What the hell is the “Office of the President-Elect?” And why is it still attacking McCain?
Scroll down for updates…reader Patrick e-mails: “The Office of the President-elect comes from the Presidential Transition Act of 1963. Stephanopoulos signed letters back in 1992 from the ‘Office of the President-elect.’ That said, I agree that ‘change.gov’ and all of that is ostentatious. Let Obama have his fun now. Come January, the buck stops with him, and no amount of ‘branding’ or voting ‘present’ will save him.”
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?
Gah:
C’mon. It’s creepy.
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Question: Why is the Office of the President-Elect’s .gov website still attacking the “McCain plan?” (hat tip – reader JB)
Here’s the screenshot in case they scrub it…
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Related: Obama’s tasteless joke about Nancy Reagan at the press conference went beyond creepy. Just classless.
Update: Reader Stephen from Hold the Mayo e-mails: “I happened to be in a waiting room yesterday and West Wing reruns were on. The character played by Jimmy Smits had apparently just been elected president over Alan Alda’s character. Every time the phone rang in Smits’ office it was answered ‘Office of the Preseident Elect.’ I’m guessing his is where The One is getting his ideas on how the government is organized.”
Update: At the bottom of the www.change.gov site, as many have noted, is this info: “Content copyright © 2008 by Obama-Biden Transition Project, a 501c(4) organization. All rights reserved.”
Now, here’s a reminder of the .gov rules, which I mentioned yesterday. This is from Wikipedia…
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
.gov (pronounced “dot-gov”) is a sponsored top-level domain restricted for use by government entities in the United States of America. The .gov domain is administered by the General Services Administration (GSA), an independent agency of the federal government. The URL for registration services is http://www.dotgov.gov [1]
The U.S. is the only country that has a government-specific top-level domain in addition to its country-code top-level domain, due to the origins of the Internet as a US Federal Government-sponsored research network (see NSFNET and ARPANET). Other countries typically use a second-level domain for this purpose, e.g., .gov.ar for Argentina, .gov.au for Australia, .gc.ca for Canada, .gouv.fr for France, .gov.in for India, .gov.my for Malaysia, .govt.nz for New Zealand, .guv.ro[1] for Romania, .gov.uk for the United Kingdom, .gub.uy for Uruguay, .gov.za for South Africa.
Some U.S. federal agencies use .fed.us rather than .gov. The Department of Defense and its subsidiary organizations use .mil. Some U.S. governmental entities use other domains, such as the use of .com domains by the United States Postal Service (which uses both usps.gov and usps.com for the same location, although it only advertises the .com version) and the United States Army’s recruitment website (goarmy.com, this trend is repeated at the recruitment websites of the other branches of the U.S. Military).
Additionally, some technically private organizations having some formal association with the federal government make use of .gov, such as the quasi-public Federal Reserve System.[2]
All governments in the U.S. are allowed to apply for use of .gov, such as atlantaga.gov for the city of Atlanta, loudoun.gov for the county of Loudoun, Virginia and georgia.gov for the U.S. state of Georgia. This was not always true; under an earlier policy, only federal agencies were allowed to use the domain, and agencies beneath cabinet level were required to use subdomains of their parent agency. There is a lack of consistency in addresses of state and local government sites, with some using .gov, some .us, some using both (the Commonwealth of Virginia uses both www.state.va.us and www.virginia.gov for the same location) and still others in .com, .org or other TLDs.
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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
Patrick adds: “The Office of the President-elect comes from the Presidential Transition Act of 1963. Stephanopoulos signed letters back in 1992 from the ‘Office of the President-elect.’ That said, I agree that ‘change.gov’ and all of that is ostentatious. Let Obama have his fun now. Come January, the buck stops with him, and no amount of ‘branding’ or voting ‘present’ will save him.”
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Maybe they got a special deal at Vista Print. They run specials all the time you know.
I bet he has a magnet for the car door too.
Har!
That question is answered in your question: ‘Hell’.
Their is a new sheriff in town, and his name is Barack Obama.
… and we let it happen… because, “We are better than that.”
Michelle and Tom Brokaw are right. Creepy is the word of the week!
Arrested development is the phrase of the week.
And who the hell is the COMMISSAR?
Can’t hide his ego, can he?
He’s a moron.
His ears look like they have grown since we saw him last.
Michelle We need some sort of ear-o-meter scale.
They grow when he is caught lying
Grow as he shrinks from the duties of position
Grow when he says uh uh , aaahhhh, uh oh ,,,
An arrogant fraud has arrived!
At least it is not “His Highness, the President Elect”. That is yet to come.
“Their is a new sheriff in town, and his name is Barack Obama.”
