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Thursday, November 12, 2009, 5:59 PM
Jim Hoft

Here’s the latest on the socializing of America…
The Obama Administration’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to purge the federal government of Republican civil servants to purify the federal bureaucracy.
Rush Limbaugh reported this today:

Via the Rush Limbaugh website:

RUSH: Yesterday on this program, in reporting the absolute collapse of the energy sector in energy colossus Venezuela I said to you people that I keep an eye on Venezuela because that’s where we’re headed. Get this. The Obama administration intends to purge Republicans from the civil service retroactive to five years ago starting in the year 2010. I found this at RedState.com: “Via Instapundit comes word that the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to purge the federal government of Republican civil servants all in the name of purifying the federal bureaucracy.” I’ve got the copy of the Office of Personnel Management memo right here in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers. I will explain how this works later on in the program, but I just wanted to get this out there.

Here’s the relevant paragraph from here John Berry, who is the director of the Office of Personnel Management:

“Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. OPM will review these proposed appointments to ensure they comply with merit system principles and applicable civil service laws. I have delegated decision making authority over these matters to career Senior Executives at OPM to avoid any hint of political influence.”

“The memorandum goes on to apply this change to civil servants who were political appointees in the last five years, in effect freezing these employees out of other positions, denying them promotions, and forcing them out of their jobs.” This is what Marxists do. This is a purge. This is typical of Marxist regimes, totalitarian regimes. I’ll tell you what. I hope the next Republican administration learns this lesson, because there are going to be thousands of Maoists sleazing their way into the bureaucracy after whatever number of years that Obama is in the White House. The bureaucracy is being polluted with these people. And just as the Democrats and Obama are going to purge all Republicans from the civil service, you know, some people might say, “Well, you have a class-action suit on this.”

70 Comments

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    November 12th, 2009 | 6:06 pm | #1

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    Simon R.No Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:10 pm | #2

    Yeah that’s a huge lawsuit waiting to happen. Make it happen, Barack, we’re all counting the days I mean counting on you.

    Snake Oil BaronNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:23 pm | #3

    Out of curiosity, do the people who monitor elections fall into this category of civil servants? Up here in Canada we have a separate organization which runs elections with party monitors but I don’t know how it works down your way.

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:30 pm | #4

    ++

    sarc on/

    Republicans??

    what are they??

    and while i’m at it..

    Constitution??

    what is that??

    btw, is it ok for people to pick up their pitchforks yet??

    too late to scream the sky has fallen??

    how about doom & gloom, fear, or panic??

    oh, that’s right, somehow the 2010 & 12 elections are going to reverse the global steamrollers.. we just have to be patient while they jump our bones, nothing to worry about here, 9/11 was just an illusion, there is no enemy, everyone is sitting around the UN campfire singing Come-Bye-Ya’ll..

    /sarc off

    ==

    MarkJNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:30 pm | #5

    I’m sure the Democrats won’t object at all when President Sarah Palin uses this rule change to conduct her own purge of the Civil Service in 2013.

    Nope, I’m sure they won’t have a problem with it at all. ;)

    DaveinPhoenixNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:31 pm | #6

    Payback’ll be a bitch when Conservatives take over

    JoanneNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:31 pm | #7

    The time for talking is over.

    PalinfanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:41 pm | #8

    Pelosi on video today confirming we buy govt. healthcare or go to jail.
    Obama purifying the ranks.
    The grip of the Kenyan tyrant tightens.
    Work hard for 2010! Break his power!

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:41 pm | #9
    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:51 pm | #10
    TedNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:52 pm | #11

    This is just the stuff we catch him doing. I can’t imagine how deplorable must be the hidden acts these freaks are pulling off in secret.

    NadadhimmiNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:53 pm | #12

    What is all this claptrap about Republicans and payback? The republicans are gutless wonders, even if they have complete power as in Bush’s days, they will still puss out to the Dems. After all, they might not get anymore cocktail party invitations if they don’t,,, and THAT’S the important thing to the Rinos. They make me puke!

    shibumiNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:54 pm | #13

    The fact that this has come out into the open is good news. However, I wonder how many other Marxist plans that we’ll never know about are going on right now.

    DefundAcornPermanantlyNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:59 pm | #14

    When will one of our Congressmen or Congresswomen present a bill that will Defund ACORN permanantly???

