Could You Fill Out This Job Application?

I think this is a good thing,
trying to clean up washington,
and clean up the white house.
all the questions should be asked,
this is a historic presidency,
they should try to set an example and make it the very best it could be.
therefore, no slip ups with shady characters working anywhere near the white house.
surely there are still some good decent, clean living folks left out there.
I hope they find some one.

i wonder if all of them could fill out that application and get a job working for them?

Obama wouldn’t be able to get a job in his own administration. All that pesky paperwork keeps getting lost. How would he prove anything?

this is actually a pretty good idea if it actually stops them from hiring the wrong person…unfortunately, it’s probably not foolproof, since obama and biden probably wouldn’t be able to pass such an extensive test on their own…

Obama could not pass this test. And he could not get a TOP SECRET security clearance either.
That should make us feel secure.

What is the point of these questions. It’s certainly not to exclude people from being part of the next administration. Rahm Emmanuel was on the Board at Fannie when it was wrapped up in scandal, yet he’s Chief of Staff. Maybe they just want to know which things they need to cover-up.

How the heck did Gaffe Machine Biden get picked for VP? He never was on the record for saying anything that could potentially embarrass the president-elect?!?
This is so bizarre …

Obama hasn’t even took office yet and already he’s proving himself to be thinking two steps ahead of his predecessors. He knows the few wack jobs in the media are going to be looking for every and anything they can to try and tear his presidency down.
This is a great defensive measure on his behalf but what concerns me is how the media that built him up appears to now look for a story in everything he does. are we going to watch GMA one morning and see Diane or Robin report that Obama is in the bathroom using the toilet while reading the Washington Post?
Ok great, he made history based on his skin tone. Can we give him a chance to make history as our nation’s new leader?

This questionnaire is routine. If you are seeking employment with a Federal Law Enforcement agency the questions are the same. Why the stupid article when you know that this man has to find people with good backgrounds to work in his administration. Weed out the bad and hire the good.

It seems rather extensive, but with the scoundrels in the current administrations and all the scandal that Clinton had, I can understand his wanting to vett everyone so carefully.
Sarah Palin is an example of not vetting your choices carefully and Obama wants to solve problems not deal with unexpected embarrassments.

I like it- about time someone wanted to know who there are hiring… for such an important job as this is.

Obama could not even get a security clearance to work in a government job and he wants applicants to fill out all these extremely personal questions. He is naive if he thinks applicants will answer all these questions truthfully. Previous e-mails and diarys are none of Obama’s business. I suppose he wants to invade Americans privacy. Will we have any rights left under an Obama administration?

This information is standard background information requested by any governmental agency in order to obtain a governmental job, with or without Obama.

I thought he already had the Top Secret briefing?

If anyone answered no to question 13, it would be a red flag that that person is lying.

How can anyone answer anything other than “yes” regarding the question about transmitting emails that could be a possible source of embarrassment to the president? 1st of all, you’re asking people to remember every possible email they’ve sent/forwarded to a frind over the past 10-12 years…thats not realalistic. 2nd, who is to say what may or may not be a source of embarrassment to the president? isn’t that a very subjective standard?

John Caldwell, I think the application on the website you linked to is a precursor to a more detailed background check that is made later if the Obama administration is interested in having you become part of their administration. The NY Times has a PDF file that is copy of all the questions.
My SIL filled out a general information application much like the one on the website you linked to but once it was the determined that a city agency was interested in employing her she was sent a much more detailed application requesting far more information than was on the original application.

Is Obama loosing his mind? How about we start questioning him more about Ayers, Rev. Wright, Rezko and others that he hung out with for years???

“Any discriminatory club memberships?” such as belonging to a racist church ???

The biggest problem with a questionaire like this (and most job applications, when you get right down to it) as a screening tool, is that it selects against honesty. People who cover up potentially negative information have a greater chance of success than those who voluntarily disclose it.
It is demoralizing to come to the realization that were I comfortable with lying on a job application, I would have a much more comfortable lifestyle than what I currently enjoy.
My hope is that any finalists amongst these applications are thoroughly investigated, and any that are found untruthful immediately disqualified. An employee with a potentially embarassing situation that you know about is much less of a liability than one who appears to be squeaky clean, but who later turns out to be soliciting internet hookups with teenage transsexual alter boys in airport restrooms.

What am I missing? Why are people saying Obama could not get a security clearance? Is he not getting top secret briefings now as POTUS? You people are such babies. Give it up. He is YOUR and my President. Must be eating you up inside.

Could Obama pass this same test that he requires of others? I would like to see all of the same information detailing past of Obama.
Would Obama pass the test?

and you are NOT ashamed of the people who voted for BUSH?
Posted by: What? | Nov 13, 2008 10:16:11 AM ********************* Not at all but I’m sure you are ashamed of him. Are you further ashamed of a man who kills babies?
Yes or No. No further bantering. Just yes or no, please.

Since Obama would not be cleared by his own test, I guess he is just trying to keep any more heat from piling on.

Sandy, Obama has a government job–it’s called U.S. senator. And if any of you think for a minute that the McCain/Palin campaign would have hesitated for a second to use any and all dirt they could find on Obama to discredit him during the election, you’re mistaken.
By the way, George W. is the one who has eroded privacy laws in this country, by allowing the NSA to conduct millions of wiretaps and keeping gov’t privacy posts unfilled (plus, he’s rolled back rules related to the privacy of medical data).

Now that’s what you call vetting! I like it.

did he ask chief of staff if he ever threatened anyone by sending a dead fish(think mafia) did ask was it your job to oversee Fannie may and FERDIE mac ? he can watch billions of dollars wasted on those 2 and say fine job rommie

What?…let me start out by saying the catholic church is not “mixed-up” on the choice/life issue anymore than you are.
The church, catholics, non-catholics christians, jews, hindus, muslims, atheists…all are entitled to take in the issue and then form an opinion.
There is nothing “mixed-up” about making an informed opinion. You don’t have to agree with it, you don’t have to listen to it, and you don’t have to be a catholic.
As for gun control, but don’t try and act like Obama’s isn’t anti-gun. He is on record as wanting to reintitute the ban on assault weapons.
Don’t forget, just as you obviously value your right to choose, a right protected as a privacy right encompassed by the 1st ammendment, there are those who value their 2nd ammendment right to arms.
How come its ok for you to value your constitutional rights but not ok for others to value a different constituitonal right?

I applied for a visa to Saudi Arabia during the oil embargo of 1973. The application form asked questions like “Name every organization you have ever belonged to” and “Give every address you have ever lived at.” So far so good. But Obama’s questions like “What e-mails have you ever sent that might embarass the government” requires that I sit in judgement on myself, which is uncool.

“It’s, sort of, an oxymoron. People want change, as long as it doesn’t change anything. ??!!?? Go figure!”
It’s not that people don’t want change but we also are realistic.
I’m not sure how old you are but most of us have a track record by the time we are 30 of having made some bone-headed moves and saying incredibly stupid things. Heck, these days there a probably video tapes of most of us drunk but we were too plastered to realize and/or care that we were being caught on camera. Is that not potentially embarressing to the president-elect?
I think another poster hit it on the head. I think they want to know these things so they can scrub the record clean so to speak. Erase proof as much as they can and spin the rest.

By the way, Susan 1′s comments are hilarious because she has no idea what she’s talking about!!
Obama didn’t have to be vetted to run for president? How silly you are. By the way, he already has a government job. We’ve already heard all the dirt on him, and have you noticed that the GOP has completely dropped all their silly rhetoric about him? I guess he was only a threat before the election, right?
Bush has eroded the privacy of this country, not the dems!!! You’re a democrat, and you don’t even know it!

