It seems fairly obvious that whichever Democrat came up with the party’s new Twitter campaign has more in common with Barack Obama than party affiliation or ideology. Like Obama, this person evidently never held down a real job, either, judging from his curious understanding of the term boss.
If we discount community organizing (which presumably is how Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson would characterize their “work”), Obama has never held down a job besides president, and his record on this front is hardly stellar. Yet, despite that pesky truth, here is the DNC’s latest:
Hey @NRCC, #dealwithit. http://t.co/hdN7HVFmbT pic.twitter.com/bAOhsi5j8L
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) May 23, 2014
What “boss” would run his company (or country, in this case) into the ground and live to tell about it? What boss would get away with lying even once to the board of directors and investors, never mind making a steady diet of dissembling? What boss would increase his company’s debt by 60% while keeping its growth in the marketplace around 1% per annum?
What boss would call his stockholders “enemies” and continually fire off sarcastic barbs at them?
The “boss” tweet is but one of several organized around the same graphical theme, and all have equally unrealistic messages. Here are two others:
Want to say “#ThanksObamacare” when you’re on the road? Vote now: http://t.co/M55LY7QXnl pic.twitter.com/bqkyKMBeSS
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) May 23, 2014
Want one of these? → → → http://t.co/rwE9FkDmjf pic.twitter.com/Qph9Ey2Y09
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) May 23, 2014