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Job application for the new administration

Want to work in the new administration?  Be prepared to relinquish your privacy.  Chuckle on this one, folks:

The New York Times first uncovered the 63 topic questionnaire the next administration asks cabinet post candidates to complete. It’s a background check that is more involved than any Presidential Administration before. The goal is to prevent political scandals that have plagued the politics of the past, but some of the questions involve topics you might only consider talking about with your clergy.

Full text of the extensive questionnaire is here (in PDF format).  Some moist morsels of hilarity:

(10) Writings: Please list and, if readily available, provide a copy of each book, article, column or publication (including but not limited to any post or comments on blogs or other websites) you have authored, individually or with others. Please list all aliases or “handles” you have used to communicate on the Internet.

Weren’t we told that anything he wrote while in college was off limits and irrelevant?  The prez’s writings are unimportant, but those of his minions are supremely important.  Got it.  Thanks for the clarification.

(16) Please list each membership, including any board memberships, you or your spouse have or have had with any political, civic, social, charitable, educational, professional, fraternal, benevolent or religious organization, private club or other membership organization (including any type of tax-exempt organization) during the past ten years. Please include dates of membership and any positions you may have had with the organization.

Ayers’ Annenberg Challenge?  Obama’s New Party and Democrat Socialist Party memberships?  Off limits, irrelevant.  Next up:

(27) Please describe the mortgage terms for any properties listed under Question 21, including the rate, date, holder, service entity, and any special circumstances surrounding the acquisition of the mortgage.

Tony Rezko ringing a bell?  Moving right along:

(61) Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used – even unfairly – to impugn or attack your character and qualifications for government service?

Dude, that one’s too easy.  Moving on:

(63) Please provide any other information, including information about other members of your family, that could suggest a conflict of interest or be a possible source of embarrassment to you, your family, or the President-Elect.

You mean like an aunt who’s in this country illegally?  Or a brother living in squalor in Kenya while you live in posh Hyde Park?  Or a wife who is finally, after her entire life, proud of her country?  Lemme guess: Off limits, irrelevant.

Exit question #1:  Why is it that when the Bush administration wants to get intel on terrorist activity, such as e-mails, phone recordings, etc., it’s a massive invasion of privacy; yet when The One wants to go through your personal life (including electronic communications) with a fine tooth comb, it’s kosher?

Exit question #2: Can we get Barry O himself to fill out the questionnaire?  After all, by his own standards, the Obamessiah would not be qualified to serve in his own administration!

November 17, 2008 - Posted by crushliberalism | hypocrisy, Obama, shameful