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Zorro

(15,778 posts)
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 09:36 AM Jul 2023

DeSantis Offers Campaign Staff Opportunity to Work for Free in Exchange for Invaluable Skills

TALLAHASSEE (The Borowitz Report)—Calling it a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Ron DeSantis offered his campaign staff the chance to work for free in exchange for what he called “invaluable skills.”

DeSantis denied that he was making the work-for-free offer because his campaign was in financial distress, arguing instead that it was the best way to provide “personal benefits” to his staffers.

“Oh, sure, you could work someplace where they’ll pay you, like Disney World,” he sneered. “But working for me for nothing will give you skills that will set you up for life.”

“Let’s say you hand out flyers for the campaign,” he said. “With that on your résumé, you could snag a coveted position handing out flyers for a nail salon. Or say you’re in the back room of the campaign office, licking envelopes—someday you could get a job licking any number of things.”

The Florida governor’s proposal drew scorn from his chief rival for the G.O.P. nomination, Donald J. Trump, who claimed it was far from original. “I haven’t paid anyone in years,” Trump said.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/desantis-offers-campaign-staff-opportunity-to-work-for-free-in-exchange-for-invaluable-skills

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DeSantis Offers Campaign Staff Opportunity to Work for Free in Exchange for Invaluable Skills (Original Post) Zorro Jul 2023 OP
Kick dalton99a Jul 2023 #1
I love good satire LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #2
*snort* tanyev Jul 2023 #3
Hahahahahaha. It will help them later in life...when they are free... brush Jul 2023 #4
This isn't even satire. Unpaid internships are common. n/t malthaussen Jul 2023 #5
Did that Rebl2 Jul 2023 #9
And the beatings will end multigraincracker Jul 2023 #6
+1 KS Toronado Jul 2023 #7
I had to check the link. niyad Jul 2023 #8
"licking any number of things". . . ewwwwewew niyad Jul 2023 #10
Ok, that got a chuckle... Wounded Bear Jul 2023 #11
Borowitz is a gem. PelicanScot_V3 Jul 2023 #12
When I first read the title ... aggiesal Jul 2023 #13
"...licking any number of things." yardwork Jul 2023 #14
Great! cause with those invaluable skills, the Fascists might let them live. PurgedVoter Jul 2023 #15
Genius. colorado_ufo Jul 2023 #16
I think folks like that are called office beggars. plimsoll Jul 2023 #17
Borowitz is usually brilliant. This is definitely one of those times. ificandream Jul 2023 #18
Borowitz just sharpened his sword! dchill Jul 2023 #19
Roseanne Barr tried to take credit for oppression also SpankMe Jul 2023 #20
Nailed it! Marthe48 Jul 2023 #21
LoL 😂 MustLoveBeagles Jul 2023 #22
When parody contains slightly greater veracity than reality lambchopp59 Jul 2023 #23
That's gold, Jerry. Gold! Xavier Breath Jul 2023 #24
I went HAH first and should have known it was BOROWITZ. My BOROWITZ radar failing. UTUSN Jul 2023 #25

brush

(54,159 posts)
4. Hahahahahaha. It will help them later in life...when they are free...
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 09:41 AM
Jul 2023

of working for free — there's that word again — for DeSantis' failing campaign.

Rebl2

(13,705 posts)
9. Did that
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 11:15 AM
Jul 2023

in college as a requirement to graduate. Ended up working (paid) there for a year after I graduated.

aggiesal

(8,989 posts)
13. When I first read the title ...
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 11:33 AM
Jul 2023

I thought, "I wouldn't put it pass DiSantis to do this"
Then I saw it was the Onion.

Sometimess I believe The Onion is just prelude.

PurgedVoter

(2,222 posts)
15. Great! cause with those invaluable skills, the Fascists might let them live.
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 11:44 AM
Jul 2023

Probably not though, cause Fascists gonna do the long knives thing as soon as they can. No point in paying back those who put you in power.

plimsoll

(1,672 posts)
17. I think folks like that are called office beggars.
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 11:55 AM
Jul 2023

It's not slavery, they expect to be given jobs in the DeSantis administration. It's a good thing Republicans don't value intelligence, anyone that stupid shouldn't be trusted with sharp objects or their own money.

SpankMe

(2,990 posts)
20. Roseanne Barr tried to take credit for oppression also
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 12:23 PM
Jul 2023

Back during the hay day of the Roseanne show, she was notorious for being disagreeable and nasty and firing writers on a whim. She went through a lot of writers including many that were credited with the success of her show.

Those writers would go on to work for other highly rated shows, winning accolades and awards. Roseanne claimed credit for their success saying that she did them a favor by firing them after they worked on her highly rated show first.

Not the same as working for free. But the idea of it being such an honor and career booster having worked for them is embraced by many conservatives. I know this is a Borowitz parody. But, it happens in real life.

Marthe48

(17,246 posts)
21. Nailed it!
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 12:27 PM
Jul 2023

lol

What a slam!

"Haven't paid anyone in years." Inspired finish to a brilliant comment on r thugs.

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
23. When parody contains slightly greater veracity than reality
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 12:39 PM
Jul 2023

There's no longer any doubt Schridinger's cat was in rigor prior to placement into the box.

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