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What the hell is the “Office of the President-Elect?”
Michelle Malkin ^ | November 7, 2008 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 11/07/2008 2:25:18 PM PST by lowbridge

Okay, it’s one thing to take your campaign website, transfer it to a dot-gov domain, and invent an “Office of the President-Elect” out of whole cloth.

But now we’ve got Sen. Obama standing in front of a podium, in front of the world, for his first transitional press conference with an official-looking sign that reads “Office of the President-Elect.” Is that the official seal of the U.S. on the sign? Do they have authority to use it? What other make-believe offices are they going to invent between now and Inauguration Day? I can’t ever recall in my lifetime any mention of such an office. Can you?

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arrogance; barackobama; bho2008; malkin; obama; obamatransitionfile
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To: shankbear

OMG. You should see the CRAP on oprah. it’s Obama love fest, singin’ and dancin’, It’s like “Jesus Christ, super star”.

It’s the second coming Folks. “The One” has returned to earth.

BARF!!!!! Can’t even turn the TV on anymore.


61 posted on 11/07/2008 2:54:34 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: lowbridge

Please make him go away. PLEASE!


62 posted on 11/07/2008 2:55:06 PM PST by bergmeid
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To: beethovenfan

Is the “H” for High or Half?


63 posted on 11/07/2008 2:57:12 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: lowbridge
Michelle updated her post.

Update: Mystery solved? Reader Patrick e-mails a link to the Presidential Transition Act of 1963:

SERVICES AND FACILITIES AUTHORIZED TO BE PROVIDED TO PRESIDENTS-ELECT AND VICE PRESIDENTS-ELECT

Sec. 3 (a) The Administrator of General Services, referred to hereafter in this Act as “the Administrator,” is authorized to provide, upon request, to each President-elect and each Vice President-elect, for use in connection with his preparations for the assumption of official duties as President or Vice President necessary services and facilities, including-

(1) Suitable office space appropriately equipped with furniture, furnishings, office machines and equipment, and office supplies as determined by the Administrator, after consultation with the President-elect, the Vice-President elect, or their designee provided for in subsection (e) of this section, at such place or places within the United States as the President-elect or Vice-President-elect shall designate;

(2) Payment of the compensation of members of office staffs designated by the President-elect or vice-President-elect at rates determined by them not to exceed the rate provided by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, for grade GS-18: Provided, That any employee of any agency of any branch of the Government may be detailed to such staffs on a reimbursable or non reimbursable basis with the consent of the head of the agency; and while so detailed such employee shall be responsible only to the President or Vice-President-elect for the performance of his duties: Provided further, That any employee so detailed shall continue to receive the compensation provided pursuant to law for his regular employment, and shall retain the rights and privileges of such employment without interruption. Notwithstanding any other law, persons receiving compensation as members of office staffs under this subsection, other than those detailed from agencies, shall not be held or considered to be employees of the Federal Government except for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement Act, the Federal Employee’s Compensation Act, the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959;

(3) Payment of expenses for the procurement of services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof for the President-elect or Vice-President-elect, as authorized for the head of any department by section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals;

(4) Payment of travel expenses and subsistence allowances, including rental of Government or hired motor vehicles, found necessary by the President-elect or Vice-President-elect, as authorized for persons employed intermittently or for persons serving without compensation by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), as may be appropriate;

(5) Communications services found necessary by the President-elect or Vice-President-elect;

(6) Payment of expenses for necessary printing and binding, notwithstanding the Act of January 12th, 1895, and the Act of March 1, 1919, as amended (44 U.S.C. 111);

(7) Reimbursement to the postal revenues in amounts equivalent to the postage that would otherwise be payable on mail matter referred to in subsection (d) of this section.

(b) The Administrator shall expend no funds for the provision of services and facilities under this Act in connection with any obligations incurred by the President-elect or Vice-President-elect before the day following the date of the general elections held to determine the electors of the President and Vice President in accordance with title 3, United States Code, sections 1 and 2, or after the inauguration of the President-elect as President and the inauguration of the Vice-President-elect as Vice President.

(c) The terms “President-elect” and “Vice-President-elect” as used in this Act shall mean such persons as are the apparent successful candidates for the office of the President and Vice President, respectively, as ascertained by the Administrator following the general elections held to determine the electors of the President and Vice-President in accordance with title 3, United States code, sections 1 and 2.

(d) Each President-elect shall be entitled to conveyance within the United States and its territories and possessions of all mail matter, including airmail, sent by him in connection with his preparations for the assumption of official duties as President, and such mail matter shall be transmitted as penalty mail as provided n title 39, United States Code, section 4152. Each Vice-President-elect shall be entitled to conveyance within the United States and its territories and possession of all mail matter, including airmail, sent by him under his written autograph signature in connection with his preparations for the assumption of official duties as Vice President.

(e) Each President-elect and Vice-President-elect may designate to the Administrator an assistant authorized to make on his behalf such designations or findings of necessity as may be required in connection with the services and facilities to be provided under this Act. Not more than 10 per centum of the total expenditures under this Act for any President-elect or Vice-President-elect may be made upon the basis of a certificate by him or the assistant designated by him pursuant to this section that such expenditures are classified and are essential to the national security, and that they accord with the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (d) of this section.