Where does it say that a yes or no answer disqualifies anyone?

It is butt-covering. But if they didn’t ask these questions, then we would be shocked that they didn’t ask these questions. There is no story, here.
This is what I mean about using common sense when reading “news” stories. This article is getting people talking and heated over a non-issue.

When four independent security experts, including a former Army Intellegence officer, were asked if Barack Obama could pass the security clearance to become an FBI or Secret Service agent, they unanimously concluded that he could (the intelligence officer made it very clear that he didn’t like the conclusion, but it was his honest appraisal).
If you are compelled to lie, could you at least come up with some new and interesting lies? The old ones don’t get any better with repetition.
How about… hmmmm… Obama is the secret love child of Idi Amin and Madonna!

The amazing thing is that Obama couldn’t even pass the same background check his secret servicemen pass because of his associates. The man is a hypocrite of the highest caliber.

Maybe this will give us a sense of pause…..before we click “send”….

Suddenly the Air is filled with the sounds of raddeling bones across the nation,of lost inclination,the regrets of a nation.

I would LOVE to see NObama’s answers to these very same questions. He probably would not be eligible for his own job!
Considering that he’s pulling a lot of people from the old Clinton administration, it will be interesting to see how many pass the “test.” Monica and cigars are not a very distant memory to many of us.

I wouldn’t have hired Obama for any position in my firm:
1) No certified proof of citzenship
2) Will not release college transcripts
3) 20 years unaccounted for
4) Associations with known terrorists
This guy would never have passed the background check…
NMP – Never my President..

“Maybe this will give us a sense of pause…..before we click “send”….”
Probably not. We have moderators to save us from ourselves, though I’m coming to believe that the ones employed by ABCNews.com have had their sense of humor surgically removed.

What?,
Do you realize you started out saying its ok to “have opinions, but just don’t point them at me” and then pointed your opinion on choice/life directly at me? It’s hypocritical.
If you’re going to be a VOCAL advocate for choice, you can’t then turn around and expect the advocates of life to stay quiet.
As for the war in iraq, i don’t know where that came from because we were talking about guns and choice, but i don’t think it belongs in an argument over abortion.
Thats not to say a debate over the loss of innocent life in iraq isn’t worthy of debate, but it’s a debate that stands on its own and really has nothing to do with abortion.

innisfree,
obama, wanted me to tell you that he is sorry, he will not be applying for a job at your firm after all.
obama has a job for the next eight years already.

Wow! There sure are a lot of ding-dongs out there with too much time on their hands.
Maybe you should turn attention away from petty bickering and toward actually doing something constructive to further what you believe in?

No one knows the real Barrack but we soon will, I’m just glad and proud I didn’t vote for him, I’m not easily conned.

bigyellowdog,
the comments about the abortion,was a conversation i was having with maxify55 who made comment to me on earlier comment of mine.
if you will go back and read my comments, and the people who responded to them you will be able to follow what i was saying.
and for the record, i did not bring up the issue of abortion or gun rights first. i was only replying.
i will not go into it further, read the earlier comment.
and once again, i said, you can have your guns, just dont’ point and shoot at me and mine.
and on the abortion thing,(maxify55, was trying to call obama a baby killer,
but did not make the connection that bush is a baby killer also, iraq babies have died in bushes war in and out of the womb.
that was my point to maxify55
bigyellowdog-you have your guns-good for you.
i hope all you use them for us catcing food.
before paulson,bennie, and bush get finished with “doing a good job”
we may all need to go rabbit hunting.

Jose nailed it. Obama couldn’t possibly get past a Top Secret background check. Too many associations with weirdos, and a history of drug abuse. Lots of luck to his staff, who will have to lie to get hired.

Some of you Obama people don’t realize that the President is only elected for a four year term. You will have to vote again in four years if you want to retain him.

Imagine having the foresight to trap your employees into a trip under the bus whenever you (the employer) decide its time. Penelope Perfect would have a hard time filling out this app.
Imagine also how you would be treated by the EEOC if you ran a small business and asked some of these questions.

“Get behind him instead of knifing him because he doesn’t pass the skin test of white America.”
Personally, I am sick of the idea that any criticism of this guy has to be treated as racism.
I disagree with his politics; I don’t care what his ethnic background is!!!

i like you to Zfam,
but i don’t want to have a beer with that recovering drunk-
two beer for him and-yuk

isn’t it to late for this? the man is in. this point or this should have surface alonnggggg time ago. why now?

“Applicants are asked if they or any immediate family members own a gun, if they have ever been charged with sexual harassment,…..” They somehow put exercising a constitutional right in the same category as sexual harassment! Do they relate going to church to grand theft auto? Is requesting a lawyer the same as murder? I suppose asking for trial by jury is equal to tax evasion. I’m just trying to get it straight which Constitutional right is equal to what crime. … I couldn’t pass Obama’s test. I’ve never been a terrorist, never cursed America, never been convicted of a crime other than traffic tickets, never been part of a banking scandal and shame of shames, I own a gun. Heck I even go to church, speak my mind and exercise a few other constitutional rights.

This is the most organized group I’ve ever seen! Nothing like covering your butt in case someone turns out to be a total embarrassment to the admin! At least they can say they vetted everyone. I just hope they go over those apps with a fine-tooth comb! Just’cause they filled it out…doesn’t make it so.

Wake up people!!! This is what “vetting” is, and the McCain camp could learn something from it!!! (Albeit… too little, too late!)
If you feel that this is an ivasion of privacy, then please explain to me how YOU would go about choosing the people who could potentially have knowledge of this nations most highly secretive and sensitive information!!!
These people are not interviewing for a cashier job at Wal-Mart!!!

Does the statement of “following our Greatest Smartest Leader to the world in which there is no poverty, no crime, no homeless, from each according to his ability to each according to his need” count as a potential problem?
If so, this homeless is disqualified.

Zfam,
You are dead wrong and have NO IDEA what you are talking about.
A past that includes the use of drugs DOES NOT keep you from getting a clearance. Also, there is nothing that that states befriending “weirdos” would be an issue either.
You have NO idea what you are talking about. When getting a clearance the goal is to be honest. If you are dishonest then you have a problem. What they are trying to see is if you have any information that can be used as black mail against you.
Bush admitted using drugs, Obama admitted using drugs so these things become non-issues and can not be used as blackmail.
JJ

and TEXAS,
what about that old dude you all gave us.
dubya-i would put in some haha too.
but i am to mad at him and his supporter.
and he is to sad.
dubya-the president-what a mess.

Wow guess that application could not be passed by a lot in our Senate or Congress, or most of. Hell the Clintons wouldn’t even pass. Guess that counts HIllary out.

If you imbeciles are paying attention, Obama is hiring a lot of people right out of the old Clinton administration. If you think for one second that the folks from the Clinton administration are clean, think again. Now, what was that about associations? It’s very funny that Obama couldn’t pass muster on his own “effing” questionnaire. Drugs and questionable associations. Hmmm, isn’t that like the pot calling the kettle “black”. Oh gee, sorry that was racist.

Obama-bots…..
This is nothing new at all, every administration has done this. Do you people think that everyone in his administration is actually going to tell the full and complete truth to every one of those questions?
Before his 4 years are up, I guarantee he will have his hare of embarassments from staff just as every other president has!
Who ever leaked this thing was a moron because it gives us all the ability to sit here and laugh, knowing that HE would be refused entrance into his own administration!

