White House struggles to fill key posts.
By on May 8th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
White House struggles to fill key posts.
“The Bush administration is facing growing difficulties in filling a rising number of high-level vacancies following a recent spate of senior departures. In the last 10 days alone Mr Bush has lost four senior officials and more resignations are expected to follow. ‘I wouldn’t describe this as disintegration,’ said one senior official. ‘But there are worrying large gaps opening up and it is very hard to recruit high-quality people from outside.’
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This is what happens when you have cronies runnning government instead of competent qualified people.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:50 pmSeems George has had difficulty recruiting high quality people from the very beginning………..
May 8th, 2007 at 10:52 pmSince when did they have any “High Quality People” to begin with anyway? Rats jumping off the Titanic.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:53 pm‘I wouldn’t describe this as disintegration,’ said one senior official. ‘But there are worrying large gaps opening up
Funny, that’s what they’re saying about the Arctic icepack, too.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:55 pmHow does one write a “help wanted” ad to recruit a lying brown-nosing bast*rd?
May 8th, 2007 at 10:56 pmSounds like dis-integration to me……
May 8th, 2007 at 10:57 pmBush can hire Barney to fill the gap.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:57 pmIsn’t Wolfie looking for a new job?
May 8th, 2007 at 11:03 pm“White House Struggles To Find Fence Posts”
May 8th, 2007 at 11:05 pmThey never gave a tinker’s damn about “high-quality people”. Why the sudden change of heart? Hackery is no longer adequate?
May 8th, 2007 at 11:06 pm“…it is very hard to recruit high-quality people from outside.”
They hire high-quality people?
LOL! What idiots.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:12 pmWhat? Not enough people graduating from Regent to fill all these newly open posts?
May 8th, 2007 at 11:13 pmI am a high quality person. Here is my Resume.
I do not recall.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:15 pmI forgot.
Misremembered?
I somehow misspoke.
Very foggy.
….Chocolate chip cookies….
Had a few painkillers that day.
I had lost my glasses.
Not in the loop.
The kid was sick and
Quite hungover you see.
Just skipped my mind.
What is is?
That brand of cold medicine makes me ________.
Well, the truth is my computer was hacked.
pardon the crudity, but tough shit…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
May 8th, 2007 at 11:17 pmTerri Schiavo is available.
-GSD
May 8th, 2007 at 11:18 pmThey know the other shoe is going to fall…we now have oversight and investigations of the mismanagement and corruption of the Bush Crime Family…key positions will go to jail also.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:21 pmHigh-quality people? Would BushCo recognize one if they saw her/him?
This is getting beyond words. There isn’t sarcasm strong enough cover this. On one hand, I think this is very funny, on the other terrifying.
And completely unavoidable.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:24 pmI’m imagining Dick and George, in an empty and echoing White House, yelling and screaming and blaming each other, till Dick goes for his shotgun, and George goes for Saddams pistol, and then our long national nightmare will be over.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:29 pmDid the administration really say “high-quality people”. Give me a break. This administration could find equal aptitude people down at any NAZI rally. What thier really saying is it’s getting hard to find people that are “bushies”, and support this president.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:31 pmDoes anybody know a highly qualified person who would take a job at this White House? I don’t think so.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:33 pmEven if they could find a highly qualified person they probably would not take them … because that person would be liberal.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:41 pmThere must be a few old, recycled neocons left out there without a job. They all can’t be World Bank Presidents or FOX News personalities.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:44 pmThere must be a never ending supply of pale, plump, balding, religiously fanatic Rove wannabes who believe that their mission in life is to support the Republican Party and who worship George W. Bush as God on earth.
-GSD
May 8th, 2007 at 11:44 pmThis Bush administration crackup has been imminent for a long time now.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:53 pmWhite House struggles to fill key posts
Well, I wonder why?
Could the fact that the Bush administration is responsible for the biggest military blunder in US history have anything to do with it?
