Posted on 09/07/2009 9:22:14 PM PDT by Brandonmark
If you want to work for President-elect Barack Obama's administration, be prepared to spill almost everything there is to know about yourself.
The Obama transition team is sending a seven-page, 63-item questionnaire to every candidate for Cabinet and other high-ranking positions in the incoming administration.
The questions cover everything from information on family members, Facebook pages, blogs and hired help to links to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, American International Group and troubled banks as well as lawsuits, gifts, resumes, loans and more.
The transition team has about 7,000 positions to fill, according to the U.S. Government Printing Office's Plum Book, the quadrennial list of positions subject to presidential appointment.
Included are 15 Cabinet positions and nearly 200 ambassadorships as well as agency heads and their immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisers, and top aides to those officials. iReport.com: Who should be in Obama's cabinet?
The largest part of the questionnaire asks prospective White House appointees and their spouses to list real estate and other business transactions, affiliations and relationships as well as personal financial and tax information.
It also asks about writings, speeches, testimony, online communications and even personal diaries.
In an apparent effort to avoid the problems faced by several nominees in the last two administrations, a block of four questions is devoted to ferreting out details -- including the immigration status -- of any domestic help the applicant may have hired.
Question 61 seems to have been prompted by the controversy over former 1960s radical William Ayres in Obama's campaign: "Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used -- even unfairly -- to impugn or attack your character or qualifications for government service?"
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
One part reads:
“Have you ever been convicted of a felony? Was it fun?”
Yes. Yes.
Hired!
Excellent Post!
This is NOT a “news report” by CNN.
It is an intentional, carefully crafted piece of totally dishonest CNN propaganda designed to maliciously deceive the sheep.
But not for much longer.......
Great that you found this.
For all incoming candidates. Do I have this right, the thugs who got in under the wire get to stay, unchecked?
NY MAGAZINE.com: "OBAMA HIRED A 9/11 TRUTHER, FOR SOME REASON" (SNIPPET: "It turns out this Van Jones character was either not vetted at all, or vetted but seemingly without any concern for the skeletons that turned up (which really defeats the purpose of vetting in the first place).") (September 4, 2009, 10:35 am) (Read More...)
I believe the WH confirmed today that none of the czars had to fill out that questionaire.
It might be wrong of me to infer that the people at CNN are stupid. However, to write an article extolling the administration and mis-spelling the name “Ayers” is a rather large screw-up.
No, no, no! This is ONLY for the hired hands. Cooks, matrons, slaves, gardeners, etc.
The “real” 0bama employees (i.e. knee pad wearing, mouth breathing, Zero-Bots) are ABOVE this nonsense.
I heard someone on Fox this afternoon (can’t recall who) say that Van Jones never filled out the application. So no matter how great CNN says the application process is, if it’s not used, it’s pointless.
In other words, “We have rules but they don’t apply to us or our associates.” They already knew Van Jones’ history so he didn’t need to follow the protocol.
Maybe so google search wouldn’t turn up much? ;)
Thanks for the press for such a great job vetting Obama and his administration.
“Maybe so google search wouldn’t turn up much? ;)”
THAT is a great thought - yes, it might be that intention!
Not shown is question number 64:
“Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?”
Note: All applicants who answer “Yes” (fellow travelers) are promptly given the title “Czar”, and shuttled into cushy jobs within the Obama administration.
Perfect! Guess CNN forgot to mention that one.
The media has yet to ask the Obama WH how Van Jones was hired and by who.
Can’t stop laughing.
You mean, they’re asking questions that The Great and Most Magnificent One has yet to answer?
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