huzzah and hooray and three cheers

[sisyphusshrugged]

I gotcher power of the blogosphere right here.

Yesterday there was a story on the Kos diaries about a woman who lost her job for having a Kerry bumper sticker on her car. Her boss told her she could work for John Kerry or for him and fired her.

Today, she got to make that choice.

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.

Comments

*happydance*

[aberrantangels]

*ahem*

W000000000000000000T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111one

That is all.

Yes!

[(Anonymous)]

Now that is a story that makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
Huzzah, indeed. I can't even imagine how Gobbell must feel, not to mention the boss!
Yes, John Kerry is a good man.

-Rex
http://rex.grood.com/blog

[antigone-ks.livejournal.com]

If I weren't already voting for Kerry, I think this would do it. Such a decent thing to do.