Sandra Fluke offers fellowship to 'put our progressive values to work'; Rate of pay questioned

Doug P. | 12:08 AM on May 05, 2014

California State Senate candidate Sandra Fluke is offering a fellowship position to help her spread “progressive values”:

Do you share my passion for putting our progressive values to work? Join my campaign as a summer fellow. http://t.co/fT6ClBec7G

— Sandra Fluke (@SandraFluke) May 5, 2014

Many believe that “putting progressive values to work” is either part of the problem, an oxymoron, or a little of both:

https://twitter.com/AmyOtto8/status/463128271643623424
https://twitter.com/jwcays/status/463128617375907843

@SandraFluke Do you share my passion for putting our progressive values to work?

–> When Sandy uses the word "share" I clutch my wallet.

— Brad Slager: aka Wuhan Solo (@MartiniShark) May 5, 2014

@exjon @SandraFluke Put progressive values to work, where others work to fund your values.

— Kim Jong-unthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) May 5, 2014

I love misnomers! do another!! RT @SandraFluke: Do you share my passion for putting our progressive values to work?

— Wittorical (@Wittorical) May 5, 2014

https://twitter.com/GOPcomedy/status/463131769676365824

https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/463132382699061249
https://twitter.com/StuckNewEngland/status/463137413481914368
https://twitter.com/czechov/status/463135120694579201

Fluke’s listing mentions nothing of pay in return for working to spread “progressive values,” just a couple of which are lobbying for a national minimum wage of $10.10 and demanding employer-provided “free” birth control.

Fluke’s fellowship would offer at least that much, right? Unless “hypocrisy” is a “progressive value”: