President-Elect Obama Has Already Created A New Branch Of Government

• November 7, 2008

He’s calling it the “Office of the President-Elect?” The office’s duties? Using official government domains to campaign, apparently.

I decided to take a look at the website for the incoming Barack Obama administration, The Office of the President-Elect — and it looks an awful lot like a campaign site. It announces that “change has come to America”, even though Obama is still more than two months from taking the oath of office. It’s replete with campaign slogans on Iraq, the economy, and other issues. None of this is terribly new, and it all looks like it got transplanted from BarackObama.com.
However, this site has a .gov top-level domain (change.gov). That is reserved for “qualified government organizations and programs”. The incoming administration technically has no status as a government organization or program until January 20, 2009. The “Office of the President-Elect” doesn’t exist within the government. Furthermore, the use seen at the site is clearly promotional for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and should have been kept at their own campaign domain rather than set up as an official US government site.
And why are they using a .gov site to compile mailing lists?

You can visit the website of this new branch of government at (nauseating) Change.gov.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

Man Train

Mr. Lowattentionspan,

It is on topic.

Dick Cheney DID declare himself to be a fourth branch of government through contradiction. At one time he claimed he is not a part of the Executive branch because he is part of the Congressional branch. Another time he claimed he is not part of the Congressional branch because he is part of the Executive branch. See how this is contradictory? His logic only make sense if you use the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
Man Train

Thank You for exposing your complete ignorance.

Teach me, oh, learned master.

You are aware that the KKK has a hit out on Obama. Obama is the president elect. Do you not know the definition of terrorism?

BTW: Why do you have a Confederate flag as your avatar? Are you aware as to what that flag represents?
RebTex

Hey, RebTex
Nice Confederate flag. Are you banking on the KKK to strike against Obama, or should the KKK declared a home-grown terrorist network?

Thank You for exposing your complete ignorance.
RebTex

As you have seen, Rob, the leftists don’t care about rules nor Laws.
Evidently, they are above them…..
robert108

Watch the Daily Show for the news.
Watch Fox “News” for comedy.

The backwards thinking of a leftie. It explains a lot…
welder4

I disagree with your simplistic view of what started the war

Quite a bit earlier the southern states were being crapped on by the banking systems north of them and the southern banks found them selves paying higher interest rates then the northern banks to stay in business, another lead up to the war was the unfair tariffs placed on goods coming into the united states the goods produced by the southern states were taxed at a higher rate then the northern products coming in so there for that set the stage for the war to come. Unfair tax system and the interest rates charged to southern banks was a very large factor . sure any one would agree the only good thing that came out of the war was the freedom of the black race and also some white ones to. I do abhor the idea of slavery , no man or woman nor child should have to be a slave it sucks big time . we were a growing country and we learned some lessons along the way and we are still learning .The northern industrialist had the white slaves who were paid very little to do their job , The north were slaves to the plants because they had to have a living and they worked just as hard if not harder then the slaves in the south. Unions freed the workers in the plants but they over rode their usefulness and ruined the whole deal. What happened af5ter the war was terrible with the carpet bagger’s coming in and stealing every thing they could lay their hands on. I do agree that slavery was a factor but not the only one and not the largest one. the right to use the state laws over the federal law was a factor.
RebTex

I wonder how long it will be before flying the USA flag will be damned along with any mention of God.

Only after folks like us have assumed room temp!
Man Train

Did you forget that Dick Cheney made himself the fourth branch of government, or were you Cons not paying attention?

Daily Show: June 25, 2007 Non-Executive Decision
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

"Man Train" – no need to change the subject.

This is about Obama acting as if he is already President.
Man Train

It is on topic.

The topic is "President-Elect Obama Has Already Created A New Branch Of Government" and Dick Cheney DID declare himself as a new branch of government. The Daily Show's claim is actually more credible and reaffirmed by Cheney himself. Your argument is merely grasping at straws.

Watch the clip.
http://Array RebTex

BWAHAHAHA!
THe Comedy Channel is now the source for the leftists?!
BWAHAHAHAHA!
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

"Man Train" – The Daily Show's claim is actually more credible and reaffirmed by Cheney himself.

More credible than what? WTF are you going on about?

Your argument is merely grasping at straws.

All I said is that you don't need to change the subject. That's not really an argument.

It looks like you're grasping at straws.

Now,…back to the posts' subject, which Man Train wants to ignore for some reason.
Man Train

Watch the Daily Show for the news.
Watch Fox "News" for comedy.

