Parent Trigger flap over paid flacks vs. real advocates « Parents Across America

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Parent Trigger flap over paid flacks vs. real advocates

by CarolineSF

Parents Across America founding member, San Francisco

Recently the Obama campaign hired a staffer named Linda Serrato, who has been deputy communications director at Parent Revolution, the Los Angeles-based organization behind the Parent Trigger. Serrato previously worked for Obama’s past campaign and before that for Hillary Clinton’s, according to the Parent Revolution website.

There has been no effort to conceal the fact that Serrato was a paid employee of Parent Revolution, as why should there be? When the Obama campaign hired Serrato this time around, it sparked some discussion of whether that signified that Obama was embracing the Parent Trigger. Both fans and critics of the Parent Trigger have asked that question.

I maintain that the question overlooks the fact that Serrato is a paid staffer, not a heartfelt