Cardin staffer fired for writing about racism, harassment in campaign office
posted at 12:56 pm on September 16, 2006 by Ian
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On Thursday the Cardin campaign fired a staffer who wrote about the going-ons in one of their campaign offices. The staffer, now revealed as Ursula Gruber, went by the pseudonym Persuasionatrix on her blog.
According to the Washington Times Insider Politics blog, a person labeling herself the ‘Persuasionatrix’ wrote that she was on the staff of a high profile, contested Senate campaign and was based in Baltimore.
Persuasionatrix wrote that staffers should pose holding Oreo brand cookies under the caption ‘devouring the competition.’
### The Cardin staffer also allegedly posted statements on her blog about not being able to fire a subordinate whose performance was inadequate because the junior worker was black.
She supposedly wrote that the ‘racism card hovers constantly’ because her candidate was ‘older, established and white’ while his opponent was ‘a dynamic, younger African American.’ Persuasionatrix said that ‘card’ prevented the dismissal of the black worker.
The staffer goes on to write about sexual harassment she received from Cardin’s friends, labeled as “older Jewish men”.
Kevin Aylward at Wizbang writes:
Uh, wait until Bill Clinton shows up to stump for Cardin…
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Hmm…
I’ll smoke to that.
Is it me, or does the Cardin campaign seem to be awfully white?
DannoJyd on September 16, 2006 at 1:32 PM
I don’t see the issue here. She worked for a Democrat’s campaign. You guys do realize, of course, that Democrats and their campaign people are allowed to engage in this sort of behavior. The only reason to be outraged is if this was a GOP senate campaign staffer. Man, when will you neocons understand.
RightWinged on September 16, 2006 at 1:54 PM
‘The nation will beat the disease by 2015′. Only if liberals Cardin are elected and redefine cancer as ‘cellular diversity’. Or let Planned Parenthood branch out into cancer treatment and apply that ‘parenting solution’. What an idiot.
Mike O on September 16, 2006 at 2:43 PM
Is this really a suprise?
Theworldisnotenough on September 16, 2006 at 2:53 PM
RightWinged, you always crack me up. ;o)
tickleddragon on September 16, 2006 at 4:38 PM
“Persuasionatrix wrote that staffers should pose holding Oreo brand cookies under the caption ‘devouring the competition.’”
Obviously the racism card doesn’t loom that closely.
By the way, RightWinged, you are mistaken. This is an egregious error because she insulted a black staffer (almost certainly leftist) and the candidate’s jewish friends (even more likely leftist). You aren’t protected from the racism/anti-semite card if you are a leftest, you are protected from it as long as you don’t attack leftists. Joe Lieberman doesn’t count in this regard because, as we all know, he is now a non-person for having the gall to side with what he foolishly thought was the most sensical answer to that one issue that really doesn’t matter.
Wolfman on September 16, 2006 at 7:57 PM
I said:
Wolfman said:
I think you misunderstood my point. My point was about the fact that there won’t be widespread media outrage over this… I guess I could have made that clearer, but I think most people got what I was saying. Do you think this will be mentioned much (if at all) in the MSM or even on Fox? Doubtful. Now make this person a staffer for a GOP candidate and ask the same question. Get me? Remember the last “Oreo” incident… Did you hear about it anywhere except the blogosphere? Maybe it made O’Reilly’s ‘most ridiculous’ and possibly Hume’s ‘political grapevine’, but not much more than that.
Anyway, just wanted to clarify. I may actually be misunderstanding what you’re saying too, because as I reread it, I guess I’m not sure exactly what it is you’re saying. But anyway, now you know what I was actually trying to say.
RightWinged on September 16, 2006 at 9:53 PM
Ursula Gruber - maybe too simplistic - she sounds like a person with German ancestry who hates Blacks and Jews from her gut, having neglected that it could harm her gut-love of liberalism (campaign to win at all cost for Mr. Cardin).
Persuasion-atrix would have been more appropriate as Persuasion-a-tricks, which now turned into Persuasion-a-nix.
Entelechy on September 16, 2006 at 11:39 PM
So, where does Senator Byrd stand on this issue??
gary on September 17, 2006 at 7:14 AM
Hmm, I believe the last time a candidate for federal office made a bold medical prediction was when John Edwards (or was it Kerry?) stated that if he were elected, Christopher Reeve would walk again. Now another Dem is going to beat cancer, but only if we elect him. What’s next…Hillary telling America that if she is elected Prez impotence will be wiped out? Howard Dean stating that if a Democrat is elected to the Oval Office a cure for AIDS will be discovered? John Murtha saying that he can end nail fungus if he’s re-elected?
But only if we elect Dems.
Bellicose Muse on September 17, 2006 at 8:10 AM
She blogged about work, always a bad idea.
Whether Democrat, Republic, or in-between, just about anything can be a “racist moment” if you’re thin-skinned enough, or looking to macaca an opponent.
Donnah on September 17, 2006 at 2:40 PM
None of that would be surprising after other ridiculous after the fact promises we’ve seen. Dean said the Hezbo/Israel conflict wouldn’t have happened if the Prez had a D next to his name. Kerry said it wouldn’t have happened if he’d won.
Anyway, what I really wanted to say was “Cure for AIDs, sorry bout last night. (video contains strong language)
RightWinged on September 17, 2006 at 3:04 PM
Just from my point of view, if Hillary is elected, impotence will increase 10x. Having that face on TV on a regular basis (even more than now) would be enough to make a porn star limp.
webproze on September 18, 2006 at 8:41 AM