Bush Creates Council for Transition

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: Washington Post

President Bush created a special council yesterday to guide the transition to a new administration, another step toward the end of Bush's eight tumultuous years in office.

Under an executive order signed by Bush, a newly created Presidential Transition Coordinating Council will meet Wednesday to begin mapping out an orderly handoff to Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama.

The McCain and Obama campaigns have already begun preparations for a possible transition. The White House said the administration has been working with representatives from both sides since the summer and has provided security clearances for key aides.

"It has probably never been more critical that a transition from an administration, from one to the next, is as seamless as possible," said Dana Perino, White House press secretary. "Our nation is at war, we are dealing with a financial crisis and we are trying to protect ourselves from terrorist attacks."

The team will be chaired by White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and will include at least 14 other senior officials such as the attorney general, the national intelligence director and the national archivist, according to the order....

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100901556.html?hpid=moreheadlines

[Drum]

1. Creepy. nt

[snappyturtle]

2. Malaise posed an interesting question about this transition in an earlier post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4204001

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Interesting, indeed! Thanks. nt

[DeadManInc]

4. He probably figured it would help the stock market lol

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. Somebody please make sure Obama has one of these:

[llmart]

6. Has he appointed someone yet.....

to remove all the "O's" from the computer keyboards?

[Demeter]

7. Don't Count On It, President Obama

If Dumbya had a hand in it, it means you're on your own.

[bluesmail]

8. Just because it was created doesn't mean it's going to exist

[frog92969]

9. How convenient

The first group of neocons for BO to fire or arrest, served up like an appetizer.

[santamargarita]

10. The Council for Transition should be to put Bush in handcuffs!

~

[PSPS]

11. Who wants a "seamless" transition?

"It has probably never been more critical that a transition from an administration, from one to the next, is as seamless as possible," said Dana Perino, White House press secretary.

In my opinion, what we need is a REALLY BIG SEAM between the war-criminal era and the next administration.

[Dr.Phool]

12. He called a moving company?

[Willo]

13. Huff has an article

wherein McCain states he hasn't started working on his transition team yet and won't do so until after the election.

[99th_Monkey]

14. No doubt each member was issued an industrial gauge paper shredder along with the appointment ~nt~

[HopeHoops]

15. ...and a flame thrower, and a pitchfork, and a 5th of Jack Daniels.

[redirish28]

16. My wife asked me to post the EO on here last night. She was concerned

about the EO especially when It ends Feb 20,2009


Here is the Thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7390455

[Kolesar]

17. bush was slow to take over and that enabled Bin Laden to attack us

The US Justice Department was still a mess 6 months after bush was installed. I don't know if you will find that opinion in the official 9/11 Report.

[Supersedeas]

18. Document Shredders R US??