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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
OTOH, I didn't realize that the president elect had to fund his transition. I would think it would be in the best interests of the country to make sure a transition went smoothly.
Congress funds it, but the funding level was set some decades ago IIRC, and is not adjusted for inflation, so it taps out at 5 million and change.
ETA: Funding level was set at $5 mil in 1988 and the only adjustment since then was the addition of a few hundred thousand directed specifically for training.
Aside from right wing pushback, Reagan was famous for ignorance and outrageous lies long before he showed any Alzheimer's symptoms.
I seem to recall a penchant for great anecdotes that had no basis in reality.
I was looking at the plum book yesterday. I would be really interested in a low-level secretarial job, but nsm moving to DC.
I guess Joe the Plumber is sort of the modern anecdote with no basis in reality.
I seem to recall a penchant for great anecdotes that had no basis in reality.
Or were actually stuff from movies he'd been in (including his time in the military).
I seem to recall a penchant for great anecdotes that had no basis in reality.
That's what was so great about them.
IOW, to paraphrase Rove, Reagan proved that reality doesn't matter.
Well, except for the reality hangover we're currently in.
I think by law they can't use any campaign money towards the transition, though.
Huh. I think that's weird.
I think by law they can't use any campaign money towards the transition, though.
I'm sure there are good reasons why this is true, but it seems really ridiculous that the Obama campaign be more or less legally obligated to throw a giant pizza party and then turn around and ask their supporters for more money.
I'm sure there are good reasons why this is true, but it seems really ridiculous that the Obama campaign be more or less legally obligated to throw a giant pizza party and then turn around and ask their supporters for more money.
Yeah, this! And, really, I'm pretty sure most donors aren't actually just giving to the campaign -- they are giving to the hope that their candidate will be elected -- necessitating a transition!