Comments on: Office of the President-Elect; Not Just a Fabrication http://www.donkephant.net/2008/11/10/office-of-the-president-elect-not-just-a-fabrication/ Stuck in the Middle with You Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:40:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: donkephant http://www.donkephant.net/2008/11/10/office-of-the-president-elect-not-just-a-fabrication/comment-page-1/#comment-51 donkephant Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:33:16 +0000 http://www.donkephant.net/?p=84#comment-51 <blockquote>Quite frankly, in comparison to some of the soon-to-be-previous administration’s “re-inventions” and “re-interpretations”, (unitary executive, the vice president is not in the executive branch, the explosion of signing statements, etc), this is is fairly benign spin, and hardly worth the brain cells expended trying to parse over the meaning of “office” as a place or a position. </blockquote> No argument there fredmdud.

Quite frankly, in comparison to some of the soon-to-be-previous administration’s “re-inventions” and “re-interpretations”, (unitary executive, the vice president is not in the executive branch, the explosion of signing statements, etc), this is is fairly benign spin, and hardly worth the brain cells expended trying to parse over the meaning of “office” as a place or a position.

No argument there fredmdud.

]]> By: fredmdud http://www.donkephant.net/2008/11/10/office-of-the-president-elect-not-just-a-fabrication/comment-page-1/#comment-50 fredmdud Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:59:23 +0000 http://www.donkephant.net/?p=84#comment-50 Quite frankly, in comparison to some of the soon-to-be-previous administration's "re-inventions" and "re-interpretations", (unitary executive, the vice president is not in the executive branch, the explosion of signing statements, etc), this is is fairly benign spin, and hardly worth the brain cells expended trying to parse over the meaning of "office" as a place or a position. For all intents and purposes, the Office of the President-Elect is the transition team, which is not merely GSA staffers, and though is funded by the executive branch, it is not part of it/controlled by it: http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_IX_4/ix_4page2.htm Quite frankly, in comparison to some of the soon-to-be-previous administration’s “re-inventions” and “re-interpretations”, (unitary executive, the vice president is not in the executive branch, the explosion of signing statements, etc), this is is fairly benign spin, and hardly worth the brain cells expended trying to parse over the meaning of “office” as a place or a position.

For all intents and purposes, the Office of the President-Elect is the transition team, which is not merely GSA staffers, and though is funded by the executive branch, it is not part of it/controlled by it:

http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_IX_4/ix_4page2.htm

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