Naahh…..
it is very hard to recruit high-quality people from outside
Given the Bush administration’s penchant for redefining words, I suspect “high-quality” means “blind Bush cult follower”.
They should send applications here. The trolls would wet the floor at the thought of being so close to their Dear (mis)Leader.
We would all kill two birds with one stone: They get “high-quality” people, we get rid of the trolls.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:55 pmI’d proudly work for the Presidents Bush and Romney.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:56 pmGregor Samsa
Never will we solve our troll dilemma… even with all the posts at the white house that need filling, and almost revolving door turnover, there are just too many of…. them.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:59 pmm12. Even if they aren’t polling well?
May 9th, 2007 at 12:01 amWhy does that matter? Working in the White House would still be a great opportunity for any American.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:05 amComment by Ashen Shard — May 8, 2007 @ 11:59 pm
I suspect there are fewer than we think, some seem to post under different aliases.
Although I do tend to agree with you -there might be too many.
::sigh::
May 9th, 2007 at 12:06 am#26. You make our point, you will work for them but you are not highly qualified…you are a 28% troglodyte.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:08 amComment by m12 — May 9, 2007 @ 12:05 am
Then, by all means, do not waster your time here!
Go apply! Quickly!
Just remember to repeat it’s all Clinton’s fault, that Hussein’s WMD will eventually be found, that it’s all Clinton’s fault, that the Katrina debacle is the victims’ fault, that Clinton did it too, and that things in Iraq are just peachy. Did I mention it’s all Clinton’s fault?
May 9th, 2007 at 12:13 amyeah Clinton was a joker.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:19 am#33. You call Bill Clinton a joker…what do you call the alcoholic who is holed up in the bubble in the oval office now? Is that your idea of a successful occupant? I see your handle indicates you are probably a 28%er troll or troglodyte. The Bush Crime Family is the worst thing to ever happen to this great nation and only the feable minded defend them.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:23 amI call him a joker as well… don’t you know my angle?
Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience: I heartily accept the motto, – “That government is best which governs least;” and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe, – “That government is best whichgoverns not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:29 amDude – why is the White House suddenly concerned with finding high quality people? It’s certainly never occurred to them before – hence we suffered through Brownie and all the other inept, incompetent, and inferior shrub administration officials. Then again, one certainly can’t hire competent administration officials that might make the little man currently occupying the White House look bad. (Although he does a pretty good job of that all on his own…..)
May 9th, 2007 at 12:54 amSign hanging outside the White House:
Help wanted. Must be loyal to the Dear (mis)Leader, and be able to quickly think up excuses and find scapegoats for the (mis)Leader’s (mis)management mistakes and screw ups.
Being able to pick Iraq in a map, and some knowledge of its history, are nice-to-haves, but not must-have requirements.
Ability to repeat talking points ad nauseam, and second language skills (like correct English) are a plus.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:55 amWell, the “Commander Guy” needs be the “Decider” and start commanding. That should take care of everything.
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In Dec. 2005, when Bush was determined to renew and expand the destructive USA Patriot Act, an aide reminded him that invasion into citizens’ private lives underminded the Constitution. Bush immediately exploded — “Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” he screamed, “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper.”
Right then. At that moment, Bush should have been removed from office.
Bush stood before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, his hand on the Bible, and parroted, “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Sheila%20Samples/18
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The above statement is part of the above link. This is exhibit A for the reason Bush is having major problems filling vacancies. Who in there right mind would want to join an outlaw administration.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:56 amBut Mr. President. Thoreau? No, it was Thomas Paine, you idiot. I don’t see you righties following anything else Paine said, why should you glom onto this quote?
May 9th, 2007 at 12:57 amHave they tried Regent “University”? Or, “Liberty” “University”??
Have they asked Monica Goodling? Or Abu Gonzo? Or Chertoff? Or Brownie? How ’bout Yale or Harvard MBA’s?