What I wonder is how in the heck That One will get security clearance given his ties to Ayers, Alinsky, and the corrupt officials in Kenya? Goood heavens, it’s frightening to think that we are so lax in giving this thug clearance.

Ask him if he is LIAR? His answer had better be YES because he is hands down.
Posted by: Carol | Nov 13, 2008 11:22:36 AM
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Carol,
You see, he cannot answer a Yes, because that means he would have been telling the truth, then, he would have not been a liar.
So, he needs to lie to the end, and the answer must be a No. Then, he is lying he is not a liar, which proves he is a liar.

Funny. I wonder if Obama has filled out one of these…

Barry Obama couldn’t pass a background check to be his own bodyguard….
associations with terrorists-check
assoications with pro-palestinians-check

Here, here…let’s see if Obama can pass his own screening process before he takes office.

I agree with some of you. Why has the media left Obama alone about his credentials. He has yet to disclose his school information and his birth certificate. Doesn’t that bother anyone? Could deception be the basis of this new administration to be?

All the sore losers are out in force trying to make something out of nothing. The “know nothings” of the modern era are just that: KNOW NOTHINGS

It is amazing that those standads were not imposed on the “President Elect” himself.Like the old saying “do as I say not as I do”.blahhhhh…

“All the sore losers are out in force trying to make something out of nothing. The “know nothings” of the modern era are just that: KNOW NOTHINGS
Posted by: Herb Gray”
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LOL…so you think my little friend.
Some of us know a great deal about this subject! Let us just say that if he were not Senator or Pres-Elect, he would need considerable help to obtain a clearance!

Now that is real change. Gee, just how many Republicans fit any of these. Oh yeah, there was the arrest with the bathroom incident, remember? Then there was a head of the Homeland Security who was making arrangement for a meeting with a police officer pretending to be a 12 year old when he was arrested, remember? Then there was the incident with the PAGES, remember? Funny how Republicans always make their crimes seem unimportant and more isolated when instead they are caught as PEDIFILES and sexual PREDITORS and it is just the tip of the iceberg. And when the Republicans were arrested, the police did not know WHO they were arresting.

It is going to be extremely difficult to “get behind” a president who could not possibly pass the same security background checks that are required of me as a mere civilian contractor to the Federal Government. We keep lowering the bar and expecting improved results. It doesn’t work that way.

mere,
I have stated here many times that EVERY administration has had its share of ethics issues with its staff members.
I don’t care whose little form asks what questions, Obama will have has his shre too! Only a totally ignorant fool would think otherwise.

If only McSame had vetted Moose Barbie as thoroughly. Once again Mr. Obama shows how it’s done right. Looking forward to an intelligent and thoughtful 8 years.

First of all, if you have ever been in the military services you would know that Obama would not qualify for even a “confidential” clearance because of his past associations. That’s all water over the dam now. But it is food for thought. I don’t know of one politican or business bigwig that could be called little Mr. Goody-two-shoes. Having them fill out a work application is next to comical. This is the kind of stuff that scares me. He needs to level with the American people not find the best smoke and mirrors act. He got what he wanted, now do something. The country is falling apart all around you! Congress still thinks its quibble and b__tch time! If you really are a uniter you better get started pronto or there won’t be anything left to unite.

I voted for Obama and I am already sick of him, Can we forget all this and move on hopeing that he proves us wrong on what our gut feelings are telling us

I Have a past not afraid to tell it and I will see where it lands me. I’m college educated and have a Masters in IT Security I won’t to strt at the bottom and work my way up. i have no problem in trying. This is not about Obama passing security this is about applicants, who wnat a job at different levels in this administration. Now if you where asked by e-mail to apply. Apply and get started in the process, you never know it might take you. Stop complaining and get busy. This is a new day. I have never seen an opening offered to average person– ever. Not in the white house I’m thrilled to death.

Based on the mix of comments on this message board, I guess for those who like Obama will always like Obama and those who hate Obama will always hate Obama. How sad.

I raise my right hand.
I shout out: Obama Rules.
I move forward in the Obama
army to rule the world.
I pledge allegiance to Obama,
ruler of the United States of America,
and to his supporters for whom he stands,
one nation under Obama,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for HIS friends.

missy, read more carefully next time. I said he would not be a police officer most places. Using narcotics is taken very seriously no matter what age, that besides the point. I voted for mccain, however, i’m ready to atleast give obama a shot, unlike the support most on the left gave bush his 1st term. I just believe there should be higher standards before politicans can run for office at the state or federal levels.

So I guess the idea is:
SARAH PALIN NEED NOT APPLY.
LOLOL

So I guess the idea is:
SARAH PALIN NEED NOT APPLY.
LOLOL
Posted by: R Mutt
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No, if she did, Obama would have to replace Biden with her…LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think everybody should be reading these questions and seeing if they pertain to themselves. Maybe people (including me) will finally get more careful about what they post on the internet, or maybe they’ll get off cyberspace completely if they’re concerned about getting not just a government job, but any respectable job. Looks like the internet is not such a private space after all.

independentview, I can not beleive how naive you are, but sore losers will resort to crawling in the mud. Hate was tolerated in the Republican stumping, why would it not be on here? Obama would not have gotten where he is at if he could not pass a security clearance. This is more of the fear mongering we have heard for the last 8 years. The American people are not stupid and over 53% of American believes the Republicans sold thier soul to the Devil in order to stay in power. We do know McCain sold his soul to the Republican party, he is no longer the Maverick I would have voted for in 2000. The reason McCain did not win the nomination in 2000 was that the republicans wanted a puppet and McCain was not but George was. The Republicans lied and made up stories about McCain in order to get Bush elected. Remember This:
Rove invented a uniquely injurious fiction for his operatives to circulate via a phony poll. Voters were asked, “Would you be more or less likely to vote for John McCain…if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child?” This was no random slur. McCain was at the time campaigning with his dark-skinned daughter, Bridget, adopted from Bangladesh.
It worked. Owing largely to the Rove-orchestrated whispering campaign, Bush prevailed in South Carolina and secured the Republican nomination. The rest is history–specifically the tragic and blighted history of our young century. It worked in another way as well. Too shaken to defend himself, McCain emerged from the bruising episode less maverick reformer and more Manchurian candidate.
The former crusader against the Republican establishment has since turned into a Bush-hugging, business-as-usual politician who has backed down from many positions that set him apart from conventional conservatives. Before, McCain supported the separation of church and state; now he wants a Christian in the White House. The confederate flag, which he once considered an offensive symbol, no longer troubles him. And he has come to believe that tax cuts are a good idea.
I don’t want to say that McCain sold his soul to the devil, since I believe that religious metaphors have no place in politics. But consider this: shortly after losing the 2000 election, McCain told an interviewer that there must be “a special place in hell” reserved for the rumormongers.
Seven years later, who was running McCain’s South Carolina campaign? Charlie Condon, the former State Attorney General who in 2000 helped spread the innuendo targeting Bridget. If you can’t beat them, hire them–even if they’ve launched racist attacks against your own daughter.
Bridget McCain was a seriously ill baby in Mother Teresa’s orphanage when Cindy McCain visited and decided to bring her back to the United States for medical treatment in 1991. John and Cindy adopted her not long after. Now 16, Bridget learned of her role in the 2000 campaign only when she Googled herself. According to the New York Times, when McCain entered the current race, Bridget summoned his aides and asked them to pledge that this campaign would be different.

