I Got A Flyer From Obama Today In Central PA (large images)

[JimGinPA]

I guess I'll vote for him.

[GarbagemanLB]

1. Thanks for sharing, James.

[Zachstar]

2. I like the line in the first one.

Indeed working class is the underdogs in today's economy where jobs are shipped to wherever they are supposedly cheaper.

[redqueen]

3. Heh... I like that they mention his decision to turn down the big money jobs.

:)

[MethuenProgressive]

4. Was he ever offered one?

:shrug:

[democrattotheend]

6. Several, I believe

The president of the Harvard Law Review can have just about any job he wants coming out of law school, including a prestigious Supreme Court clerkship.

[woolldog]

10. Including the law firm he summered with as a 2L

A prestigious, well known Chicago firm in legal circles.

[Blue-Jay]

8. Doubtful.

Presidents of the Harvard Law Review are rarely offered jobs that pay well. In fact, most graduates of Harvard Law School are laughed at in the private sector! It's surprising that he's not the night manager of a fast food joint with shitty credentials like that. Wouldn't you agree?

[mckeown1128]

9. Are you dizzy from that crazy ass spin you just did? nt

[Blue-Jay]

11. I did some spinning?

Or maybe you're incapable of detecting sarcasm without a convenient smiley?

[redqueen]

17. I know, right? It's like a liberal arts degree...

[Blue-Jay]

19. Hell yes!

He probably spent more time listening to that "jazz music". Nobody wants to hire a slacker Harvard Law graduate.

[redqueen]

24. No kidding... like being president of the Harvard Law Review means *anything*

outside of Harvard.

Pfft... that's just a lot of puffery... meaningless...

[TahitiNut]

46. (rofl)

Yeah ... and minority hires from Harvard Law are avoided like the plague, too.

:rofl:

[redqueen]

16. ...

:rofl:

[GoneOffShore]

30. sometimes I'm sorry I have so many yahoo's on Ignore

Because I miss all the good jokes.


:-(

[redqueen]

31. Well it wasn't meant to be a joke...

it was just someone wondering, despite Obama's academic background, was he really ever offered any high-paying jobs?

:shrug:

[cali]

18. Prestigious

law_firms_always_agressively_recruit_top_students_from_the_best_law_
schools.As_President_of_the_Law_Review,he_was_certainly_offered
employment.

[MethuenProgressive]

12. So, no proof at all by Obama he turned down "big money deals"?

What company offered him what job?

[democrattotheend]

13. I don't think he applied for them

He knew he wanted to go back to community organizing.

[MethuenProgressive]

15. "they mention his decision to turn down the big money jobs." How can you turn down a job you..

..were never offered/ never applied for?
Sounds like just some more of the fluff he's placed on his personal history.

[JimGinPA]

20. You Should Research That!

But did you notice it was a totally positive flyer about him?

[woolldog]

21. Sidley Austin

As I said, it's a well known well regarded law firm. Typically during the summer of your 2L year you work for a law firm. They usually extend an offer of permanent employment at the end of the summer, to begin after law school graduation. As a magna cum laude graduate from Harvard, and President of the HLR, Obama could've gone to any firm he wanted.



"As the Law Blog noted, Obama had an offer from Sidley Austin, where he had summered"

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/01/04/barack-obama-was-once-a-lowly-law-firm-associate/

http://www.sidley.com/default.aspx

[Blue-Jay]

22. I'll type slowly so you can understand.

Any list of high-paying jobs that may have been offered to a recent college graduate is not public information.

Asking someone to provide that sort of list is stupid and dishonest.

How about YOU name someone who graduated from the Harvard Law School who was NOT offered a big job? The burden is on you.

[NYCGirl]

23. Here's some proof for you:

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/02/20/obama_got_start_in_civil_rights_practice/

Attorney Judson Miner called Harvard to offer a job to a graduating student named Barack Obama and didn't expect to be showered with gratitude. Still, he wasn't expecting the reception he got.

"You can leave your name and take a number," the woman who answered the phone at the Harvard Law Review said breezily. "You're No. 647."

That was 1991 and even then Obama -- the Illinois senator now seeking the Democratic presidential nomination -- was a hot commodity.

As the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama had his pick of top law firms. He chose Miner's Chicago civil rights firm, where he represented community organizers, discrimination victims and black voters trying to force a redrawing of city ward boundaries.

-snipped-

"It's a real do-good firm," says Fay Clayton, lead counsel for the National Organization for Women in a landmark lawsuit aimed at stopping abortion clinic violence. "Barack and that firm were a perfect fit. He wasn't going to make as much money there as he would at a LaSalle Street firm or in New York, but money was never Barack's first priority anyway."

-snipped-

Obama was part of a team of attorneys who represented the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in a lawsuit against the state of Illinois in 1995 for failing to implement a federal law designed to make it easier for the poor and others to register as voters.

MUCH MORE AT LINK

[redqueen]

25. Nice job, you.

:)

Very kind...

[NYCGirl]

26. You're very welcome. Now if Methuen Progressive will acknowledge it...

:-)

[redqueen]

29. Well...

we'll see.

Seriously though, I do love that about him. He wasn't a corporate lawyer, fighting for the fatcats ... he did something which IMO is far more meaningful and valuable. :)

[NYCGirl]

42. I'm going to kick this again for Methuen Progressive. NT

[redqueen]

43. Hah! GMTA... I almost did the same...

but then I thought... is that too "mean"?

:P

[NYCGirl]

44. LOL!

Too mean? Naww...

:evilgrin:

[TahitiNut]

47. It's a good thing nobody held their breath.

:eyes:

"Some people" are amazingly immune to some very obvious facts.

[crispini]

32. wow! Thanks for posting that!

and the flyer in the OP is GREAT! It amazes me how smart this campaign is!

[Ysabel]

38. that's a really good article / thanks / i'd not seen it before (n/t)...

[Skwmom]

40. Harvard Law Review = Pick the job you want.

[democrattotheend]

5. That's a great mailer!

Looks like it could be pretty effective. Very well tailored to PA. Has he put Casey in any TV ads? If not, he should. I admit I was not too excited about Casey when he ran for Senate, but he took a big risk by endorsing Obama in a state where he was 20 points down and he deserves credit for that.

[flpoljunkie]

7. "The leader Pennsylvanians can trust as our next president." Excellent!

Thanks for sharing!

[Cha]

14. This is beautiful, Jim! They're

in tune with what effects people and how to work towards helping them.

They're brilliant with getting that across.. Thanks so much for bringing those flyers on DU!

[Zachstar]

39. I agree the mailers are well done.

PA is in play!

[Window]

27. K/R.

:kick:

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

28. awesome

[Hope And Change]

33. That was really cool James.Thanks for posting!

[Bensthename]

34. Great Flyer.. Obama is "The One"

[redqueen]

35. Kick

:kick:

[UALRBSofL]

36. I don't like Casey at all because he believes in Republican issues

His anti-choice, and, he supports DOMA. Clinton has made the biggest step past DOMA with federal benefits for gay couples.

[NYCGirl]

37. He's sure a big step up from the person who used to hold that seat.

Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum.

[BumRushDaShow]

41. K&R

Nice mailer! I got one from SEIU a couple days ago.

[psychopomp]

45. Those look very well-produced

It's good to see that all that campaign $$$ I sent Sen. Obama's campaign is being put to good use.

:toast: