All Is Revealed: What Is Life Like As an Intern With ‘Obama for America’?
- Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:35pm by
Erica Ritz
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(Photo: Obama-Biden)
It is well-known that America‘s youth form a significant percentage of the president’s voting base, whether they are fresh out of the Ivy Leagues or out protesting Wall Street (or a combination of both, as has been known to occur).
So what is life like as an intern with Obama for America, the closest most students can get to being an employee of the president’s re-election campaign?
“Even though you have ‘intern’ on your name tag, you’re a lot more than that,” a man called Rafi gushes in a promotional video uploaded to YouTube Monday.
“You are so valued by the team here, and given real responsibility.”
(Photo: YouTube)
“You’re really part of a cause that is larger than yourself,” Jaha, another intern, continues, “and I feel like that every day I come here.”
When asked what they have learned throughout the course of the internship, a stream of interns respond with things such as: communicating with people from different backgrounds, team-building, and time management. Soon after, one of the interns warmly says they are all “one big family.”
From there, the interns describe a speaker series that allows them to meet with senior staff members.
(Photo: YouTube)
After flashing to an image of Stephanie Cutter– who recently sent out an email urging Obama supporters to “report an attack” to the president’s “Truth Teams”– the clip transitions to David Axelrod humbly saying: “I always enjoy meeting with you guys, because you guys are a great inspiration.”
After that, a prominently-featured intern named Katie describes how she actually got to meet the president, because she won a staff fundraising contest.
She recalled: ‘”I shook his hand and said, ‘it’s an honor to work with you, sir,’ and he said, ‘No– thank you for everything you’ve been doing on this campaign.’”
(Photo: YouTube)
“I would personally recommend this internship to other people because it’s such a great opportunity to come and do something that is [going to] make a difference…” Jaha said, while another intern named Visraant declares: “If on November 7 we wake up, and we have a President Barack Obama for four more years, I’ll feel so happy about it because I know that I had a part in it.”
The video, which paints a idyllic picture of Barack Obama utopia, bears a stark contrast to last summer’s promotional video, where the participants didn‘t smile nearly as much and didn’t seem to have any of the same “perks,” like having lunch with David Axelrod or the possibility meeting the president himself.
Which begs the question– is the administration doubling its efforts to capture the youth vote?
Could this have anything to do with the fact that, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, the unemployment rate for civilians between the ages of 16-19 is close to 24%, with a labor force participation rate of just 32.7%? Or the fact that, as the target audience graduates, their prospects aren’t nearly as limitless as they once imagined?
Watch the entire video and decide for yourself, below:
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Comments (226)
Blazingbakedbeans
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:58pmI think one of those interns met Obama the same way Monica Lewinsky met Bill Clinton. She won a staff raising contest.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:12amGet em young… before they can Actually Think!
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:27amObama cult members. Pretty soon they will all be eatting dog.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:31amOpen to voting.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=47IP64zIcG0#!
Baddoggy
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:37amBrain dead useful idiots…Make that useless idiots.
Report Post »Drives Like Jehu
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:51amWhat they need is a cool uniform (something with a brown shirt) and a nifty internal newsletter (named granma).
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 2:06amSounds like High School…after meeting a few of my children’s friends …. twenty to twenty five year olds…I have not met a more lazy/no ambition bunch of kids…college or otherwise…When reading this story my impression was…do they get anything done…or is just more community organizing….jeez!
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 2:34amThis is what indoctrination & brainwashing look like. This is all community organisers and their ‘interns’ ever do. More indoctrination.
Report Post »Bryan B
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 4:12amThe way I kinda of see this is, You’ve got a bunch of kids between 18 and 23 years old, that have never done anything in their lives. Their not bad or evil kids, but they want to do something important.
These kids are being told they are working with a diverse group of people, and their not. The only thing I see in the video is a bunch of rich college kids, around the same age. I don’t see any poor people, middle class, the old, middle aged people and so-on. These kids don’t know the difference, they are being told what to do, and what to say. And the kids want to be important, so their going do what their told. Not one of these kids are even thinking on their own.
I look at this video, and I see desperation from President Obama’s Administration……
Report Post »gsplgtr
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 7:28amRICKC43 would you like some sauer kraut and mustard on your on your wiener(dog) I mean hot dog?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 8:08amPedaphiles value their victims too. Beware of socialist/marxist/communists playing “nice nice”, the end justifies the means. Parents, wake up before it’s too late.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 8:20amYoung socialists, statists in training. Already in the ‘gimme’ mode…..
