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KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:56 AM Apr 2016

So when a Super PAC pays people to blog on behalf of a campaign:

Does the paid blogging and social media comments stop at the end of the primary?

Or does the paid blogging and social media posts continue until the end of general election?

How does one get a paid social-media-poster-for-a-political-campaign job? Monster.com? LinkedIn?

How much does this type of job pay? Are you paid by the post or by the hour?

How is the performance measured? Like, "You really burned KeepItReal with that post, you get a bonus!!" ?

And if you had an extra $1 Million dollars in your Super Political Action Committee, couldn't you have done something more productive, like registering Democratic voters or hiring lawyers to make sure Democrats could actually cast counted votes instead of provisional ballots? Or even the old-fashioned, let's-run-a-TV-ad touting the vision, values and record of our candidate?

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So when a Super PAC pays people to blog on behalf of a campaign: (Original Post) KeepItReal Apr 2016 OP
I would expect David Brock to have outsourced these jobs to the Philippines or India to avoid paying Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #1
I would have thought political terrorism would be paying more. nt silvershadow Apr 2016 #2
I think it would continue throughout a Hillary presidency BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #3
IN the primaries, voter turnout is not in Hillary's interest. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #4
Will it be run from a private server in a Chappaqua basement? bigbrother05 Apr 2016 #5
Id like to know these things, as well... tex-wyo-dem Apr 2016 #6
Those traits would be prerequisites, of course KeepItReal Apr 2016 #7

Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts)
1. I would expect David Brock to have outsourced these jobs to the Philippines or India to avoid paying
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:59 AM
Apr 2016

them $15/hr.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
3. I think it would continue throughout a Hillary presidency
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:11 AM
Apr 2016

The money they are spending is chump change. Hillary will probably figure out how to pitch it as a jobs program and try to get the taxpayers to pay for it.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
4. IN the primaries, voter turnout is not in Hillary's interest.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:13 AM
Apr 2016

And she assumes she has the GE sewn up; she's banking on her buddy Donald to damage the GOP vote. So why would she pay for GOTV?

tex-wyo-dem

(3,190 posts)
6. Id like to know these things, as well...
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:35 AM
Apr 2016

How does one find these jobs?

Are some of the qualification requirements snark and the ability to stick to talking points no matter how solid the facts?

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