Posted on 11/14/2009 7:38:20 PM PST by Libloather
Ogabe to purge Republicans from the civil service
Zhang Fei
11/12/2009 1:59:38 PM
Republicans appointed to the civil service from the ranks of political appointees in the last 5 years, that is:
Via Instapundit comes word that the federal government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to purge the federal government of Republican civil servants all in the name of purify the federal bureaucracy.
You can read the OPM memo here.
It is a typical Washington process that many political appointees are able to take jobs within the civil service once their political appointment expires usually at the conclusion of one administration. What often happens as well is Congressional staffers, before an election or shortly thereafter, will move over to the Executive Branch placed into the civil service, in effect, by appointment.
So, for example, when George Bush became President in 2001, a number of Clinton political appointees became civil service employees. As a result, they became subject to civil service hiring and firing rules, which meant they could no longer be replaced simply for having been a Democratic appointee.
Barack Obama is changing that. He intends to purge all Republicans from the federal bureaucracy retroactive to five years ago.
Under his new rules, made retroactive for five years, the Office of Personnel Management will examine civil service employees who got their start as political appointees in the Bush administration and terminate those employees. The order is retroactive to 2004, that moment when a number of Republican congressional staffers and others sought to embed into the second Bush administration right after the election.
According to John Berry, the Director of OPM:
Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. OPM will review these proposed appointments to ensure they comply with merit system principles and applicable civil service laws. I have delegated decisionmaking authority over these matters to career Senior Executives at OPM to avoid any hint of political influence.
The memorandum goes on to apply this change to civil servants who were political appointees in the last five years, in effect freezing these employees out of other positions, denying them promotions, and forcing them out of their jobs.
No one is allowed to stand in the way of Barack Obama?s agenda, including his own bureaucracy. This is what happens in third world kleptocracies and totalitarian regimes.
This is scary stuff.
Just for perspective: remember the Democrats threatened to throw Bush administration people in jail for firing United States Attorneys who happened to be Democrats. In that case, it was clear as crystal that U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President and he can fire them whenever he wants. In this case, these people are now civil service employees who do not serve at the pleasure of the President and cannot be fired just because they are Republicans. in fact, the law is very clear on that point.
This is a double-edged sword, of course. The next Republican administration could do the same to Democratic political appointees who are appointed to the civil service by Ogabe this time around. The key difference is that media will keep quiet about this Ogabe purge and scream about an impending GOP dictatorship if Republicans should do it in the future.
Don’t worry. The media will raise such a stink that they won’t dare go through with it!
“my tongue is sticking so far through my cheek I can’t breath”
They all do this. Some of the senior federal civil service positions are political appointees. Those jobs are exempt from civil service competition. The rest of the jobs remain under the same ole rules.
Incoming administrations all do this . . nothing really new here.
Welcome to the Obama Junta folks.
One more fascist marker, and they are adding up.
These are Civil servants...big difference than pol appointees.
What’s next? No Republicans in the upper reaches of the military.
What next Republican Administration? The one that takes office after the next dinosaur killer hits?
Saddam Hussein, on 22 July 1977, purged the Baath party, government and military...hundreds executed.
True, but GWB did not do it, and the Democrat holdovers resisted his policies at every opportunity.
That is one of the most significant mistakes of his Presidency.
When Sarah is elected, you can bet she will go through those bureaucracies and sweep out every single lib she can identify.
It's really hard to believe that "W" failed to deal with the Clintonista holdovers.
They will do it. And there is nothing we can do about it. America is in the process of conversion to a communist Nation and it is getting more solid by the day. Overthrowing King Obama and his corrupt communists administration will be one heck of a fight.
The Racist Government is filled with minorities as it is.
OK am I reading this wrong, but are they saying they will terminate civil service employees who originated as political appointments from the Bush administration? I thought they could not be fired (for being political appointees) once they “crossed over” into civil service? How can you “retroactively” change job requirements? Or are they just doing what Bush should have done and getting rid of political appointees?
“When Sarah is elected, you can bet she will go through those bureaucracies and sweep out every single lib she can identify.”
Good point, but she probably won’t have to. The Obama fascists will leave on their own first.
The countermove is both simple and deadly: We must make it abundantly, publically clear that the same thing will be done in reverse, and that the current purge can and will be used to deflect and ignore all complaints.
I read the memo. I dont see anything indicating that this policy is retroactive. It starts in January of next year. Has nothing to do with purging Republicans.
He’s trying to be a warlord, for _(*& sake.
Nixon tried stuff like this and the lib-press called it a Constitutional crisis.
I seriously doubt they will. They will stay as entrenched as they possibly can and then do whatever they can to slow, soften or misdirect her policies.
She will need to fumigate the place fully.
It is the privilege of the incoming administration to purge.
Just like a typical Bush though, GW wouldn’t kick the damn corrupt creepy Clintonistas out on their asses when he took office and they stabbed him repeatedly in the back for 8 years. With few he did fumigate, MSM and the whinners whinned incessantly, of course, and Bush refused to stand up to it. What a chump.
It’s a chronic problem with elitist right of center, they have a big tick about having to be “gracious” and “getting along.” Unfortunately, we’re headed toward totalitarian rule due to their weakness. It’s utterly pathetic to watch.
Now it’s time to “purge” the Republican party of these chumps. If we ever get a chance (though doubtful) to purge the White House and rep branches of the filth that’s invested Washington, we’ll have a few Republicans who have grown a backbone.
Clarke, Wilson, Plame, Hansen. Any questions?
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