“Forgive all men of past indiscretions if they ask for it….”
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Nice sentiment, but not the best advice!
Try that on repeat criminal offenders & then go ask the families of the victims after the 3rd or 4th offense how that’s working for them!

I doublt BO could pass his own backgound check. Pals with terrorist, uses illegal drugs, hangs around with gangsters in Chicago. How ironic is this? I think all idiots should apply!

Why does “he” need to know if you own a gun?

I doublt BO could pass his own backgound check. Pals with terrorist, uses illegal drugs, hangs around with gangsters in Chicago. How ironic is this? I think all idiots should apply!

mm: 350+ electoral votes is considered an ELECTORAL LANDSLIDE. Obama currently has at least 365 (still waiting on Missouri).
+7% Popular vote is considered a POPULAR LANDSLIDE. Obama is currently somewhere around +7.5%.
Face facts:
A LANDSLIDE IS A LANDSLIDE IS A LANDSLIDE.

What about gifts? “Other than from relatives, or from close and longstanding personal friends on occasions such as birthdays or seasonal holidays, have you or your spouse ever received a gift exceeding $50.00 in value? Please identify the donor, the value of the gift, the date received and the circumstances in which the gift was received.”
Does this include the Rezco land deal Obama got? Or should we file that one under”Have you, your spouse, or any member of your immediate family ever worked with a financial, banking, insurance or mortgage institution currently the subject of federal government intervention as part of the financial meltdown? “This question includes but is not limited to, the following: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and Washington Mutual.”
No I am mistaken that would be Obama’s community organizing days working as a lawyer for ACORN suing citibank in order to force them to provide mortages to unqualified/uncreditworthy home buyers. Would that count as working for the Fannie Mae Freddie Mac under investigation question?

These things are bogus and everybody knows it. Bush had a DUI and Cheney had TWO of them. Background checks are only for “little people.” Anyone who’s connected can get away with murder. (Just ask Ted Kennedy if you don’t believe me.)

So I guess the idea is:
SARAH PALIN NEED NOT APPLY.
LOLOL
Posted by: R Mutt | Nov 13, 2008 12:15:09 PM
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Hey MUTT — Sarah is not applying for this Bozo show!!! Sarah will throw Obama out of the White House in 2012!!! LOL LOL

I support Obama’s questionaire 100%. Can’t take any chances these days. I’m sure the answers won’t disqualify the perfect candidates, but at least Obama’s going to know who his staff is and won’t be caught like a deer in the headlight if something comes up!
Posted by: JoJo
JOJO,
Your absolutely right!!! Because we all know that no one he selects will lie on any of those questions!!!!!!!

Its over
stop already.
A great “Fill Out This Job Application”,
we might get honest people.

Obama was shouting “Change” all through his campaign and NOW we know that was a BIG LIE!!! He is bringing in all the Clinton administration!! THAT FOLKS IS NOT CHANGE!!!!!!!
LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!!!! SHAME ON YOU BARACK!!!

these questions wouldn’t need to be asked if we weren’t all so sure that the republicans will be gassing up their attack machine to crawl under every rock and sift thru the trash of these potential candidates in order to cause trouble for the new administration!

Athough i am not a citizen of the United States But i ador the faith been buid up by Barack Obama and with a good hope i believe he is going to leed the United States and even the world in general in his parfections due all none is 100%complete so we have to give him time and apreciate his confidence and the background of whom he wanna be.
Africa have never been good without the influence of the United States Government like wise the Middle East have encounter alot from those previous regimes who set up cruelity and domination against the worl ut i believe as a Muslim that in one way or the other that Obama is goig to make the world once again associte to each other.
and i indeed would like to use this opportunity to call upon all our African leaders to imitate the good spirits of the American democracy more especially Nigeria.

Those are standard questions asked on any security clearance questionnaire, one which countless Americans, including myself, have had to fill out, with all of the accompanying research, stacks of paperwork, and potentially embarrassing questions. Depending on how you’ve lived your life, if you have nothing to hide, then it shouldn’t be a problem. With the kinds of information and responsibility the highest office in the land requires you to be privy to, it’s crucial that the background check be passed. No, it’s not easy. But if you want the job, you do it. It’s that simple. If not, there are other choices for a career path someone might choose. Like fry cook, for instance.

Funny how someone’s using my name. This is my original & only post on this topic.
Those are standard questions asked on any security clearance questionnaire, one which countless Americans, including myself, have had to fill out, with all of the accompanying research, stacks of paperwork, and potentially embarrassing questions. Depending on how you’ve lived your life, if you have nothing to hide, then it shouldn’t be a problem. With the kinds of information and responsibility the highest office in the land requires you to be privy to, it’s crucial that the background check be passed. No, it’s not easy. But if you want the job, you do it. It’s that simple. If not, there are other choices for a career path someone might choose. Like fry cook, for instance.

“Potential source of embarassment” could be twisted around to mean anything. A lot of the comments on news sites like this could be considered part of it.
This is scary stuff.
I like Obama, but if this becomes commonplace in job searches, it will eventually lead to the destruction of free speech and art in our society.

Maybe it should ask if they ever sat in a church for 20 years listening to sermons of hate. Maybe it should ask if they have any business, personal or political relationships with unrepentent terrorists. Maybe it should ask if they have any relationships with organizations who fraudulently register voters. The list of hypocrisy could go on and on..

Athough i am not a citizen of the United States But i ador the faith been buid up by Barack Obama and with a good hope i believe he is going to leed the United States and even the world in general in his parfections due all none is 100%complete so we have to give him time and apreciate his confidence and the background of whom he wanna be.
Africa have never been good without the influence of the United States Government like wise the Middle East have encounter alot from those previous regimes who set up cruelity and domination against the worl ut i believe as a Muslim that in one way or the other that Obama is goig to make the world once again associte to each other.
and i indeed would like to use this opportunity to call upon all our African leaders to imitate the good spirits of the American democracy more especially Nigeria.
Posted by: EL-Mealan | Nov 13, 2008 12:48:17 PM
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EL-Mealan – tell us were you living in Africa when Barack was born there??? Was Barack’s grandmother in Africa when Barack was born there – she told the news she was?
We Americans would love to know the answer to this question? We would like to know what country to bless for this event!

Harry Tichbaum: So far all Obama has done is get promoted. That is what is wrong with him. He gets a job and doesn’t go to work. Instead he applies for another job. When he gaets that one instead of going to work he applies for another one. Where does it end? The guy is a typical fool who runs a cosntant campaign. Even his administration is taking the form of a campaign.

you people are all missing the point – these are questions on an application- it doesn’t mean that if you answer yes to any you don’t pass or won’t be hired. It simply means he is fully vetting his staff. I should think everyone would agree he should know who is working with him and if there is something in their background that has the potential to impede their ability to do the job they are applying for. Frankly if more employers took the same approach we would finally cease to see news stories about pedaphiles working as teachers and convicted drug dealers working in hospitals,etc. Further you can difuse a potential problem if you are in a position of offense (like Obama’s drug use as a teen) much more effectively than you can after some investigative reporter turns it into the #1 feature on the nightly news!

Hey Kelly have you ever sat in your house under god and Hated? You agree with everything you hear at church right? You agree with everybody in your house hold right? People choose to beleive what they will, but actions speak and we all see the hate you and people like you spread. Is this hate you spread all in the name of god?

Hey Mike there is only one god and he is everybody’s god.

Hey Mike there is only one god and he is everybody’s god.
CIT,
Still…….you never know, he or SHE may be REPUBLICAN!!!!

