He's Back At It

Eric Conn's "campaign" to be appointed to the Social Security Advisory Board started in 2009. He's back at it in 2011:

Lawyer Eric C. Conn's first step in trying to get President Barack Obama to appoint him to the Social Security Advisory Board wasn't to contact his congressman or senator.

No, Conn's first move was to hire 83-year-old Bluegrass music legend Ralph Stanley to perform in a music video with a rewrite of the classic bluegrass song “Man of Constant Sorrow.”

His second move was to team Stanley with “the Obama Girl,” Amber Lee Ettinger — whose 2008 video, “I've got a crush on Obama,” went viral and was seen by more than 15 million viewers — and Jesco White, the “Dancing Outlaw” who gained notoriety after a PBS documentary aired on his life.

“The main purpose of the video is to get appointed to the … board,” Conn, who handles Social Security disability cases, said in a recent interview. “… Of course, if there is some collateral benefit for the (law) practice, that's great too.”