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Title: Liberals rehire 'Vikileaks' Twitter account creator | CTVNews
Category: Political
Posted By: OnTheIce
Date: 2012-08-02 20:23:12
Canadian

[martin14]

Harper and his dirty tricks and dirty people !

Oh wait..

[OnTheIce]

Not a good move in terms of optics. Fire the guy, apologize in the House and hire him back on.

[bootlegga]

According to the article, he wasn't fired - he quit.

IMO, the only thing Carroll did wrong was to do it from Liberal HQ - had he done it on his own time from home, it would be nothing more than a matter of free speech, as nothing he published was privileged information.

I agree its bad optics, but how long should Mr. Carroll be without a job to satisfy critics? A month? A year? A decade?

I'm not being facetious here, just asking a legitimate question.

[OnTheIce]

bootlegga wrote:

According to the article, he wasn't fired - he quit.

IMO, the only thing Carroll did wrong was to do it from Liberal HQ - had he done it on his own time from home, it would be nothing more than a matter of free speech, as nothing he published was privileged information.

I agree its bad optics, but how long should Mr. Carroll be without a job to satisfy critics? A month? A year? A decade?

I'm not being facetious here, just asking a legitimate question.

He quit because he would have been fired and Rae asked him to step down.

While nothing he did was illegal, it's bush-league politics that frankly casts a shadow over a group of people that don't need people to think any less of them.

For sleezy actions that required an apology in the House, I think letting him back in less than 5 months is a slap in the face. If the Party was indeed embarrassed by the conduct as the apology suggests, he should have an extended time-out.

Surely he's capable of working elsewhere.

[Unsound]

I don't think he needs to be without a job. I just think he needs to be without a job with the liberal party.

[Benn]

The guy was stupid enough to do this from a networked work computer on the hill. Apparently the Libs are pretty desperate to hire people since they have to resort to re-hiring idiots. Does not bode well for their outlook.

Personally though I think he should have been allowed to do it, but from home.

Likely his work contract had something about not making the party look bad (however that translates into legal employment jargon) so even if he did it from home he "could" be fired.

[Thanos]

bootlegga wrote:

I agree its bad optics, but how long should Mr. Carroll be without a job to satisfy critics? A month? A year? A decade?

It's a sad comment on the age we live in that political hackery is actually seen as a legitimate profession that deserves a regular paycheque.