If I were, I’d be a republican.
Oh, FFS. :rolleyes:
If she exists and this is real, she should be fired; in fact I have every confidence that the organization will actually do so for making them look bad (again, if she’s is a real person and this isn’t doctored.)
And while I generally hate whataboutism, I think it’s fair in this case to note that we’re talking about some minor functionary who no one’s ever heard of, who will be smacked down, vs. an organization that’s about to make Roy Moore a Senator, a position with actual power.
Although her LinkedIn profile is down currently, Google cached her profile pic. She looks like a fairly young person.
Again, assuming this is true, some young, low-level person did something stupid and will probably lose her job over it. Post it in the SLIOTD thread. You’ll be welcomed as a hero over there.
I don’t contribute to the DNC, so this doesn’t affect me. But I generally don’t base
my support of an organization on the expectation that they ensure there are no idiots in low level roles. If they slap her wrist and let her keep her job, meh. Whatever. I don’t have a zero-tolerance policy toward garden-variety idiocy. If this was someone with real authority and influence, I’d probably be more worked up about it.
It’s just my personal theory. I’d welcome hearing yours on why it’s “Not even picked up by The Hill or Politico.”
OK, I didn’t see that. So the official word from the organization is that this was a random dumbass who wasn’t acting in accordance with policy or with the authorization of senior leadership. That happens. Random dumbasses exist and sometimes get jobs in political organizations. When they act like random dumbasses they get disciplined or fired. What Democrats tend not to do, however, is elect them to powerful positions.
Maybe because it’s breaking news?
ETA: to HD’s rhetorical question above.
It’s hardly major news. We had special counsel indictments and a terrorist attack this week.
Apparently, the DNC sometimes hires idiots.
This is probably correct. It looks like it just hit the Hill a few minutes ago:
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/358325-dnc-under-fire-over-job-ad
The question remains if they fire them or not. Several posters have expressed certitude that Leader’s time at the DNC is drawing to a close. I’m not as certain, but would certainly welcome her firing and the message it would send to other DNC employees about the importance of avoiding race- or gender-based discrimination in hiring.
Thats a dumb opinion she made. But I don’t agree with the trend of firing and ostracizing people over controversy (at least I’d like to think I don’t).
I didn’t think Don Imus deserved all the blowback he got for saying ‘nappy headed hoes’ either.
If the DNC fires her, it won’t really be on any principle other than political organizations should fire anyone who massively embarrasses and harms them politically. That’s not really any trend other than people who greatly harm the organizations they work for typically get fired.
Probably because they were looking to verify that the story was actually true. The Hill doesn’t do long form writing, they specialize in posting small stories about everything in US politics. I found it odd that I couldn’t quickly verify the name of a DNC staff member that would have responsibility for staff hiring.
I don’t know what a Data Services Manager is, but I doubt she has hiring authority for all – or any – of the roles in that email. She’s probably not the hiring manager for the CSO, for example. She said she was a “bit more than just the messenger”. Sounds like she might have input on some of the roles. Maybe she’s the hiring manager for some of them
Are political organizations such as the DNC covered by hiring discrimination laws?
Yes, AFAIK.
Wow, this is the daily talking point from Moscow? They’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. Not gonna distract anyone from the indictments with this quality of material, guys. Sad.
Yeah, I’m not expecting an answer to this either.
I considered it off-topic for this thread, and didn’t want to see it get derailed, so I ignored it. If you think it’s important to start yet another ‘how can anyone support Trump / Republicans?’ thread, be my guest and I’ll pop in and try to explain my motives / reasoning.