“Y’all be cool….”
Sorry…. had to add that little ‘48 Hours” tribute….
I guess Obama needs a whole government agency just for his ego.
Rush used it all day today, and so did some guy from Newsweek. It’s catching on, maybe it will replace Yes We Can. GAG.
What is the fascination with the monotonous blue and white color scheme?
It looks like the generic food labels of the 80’s. Anyone watch Repo Man?
Take a look at the link America Serves.
The page opens up with “When you choose to serve…”, but is shortly followed with the outline for a required number of hours of “community service” at various educational levels.
Anyone else see the contradiction?
“Life of a Repo Man is always intense!”
Hmmmm… Sounds like “Indentured Servitude” to me….
Thanks, DJ. I didn’t know creepy was really catching on.
Creepy! Creepy! Creepy!
Hubris and narcissism together, at last.
We all saw stuff like this coming.
Little things like ‘laws’ & rules’ will not get in this man’s way. Or, if they do, those ‘laws’ & rules’ will be changed.
I’ll have a post soon on my explanation of the fundamental change this man desires that none of us hope for.
Michelle …
As noted by some here in another thread … that is actually an ILLEGAL WEB SITE … there is no such government office and there are political items on the site … those facts put it in violation of the rules governing the use of the GOV top level domain suffix … it is being run by the group that ran the illegal credit card donation scam for Obama …
Additionally … he is not actually the “president-elect” until the electoral college meets and casts the electoral votes … the proper reference at the moment would be the “presumptive president-elect” …
Just some collected FYIs from your loyal commenters …
It’s a Kenyan thing.
or, “His Emminence” formerly known as Barack Obama, community organizer.
Do I have to capitalize the word “He” when referring to his Obama-ship?
I thought it was “His Excellency”…?
You could hide the Nimitz behind this guy’s ego.
America Serves just reminds me of the Twilight Zone. I know what’s for dinner!
“…you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That’s why it’s called the American dream.”
Eh? So, that’s how we define the American Dream now. Thanks for the update.
Im gonna feel sad when this ass parading in his expensive suits and buying expensive dresses for his wife and blowing money on big shindigs while the rest of the country goes through an economic nighmare.
He is an elitist and cares little for the “peasants”
Hugs and kisses for DesertLover.
My American dream is for the government to leave me alone.
I think there will be some big time buyers remorse with Obama, but don’t fret, Nancy Pelosi will step up and handle things.
Obamunism — I’m gonna, I want, I plan … Excuse me, but this is America not Kenya or the Juanta of Indonesia. And in fact we discourage dictators in America.
And about that office of President Elect, did I miss that the last 43 Presidents? Truly a rogue President right from the start.
Just how full of himself is this guy? He’s a few months away from being the most powerful man in the free world but his obsession with self-glorification is so deep (remember the fake Greek temple?) he just has to invent phony offices and titles for himself. This is like the dude pumping gas at Sunoco calling himself a “petroluem distribution engineer.”
Awww, crap. This is getting waaaaay to weird. Somebody please tell me it’s still Tuesday and I’ve only bumped my head a bit, and with an aspirin and a bit of rest it will all go away.
to = too
I don’t think that I can stand 4, or GOD FORBID 8, years of these people.
i asked this very same question when i visited the change.gov site yesterday and saw his newfound title on the top of the site.
he’s not even technically the president-elect yet. he’s only that when the electoral college meets next month and elets him.
Doesn’t He have to be declared President Elect by 2/3 majority of the 57 states? Isn’t He a little presumptuous?
Poser
Hopefully he only wished to be President-elect and not President. Wouldn’t that be a fun turn of events?
It looks like the buyer’s remorse will happen sooner rather than later, because this POS can’t help but be a complete narcissistic megalomaniac. Every time I think of his plans I get depressed, and then I think about the resistance that will rain down upon him and feel just a little bit better.
‘Cause he is healer-in-waiting of the world, that’s why.
Never question The One, and don’t make fun of his ear appendages or the wrath will curse you forevermore.
“The Moron” is freakin ate up!
P.S.- did anyone happen to notice Michelle prancing around in her spandex…sigh. She needs to not do that anymore
Office of the President-Elect
BAWAAAAAHHAAAAA
His adoring crowds will have simultaneous Obasms.
Actually, I would like to see Rahm Emanuel cut Nancy Pelosi off at the knees….. Heh Heh Heh……..
Me neither. Every time I hear or see him, I throw up a little.
I didn’t catch the whole story, but the FOX News alert mentioned something about Pelosi having a power play with the President Elect.