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 8:34amHey prepies!
Try telling Obama and Axlerod to their faces that they should stop foisting their edicts on the Church and find out how much they really love you then young interns.
But before you do that make sure you have life insurance policies set up with a designated benificiary to help pay for funeral expenses. Just saying.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 8:54amMaybe some day as they grow old they will also mature. Maybe they will come to realize:
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things” (I Corinthians 13:11).
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 9:19amRafi, Jaja and Viserant……..their names say it all……
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 10:07am@ Detroit brother
Report Post »You hit that nail squarely on the head! Thanks for the morning laugh.
Bluebonnet
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 10:23amLUKERW: If they fall for this, they’ll fall for anything. They are thinking as a child right now. When they start a family, they’ll rethink what they believed in when a child.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 10:37amLikely the Obama administration also counts these as green jobs….
Report Post »Kozys
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:58amNo she was female.
Report Post »Kozys
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:00pmSome of the male interns may have done the trick
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:21pmThese must be foreign exchange students. Rafi, Jaha, Visraant and Cutter. Probably all wealthy since unemployment for age 16-19 is 24%.
“The philosophy of the classroom will be the philosophy of government tomorrow.” – Abraham Lincoln
Report Post »woodyb
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 1:34pm“From there, the interns describe a speaker series that allows them to meet with senior staff members.”
Report Post »~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How that has to be a REAL PLUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bobbiejean
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 4:54pmBlazingBakedBeans, That was my first thought when I saw the smiling woman with Obama. Was she
Report Post »another ”Monica”? Yeah, it looks like a double down for him in order to get the youth votes. So many
of them are indoctrinated in liberal politics in their schools, they may vote for him despite reality.
Ruler4You
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 7:02pmSo, they speak in ‘euphemistic’ terms about generic corporate ‘team building’ mumbo-jumbo and have ZERO real ‘lessons’ in an open genuflection to their ‘inclusion’ as ‘interns’ in a cesspool of corruption.
A clear example of passive “stockholm syndrome”.
Report Post »liberty49
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 9:04pmGag! She obviously attended a government school where you are not taught to think for yourself!
Report Post »RSHLUVER
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:44pmZzzzzzzzzzzz
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 2:37amHitler Youth
Report Post »netmail
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 9:19amEmpty words, empty emotions, empty souls…ZZzzzzzzz is RIGHT!!
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 9:47am…the whole story is ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz… intern: i had tuna for lunch. intern2: i had chicken salad with a low level advisor. intern3: i ate a lunch with no face…worst story ever blaze
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:38pmThe rumor is you have to be a young, young gay to get a internship with a dem lib congressman or congresswoman? Is that true? We need a government paid for study to find out the truth.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 10:25amSeems reasonable. Catch them when they already have no morals.
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:30pmThis seems like a chapter in smello vision ???
Report Post »Blazingbakedbeans
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:25pmHopefully, one day they will wake up and realize they are interns for “Obama Against America.”
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 3:14amI was going to say that but you beat me to it.
Report Post »Blazingbakedbeans
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:16pmIf on November 7 Obama is president for another four years I’m not so sure I would ever want to wake up again.
Report Post »SUNTZU
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:46pmIf that happens
Report Post »the US wont last another 4 years
With the damage he and his have done
it dont look to good now.
mharry860
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:47pmI have a spot in the woods that no one can find and our travel trailer fits perfectly, Bambi lives there and there is a constant supply of water.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 2:20amMy birthday is November 8th, and I pray I have more to celebrate than just my birth…ya know what I mean.
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 8:34amOn December 12, 1862, Generals John B. Hood and Stonewall Jackson were riding to Lee’s headquarters for consultation. The conversation turned to the future. Jackson asked Hood if he expected to live to see the end of the War. Hood answered that he didn’t know, but he was inclined to think he’d be badly shattered before the struggle ended. When asked the same question. Jackson said without hesitation that he did not expect to live to the end of the contest, adding that he could not say he desired to do so……….. I ask: Which ones were PATRIOTS? – It would appear “Hope and Change” versus “Conservatives” — It is my ‘Hope,” that should the Ft Sumpter ‘lanyard’ be “pulled” (figuratively, here – as the far ‘left’ and far ‘right’ continue to agitate/procoke for such) we ‘rely on the better angels of our nature…’ to overcome by correctly STANDING UP and calling out the falsehoods for cause and effect/AFFECT. Godspeed. Peace. :-)
Report Post »Bryan B
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 11:37pm“Let us cross the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.”
