. If I was this young man, I would say that this was at a party, and he was just having fun. Now if it were the real Hillary, then that would be another story.
December 7, 2008 at 1:47 pm
JAMES
IB: While you are right that everyone was just having some fun, Hillary was bashed for having a drink “with the boys” on the campaign trail.
Its not so much this one picture— its how it relates to Obama’s questionnaire.
Also, I have seen these social network sites be used by HR depts, etc. as a part of their application process. They actually hire students to get them the information. Many people on these sites list their employer, and thus what they have on their sites reflects on the business.
My take on the photo itself would be that Sen. Clinton would have taken it in stride, as a party gag, during the rough and tough times of the campaign. Favreau, though, is the one who put many of the “Hillary” words in Obama’s mouth.