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Obama Speechwriter Jon Favreau Embarrassed By Facebook Photo

by Jon Azpiri | December 5, 2008 at 03:33 pm

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President-elect Barack Obama's head speechwriter Jon Favreau has gotten into hot water after a photo of him groping a life-size cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton was found on Facebook.

The 27-year-old wunderkind, who was recently named Obama's director of speechwriting, appeared in a photo with him groping the cardboard Clinton's breast while a friend puts a beer to her lips. Another photo shows Favreau dancing with Clinton. The photos quickly disappeared from Facebook, but not before it gained the attention of Comedy Central and Washington Post (you can view the photo here).

Jon Favreau, not to be confused with actor and director of the same name, has reportedly apologized to Clinton.

The Obama campaign has worked hard to prevent such online embarrassments. All applicants for jobs in the Obama administration were asked to fill out a lengthy questionnaire that includes a request to disclose URLs to social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace. Applicants were also asked to disclose any inappropriate e-mails as well as blog postings and posts to message boards.

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The Milkman (not verified)

at 10:55 on December 6th, 2008

It's a cardboard cutout, at a party. Relax. Don't we have more important things to worry about?

harringtola

at 22:41 on December 6th, 2008

He should be more than embarrassed. He should be reprimanded. He knew the situation and expectations when he took his very high profile job. This act was more than disrespectful and this kind of shenanigans is not to be tolerated when working for the President elect.

tlintx (not verified)

at 09:16 on December 8th, 2008

Milkman, no harm no foul huh. Let's replace Hillary with Michelle Obama, Campbell Brown, Donna Brazille, or even Obama. Is this funny then?

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LisaL (not verified)

at 05:50 on December 9th, 2008

If the cutout were of Michelle then Barack Obama would surely have something to say about it.

harringtola

at 06:18 on December 9th, 2008

I am sure he would not have a job any longer if the cut out were of Michelle.

Brian-W (not verified)

at 08:30 on December 12th, 2008

If it were Sarah Palin's cardboard picture everyone would think it hilarious.

Uwe Paschen

at 08:41 on December 12th, 2008

He should resign or be let go! We shall see how ethical this administration is once the honey moon is over. Well I wish this administration all the best.