Comments on: Klobuchar evaluating Sotomayor with ‘unpaid interns and volunteers’

By: Donna Phillips, Volunteer & Intern Resources Coordinator

Donna Phillips, Volunteer & Intern Resources Coordinator — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:48:08 +0000

The work of unpaid interns and volunteers is not synonymous with sloppy or inaccurate work. Volunteers and unpaid interns are every bit as capable as paid staff worker – and are not motivated by a paycheck. Volunteers donate a wide range of skills and talents to our nation, from the mundane to the highly credentialed professional. If an agency needs and desires a volunteer or unpaid intern that is capable of producing high-quality work efficienty, one simply has to investigate and test applicants (the same as one would for paid applicants). It is high time we have had this discussion.

By: CommonSenseRambler

CommonSenseRambler — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:24:24 +0000

If I were brainwashed in the sick & twisted world of “government knows best”, my research would already be done on Sotomayor. Sotomayor will do a geeat job ignoring the rule of law in favor of making wise decisions based on empathy and the new fairness opperating mechanism. Clearly laws written 240 years ago have no place in today’s modern world. Get with the program.

By: Artie

Artie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:51:35 +0000

So what if she is using unpaid volunteers? Amy is going to vote for the leftist racist judge appointed by the leftist president because she is a faithful party hack. She essentially states that in the last line of the article.

By: Eric Ferguson

Eric Ferguson — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:38:10 +0000

It’s certainly an undercovered story that some Republicans blocked the Democrats’ attempt to assign more staff to her, so her constituent service workload doubled.