Obama appoints Cassandra Butts as Deputy White House Counsel.
By on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Obama appoints Cassandra Butts as Deputy White House Counsel.
Today, President-elect Obama announced several key additions to his White House staff, including our former colleague Cassandra Butts, who will be Deputy White House Counsel with a Focus on Domestic Policy and Ethics. Since their days at Harvard Law School, Cassandra has been a close friend and adviser to Obama. She currently serves as the transition team’s general counsel and previously, while at CAP, she filled the role of Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy. We wish Cassandra the best of luck.
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Hehe you said “Butts.”
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 pmI like big Butts, I cannot lie…(Sir Mixalot)
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:54 pmObama appoints Cassandra Butts as Deputy White House Counsel.»
– - OK, no boo-tay jokes.
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:54 pmI bet she is the butt of a lot of jokes!
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:58 pmNow children, do you want to get on Santa’s naughty list?
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pmWhat happened to my post? I didn’t even make a butt joke.
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:00 pmOkay, okay, I’m sorry. It’s completely immature to make fun of Cassandra’s last name, and far below the standards of my usual posting or this blog in general.
I’m'a make fun of her first name instead.
Hey, do you think Cassandra foresaw this personnel move coming?
I mean really, does Obama want a Deputy Counsel, or a Deputy Oracle?
Just kidding, just kidding. Though if the new Deputy Counsel starts yapping about the sacking of Troy, Obama better be listening!
Bam!
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:03 pmIf the whole CAP could run the country we’d be the greatest country in two worlds.
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:07 pmI DON’T CARE WHAT HER NAME IS…..JUST AS LONG AS SHE BRINGS ALL THE REPUGLICAN WAR CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE.
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 pmHey rastaman, is there any chance we could get you to stop yelling?
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 pmrataman can’t help it. He talks loud when stoned.
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pmI think her husband’s name is Seymour
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:36 pmBut seriously folks, I think it is these kind of appointments that will make this administration strong and respected (exclude the wingnuts). After 8 years of pathethic appointments of people who had to tow the line of an idealogy, seeing appointments of people who have a hint of competence is certainly a nice Change.
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:50 pmWow. Imagine that. Someone in the White House Counsel office who will work on ethics. And the naysayers claimed that Barack wasn’t bringing change to the White House.
Hopefully on entering the White House on January 20, Barack will immediately remove the “Office of Lessons Learned”.
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:58 pmTong v. Butts was as revealing of a court case as there has been in some time.
December 23rd, 2008 at 5:42 pm