Dem feeding frenzy in 3…2…1…
No contradiction. “War is Peace,” “Freedom is Slavery,” “Ignorance is Strength.”
Get with the play.
I saw this mentioned on another thread and just thought it was just like a plaque on his office door, or something similar. As such I wasn’t too concerned about it.
Now having seen the picture…really? Is he kidding? This is hella lame, if I may channel Cartman for a moment.
I can’t wait until January 20th, when He rides Biden into Washington D.C. and the multitudes wave palm branches.
Oy, it’s going to be LOOOONG 8 years. Hail Obama Caesar!
When I first heard about this, I wondered if there was any precident for a president-elect establishing an “office”. I’ve heard of “transition teams” and such, but I’ve never seen a president-elect trying to grab some power this early before his inauguration.
I think this is a good example of the complete arrogance and elitism of Obammy, and something I see that will cause a lot of friction in the future between Obammy, Congress and the Lefties.
As with the 2006 election and the new Democrat Congress, the Lefties will get told to “sit down & shut up” when Obammy can’t or won’t deliver what they thiink they’re goiing to get.
We’ve already seen news articles about “scaling back expectations”. This is the first sign that the Lefties are going to get ONLY what Obammy wants to give them.
Just watch as the friction between the Left and “Anointed One” escalates into riots. It should be funny – again as it was when the Lefties got told by Congress to shut up.
Anyone notice who was behind him?
Jennifer Granholm? - The governor of Michigan will an economic advisor? Michigan is freakin bankrupt!!! My god man, all she does is blame Bush and the former gov.
Thats like getting a poor man to manage your retirement account. This is chaos.
It is the pompous, slimy arrogance of a self serving… elitist sociopath who thinks he is better than anyone. Why shouldn’t he have all the trappings of a dictator at his disposal. I have never seen anything like his girding himself with all these over the top affectations from a political figure in this country in my life. He acts like he deserves it . His will last not more than 2 years, he will be impeached or he will resign.
good, I hope the liberals suffer the most. let the chickens come home to roost for them!
It is like a room for the “Ladies-in-Waiting” in merry Old England…but in this case, it’s a green room for a political wh*re.
His transitional theme song should be “Nowhere Man” by the Beatles.
you think its only gonna be 8 years???
Oh MY! Just 3 days into this thing, so much to complain about. And you haven’t even touched on the puppy yet (Or is that post in the works?). Looks like you’ll have plenty of grist for the Outrage Mill over the next 4 years. Keep it comin’!
I’m HOPE-ing in 4 years he’ll have a new web site… “Office of the EX President of the United States”. There’s one CHANGE I’m looking forward to.
MSNUSMCDavid, why don’t you tell us how you really feel! Ditto.
I am doing my best to boycott all things Obamanation. I wait for Michelle and others to view his appearances for me.
Do they make any type of Obama filter for my satellite TV?
I think Obammy will only make it through one term. The Lefties will be totally disillusioned in one year. Count on it.
Office of the Prsident Elect. I didn’t think electoral votes were counted until January 6th????He really hasn’t been elected yet, has he????? We’ve said it before, arrogance, probably hubris, whatever you call it it just confirms the many criticisms of him.
You’ll notice that the puppy they are getting is a new breed, from diverse stock, much like the Obama himself.
I just saw the group picture. Why is Rahm Emanuel sitting down?
I have a hard time understanding how a group of people who always try remind what good people they are feel so emboldened when posting with “friends” that they can refer to Obama as a “POS”
“sociopath” or “moron,” merely because they don’t like his politics. I’m also stunned that Michelle Malkin puts up with it.
And, for the record, while you can call me a troll all you like, I didn’t vote for Obama either, but rather cast my lot with Mr. Barr.
I’m retired and if I go into a classroom to “serve” I will be telling kids all about the constitution and how they are being ripped!
Lindsay
Well, one thing I’ll never do is obfuscate… although, my bluntness gets me in trouble, I find it worth the cost.
If you voted for Barr, you might as well have voted for Obammy.
Well, wasn’t change.gov setup for that already?
when you don’t have anything nice to say..
/I’d better abstain..
Unbelievable! All that’s missing is a sprig of Arugula.
No. Here’s the original. Note the difference in the shape of the shield, for starters. BTW, I posted this on the other thread, but for those who missed it, I checked into the Bush Cheney 2000 transition and they used a Dot.Org domain address.
Also note that there was a government ruling when Bush was in transition which concluded that until Inauguration Day they were still technically “candidates”. This was done to clarify rules about lobbyists, but whatever, shouldn’t Obama be a “candidate” too until he is sworn in?
Here’s the scoop:
I dont know if Michigan wants to celebrate or not but the Rumor is that Granthold is coming to work in Barry O’s Administration.
