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Jon Favreau (Speechwriter)

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The Resume

    (June 6, 1981- )
    Born in Massachusetts
    Deputy speechwriter for the John Kerry presidential campaign (2004)
    Head speechwriter for the Barack Obama presidential campaign (2008)
    Named to the White House staff as Director of Speechwriting (2009)

Why he might be annoying:

    He shares a name with the actor from 'Swingers.'
    He worked as a telemarketer in high school.
    He would work 16-hour days by fueling himself with espresso and Red Bull.
    He became obsessed with following tracking polls, calling them his 'daily crack.'
    He posted on Facebook a picture of him grabbing the breast of a cardboard cut-out of Hilary Clinton while a colleague held a beer bottle to Clinton's lips.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He graduated from Holy Cross as valedictorian.
    He said his favorite speechwriter is Peggy Noonan.
    Obama has called him his 'mind reader.'
    He apologized to Hilary Clinton.
    He said his work with Obama will be his final job in politics because 'Anything else would be anticlimactic.'
    He was romantically linked to former Maxim model Alejandra Campoverdi.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 31 Votes: 67.74% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 50 Votes: 54.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 86.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 92 Votes: 51.09% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 99 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 99 Votes: 61.62% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 55 Votes: 85.45% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 58 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 82 Votes: 67.07% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 76 Votes: 72.37% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 236 Votes: 68.22% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 283 Votes: 73.85% Annoying