Crystal Cathedral? Evangelical Churches? Tom DeLay? Jack Abramoff? Lewis Libby? Paul Wolfowitz? Shaha Riza? Pat Robertson? Jimmy Swaggert? James Dobson? Rush Limbaugh?
May 9th, 2007 at 12:59 amGeorge Tenet? Kinda-sleezy Rice? Chevron (Food-for) Oil?
Bush can resign, then he does not have to worry any more about filling positions in his administration. Bye Dubya and take Cheney with you.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:06 amNeeded: short to non-existent memory, complete lack of ethos, 0 morality, soul optional, but preferable already sold to Satan.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:18 amJpark you poor, poor fool. See those two little marks that appear directly after the dash. ( – “) Those are called quotation marks. Say it with me… quo ta tion marks. Very good. When you see quo ta tion marks, that means that whatever is writen next (untill you see the another pair of quotations) is somebody else’s words.
So, when Emerson says “I heartily accept the motto – ” and then you see something in quotations, that means he is accepting a motto which someone else has come up with.
And, I would have you know that I love Paine. And I heartily accept this motto –
“I would gladly agree with all the world to lay aside the use of arms, and settle matters by negotiation; but unless the whole will, the matter ends, and I take up my musket and thank heaven he has put it in my power”
Thomas Paine “Thoughts on Defensive War”
May 9th, 2007 at 1:19 am#43 – Mr President
No need to be an ass.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:21 amAnd to answer your question, even though I am not a “righty”, Conservatives have always want less government and less taxes. They do not like giving to people who have not done anything worth while.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:23 amMr Prezidunce, your mom aint getting shit.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:25 amI’m afraid I don’t quite grasp the meaning of your words… Mr… Ruk… Ruserious
May 9th, 2007 at 1:30 amPerhaps you should ponder on them for the rest of the evening, instead of darkening this site with your piss poor wit.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:32 amComment by Mr. President — May 9, 2007 @ 1:23 am
Well, MP, I would like to meet those conservatives you talk about. Because the ones occupying the White House at this moment, don’t believe in a small government. Their supporters most certainly do not either -even as they claim they do.
As for not giving to people who haven’t done anything worthwhile, they haven’t followed that rule either: They have packed government post after government post with inefficient, corrupt, unqualified, and overall unworthy cronies.
Unless, of course, you think being a crony is a worthy qualification.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:42 am> even though I am not a “rightyâ€,
uh huh. its amazing i think thats the mantra of every troll here….
is that you jake? or do you idiots take shifts?
> Conservatives have always want less government
and yet find time to support enormous encroachments on our civil liberties, privacy, and right to be free of unreasonable searches, like the PAtriot Act…
spare me your cr@p. your not here because you’re worried about how much welfare hilary is going to give the nappy headed hos.
“and I take up my musket and thank heaven (I have some brown people people to shoot with it, who have nothing to do with the people who attacked me)”
spare us your wildly off the mark philosophical analogies. im sure hitler would have loved to b@stasrdize “we’re defending the homeland”esque quotes like that as well
May 9th, 2007 at 2:23 amLISTEN DUDES/DUDETTES
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS A REVOLVING DOOR
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR
THOSE POLITICAL PARASITES/LEECHES SMOOZES WITH ONE
ANOTHER AND I SCRATCH YOU AND YOU’LL SCRATCH ME…
IT’S BAD ENOUGH THAT JACKIE KNOWS THOMAS KNOWS KIND
OF CRAP WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF BUT IT’S EVEN
MORE DISGUSTING WHEN GOVERNMENT REGULATORS INSTEAD
GET A NICE COZY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
IT’S SO DOG GONE CORRUPT, IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE EVERYONE
PUKE
IT GOES ON ALL THE TIME WITHIN K STREET, CONGRESS, AND
NOW ALL OF THE HOODLUMS RESIGNING TO GO THROUGH THE
REVOLVING DOOR
TRUSTED SERVANT
RULERS……….