The UAW is pushing Pelosi and the dems hard right now for a bailout of the auto industry so the Unions can re negoatiate their contracts with the big 3.
The funnel of money is just beginning.
MNUSMCDavid, as the daughter of a WWII Marine, I give you permission (and I thank you) to kick some butt and ask questions later.
I guess “Office of President-Elect” is found in Joe Biden’s Constitution, right after the VP’s role in the Article I of the Constitution, the Executive Branch Article.
And I’m sure they chose “Office of the President-Elect” because “Office of the The One New Messiah, Having Taken Mortal Form and Decended from the Heavens” wouldn’t fit on the podium.
We do that because, in addition to being good people, we are very, very honest.
Yes, and I made mention of it on another post. Lets face it “The Moron” is not know for his good judgement.
The partay is ova!
In all of this, please remember – would McCain have been that much different than Obammy? We were totally screwed from the time that McCain was picked, and the election results just confirm that fact. McCain lost because NOBODY wanted the guy. Nobody trusts the guy. Even the brilliance of Sarah Palin couldn’t save McCain from himself.
Does Obama consider 20 years in the Armed Forces community service, or do you have to do the time after your discharge?
I hear that Obama addressed the economy.
“Hello, Economy, I’m Barack Obama.”
Crapping out of fright?
He can’t get a designer puppy. That’s so anti-PC. Half the Liberal freakdom will be disppointed. Maybe this is the beginning of lowering those crazy expectations. Puppygate.
Notice that all his logos are blue meaning Democrat partisanship. Also note how toned down the official logos so as not to offend anyone. We already he doesn’t like “red, white and blue”.
I also hear Janet Napolitano’s name being tossed around as a possible cabinet position as well. Along with Tom Daschle for Healthcare.
So much for bipartisanship.
This is going to be the most left wing administration in the history of America.
Looks like they will need our 401k’s pretty soon. I’m gonna need a bigger mattress!
merely because i dont like his politics? when has he shown his hand on politics? “present” ring a bell?
the duffus hasn’t done squat.
a real flippin ZERO.
Lindsey
As a Vietnam veteran, I say Aye Aye, maam…. I will relish it!
There, fixed that.
Probably resting his twinkle toes because he’s going to have to do a lot of dancing around soon.
And for those of you who don’t know, Rahm Emanuel graduated from the Evanston School of Ballet.
Snort.
OFF TOPIC _ WAAAAAAAAYYYYY OFF
What the he__ is with the porn banner Michelle? Look ever there to the right? >>>>>
I guess he thinks hes like George Washington, only he won’t turn down the offer to be king.
EH – figures it would change. Did anybody else catch it? Russian girls half dressed…
#90 – I was wondering the same.
Soap — not sure what you’re talking about. All I see is an FTD florist and another banner ad for an XBox 360.
I think Rahm Emanuel is sitting down because that is one of the rules being written in the Handbook of Change.
Once chosen to serve under The Master, you sit in his presence, especially if taller and more muscular.
You must walk out backwards from the room, so as not to present backside to his realm of vision.
Do not make eye contact with The Highest Egomaniac.
Do not wear red neckties, as this is the choice of ties of the Conservative Republican Insurgency.
And,most important, do not look at his ears, never, ever.
I saw it Omsb
And it’s nice to know how out of place it looks around here.
Guess which political party has this as a platform. Not the Democrats, but you’d be close
………………………………..
11. That all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished.
Breaking the Bondage of Interest
12. Since every war imposes on the people fearful sacrifices in blood and treasure, all personal profit arising from the war must be regarded as treason to the people We therefore demand the total confiscation of all war profits.
13. We demand the nationalization of all trusts. (Hmmm, 401ks are an ERISA trust)
14. We demand profit-sharing in large industries.
15. We demand a generous increase in old-age pensions.
16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a sound middle-class, the immediate communalization of large stores which will be rented cheaply to small tradespeople, and the strongest consideration must be given to ensure that small traders shall deliver the supplies needed by the State, the provinces and municipalities. (Think Wal-Mart here)
21. The State has the duty to help raise the standard of national health by providing maternity welfare centers, by prohibiting juvenile labor, by increasing physical fitness through the introduction of compulsory games and gymnastics, and by the greatest possible encouragement of associations concerned with the physical education of the young.
22. We demand the abolition of the regular army and the creation of a national civilian army. (Remember Obama’s call for a civilian homeland security force as well funded as the military)
23. We demand that there be a legal campaign against those who propagate deliberate political lies and disseminate them through the press. (The Fairness Doctrine)
Borat would say: Nice–I like!