Question #1 – Have you ever been employed by Fannie Mae, Freddy Mac, Goldman Sachs, or the by the City of Chicago and its Democratic party? (If your answer is “yes” to any of these, then please skip the rest of this sham questionairre and go to the personnel office to get your security pass. You are hired!)
Question #2 – Have you ever had close associations to a member of a terrorist organization, a convicted slumlord or a openly racist clergyman? (If your answer is “yes” to all of these, then you are supremely qualified for a very high management position with us. We regret to inform you this unique position is already filled. Please contact the Democratic National Commitee to find out how you can go about filling this position about eight years from now.)

Letter from the Boss,
As the CFO of this business that employs 140 people, I have
resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama will be our
next President, and that our taxes and government fees will
increase in a BIG way.
To compensate for these increases, I figure that the Clients
will have to see an increase in our fees to them of about 8%
but since we cannot increase our fees right now due to the
dismal state of our economy, we will have to lay off six of
our employees instead. This has really been eating at me for a
while, as we believe we are family here and I didn’t know how
to choose who will have to go.
So, this is what I did. I strolled thru our parking lot and
found 8 Obama bumper stickers on our employees’ cars and have
decided these folks will be the first to be laid off. I can’t
think of a more fair way to approach this problem. These folks
wanted change; I gave it to them.
If you have a better idea, let me know.
Sincerely,
The Boss

I honestly think that if Obama wasn’t the president elect and just an average Joe, he would have problems getting a secret clearance, much less a top secret. He would at least have to elaborate.

Oh Mike I did look for Democrats with simular issues could not find those I did find these…..But no sex crimes with children you can do a serach of both parties of listed crimes.
- Rep. Charles Diggs Jr., D-Mich., was convicted in 1978 of operating a payroll kickback scheme in his congressional office. He served seven months of a three-year prison term. He was re-elected, then resigned in 1980.
- Rep. Michael Myers, D-Pa., served 20 1/2 months of a three-year prison sentence for accepting bribes from FBI agents impersonating Arab businessmen. He was convicted in 1980 and expelled from Congress.
- Four other House members were convicted in the Arab businessmen bribery scandal: Democratic Reps. John Murphy of New York, Frank Thompson of New Jersey, John Jenrette of South Carolina and Raymond Lederer of Pennsylvania. Thompson and Murphy were sentenced to three years; Jenrette, two years; and Lederer, one year.
- Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., was convicted in 1988 of extorting nearly $2 million from defense contractor Wedtech Corp. He resigned from Congress and served two years and two months of an eight-year sentence. He was defeated in his 1992 re-election bid.
- Rep. Mel Reynolds, D-Ill., was sentenced in 1995 to five years in prison for having sex with an underage campaign worker. He resigned from Congress, then was sentenced in 1997 to 6 1/2 years for bank fraud and other violations. The second sentence, which was to run at the same time as the first, was commuted in 2001 by President Clinton.
- Rep. Walter Tucker III, D-Calif., was sentenced in 1996 to two years and three months in prison for accepting and demanding bribes while mayor of a Los Angeles suburb. He resigned from Congress a week after his 1995 conviction.
- Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., pleaded guilty in 1996 to two felony mail fraud charges, lost re-election and served 15 months in prison. Clinton pardoned him in 2000.
- Rep. James A. Trafficant, D-Ohio, was convicted of 10 counts of bribery, conspiracy and racketeering, expelled from Congress and sentenced in 2002 to eight years in prison.

will Obama himself would pass this ?
I would count 100s of violations by Obama on this appliation, starting with asking a criminal’s wife (read rezko) to buy his backyard…

Mike God is not bias and does not belong to a party. God loves everyone.

I had to fill out similar form for a position in the government. I don’t think it is limited to Obama staff. If you work in anything remotely related to Homeland Security, you are really scrutinized. It’s just the way it is.

At least the Obama camp is AWARE of these problems, and it trying to come to grips with potential threats. That puts Obama an arm and a leg ahead of Bush, Mr. “I don’t understand email” McCain, and most especially Gov. Sarah “Yahoo” Palin.

“Guys, take a deep breath, turn of Fox News, get a life and accept this fact — Barack Obama is your President– Salute Him.”
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Did you consciously or subconsciously use a capital “H” when you wrote “Salute Him”? He’s not God, but apparently you think he is.

Dear ABC -
Can you PLEASE get spell check for these posts – in reading nearly 80% have something misspelled. Help out your fellow Americans! Please!

to bad they didn’t ask these questions of obama himself

First Question?
Do you have any terrorist friend?
Second Question?
Do you have any Amrican Heting friend?

“These questionnaires can be an excellent means of avoiding trip falls such as the Clinton Whitewater investigation (where no wrong doing was found, but lead to impeach for a consensual sexual affair.)”
WOW…it really is hard to beleive that so many of you are this nieve!!!!
Do you honestly beleive that everyone who gets handed those questions is going to fully, completely & HONESTLY answer each and every one of them?
LOL….I guarantee you that before the 2010 elections there will be a few mysterious resignations from this administration!

Kelly:
“So far all Obama has done is get promoted.” So are you implying that all of the people who have ever voted for him have completely disregarded his legislative record on the state and federal level? Check out his website for his legislative accomplishments.
“He gets a job and doesn’t go to work. Instead he applies for another job.
. . . . The guy is a typical fool who runs a cosntant campaign.”
Unfortunately, that is the nature of american politics: a candidate must run for almost two years to be elected
POTUS. Are you worried that the other 98 senators couldn’t get the job done without Obama and McCain present for every vote? Obama voted for the most recent G.I. Bill, while McCain was a no-show. Way to support the troops & vets, John.
“Even his administration is taking the form of a campaign.” Awesome! He ran his primary campaign so well that he beat the unbeatable Clinton Political Machine; then he and his community organizers annihilated the GOP in the general. Imagine what an administration that is that well-organized can do to solve our nation’s many problems. Or are you one of the 46% who voted for Unstable & Unable who would rather see our nation’s problems go unsolved just so you can throw it in the face of the 52.4% who voted for Obama?

UScITIZEN O4 = why aren’t you listing any republicans? There are many with crimes they have comitted, no one is perfect.
I respect Obama for having this questionaire. Maybe others should have used one like it.
I think he is really trying to clean things up, and this is the start. There are so many that shouldn’t be near Washington.
I would hope that you people would give him a chance. He is taking office in extremely bad times, and I think he is working very hard to make sure he has the right people in his cabinet that can help straighten this out.
He has some of the top people working with him on the economy and I think he will do all he can to straighten this out. Just ask yourself, what has Bush done to help the economy????
Give him a chance – he hasn’t even taken office yet and all of you are criticizing him. He’s a very smart man and I don’t think he is going to take any chances that will hurt us.
Do you honestly think that McCain/Palin could have done better???? Palin doesn’t know policies, and didn’t even know what the vp does.

I think it is funny that people are complaining about the “very personal questions” that are being asked. I think the higher you go in this government, the more you and your family should expect to be an open book. The way I see it, if it is not found out now, it will be found out later, and the media will make sure that is all we hear about for at least two weeks (a month if the story is supper juicy). I also don’t think that a “yes” to a certain question is automatically going to keep you out; they just might want to know if you can be honest.
I also think it is good to know the true nature of the people you are going to associate yourself with when you run on a platform of change. You probably don’t want the underage intern texting, prostitute buying, drug taking, wife beating, secret Klan member, closet case who abuses his illegal alien maid.
Everyone is waiting for Obama to make a mistake, take a wrong turn, befriend or recommend the wrong person. Obama has built himself up on a big platform and now he has to at least try to stick to it
If it where me, anyone who presented me with a squeaky clean questioner would be immediately removed from the process. . .they are obviously a liar.