Hey, RebTex
Nice Confederate flag. Are you banking on the KKK to strike against Obama, or should the KKK declared a home-grown terrorist network?
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

Man Train spreads some of that "Change", Mr. Lowattentionspan

I see that you're here only to insult and change the subject.

If and when you decide to be mature, we'll talk.
HG

Man Train,

Really bub, you got to stop thinking out loud. I'm embarrassed for you.
tothestars2

Man Train must be part of that "let's come together and work things out" crowd I've been hearing so much about. You know, the "reach across the aisle" and let's be friends. I guess the "haters" are never going to change. They just can't let it go.
RebTex

My comment was directed to your completely off topic & off-base drooling.

You are aware that the KKK has a hit out on Obama. Obama is the president elect. Do you not know the definition of terrorism?

I am not aware of any hit due to my not being affiliated with any of the seperatist groups.
Please explain what your inferrence to terrorism has to do with me?

Why do you have a Confederate flag as your avatar? Are you aware as to what that flag represents?

I am completely aware of what this flag represents to me!
I see that you don't.
While I don't care to educate you, I will let you in on a little secret….I'm not a caucasian.
Here's another instance where someone mis-read what another man was thinking:
During the North African Campaign, a bunch of soldier boys had been on a long hike. They arrived in a little town called Casino. The next morning being Sunday, several of the boys went to church. A sergeant commanded the boys in church.
After the Chaplain read the prayer, the text was taken up next. Those of the boys that had a prayer book took them out. One boy had only a deck of cards, and he spread them out. The sergeant saw the cards and said, "Soldier, put away those cards." After the service was over, the soldier was taken prisoner and brought before the Provost Marshal.

The Marshal said, "Sergeant, why have you brought this man here?"

"For playing cards in church, Sir," was the response.

The Marshal asked the soldier, "And what have you to say for yourself, son?"

"Much, Sir," replied the soldier.

The Marshal stated, "I hope so, for if not I will punish you more than any man was ever punished."

The soldier said, "Sir, I have been on the march for about six months. I have neither bible nor a prayer book, but I hope to satisfy you, sir, with the purity of my intentions." And with that, the boy started his story …

"You see, sir, when I look at the Ace, it reminds me that there is but one God.
And the deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts: the Old and the New Testaments.
When I see the trey, I think of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
And when I see the four, I think of the four evangelists who preached the Gospel: there was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
And when I see the five, it reminds me of the five wise virgins who trimmed their lamps; there were ten of them: five were wise and were saved, five were foolish and were shut out.
When I see the six, it reminds me that in six days God made this heaven and earth.
And when I see the seven, it reminds me that on the seventh day, God rested from his great work.
And when I see the eight, I think of the eight righteous persons that God saved when he destroyed the earth: there was Noah, his wife, their sons and their wives.
And when I see the nine, I think of the lepers our saviour cleansed, and that nine of the ten didn't even thank him.
When I see the ten, I think of the ten commandments that God handed down to Moses on a tablet of stone.
When I see the King, it reminds me that there is but one King of Heaven, God Almighty.
And when I see the Queen, I think of the blessed Virgin Mary who is the Queen of Heaven.
And the Jack or Knave is the Devil.

When I count the number of spots in a deck of cards, I find 365, the number of days in a year.
There are 52 cards, the number of weeks in a year.
There are four suits, the number of weeks in a month.
There are twelve picture cards, the number of months in a year.
There are thirteen tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter.

So you see, Sir, my deck of cards serves me as a bible, an almanac and a prayer book."

/Tex Ritter
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robert108

RT: As you can see the hate-filled, uneducated lefties aren't open to either facts or learning. They have been indoctrinated with their leftie talking points, which they mistake for knowledge. May God have mercy on them.
welder4

If one looks at the history of the civil war it was fought over states rights and not slavery. It is a misconception that slavery was the only reason the war was fought ,I would ask any one to explain why it was that the emancipation proclamation was not introduced until two years into the war . Certainly there was a movement to eradicate the slavery of man not only black slaves but whites as well .The northern industrialist wanted the black and white slave to work in their plants in the north and they did not use them because of the public opinion of slavery period .The civil war was fought because the north wanted to set the price on cotton and the southern people did not buy all that the north wanted to do. To bad the liberal revisionist removed most of our history from the text books , when I went to school the statement was the war was fought over states rights .And then they used the confederate flag for a symbol of slavery , a very bad idea . Slavery was and is wrong but the libs have enslaved the black people today and have killed more black babies then was killed in the civil war . the new leader of liberalism will kill 338 more babies a day if he signs the freedom of choice act. The Confederate flag is just a symbol of the Confederate states not a symbol of slavery .
http://magyartruth.blogspot.com/ Chief RZ

welder4. Correct. RebTex, thanks for The Truth. I wonder how long it will be before flying the USA flag will be damned along with any mention of God.
welder4