Report Post »morningzoo
Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:24amAre so fat you can’t get out of bed?
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:13pm“You are so valued by the team here, and given real responsibility.”
I want my coffee black, not too hot not too cold. Be a good little intern and be responsible this time. Don’t let Axelrod distract you while you are bringing it to me.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 8:52amOh, and by the way, take these shirts to the laundry. I want heavy starch on a hanger not folded. Pick up a toy for my son’s birthday. I pay you back soon.
Report Post »DiamondDog
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:08pmAxlerod reminds me of the guy at work that would throw you under the bus in heartbeat.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:07pmI am so proud of my son .. he NEVER bought this liberal cr*p. Glad none of these are my kid ..
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 2:18amGot a few like that myself Cat…its the way we raised them :)
Report Post »Everyman1950
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:05pmNotice the people on the stairs are going down not up; think they will laugh themselves all the way to the bottom?
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 9:24amNice observation…..didn’t look at it that way.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:03pmHOW much MONEY did BelaPeeloski make with that GAVEL?
Report Post »Contact her husband.
OMG 2012
Maxim Crux
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:02pmPoor girl…Michelle probably had her targeted with a drone strike. You know………they can do that now.
Report Post »rsanchez1
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:59pmThey put something different in the kool-aid this year.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:06pmYoung skulls full of mush … per Rush .. and tummies full of kool aid per me ;-)
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:59pmThey bought the BS, hook, line and STINKER!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 4:08amshe is a kid being treated like a big girl (how exciting)
Report Post »THE_ADVERSARY
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:57pmI heard its better than a intern at Beck for the Apocalypse. Can you imagine what the emotional rollercoaster ride with Beck would be like!?!?! WOW!
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:54pmIf you go to huffpo instead of here, you’ll be off the “rollercoaster”.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 12:39amHow did you escape from the mental institution again? Be a good boy and put a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger or move to Cuba.
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 1:21amHey Baddoggy, no need for that, I am sure one of his occupy buddies who will betray him at some point will do it for him.
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 9:42amTHE_ADVERSARY : It is also better than being a wide eyed girl interning for Billy Clinton ! ( Unless you are an insecure impressionable young boy too close to Obama’s private office )
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 10:47amFrom what I have read, Obama prefers them older than himself, and white.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:56pmYes, Rafi, you ARE valued by this administration:
Your value is ‘one’.
By comparison, Knights and Bishops are worth ‘three’, and Rooks are worth ‘five’.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:25pmWitty!
Report Post »InformedbyBlaze
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:55pmIn the picture of the kids walking down the stairs – what is in the background at the top? It looks like a space ship of some kind.
Report Post »Blazingbakedbeans
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:43pmI think it’s the personnel carrier that transports the Universal Soldiers that Obama will deploy when he declares martial law.
Report Post »MarcusFL
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:55pmShe won a staff fundraising contest = You are so valued.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 9:56amlol…………….now that tells the whole story….all about the money
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:52pmAh the youth so gullible and easy to fool,that’s why the Marxist heathen likes them around,especially the boys,newsweek reported Barry was gay so it must be true.
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 3:17amThe first lesson they need to learn is NOT to bend over when Barry is behind them.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:50pmNote the phony and cheezy smile of the Obama kisser.
Report Post »MarcusFL
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:50pmNamcy must have misunderstood. Those ghosts were actually saying “GET OUT”.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:38pm…she’s down here with us, Karras…
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:47pmUgh….
What a nightmare.
Report Post »Blazebanned
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:45pmI’m going to be sick……
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:44pmWonder if the Prez knows the girl he is posing with used to be a girl baby?
Report Post »ENDTIMES2220
Posted on June 7, 2012 at 3:19pmSo right on.
Report Post »MarcusFL
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 10:41pmThey need to listen for the ghosts of past women leaders who spoke with Pielossi at her first White House meeting as Speaker.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/Nancy-Pelosi-Remembers-25-Years-in-Congress-215120-1.html?pos=hln
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