Obama’s security detail, aka secret service, must pass stringent scrutiny
and background checks.
Anyone truly believe that Obama could do
the same?

smt, I did list them but is was to large to put them all on here, Mike wanted the Democrat list so I gave it to him. But there is a big difference between the two list. In the Republican list of crimes most are agaist children in a sexual nature you can look yourself. On the Democrat side you saw what I found. On Yahoo search ask for a list of Republican convicted of crimes you can also search under Democrats, but you will find the short list I posted for the Democrats compared to the lengthily one of the Republicans I can not fit on this post.

Yes there was need to use the national guard, but they were in Iraq Remember the Hurricanes and the looting. To add. We do not need a civilian army that is going to be greater then our military. This is what the national guard is for. The 8 years Bush has been President there was no need to even use the National Guard on our soil,

Sounds like they’re keeping files they can use later, Scientology style.

You people are getting way to worked up over obama. At this point he only has a job. If he dares double cross the people that elected him and the people he is bound to garner his respect, he’s
gone. This is America. This has replayed itself many times is our history. He modeled afer a tipical preacher.

Is there a question on there that asks, “Is there anything on your birth certificate that would be embarrassing?” (Note: BHO need not answer this question)

And this business about Senator Obama not being able to pass a security clearance. I’ve been reading that one for months but I have yet to see any proof
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Ask anyone who has ever had to obtain one of those clearances for thier job!

Ask anyone who has ever had to obtain one of those clearances for thier job!
Posted by: Mike_C | Nov 13, 2008 1:57:14 PM
Okay Mike_C, I asked my son. He was military and had a high security clearance. He told me he has no idea whether or not Barack Obama failed to get a security clearance. What I want is proof. It’s like the birth certificate thing: There is no proof. Before anyone goes spouting off with these stories there should be some proof to back you up. If you can’t prove what you’re saying, then DON’T SAY IT!

So they are going to claim that Appointees to the BO Administration are made up of God-Like humans who have never done anything wrong… hehehehehhe…… they are using BO’s Whitehouse Transition Donations in an attempt to cleanup all their appointees backgrounds i.e.….. delete emails, shred documents etc etc and pre-makeup the press releases to put out if they are discovered….. hehehhehehheh…. or is this an attempt to try to get the already bias media NOT To LOOK for stuff on their Appointees…i.e. If BO clears them their clean… hehehheheheh

I say “once bitten, twice shy”.
I heard on 60 minutes when Obama’s campaign managers were talking about the Rev. Wright fiasco, they had no knowledge of this being in the works before being spattered across the airwaves.
No ones slate is clean, but being up front with issues saves alot of finger pointing later.

MediaTalkingPoints, what happened to all the White house e-mails under this Bush administration? Oh yes they were lost or deleted….
Posted by: uscitizen_04
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CIT,
No, they were hacked into and destoyed by David Kernell, son of Tennessee Democrat Mike Kernell….. Remember him & Palin’s email??????

Here come the jokes. He is shaping up to be a nutjob. Is he going to ask for saliva samples to? Will he personally taste each one? What is wrong with these people? Hiring a bunch of droids is NOT a good idea

That was only Palin’s e-mails on Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail not the White House e-mails.
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CIT,
Dig Deep…remember sarcasm???????

Did I miss something? Where are the questions concerning the use or distribution of hard core drugs? Where I work, that would automatically disqualify you for the job. Apparently not so for the job of president.

USCitizen_04: Two wrongs don’t make a right. I voted for Gore. It seems the answers by Obama supporters are always the same. He did it too.

Mike_C
your right, he is just so so smart. By the way you can bring your laptop back inside now, you don’t need to be sitting there by the mailbox. NewsFlash….He is not going to send you any check!!!
Why are you so angry? Just because I know a bit about the subject and am not surprised by it? I do congratulate him on updating the review formula. Also from what I read of Barack Obama’s administration he would not mail a check he would have it wired into that already verified account. Wink

These are softball questions. How about the question relating to 1) have you ever associated with terrorists? ( AYERS)2) Do you have any criminal friends or associated with whom you have done financial transaction? RIZKO 3) Have you ever worked for any organization which is under investigation for criminal activites? ACORN. Have you associated with Communicsts/Marxists?

“Can anyone supply me with proof that he did not pass a security clearance?
”
Such does not exist. Specialists in the field of obtaining security clearances have stated on the record that Obama would have no serious obstacles in obtaining clearance to work for the FBI or Secret Service.
While the question never arose, one would assume that McCain could also pass such a check, despite his associations with felons and racists like Hagee, Liddy and Keating, among others.
There is simply nothing of substance in either man’s history sufficient to conclude that they would pose any risk to national security, paranoid crackpot conjectures nothwithstanding.

It is getting so that if you are not Jesus Christ, you cannot work or earn a living. We are all sinners.

It is amazing that america is so afraid of smart people. this guy is dotting every I and crossing every T and you think he is doing something fishy? what is wrong with you people? don’t you know the world is watching you, or do you really care. look at the stste of your union, and look at the other option you had to do the job that Mr. Obama was elected for.

What is the purpose of the gun ownership question? Does Obama not want “those people”.
The number of guns someone owns is a private matter. Where’s the right to privacy?

I think every one needs to quit whining. What he is doing is ensuring that the mistakes that have happened in the past are not going to continue to happen. If a logical person sat and thought about it, most of you would realize this. Think about all the people in the past that have had access to the white house. Think about the all the times a persons past has come back to haunt them just because of the position that they have. Its not like these people are applying for a typical desk job. This is the white house for cripes sakes! In an idealistic world personal and work could remain separate but those days are long gone. I think he is doing a great job.

We already know that BO is hiding all his college papers…. hummmmm what kind of secrets does he have….like who sold/provided him the cocaine ……….

Who says any of this information would automatically count someone out of a position? It means: no surprises, thank you very much. If I’m putting you on my cabinet, you represent me and you represent the United States.
Right to privacy is the argument people use when they only want to complain, and to anyone calling all of this ironic: Sen. Barack Obama is THE President-elect. Get used to it because the election is over.

Its about time. Every president elect should ask these questions. Makes for no surprises later from your cabinet members. Its not a prerequisite to not getting the job, but if caught later, you could be fired for it. Thats the way it should be.

Although Senator Obama meets the basic qualifications required by the US Constitution (35 YOA + US born citizen)
to become President of the USA, he would not be able to obtain clerance
to serve in his own Secret Service detail. In all probability, his past
associations/activities would prevent
him from passing the required background
check, even to mow the White House lawn.

I happen to think this is quite reasonable. Any person on this board that claims they find this objectionable would probably be the first person to complain if someone was hired by the team and then later was found out to have had pictures of themselves or family members with questionable pictures on any type of website…….If you don’t have anything to hide, you shouldn’t have a problem filling out the application.

Wow, this is one paranoid President-Elect!

“Yukon,
since you seem to have a good handle on this, why dont you provide us with the names of these specialists and who they work for.”
Here are a few of the security experts who have publically stated that Obama would have no particular difficulty getting a clearance sufficient to work for the Secret Service:
Mark Zaid, Washington attorney specializing in security-clearance work
Elizabeth Newman, of the law firm Kalijarvi, Chuzi & Newman, also specializing in security clearances
Mark Riley, security clearance lawyer, US Army intelligence (ret.)
Now, who exactly is the source of the contention that Obama would have any difficulty obtaining a clearance? Other than those people who think he would be automatically disqualified on the grounds of being the Antichrist?
A bit of digging reveals that it’s simply an anonymous internet rumor, probably started by some individual whose sole qualification is that his foil hat protects him from the government mind-control rays.