Dear Man train : I wonder do you absorb what you read? , or do you just assume many things by not thinking. Number one it was a couple of skin heads that were planning to take Obama out no where else was there any news of an attempt on his life except one in Florida I think, but he was not a member of the Klan . Now you assume that the klan is associated with the Confederate flag, people use the flag for many purposes, some of them bad, but it still does not lessen the fact the flag is the flag of a sovereign nation at one time in our history , many men died in the war on both sides over the right of the states , it was a terrible war, brother against brother in many cases but it was fought Constitutionally for the right to disagree with the federal government . It was a war of great honor on both sides . it is to bad that revisionist such as your self with out doing any research, change the very history of a great country. You may want to find an old history book say back to the fifties or sixties and read it. you will be amazed at how much of our great history has been trashed by liberal professors and writers , then go find a new one, half of our history is toast. Remember one thing , it is not my intent to promote slavery but to abolish all government meddling in private affairs. I can not condone the enslavement of any man . At times that is why we get into wars to save these people from total enslavement in their own country , sure we can't police the whole world but don't you think it is great that we have today a volunteer Army that will go to places such as Baghdad and free the people from someone like Sadam?
http://drudgereport.com/ FHJR

welder4,

I disagree with your take on american history. Please explain:

The contentious issue of slavery was too controversial to be resolved during the convention. As a result, the original Constitution contained four provisions tacitly allowing slavery to continue for the next 20 years. Section 9 of Article I allowed the continued "importation" of such persons, Section 2 of Article IV prohibited the provision of assistance to escaping persons and required their return if successful and Section 2 of Article I defined other persons as "three-fifths" of a person for calculations of each state's official population. Article V prohibited any amendments or legislation changing the provision regarding slave importation until 1808, thereby giving the States then existing 20 years to resolve this issue. The failure to do so was a contributing factor to the Civil War.

In order to form a more perfect union the founding fathers knew that the southern states wouldnt ratify the constitution without article V. They figured 20 years would be enough time to resolve the issue of slavery and failure to do that was the main reason the civil war was fought. Sorry yo are wrong. I am not a liberal either. In fact i despise liberals and pretty much everything democrats stand for.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/sparkiearbuckle sayanything-81

IS it going to be as expensive as the DHLS?
welder4

Obama is president elect and should kinda wait his turn as the others have before him. After January the 20th he will be the president not before even if Bush were to die or become incapacitated, VP Cheney would finish his unexpired term .

The only thing special about Obama is he is half white and half black , it is a historical time in our history ,lets hope and change and yes we can that it is not a hysterical time.I fear people will start losing much of the money they have saved over the years to the government and that is not fair by any means. Even gold is not safe from their clutches nor is onshore accounts , the IRA's are in danger of being taken . strictly opinion but we will see in the future won't we. I guess we are to disband home land security and wait and see if the Obama can settle the east down so that they will not attack us again? Just maybe we can live in New York again in 50 years, that should give the radio activity time to die down .
fredmdbud

It is not a fictional office, nor is it a "new" branch of government. It is spelled out in the Presidential Transition Acts of 1963 and 2000, and according to the OPM, it is an official federal entity until Inauguration Day.

Make sure brain is engaged before releasing brake from mouth …
Joe

>>The "Office of the President-Elect" doesn't exist within the government.

Wrong. 100% wrong. Typical right-wing failure to engage brain before blogging. The Office of the President-Elect is a long-established, real government office.

Here's a 1988 article about it:

Washington Talk: The Presidency; After Election, Short-Term Agency Takes Power http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=94…

Here's another 1988 article about George Bush senior's Office of the President Elect: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tgYLAAAAIBAJ…
The Office of the President Elect was open for business today, with George Bush said to be giving high priority to economic policy… Today, his core transition team was to be in place, ensconced in a set of offices prepared by the General Services Administration…

Here are more results from the Google News archive: http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q="the+…

Nice try to get this non-story going. Unfortunately, you didn't do a little basic fact checking first. Obama didn't invent the Office of the President Elect. President-elects of every stripe have been using it for decades. Can we put an end to this foolishness now, please?
Frankster

The Office of the President-Elect has been around for years and has been used by many President-Elects, including Bush and Bush Sr.

It was established by the Presidential Transition Act of 1963.

You guys slept through government class, didn't ya?

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