John Aravosis spam filters me, asks about my “experience regarding elections”
Tue, Aug 19, 2008
This is so hilarious. In response to my email of this post, here’s what Aravosis had to say.
Well, my friends who are concerned are people who have worked on both Democratic and Republican elections, and who are experts on elections. What’s your experience regarding elections, Tim? Don’t write me again. You’ve pretty much proven that you’re an asshole. You’re in my spam filter now.
Anyone wanna tell John what my “experience regarding elections” is? I can’t. I’m in his spam filter. I think i should call the wahmbulance.
UPDATE - I sent him a message through Facebook.
1988 - dennis kucinich for congress campus coordinator
1988 - howard metzenbaum for senate volunteer coordinator
1990 - stadium tax levy volunteer
1990 - tony cuda for school board coordinator
1992 - clinton gore NW ohio field coordinator
1994 - joel hyatt for senate Cuyahoga field coordinator
1995-96 larry friedman for state rep campaign manager
1996 - clinton gore state field director and GOTV director
1997 - UK labour part visits coordinator East Midlands
1997 - NDI political party and civic trainer in Armenia
1998 - NH Democratic Party coordinated campaign director
1999 - Election observer trainer in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia
2000 - Ted Celeste for US senate campaign manager
2000 - London mayor volunteer coordinator, UK labour party
2001 - UK labour party visits coordinator East Midlands
2002 - Tim Ryan for Congress general consultant
2003 - Advocacy consultant with political parties in Croatia, Kosovo, UK
2003 - GOTV consultant for Latvian EU referendum youth turnout
2004 - Kerry Edwards voter protection trainer and coordinator
2004 - 2006 - blogger.
those are the ones i can remember.
Ooops….. forgot the 2005 Labour Party East Mids Visits coordinator, 3rd Labour gig in 8 years. I think he got the picture.
Oh yeah, and there’s this. I’ve attended 3 Labour conferences as an international visitor, one as a documentary filmmaker.
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August 19th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I can see why you so often elicit the “you’re an asshole” response, Tim. I don’t have the time or patience to be concerned with how people “feel” about what I do or what I have to say. Life’s too short for that crap. I imagine you have pretty much the same perspective.
If I were ten years younger and still cared about others’ opinions I’d copy and paste your resume into an email to this oh-so-sensitive jerk.
August 19th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
thanks m. i just do not suffer fools anymore. i used to get paid to suffer fools, and it probably led to a lot of pent up…um….something.
go ahead and email him. it’d make my day!
August 19th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Ok, you talked me into it, although it didn’t take much. One of the many pet peeves I’ve developed over the course of my lifetime is when people question my knowledge of a topic in which I’m very well versed. Actually, it happens quite frequently because I’m just a “regular joe non-professional” who happens to have many interests about which I’m not afraid to offer advice or an opinion. So many times I’ve had to apologize to people for not completing college and never attaining that popular degree in drunkenness and assorted tomfoolery.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
LOL! thanks man.