Obama can’t pass a security clearance to become his own security guard? Clearly this man is a threat to himself! CODE RED CODE RED!

What right does he have to ask if an applicant or a member of his family owns a gun? According to the United States Supreme Court that is a Constitutional right.
Do you have to give up your Constitutional rights to work for the President of the United States? Is he going to tell the rest of us to give up our rights too?
Just asking.

Too bad no one asked any of these questions of Sarah Palin.

“HA! This from a man who won’t even show his real birth certificate?”
You do realize that less than a minute in the search engine of your choice will take you straight to Obama’s real birth certificate posted online, don’t you?

Darn shame we couldn’t get this information on our president-elect. I think he and Joe should fill one out!

When people say others are stupid because they are uninformed, I will disagree. Here we have people who read the news yet are complete idiots.
So people are stupid, even those who read the news.

I could barely make it halfway through these comments without becoming sick with the repetitiveness of each passing box. But let me throw my two cents in:
These questions are not to discount a person from any position in Obama’s cabinet, only to know the backgrounds of the applicants and avoid prospective embarrassment at a later date. In regards to gun ownership; this would not block any person from a cabinet position either as it is a right to own and possess weapons – only to better know the applicants (Maybe he’s looking for hunting partners as well, haha)
Also consider that the information gathered here could be used to form a preemptive defense against slander. Inquiring of past mistakes is not intrusive, it is smart politics; I would much prefer any political figure embrace his or her mistakes and show that they have learned from them than leave them shrouded in mystery and subject to political spin when they are exposed to the general public.
*I’m not above offensive humor

My appologies CHS235.. I suppose that was meant to be directed toward Mike_C

Joe in OK what if everyone payed the same percentage of tax? would you be for that?

Should have been another

I don’t care what any of you sore-losers say. Barack Obama will be our new president come Jan. 20 and you will either have to deal with it or just be plain miserable.
I don’t care what lies you spew because I know they are not true- with most of you it’s like tea pot calling the kettle black; you’re so hypocritical. President-Elect Obama seeks transparency and so far he has done a good job of being so. I feel what he is trying to do is honorable so who am I to criticize him, especially when he has done nothing wrong? So I will let him choose his cabinet members in silence. I will give him the chance to lead- after all Bush had 8 years. I will be patient because all of us who believe in wisdom still understand that patience is an everlasting virtue. I will not be hasty and I will continue to do whatever I can to be an asset to my country. I will have faith, but I will not put it in man. I will put it in God, to at least allow us as a nation (and global community) this time of peace and prosperity, and to also allow Obama to become the leader we, who have supported him, long for him to be- those who have supported him believes he is and wants to be as a person, father, husband, son, grandson, and leader- an honest man who keeps his word. I know it’s rare, but it’s not impossible to find. I just believe Obama will prove all the nay-sayers wrong, come the end of his term. Now, that’s putting it honestly.
People, give the man a chance.

Obama is a liar and this countries #1 security risk… He wouldn’t pass a background check to mow the white house lawn with his connections to criminals and Communists… and you idiot democrats elected him. A complete slime-ball.
This nut and his thug advisors want to weed out any opposition to his agenda, ideology, and ambitions by way of extreme intrusion into an applicant’s personal affairs. A true Totalitarian and Marxist who has much disdain for our Constitution and its checks and balances. He already has admitted he will appoint liberal judges to as many circuit court positions as he can as well as the Supreme Court so he can circumvent the Constitution and the responsibility of legislatures by legislating from the bench. With activist judges deciding law we no longer need our Constitution because the law is then reduced to what ever the judge says it is no matter how bizarre or erroneous the decision. As long as those decisions gut our Constitution, rendering it worthless so his Marxist agenda is shoved down our throats until our country suffocates under the weight of socialism.
God save our Constitution.

President Obama had better look long and hard at everybody he hires. If the chamber maid’s second cousin’s nephew in law steals a candy bar, Sarah Palin and the madmen and madwomen who support her will accuse President Obama of running a candy theft ring.

matteroffacts, staying in silence is what leads to problems. Speak now, because I bet that you would complain about the questionare if it was Dubya who asked his people to fill it out.
Many showed the same trust in Dubya that you now show in Obama.
I would also point out that there is such a thing as over transparent. Do we really need to know if someone’s High School student got a parking ticket?
Obama will get the same chance that it seems every president since Nixon received: the people will second guess his every move, every action, every thought. Some will agree with him, some will disagree. This is not a bad thing. It helps make sure that our politician are doing what they need to be.
Regardless, 4 years later, we will start the cycle all over again. Another fight that seems destined for bloodshed as people wish to silence those who speak against their candidate, be they Republican or Democrat.
Don’t you just love the insanity?

“Could you pass Obama background check?”
Duh, how about telling me what a passing grade is for this?

TRUST is the only path to acceptance.
obama has to earn this. The fact he has been elected does not mean automatic US
acceptance. Just like the feelings of the democratic party about Bush. Bush had the public trust and apparently lost it. obama has, in large part, to
gain trust. No one has got to get used to him being president, no more than we had to get used to Bush being president.
Getting hold of anything is much different than holding on. He will be tasked with holding on for the first two years, not begining his reign.

I think Obama’s a rational person. He’s probably NOT looking for the man or woman who can answer these questions honestly and still come out untarnished.
I think the point is for the applicant to expose his or her “known” flaws and allow the selection team to decide the amount of risk the applicant brings to the table. They can prepare to handle “known” risks; it’s the surprises that will be the most costly.

Anyone who thinks that what the Obama administration is doing is excessive is showing their own ignorance and peasantry.
In industries like law, banking, military/govt contracting, or anything sensitive, this is the norm. They don’t care if you smoked pot in college, they care about you being honest enough to admit it. People in sensitive positions who lie about their past are more likely to lie about other things as well, and that’s a risk to any employer – especially one as high-profile as the President.
Of course, people who have never worked anything more than a burger shop cash register wouldn’t realize this, but the rest of us who actually have gainful employment have completed/will complete a check like this at some point in the career.

I doubt it if Obama could pass his resume. With Obamas past record and accociations he probably would not be able to get a job with the Govt. But Look at all the people who voted for Bush, even twice. Bush and Obama are slick talkers, I didn’t fall for any of it. When people talk slick, theres usually a trick, with their agendas.

Hey – Obama is just trying to cover his bases. Imagine if you were hired and some nutjob goes on a reality show and spills the beans about you about your torrid past of when you use to consume alcohol when you were in high school!

This appears to be a standard set of questions for any position of responsibility. Having held a National Security Clearance of “secret” for seven (7) years these type of questions are “trivial” compared to the National Security application. MY QUESTION I HAVE NEVER SEEN OBAMA ANSWER ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS DURING HIS CAMPAIGN. FUTHER MORE OBAMA COULD NOT EVEN GET A NATIONAL SECURITY CLEARANCE BECAUSE OF HIS PAST (AND CURRENT) ASSOCIATES!

Since the USA is designed so that you violate myriad and multiple laws while you are awake, NOBODY can fill out this survey truthfully and be hired. Here’s hoping the whole stinking festering mess collapses under Obama and he gets the blame. Jesus H. Christ I hate what AmeriDUH has become.

