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2017-01-18 Home Front: Politix

Appointing Ben Rhodes to Holocaust Memorial Council is massive Obama middle finger of triumph

Hat tip to Legal Insurrection
Obama is ending his presidency not only with a flurry of commutations, but also with appointments to various commissions and governmental entities.

One of those entities is the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, to which Obama just appointed Ben Rhodes. The Jerusalem Post reports:

"With only three days left in office, US President Barack Obama announced several key administration posts on Wednesday, including the placement of Benjamin Rhodes, one of his top foreign policy advisers, on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.

The council is comprised of 55 members appointed by the president. Its primary task is to fund-raise for the nation's Holocaust Museum and its various projects….

Rhodes, 40, is Jewish. He has worked with Obama since 2007."

Who is Ben Rhodes?

He's the Obama communications operative who admitted to deceiving the American public and manipulating the media in support of the Iran Nuclear Deal. (He also ran the Benghazi disinformation campaign.)

David Gerstman wrote a devastating takedown of the deal and Rhode's deception last May, Grand Deception: How Obama and Ben Rhodes Lied Us Into the Iran nuke deal.

Ben Rhodes is evil. What's being done is that Champ is moving people into "senior executive service" positions -- supposed to be apolitical, they're at the top of the civil service food-chain and even harder to get rid of than your average GS-11. They get a cushy sinecure where they don't do anything useful, they can't be fired, and they meddle as they please. And you just try getting rid of the Holocaust Museum Commission or whatever.

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 I think we need a law that any appointments, pardons, regulations, or the like made in the last 90 days of the president's time in office are subject to review and approval by the next president.

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-01-18 00:18|| 2017-01-18 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 counsel has 65 members - Bernie Sanders and Al Franken are on the counsel now

they get paid for attending meetings and get travel expenses - not a lucrative position

Rhodes, if he attends meetings, will likely get an earful from some of the people on the counsel who are Islamorealists

Posted by lord garth 2017-01-18 00:28|| 2017-01-18 00:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Rhodes, if he attends meetings, will likely get an earful from some of the people on the counsel who are Islamorealists

Getting beatings would be ideal...

Posted by Raj 2017-01-18 00:40|| 2017-01-18 00:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Why does the term 'blanket party' come to mind.

Odd how the mind follows some wierd thoughs sometimes...

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-01-18 01:15|| 2017-01-18 01:15|| Front Page Top

#5 BenRhodes is evil. What's being done is that Champ is moving people into "senior executive service" positions -- supposed to be apolitical, they're at the top of the civil service food-chain and even harder to get rid of than your average GS-11.

It's called... 'burrowing.'

Wiki: Burrowing is a slang term used in the United States to describe the practice in which political appointees are given civil service protection. Except for judges, political appointees are subject to losing their jobs when a new administration takes power. On the other hand, career government officials are protected from losing their jobs when a new administration takes over. Burrowing is therefore the practice of reassigning people who do not have civil service protection into jobs that have civil service protection.

From his new position at the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Rhodes will soon (within a year I believe - someone korrect me if I am wrong) be able to transfer to any position in the government.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-18 01:27|| 2017-01-18 01:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Come on - I'm sure a 'man' of his talents could make much more money in the dreaded private sector, right?

(enough /sarc for ya, AlanC?)

Posted by Raj 2017-01-18 01:43|| 2017-01-18 01:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Adding insult to injury, Barack?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-01-18 02:06|| 2017-01-18 02:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Oh come on Raj I'm not that thick. 8^)

Posted by AlanC 2017-01-18 08:11|| 2017-01-18 08:11|| Front Page Top

I think we need a law that any appointments, pardons, regulations, or the like made in the last 90 days of the president's time in office are subject to review and approval by the next president.

Can't do that with pardons -- protected by the Constitution (Article II, section 2). The rest can be done simply by (in most cases) reversing the executive order that granted them in the first place.

Posted by Steve White 2017-01-18 09:13|| 2017-01-18 09:13|| Front Page Top

#10 @Crazyfool.

Anything after election day should be subject to approval by the next President.

Posted by JFM 2017-01-18 09:32|| 2017-01-18 09:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Tomorrow should be an interesting day (and into the evening). Obama's last day.

Posted by Theck Speack6638 2017-01-18 10:01|| 2017-01-18 10:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Can he work for 1 dollar?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-01-18 13:06|| 2017-01-18 13:06|| Front Page Top

#13 Nasty scum like this is squirreled away everywhere. They are a waste of skin and bones as they have no heart or head.

Zombies running the government.

Posted by newc 2017-01-18 18:28|| 2017-01-18 18:28|| Front Page Top

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