John Kerry Hired The Woman who was Fired For Her Bumper Sticker

[slinkerwink]

Here's a few excerpts of the story below:

"The story was picked up by Daily Kos, a political Web log, and spread quickly around the Web. By this morning, Geddes, who has declined to comment publicly on the matter, had apparently had enough of the bad publicity. Through an intermediary, he offered Gobbell an apology and said she could have her old job back. But Gobbell said she wouldn't return without some written guarantee that Geddes wouldn't turn around and fire her once he was out of the spotlight. Then, late this afternoon, Kerry himself phoned Gobbell. "He was telling me how proud he was that I stood up," Gobbell told me. "He'd read the part where Phil said I could either work for him or work for John Kerry. He said, 'you let him know you're working for me as of today.' I was just so shocked."

Gobbell accepted Kerry's job offer, "so I reckon I'll be working for John Kerry." Kerry left it that someone from his campaign would call Gobbell to work out the details. Let's hope there's quick follow-through (I'll be checking!), because Gobbell told me she couldn't wait to tell Geddes that she had a better offer.

Although there's an excellent chance the Kerry campaign will flog (or perhaps already has flogged) this story in the press, I should emphasize that it did not tip me to Gobbell's story. By sheer coincidence, I happened to call Gobbell while she was on the line with Kerry, and got a busy signal. When I called back a few minutes later, Gobbell explained who she'd just been speaking with. In a political campaign, I should note, it's entirely appropriate to hire somebody based on that person's politics."

link: http://slate.msn.com/id/2106714/

Way to go, John Kerry!

[bushwakker]

1. beautiful!!!

:toast:

[rocktivity]

22. Both parties did the right thing

And it was VERY nice of Kerry to step in.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Carla in Ca]

53. Hell, have Mrs. Kerry buy the company!

and get Ms. Gobbell to run it

[malatesta1137]

62. you mean

start a competing one right next door and have Gobbell run it? Much sweeter!

[mzmolly]

2. WOW!

:toast:

[Darth_Kitten]

3. That's great news!!! Classy move!!!!

:thumbsup:

way to go!!!! :D

[patdem]

11. Bring back 'sniper kittty'...

I agree...this is GREAT publicity...and the woman has a job to boot! Who could ask for more?

BRING BACK SNIPER KITTY!!

[Darth_Kitten]

19. what's wrong with the kitties I have?

don't they look vicious enough? :D

[BuelahWitch]

47. I think the new kitties are gorgeous!!

They could be yelling "http://catshatebush.com/"

And KUDOS for Kerry!

[girl gone mad]

4. 'you let him know you're working for me as of today'

So cool..

[RetroLounge]

5. Way to go John Kerry!

I love this guy!

RL

[faithnotgreed]

6. the guy rawks (and so does gobbell). put her on crossfire - shes sharp!

the way she asked first for a written guarantee that the employer wouldnt fire her again once the publicity died down

[rocktivity]

27. Her request for the letter the probably the result of a chat with a lawyer

Maybe that's the real reason why the boss changed her mind.

:headbang:
rocknation

[cheshire]

7. OMG he is great. He will be remembered as a great man, * will be a failure

This is a good talking point. How will you be remembered.

[RevCheesehead]

8. payback's a bitch, ain't it?

[henslee]

9. "Kissing baby" politics at its deliciously best. Love it.

[jackstraw45]

10. While a classy move by Kerry....

This woman's career has been hurt by GOP fascist tactics.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Kerry has a big operation
in Moulton, Ala. Whatever work they will find for Ms. Gobbell, let's hope it extends past November and won't require her to uproot her family.

This was a DAMN nice thing for Kerry to do but it doesn't right the INCREDIBLY UN-American act by her boss.

[DemBones DemBones]

45. Yes, I thought the same thing: how long will Kerry

employ her? Kerry is classy, as you say, but we must not ignore what was done to her by an unAmerican boss. A better ending for her would be to be hired by a Democrat in her town.

Or win control of the company she was fired from in a lawsuit. :evilgrin:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

46. She could phone bank, and the campaign could pick up the phone bill.

[jackstraw45]

63. Good...but what about on November 3rd?

What will pay her bills? Health care?

