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With his election for President of the United States, Barack Obama has again given proof to the notion that if you are willing to work hard and dream big, you may be able to fulfil those dreams one day. Now, the number 3 through 300 spots are up for grabs. And to qualiy for those, dreaming big is not enough.
Instead, applicants for seats within an Obama Administration have to bare it all, as the New York Times reports. Questions extend not only to all of one’s own past, but to the spouses’ as well. One can just imagine those in question wishing they hadn’t uploaded all those pictures of them getting wasted at a frat house onto facebook! Oh yeah, the glories of the communication age. Also, any pseudonyms that “might cause embarassement to you, your family, or the president-elect” need to be named (been chatting with Mandy lately?).
Note to anyone interested in a future job with the White House: Watch what you say, post, upload, or pass yourself of as. It’ll come back to haunt you one day.
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Jessica
By the way, Slate’s Justin Peters agrees with me (and even has some examples from his own experience!)
http://www.slate.com/id/2204824/
Nov 24th, 2008
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