RIGHT…….. A BUNCH OF HOODLUMS
A BUNCH OF POLITICAL PARASITES/LEECHES
NO WONDER THEY DON’T SERVE THE PEOPLE ANYMORE…
THEY ARE JUST TOO BUSY DOING EACH OTHER FAVORS THEN
THEY GET THE OFFER FROM THE PRIVATE BECAUSE THEY DID
SUCH A GOOD JOB TO SERVE THE SPECIAL INTERESTS
HIGH QUALITY PEOPLE…. PUKE
PUKE
PUKE
PUKE
THEM ALL DOG GONE OUT OF THIS CESSPOOL OF TOTAL CORRUPTION
IT’S ABSOLUTELY A CESSPOOL… FULL OF PARASITES, TICKS, MAGGOTS,
CHIGGARDS, LEECHES AND ALL THE REST OF A TYPICAL CESSPOOL OF
THE SCUMMIEST OF ALL
WE
NEED
SOME
REAL
PUBLIC
SERVANTS
NOT A CESSPOOL OF PARASITES
May 9th, 2007 at 2:57 amAnd to answer your question, even though I am not a “rightyâ€, Conservatives have always want less government and less taxes. They do not like giving to people who have not done anything worth while.
Comment by Mr. President
They may want it but everytime they get in office they do the opposite.
As far as giving to people they only give to those who already have it. Tax cuts for the rich ring a bell.
They do exactly the opposite everytime.
May 9th, 2007 at 3:53 amNo disintegration?
YEAH RIGHT…
why did they leave in the first place then?
May 9th, 2007 at 5:53 amThe Republican Party is dead. They’re just too stupid to know it.
May 9th, 2007 at 6:40 amSince when is this WH concerned with hiring top quality people. It wasn’t a requirement in the past so what’s changed to make “quality” a requirement now.
May 9th, 2007 at 6:44 amWhat? Has Bush exhausted his trove of unqualified friends (from Texas)?
May 9th, 2007 at 6:53 amConservatives have always want less government and less taxes. They do not like giving to people who have not done anything worth while.
Interesting statement… it’s just the opposite of what Jesus would do. Jesus gave to the poor and he fed the hungry and they didn’t have to do anything to earn his kindness. Just like I thought, conservatives are all about themselves… they are the “me, look at me, it’s all for me” group.
May 9th, 2007 at 6:56 amAnd to answer your question, even though I am not a “rightyâ€, Conservatives have always want less government and less taxes. They do not like giving to people who have not done anything worth while.
Comment by Mr. President — May 9, 2007 @ 1:23 am
So you support the inheritance tax?
May 9th, 2007 at 7:48 amI am thinking that translates to: “mmmm,they won’t even do the jobs for THAT much money.Now what?”
Anyone with a few brain cells lined up wasn’t there to begin with.
May 9th, 2007 at 8:02 amWell, after all, Ali Baba had to work only with the 40 thieves he had too.
May 9th, 2007 at 8:02 am“That government is best whichgoverns not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have. Comment by Mr. President
“I am the man who will maintain the dignity of this evil organization” -Dr Evil.
May 9th, 2007 at 8:05 amThey do not like giving to people who have not done anything worth while. Comment by Mr. President
I agree, they are giving billions to that lovely new welfare state of Iraq for all the hard work they have done during this freedom operation.
May 9th, 2007 at 8:15 amThey can simply outsource the jobs to India. That’s what they did with my job.
May 9th, 2007 at 8:17 amThis is relative to the “known” knowledge that Republicans are well represented as M U R D E R E R ‘S of our US Troops to the American puplic at large. Not many ethical people want to known as a
M U R D E R E R of US Soldiers and liable for their deaths.
The bloodshed is alot more intense. And further, if Bush isn’t stopped by this fall he will SURGE his massacre even more this fall. Just the facts.
Mitch MocConnell from Kentucky
John Boehner from Ohio
are well known USA Troop KILLERS.