She got screwed. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE what Kerry did but this is BY FAR not a happy ending yet.

[klook]

64. "hired by a Democrat in her town"

In Moulton, Alabama?? She might be the only one.

[freeplessinseattle]

12. perfect justice

now wouldn't it be even better if Kerry won and she could throw it in her former boss's face thanking him for helping to elect John Kerry by giving her the opportunity to work on his campaign, ha ha!

[crickets]

That's wonderful!

John Kerry, you rock.

[Bluzmann57]

13. Great news!

I hope Geddes chokes on this offer. He should never have fired her to begin with. And this definitely has to hit the press. We need to get the news out what assholes these neocons are. A dream come true for Ms. Gobbel. "Take this job and shove it!"

[Kierkegaard]

14. Heart warming

Now THIS is the way you treat people. JK is a class act and is going to make one FINE AMERICAN PRESIDENT!!!

[WillyT]

15. THAT... Is SO COOL !!!

What a great thing to do!!!

Man, I'm gettin all emotional here.

WOO, HOO !!!

We ARE the Good Guys!

:bounce::toast::kick::toast::bounce:

Thanks Slink!

:hi:

[slinkerwink]

20. no problem!

:-)

[progressivebydesign]

16. Awesome! I was hoping Kerry would do this!

I like Gobell, she has a fiesty personality! Someone needs to get her a Women For Kerry dogtag! pronto!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

17. This is awesome. Kerry campaign SHOULD flog this story. Shows what

a class act he is.

[Cha]

18. I tear up at beautiful stories like this!

It makes me so proud to be a DEMOCRAT!

Props to you, Senator Kerry..soon to be President Kerry!

It's what I was fantacizing about!

[arbusto_baboso]

21. This is how a LEADER does things....

and it shows just how morally, intellectually and emotionally superior our guy is to the asshat currently occupying the Oval office.

[The Backlash Cometh]

23. Who says Kerry won't be a great, compassionate, leader?

Go Kerry!

[quaoar]

24. The asshole who fired her is a prominent bankruptcy lawyer

Here is his website if anyone wants to send him a message:

http://www.pgeddes.com/

[enki23]

25. no wonder he's a fan of republican presidents

.

[blm]

41. *spit take*

bwahahahahahahahahaha.........

[Bluzmann57]

28. emailed him earlier today

Told him that while I could use new insulation, I most certainly will not buy it from him or his company. And I still maintain that stance, even though he offered the lady her job back. This guy needs to be run out of business and, if it's a franchise operation, the parent company needs to tell him that he is no longer needed.

[Ducks In A Row]

26. Bush would NEVER have done this.

Kerry is a real man!

[quaoar]

29. How great would it be

If Kerry followed this up with a visit to Moulton, Alabama.

[w13rd0]

30. THAT is cool...

...and demonstrates a leader who does more than just have someone skim headlines for him.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

31. My respect for Kerry grows

the man walks his talk. He does care for the little person.

[Rosco T.]

32. MOVE IT PEOPLE.... 1,000 emails to Keith Olbermann....

[e-mail]

this is PRECISELY THE KIND OF STORY HE LIKES! We MUST GET THIS ON THE AIR AND SOME NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION... email the SLATE link..

go! go! go!

[Libby2]

34. Great story

I emailed.

[LTR]

54. One up on ya!

I sent it to Drudge.

Hell, if he can put a link to Oprah buying cars for her audience, this one ain't a bad story to link, right?

[Rosco T.]

33. TALKING POINT: John Kerry CAN make jobs that BUSH causes to be lost... n/m

[Cha]

35. Excellent, Rosco!

[AmerDem]

36. Thats Great!

This should play well! Showing these repuke creeps for what they are and then shoving it right in their fascist faces!

[TheDonkey]

37. oh no! A Kerry Political Machine!!

;)

[bigtree]

38. ha

[Generator]

39. John Kerry is my man!

Since it took me FIVE freaking minutes to load this, I guess I really really care.

Thanks for posting this.

