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Here’s a link to Mark Levin’s Facebook page, where he makes an excellent point about the Romney binder issue.
But I’m going to paste this in as written. The office Mark speaks of was right down the hall from my own, and I knew exactly what these folks did. How else could you possibly staff any administration if you didn’t do exactly what Mark says here? The only difference today would be that a lot more would be computerized with technology that simply didn’t exist in the Reagan era. But the organizing principle? Of course it happens like this.
Here’s Mark:
I HAVE NO QUESTION OBAMA USES BINDERS OR THE EQUIVALENT TOO.
by Mark Levin on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 2:23pm ·
Folks, I was an Associate Director of Presidential Personnel for a little over a year in the Reagan administration. We would gather resumes of individuals interested in non-career positions throughout the administration, computerize the information, and make the names available throughout the government. We also solicited resumes from prominent individuals who we wanted to recruit for positions in the administration and process them as well.
Most often, when President Reagan wanted to fill a senior administration position, including cabinet and sub-cabinet positions, top agency posts, and judicial positions, we would put together a binder filled with qualified candidates, as well as recommendations, from which the president would select a candidate.
So, I have a question: how, exactly, did and does Obama decide who to appoint to over 3,000 non-career positions in his administration, including his senior positions? How does his Office of Presidential Personnel recruit candidates? How does it process and collate resumes and present options to the president for selecting candidates for top posts? And if President Obama is not presented with a binder of qualified candidates, exactly how does he make his decisions?
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Butch| 10.18.12 @ 3:15PM
Rush was great on the "binder issue" today.
RAM| 10.18.12 @ 3:22PM
Obama uses blinders, not binders. The blinders keep him focused on his destructive goals for America. In his ideologically fixated world, facts and accurate data are too unimportant to keep track of. All that matters is effective spin and misdirection.
Minuteman78| 10.18.12 @ 3:24PM
You're talking about someone who has that air-headed Eva Longoria as a campaign co-chair and you're expecting him to make rational decisions like past Presidents?
Butch| 10.18.12 @ 3:24PM
Well, OK. I haven't been able to post up until now. Rush was very upbeat, pointing out that just a few days before the election: "This is what they've got? Hey look, he sees women as binders!" He also pointed out how stupid and shallow the dems must see women as being, but it seems to me that they are treating their entire base as such, and don't care that we can see it.
We have finally come down to the ultimate basis of political market segmentation: smart vs. dumb. Clinton started it, but it would have been impossible 30 years ago. If you know anything about the IQ bell curve, this is scary. This election shouldn't even be close; now I'm afraid all of them will be unless we can get ahold of public education and the media.
Mike G| 10.18.12 @ 3:34PM
Obama has all applicants take a test, of course. The test involves the writings of Marx, Alinsky, et.al. One must score at least 90 to be considered for any position.
JD| 10.18.12 @ 4:17PM
Not true. Whites must score 98s. Asians - 99s. Blacks - 65s. Hispanics - 80s.
TinaB| 10.19.12 @ 11:58AM
Hey, that sounds like Tampa, Florida, and their new grading policy:
http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2012.....mic-goals/
Are you from Florida, JD?
Teflon93 | 10.18.12 @ 3:54PM
"And if President Obama is not presented with a binder of qualified candidates, exactly how does he make his decisions?"
He signs his name to whatever Valerie Jarrett puts in front of him.
RJ| 10.18.12 @ 4:24PM
Obama does not use binders. The choices are put before him on a teleprompter, just like everything else (such as answering the really tough question, what will he have for breakfast). I really want to know who is loading the teleprompter. That person is the real President of the United States these days, not the ill-mannered Chauncey Gardener.
Occam's Tool| 10.19.12 @ 12:18AM
Mark: Baseball cards that he can flip. Or Valerie Jarrett tells him what to do.
Of course Mitt used binders---he's an organized CEO professional.
spike59| 10.19.12 @ 5:45AM
the POS POTUS is slipping badly in the polls with less than 3 weeks to go and they've decided to go with...'binders'...seriously?????
they must have run out of squirrels