May 9th, 2007 at 8:29 amMitch MocConnell from Kentucky …here is an example of Mitch’s completed work.
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070508/480/8f166b804bf34868adf9870f4303adb2;_ylt=AoJ4U_wWkx4dVs5N0ew.iLZpaP0E
In this undated photo released by the U.S. Army, Staff Sgt. Christopher N. Hamlin, 24, of London, Ky., is shown. Hamlin died Friday, May 4, 2007, in Baghdad after a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle. (AP Photo/United States Army) Email Photo
May 9th, 2007 at 8:50 amHmmm,
The State Dept has also lost about 20 medium to high level employees
Seems to be a trend here, Mr. Bush.
Meanwhile, in Iraq, Big Dick Cheney is sneaking around covered by more security than John McPain rug shopping. Do you think anyone over there is trying to get him in their crosshairs? Ya think?
May 9th, 2007 at 8:52 amno one wants to board a sinking ship…
May 9th, 2007 at 8:54 amI know of 2 positions worth filling : Chimpy and Darth Cheney.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:15 amRaven,
This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. Thank you for making my morning.
-kay
May 9th, 2007 at 9:18 amRaven :
I meant to copy and paste this into my previous post.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:21 amboy I’m losing it this morning (I need another cup of coffee)
I’m imagining Dick and George, in an empty and echoing White House, yelling and screaming and blaming each other, till Dick goes for his shotgun, and George goes for Saddams pistol, and then our long national nightmare will be over.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:21 amBush Administration = Case of Arrested Development
May 9th, 2007 at 9:23 amBush Adminstration : Lying Sacks of Shit
May 9th, 2007 at 9:26 amWhy would even a rat want to jump on a sinking ship? Even rats are smart enough not to commit suicide.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:32 amthanks, Kay, if only it could be that simple!
May 9th, 2007 at 9:41 am#34
Out of curiousity, were you a 28% Carter troll or troglodyte?
May 9th, 2007 at 9:41 amBut the better question would you want to be known as a
MURDERER of US Troops sending young kids to their deaths will no possiblity of retreat? These out-posts are VIA Vietnam same thing.
Repblicans have so much blood on their hands, they could fill up the American Red Cross blood bank. No Lie.
Republicans are Known as M U R D E R E R S.
I wonder how many they will kill today?
May 9th, 2007 at 9:43 am#76
Never mind the fact that we have entered more foreign wars and had more foreign deaths under Democratic Presidents.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:45 amThe only reason the White House is having trouble filling positions is that the term is drawing to a close. How stupid does one have to be to imagine smart people will want to associate with any Executive bosy that’s nearing the end of its term, without the possibility of renewal. But of course, like global warming, bird flu, Iraq and the plague, it’s all Bush’s fault. Some of you amuse me no end!
May 9th, 2007 at 9:50 amThe only reason the White House is having trouble filling positions is that the term is drawing to a close
ah, not so fast.
People don’t want to join a s
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g ship.
A lot of investigations are looming, dearie.
May 9th, 2007 at 10:01 amThat’s what YOU WANT TO BELIEVE kay. Good luck with all the faith!
May 9th, 2007 at 10:11 amGood luck with your denial!
May 9th, 2007 at 10:14 amI understand that 28% of the population are “high quality people”, aka “loyal Bushies”.
May 9th, 2007 at 10:45 amI think the biggest and best “key post” to be filled would be initiated by departure or impeachment and conviction of his majesty, King George.
May 9th, 2007 at 10:49 amWho would want to get on a sinking ship anyway?
I know, hey Patti 1″ and Valiant Douche bag, you guys are total brown nosers, you could offer your blind cool-aid drinking selves to assist, and as a bonus offer your IQs are even lower than Bush’s.
Hating the Repukian Mafia daily
May 9th, 2007 at 11:08 amNo sane individual would want ‘member of the Bush Administration’ as a part of their Legacy. Good luck filling those posts Dumbya.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:13 pm