[Scairp]

40. Wow!

That is so great! I wonder what that jerk lawyer/boss of her's will say to that? He is such an asshole. He didn't even answer my email. Rude, IMO.

[Zomby Woof]

42. even your hamster is smiling

:-)

[Digit]

43. Wow, how awesome!

This needs to be covered on TV....talk about a hero!

[Catherine Vincent]

44. I feel cheated!

Oprah Winfrey promised me a new car but when her staffers found out I would put a couple of Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers on it, she declined my letter. I feel so horrible. But I won't back down. Whomever is kind enough to purchase a new car for me will be told up front that I support John Kerry and John Edwards!:evilgrin:

[JI7]

48. it shows Kerry IS aware of things going on

[slinkerwink]

49. yeah, but it's hard to be aware when your message is being

hidden by the media :-(

[ronnykmarshall]

50. You GO Mr. President!

[rullery]

51. Can Alabama be turned?

Alabama is a hard-core state for Bush. But a story like this will no doubt be spread throughout the state. Add to that, years ago when Bush had an opportunity to serve with the Alabama National Guard he skipped out. Maybe Alabama will vote for Kerry now!

[southlandshari]

55. If you believe Margaret Mead

and her assertion that it is ONLY a small but dedicated group of individuals that can change the world (or an extremely conservative state) - anything is possible.

Alabama will likely go Republican, as usual, in November. But mark my words....the gap will be a LOT narrower than in 2000. I'm not giving my efforts to any of the official "swing states". I, like many others, are working right here at home to change the "hearts and minds" of our loved ones in our own communities. I might be able to change a handful of Ohio voters' minds with long distance phone calls. But I can swing a heck of a lot more Alabama folks if I pound the pavement and talk to them face to face in the next few weeks.

I urge all at DU to try to encourage - rather than dismiss - our efforts. We need your support!

[LTR]

52. I love reading stories like this

With all the negativity going around in this election season, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's a sucker for a feel-good story like this.

Great story, and I hereby nominate it for the front page. I'm also going to spread it around to some other boards.

I'll keep this kicked, to kinda chase away the negativity around here.

[ncteechur]

56. Kerry has already created more net jobs than the liar ....

from Crawford and he isn't even president yet!!!!!!!

[oasis]

57. "Help is on the way".

[mitchum]

58. Reason 1001 that I support John Kerry...

and THANK YOU to all DU-ers who contacted pig Geddes

[The Wielding Truth]

59. NEED IOOI TO HEAR ABOUT THIS IN YOUR LOCAL PAPERS!

[Tsiyu]

60. This is what I'm talkin bout

Walking the walk....

[Tsiyu]

61. kick

:kick: for the morning crew

[underseasurveyor]

65. Karma is a beautiful thing to witness in action

Almost makes ya wish to be Ms Gobbell's :-)

And as far as her asshole X boss? This story isn't going to go away as fast as he had hoped it would....:evilgrin: In your face Geddes, asshole!

To the Kerry's :toast: :yourock:

[UrbScotty]

66. My opinion of Kerry gets better and better every day. (nt)

[klook]

67. Contact info for Geddes

EnviroMate Insulation
13855 Court Street
Moulton, Alabama 35650
Phone: [phone]
Email Address: [e-mail]

As noted elsewhere on this thread, he's also a Chapter 13 bankruptcy lawyer:
Philip Geddes
619 Bank Street
Decatur, AL 35601
Voice: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[JDPriestly]

68. Has the Kerry campaign confirmed this story?

[struggle4progress]

69. More Environmate Contact Info:

Enviromate
P.O. Box 847
Moulton AL 35650
974-9972
[e-mail]

from http://www.lawrencealabama.com/pages/ch/directy.html


<edit:> Nearby newspaper Decatur Daily
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/feedback/index.shtml

[mark wayne]

70. I encourage all to send these jerks your opinion of them!

Thanks for posting their names.

[Seldona]

71. What a shot in the arm.

Wow.

This really made me smile.

Bet her boss is in hiding at the moment.

Not to mention having his provider freezing his email account...

ROFL

All I can say is GO KERRY!

[Catfight]

72. John Kerry is already creating jobs! Keep up the good work! n/t