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| Kerry Hires Ala. Woman Fired for (Kerry) Sticker (another story) |
| 2004-09-15 |
| Democrat John Kerry has a new campaign worker helping him drum up support in Alabama after hiring a woman who was fired for displaying the presidential candidate's bumper sticker on her car. (sounds real fishy...like everything else with the Kerry crowd) Kerry called Lynne Gobbell on Tuesday after reading a newspaper story describing how she had been fired last Thursday from her job packing cellulose insulation at a Moulton, Ala., plant. Gobbell said her former employer had told her she could either work for him or Kerry. She said Kerry told her, "Let him know that as of today, you're working for John Kerry." "He was proud of me for standing up for what I believe in," the newly employed, 41-year-old said of her quick phone call with the candidate. Gobbell said Kerry didn't offer too many details about her new position. She will be helping the campaign and may be traveling a little as it gets closer to the election. She could receive help from another corner, as well. A liberal Web site, AMERICAblog.org, began raising money for Gobbell on Monday night after learning of her dismissal. John Aravosis, who runs the site, said he collected $1,800 over a 24-hour period. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #12 See? Hire everyone in sight... he's got to have a campaign staff verging on a medium-sized company by now. So that's how Kerry will deal with the 'lack of job creation' issue... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-09-15 10:41:20 PM |
| #11 Geez, I wonder if she gets benefits: full medical, dental, eye, drug co-pay under $10, paid tuition reimbursement, 401k, profit sharing, two weeks paid vacation, sick days, personal days, child care, etc. Someone should make sure that Kerry/Edwards isn't exploiting this poor woman. And wait until they tax her $1,800 windfall... |
| Posted by: JDB 2004-09-15 4:17:12 PM |
| #10 This sounds like Crazyfool and Oldspook have it figured. If anyone was fired for having a poltical bumper sticker there would be one hell of a lawsuit. This smells worse than a Bulgarian busdriver's week old odor-eaters. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-09-15 12:51:46 PM |
| #9 See? Hire everyone in sight... he's got to have a campaign staff verging on a medium-sized company by now. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-09-15 12:27:05 PM |
| #8 CS We have a policy like that too. You can place 'personal' pictures and things inside your cube but not outside. You can't wear advertising t-shirts or shirts with anything but a small logo on it. Its a good policy to keep things toned down. I was referring to the Unions themselves paying 'volunteers' to man phone banks, etc... which is a indirect contribution. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-09-15 12:17:21 PM |
| #7 Indeed. Alabama juries are known for windfall punitive damage awards. Funny that an aggrieved employee would turn to Kerry rather than his ambulance-chaser sidekick. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-09-15 12:05:07 PM |
| #6 The fact that no lawsuit was mentioned speaks volumes. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-09-15 11:12:00 AM |
| #5 I am Union and we are allowed to display things inside our cubicle as long as they are not offensive. I think this is a universal rule for office workers. We are also allowed to use email as long as it doesn't affect work. I do have a 'W'04' sticker in my cubicle and my political views are well known. But if I started to active campaign for Bush at work I susepct I would be asked to stop. I bet there is more to this ladies termination than a bumber sticker. If not there is am army of lawyers out there that would love to take her case. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-09-15 11:07:07 AM |
| #4 Goebbells, huh? Oh, sorry that was another big liar |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-15 10:58:32 AM |
| #3 Probably she was doing campaign related stuff on company time. That seems to be strangely missing from the story. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-09-15 10:43:46 AM |
| #2 Gobbell said her former employer had told her she could either work for him or Kerry. You know this sounds like the woman was doing a lot more for Kerry then having a bumper sticker on her car. Like she was doing work for Kerry on-the-job instead of what she was being paid for. Not every company wants to 'sponsor workers' like the unions do. Has anyone contacted her ex-boss? This story is from AP. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-09-15 10:10:57 AM |
| #1 poor fool. So now she has a job for two months, some cash that is equivalent to maybe one or two months rent - and no job come December, when she can hit the road with all of the other unemployed Kerry staffers. |
| Posted by: 2B 2004-09-15 10:07:14 AM |