BO couldn’t pass the muster on this test. He’d have to tell about all his terrorist friends.

And Obama will not produce any of his own records but, applicants have to? What a bunch of BS…Obama is a fraud and liar.
Obama..NOT my president…NOT now…NOT ever!

Obama would be excluded from the list of applicants automatically because of his aunt who is illegally in the country.

The long and short of it is NO he could not have a Security Clearance as he has admitted to using drugs and been friends with noted terrorists.
This would disqualify him from a clearance just like Clinton could not have one either.
And yes I could be called “bitter” and cling to my religion and guns.
I do not like the man because of his views nor his party because of theirs.
For those who call the present Pres a baby killer I suggest you look at your own party first. How many more will you put to death?

Either Infant. Sol. has not had a clearance in awhile or he is attempting to deceive. SBI might have those stipulations, but a secret clearance would not.
Bush jr. has associated with members of Osama Bin Laden’s family and Cheney has actively dealt with Iran AFTER the first Gulf war.

It appears that Obama couldn’t get a job in his own administration. Admitted cocain use, long standing membership in a racist church, political associationships with admitted terrorists, communists and marxists, sweetheart real estate deal with a convicted felon, refusal to produce college transcripts, refusal to produce articles and college thesis authored by him, association with candidate for Kenyan presidency, and on and on. He should fire himself immediately.

The ONLY good thing about Barack Hussein Obama being elected is that after four years (probably less), this country’s tragic experiment in left-wing tyranny will be over and done.

BO couldn’t pass the security clearance to be his own bodyguard.

Having held a “Secret”,”Top Secret” as well as SCI clearance for many years and having gone through the process of obtaining the above mentioned clearances – I can tell you that our president to be could not obtain the clearance required to view some of our country’s secrets. How can he lead those very organizations who would deny him clearance and access?

Bush wrecked the economy, put the United States on the world’s most hated list, and had a cabinet of incompetent fools. I find it interesting and amusing that so many people object to higher standards of questioning for future cabinet members. It should reassure us that the President-Elect actually cares about placing people of higher ethics and standards in cabinet positions. Security clearance has little or nothing to do with it.

To American50, that seems very fair to me. Exactly what I would have done. Obama is going to kill free enterprise and destroy the American Spirit.
One more comment: I’ve never seen such lousy spellers and grammer usage in all of my life. I would suspect that these are the people that elected that idiot — excuse me, the “Chosen One”. Give me a break. This Country is in for trouble with that fool at the helm.

George Bush did not destroy the economy by himself. He did it with the help of the likes of Barney Frank and Chuck Schumer. Now we’re adding Pelosi and Reid to that awful mix. You Democrats are still mad because Clinton was impeached. And, by the way, he wasn’t impeached because of sex between two consenting adults, he was impeached because he lied about it — going back to the Obama employment questionnaire.

yes, i did fill out a job application just like this one…twice.
Once, to become a student assistant at the Department of justice and once again to become a student admin at a college.
To work for these types of positions you need to have a full FBI background check thanks to the patriot act.
These background checks are outsourced to companies who make these questinaires. You fill them out, then they interview everybody and check to see if you told the truth or omitted anything.
Its not that hard to do and it’s really not that big of a deal.

Hi, I applied for and got a senior level federal position in the 1990s. I was required to provide three copies of my college transcripts as well as copies of every article I had ever written. I was also required to report all previous addresses back to my birth in the 1940s. I had to provide personal and professional references and information permitting a full civil and criminal background check. Since I owned some $80 in stock in a company which my agency would regulate, I was required to sell that. It is difficult and costly to sell such a small quantity of stock but I did so. Former teachers were interviewed as well as former neighbors. Once cleared, I was informed that I had a low level security clearance and a civilian rank equivalent to Colonel in the Army.
It took a great deal of time to complete and I had to search for old articles as I had written a great deal in the days before the Internet. I was finally able to obtain full hard copy of every one of the 138 articles I had published. I won’t say it was easy to do. On 9/11, it proved valuable as my superiors were absent at meetings and for a week or so I was in charge of a portion of a major agency.
Though I didn’t vote for Obama, I welcome his care in vetting people. I had done background checks when I was a manager in industry, especially for key positions and found several impostors. That saved me probably a great deal of trouble. Management is difficult enough without adding the complication of having unknown quantities in one’s organization.
As far as the President-Elect is concerned, I am also concerned about the lack of hard information about this man. I certainly would not hire him on the basis of what has been reported in the press and on the blogs.
Unlike my government colleagues who said in 2000 that Mr. Bush would never be “their president” and they would do everything they could to undermine him, I take the position that once he is inaugurated, we as civil servants have the responsibility to carry out any lawful order. The president is the president, regardless of party. My loyalty is to the United States and its Constitution which I once took an oath to uphold and defend. Though released from the service, I was never released from that oath.

Anyone else notice the name “Clinton” hand written next to question #31?
HA!

Well all I have to say is that Obama is talking with Jennifer Granholm the Gov. of Michigan. Let me all just tell ya, she is the reason Michigan Economy has failed so much. She was suppose to balance our budget instead she made us go further in the hole. It is scary to think she is actually going to possibly have a position on this transition team. We NEED TO BE PRAYING!!!!!! Pray that God will forgive those who voted for Obama and that he would pour out His grace upon us (the American People).. and while I am at it. Thank you to all of our Soldiers.

Obama couldn’t pass it, that’s for sure.

“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” -Thomas Jefferson

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government — lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” -Patrick Henry

“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” -Alexander Hamilton

All the hate on here is hilarious. Someone actually called Obama a fool. Funny, if Obama is a fool then Bush Sr. and Jr. are what… way worse than a fool.
It is also funny how many of the lies that were told during the election are still being thrown around. Someone went old school and but Barack Hussein Obama. Yeah that one never gets old. Terrorist, socialist, racist church, marxist wow, I have to admit you repubs sure stick to your guns even when proven wrong and defeated.
Well at least you know how many of us have felt during the past 8 years, sucks doesn’t it. The fake fear thing is a nice touch, unfortunately I haven’t felt safe in 8 years so welcome to the club.
Why are people saying that they do not know anything about Obama? Is it because everything you thought about him has been proven false or that the lies didn’t become everyone’s truth.
I have to say on Nov 4th and 5th I have never seen so many happy faces and not just on black people but every race, gender and nationality. The world has come together and Obama haters are mad? I know unity and joy are foreign to you haters but get over it.
For the moron that asked God to forgive Obama voters you are the funniest because God supports humanity and peace, and unity and community organizing and clearly you don’t so I will pray that he takes the hate from your heart and all those like you.

It’s a good idea? Are you people kidding me? Granted, I’ll give you that it’s a good idea, in theory, then again, so is fascism. The key point you’re missing is that we’ve not only elected to the most powerful office in the free world a person who couldn’t pass the security clearance for a federal job, thus making such clearances moot, but a person who couldn’t even work in his own administration, thus making this highly invasive screening moot. Good idea indeed.

Ashley…
Does God condone Obama’s position to murder unborn children? Does God support Obama’s position for homosexuals to be openly recognized and allowed to marry? Do you recall that our Creator openly destroyed people for such behavior? Would Jesus have sat in the church of Jeremiah Wright? Unless the reference to God is actually a god that Barack worships, and not the God of the Bible…

oh geez. Welcome to the new leftist illuminati. We might have seen different people involved from the beginning if this was always required and used as a screening process