"I did it on purpose." He picked up a fancy pen from his desk and began scribbling something down on a sheet of paper before him, "I was picking on you."<br/><br/>"I know you're liberal Corinne. You didn't hide things nearly as well as you thought you did when you applied for this job. And<em>that's</em>why I gave you grunt work that you couldn't mess up when you first signed on,<em>not</em>because<em>you're a woman,</em>which you probably assumed." He sighed, stood up, and walked over to her with the pad of paper beneath his arm, "I wanted to know if you could be trusted, because I already knew you were capable, and I wasn't about to have my re-election chances ruined by internal sabotage."<br/><br/>"I wanted to let you know that I'm not the one I need to impress any more, to give you a heads up that I believe you deserve." He handed her the notepad and she began to read, "I'm giving that to my campaign manager tonight."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Todd,<br/><br/>I've been impressed with Corinne's work so far. I want her promoted immediately.<br/><br/>Give her an important position and knock one of our top guys down to her old position (preferably one of the bastards who thought social media wasn't important, you know I like humility)<br/><br/>From here on out, I want you to assess her effectiveness<br/><br/>I'm through micromanaging you,<br/><br/>Mark</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"You're probably wondering why?"