(f) In the case where the President-elect is the incumbent President or in the case where the Vice-President-elect is the incumbent Vice President, there shall be no expenditures or funds for the provisions of services and facilities to such incumbent under this Act, and any funds appropriated for such purposes shall be returned to the general funds of the Treasury.

SERVICES AND FACILITIES AUTHORIZED TO BE PROVIDED TO FORMER PRESIDENTS AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENTS

Sec. 4. The Administrator is authorized to provide, upon request, to each former President and each former Vice President, for a period not to exceed six months from the date of the expiration of his term of office as President or Vice President, for use in connection with winding up the affairs of his office, necessary services and facilities of the same general character as authorized by this act to be provided to Presidents-elect and Vice Presidents-elect. Any person appointed or detailed to serve a former President or former Vice President under authority of this section shall be appointed or detailed in accordance with, and shall be subject to, all of the provisions of section 3 of this Act applicable to persons appointed or detailed under authority of that section. The provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838 3; U.S.C. 102, note), other than subsections (a) and (e) shall not become effective with respect to a former President until six months after the expiration of his term of office as President.

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such funds as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act but not to exceed $900,000 for any one Presidential transition, to remain available during the fiscal year in which the transition occurs and the next succeeding fiscal year. The President shall include in the budget transmitted to the Congress, for each fiscal year in which his regular term of office will expire, a proposed appropriation for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Approved March 7, 1964


64 posted on 11/07/2008 2:57:14 PM PST by Your Nightmare
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To: lowbridge

BO, PE that’s his title;)


65 posted on 11/07/2008 2:58:24 PM PST by pbear8 (I have plenty of credit, there is no crunch)
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To: lowbridge

His ego is limitless. UGH!


66 posted on 11/07/2008 2:58:51 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: Pagey

I can hardly wait for the MSM to take him down about his Nancy Reagan remarks and theh “mutt” reference —— won’t happen


67 posted on 11/07/2008 3:00:30 PM PST by varina davis (Life is not a dress rehearsal)
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To: lowbridge
What the hell is the “Office of the President-Elect?"

I lthink it's a misprint and is really supposed to say: "Orifice of the President -Elect."

68 posted on 11/07/2008 3:01:16 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Palladin

Get used to the 4-hour speeches - saying nothing, of course. Fidel loved to hear himself talk, and I’m sure Barry does, too.


69 posted on 11/07/2008 3:02:35 PM PST by livius
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To: livius

So does Chavez. I bet they’ve all had a good talk already, Chavez giving him pointers on how to make those who oppose him dissapear


70 posted on 11/07/2008 3:04:55 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: nw_arizona_granny; LucyT
Me thinks he is rushing all this in case something comes out to make him ineligible. HHHMMMMM
71 posted on 11/07/2008 3:06:53 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT
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To: Tublecane

Not even then. Only when the results of the E.C. are certified by Congress.


72 posted on 11/07/2008 3:07:51 PM PST by Norman Bates
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To: Nathan Zachary

Yes, and Chavez has his block monitors who make sure all the happy slaves listen to him. I guess that’s what Barry’s citizen corps are all about. Your neighborhood spy, making sure you listen to the Great Leader.


73 posted on 11/07/2008 3:08:44 PM PST by livius
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To: Nathan Zachary

>>No, there isn’t no such thing as “office of the president elect”, but don’t expect MSM to say anything about it.>>

Actually there is totally something called “the office of the president elect”

This from 2000:
http://www.usoge.gov/ethics_guidance/daeograms/dgr_files/2000/do00048.txt


74 posted on 11/07/2008 3:10:59 PM PST by finn1
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To: lowbridge

OK, people - you got what you wanted. We now have a narcissistic dickhead for the next president.


75 posted on 11/07/2008 3:15:26 PM PST by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: RichInOC
"For one thing, Michelle, it’s misspelled. He’s the Present-Elect."

I thought he was the Pre-ident-Elect.

76 posted on 11/07/2008 3:16:34 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: savedbygrace
Here's an ecologically correct pimpmobile I just found on the web, with a low carbon footprint. Probably not really Obama's style:


77 posted on 11/07/2008 3:17:04 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: lowbridge

CHANGE is what O was selling, and change is what you are going to it...out with the old in with the new....


78 posted on 11/07/2008 3:18:25 PM PST by thinking
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To: Nathan Zachary

I NEVER watch Oprah —and will never again after this - but I did catch a quick glimpse of it while flipping through the channels -

This love fest with BHO MUST STOP!!!!


79 posted on 11/07/2008 3:18:44 PM PST by MasonGal
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To: albie

When I was in 1st or 2nd grade, I came home from school one day and told my mom this joke:

“Knock, knock”
“Who’s there?”
“Eisenhower.”
“Eisenhower who?”
“Eisenhower ate his lunch.”

... that’s the way I had understood the punchline, which was:

“I’ze an hour late for lunch.”


80 posted on 11/07/2008 3:22:01 PM PST by dr_lew
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