    It is unbelievable that ACORN is now suing Congress to get the millions of tax payer dollars back.

    When is this insanity in America going to stop???

    Simon R.No Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 7:06 pm | #15

    President Sarah Palin, there’s a nice ring to that.

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 7:07 pm | #16

    DefundAcornPermanantly
    November 12th, 2009 | 6:59 pm | #14

    When is this insanity in America going to stop???

    Only when the electorate demands that it stop. Until that happens, it will never stop. In a representative democratic republic, you get the government you deserve.

    Jack BurtonNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 7:11 pm | #17

    It’s time for these pieces of crap to go away, or be taken away. I’ve never been more disgusted by our government than right now.

    DavidNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 7:19 pm | #18

    I hope conservatives and Republicans don’t get so OVER confident and think the Democrats and Obama will just lay down on the next election.
    Yeah, we appear ahead in the polls today…but 12 months from now is a long way off in politics.

    ConnorNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 7:20 pm | #19

    Only when the electorate demands that it stop. Until that happens, it will never stop. In a representative democratic republic, you get the government you deserve

    Except we don’t have a representative democracy anymore. What we have is a party country with a minority group (progressive liberals) who are inviting everyone they can find in the back door to help add weight to the cause. Their common cause is to take everything away from the mostly white conservatives and then the party crashers can argue over the spoils.

    We conservatives are the common target. We have become the Jews of Germany pre WWII.

    The question becomes will we get on the trains willingly?

    TaSSNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 7:26 pm | #20

    “The question becomes will we get on the trains willingly?”

    I think many Americans are jumping on the train and we are getting pushed along by the crowd.
    Will America wake up before it’s too late?

    Joe MNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 7:56 pm | #21

    Purge of GOP Civil Servants in DC? all 5 of them?

    TheyarecorruptNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:03 pm | #22

    Purge of GOP Civil Servants in DC? all 5 of them?

    that is pretty funny look at the document closely this applies to all GS staff members .

    jainphxNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:04 pm | #23

    Oh were awake, but the Dems cheat and steal, they remove everybody in their way. The thing that gets me riled the most is that good conservatives get caught up in the garbage. Dems and ELITE donkeys just try to destroy Sarah Palin, and some here on our side go along.

    We will never recover until we stop allowing the Dems to pick our candidates. People say she isn’t ready, or she isn’t this or that. Absolute horse manure, but there are some who go along.

    Obama To Purge Republicans From The Civil Service « Nice Deb
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:11 pm | #24

    [...] Video via Gateway Pundit. [...]

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:25 pm | #25

    ++

    Hypogean @ 7:07 pm #16

    i don’t believe so in this case, what we got was a selected president via an orchestrated elite consortium of MSM lies, fraud, distortions & omissions
    at the very least.. but that’s just my opinion, not a dictatorial..

    ==

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:27 pm | #26

    Connor
    November 12th, 2009 | 7:20 pm | #19

    We conservatives are the common target. We have become the Jews of Germany pre WWII.

    The question becomes will we get on the trains willingly?

    Words have meaning. Claiming that conservatives in 2009 America are the same as Jews in 1930s Germany is historically inaccurate and does a disservice both to the victims of the Holocaust and to our country.

    You sound like Montel Williams. He’s afraid that we’re going to put Muslims in concentration camps.

    Am I the only American who doesn’t worry about concentration camps?

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:28 pm | #27

    ++

    btw re: bg @ 8:25 pm #25

    i also believe they chose McCain as his running
    mate.. and that the backlash against Palin was
    due to the fact that she almost screwed up the
    finale..

    ==

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:33 pm | #28

    ++

    Hypogean @ 8:27 pm #26

    heard of metaphors much??

    ==

    crosspatchNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:34 pm | #29

    “I’m sure the Democrats won’t object at all when President Sarah Palin uses this rule change to conduct her own purge of the Civil Service in 2013.”

    No, they will do their purge and then pass legislation explicitly outlawing any such purges in the future.

    The next President is going to have a LOT of firing to do going deep down into the various departments.

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:34 pm | #30

    bg
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:25 pm | #25

    but that’s just my opinion, not a dictatorial..

    Gosh, thanks for clarifying that you were only posting your opinion. I was confused and thought you were posting a new law.

    bill-tbNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:36 pm | #31

    Well there just isn’t any doubt left about our Dear Reader.

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:36 pm | #32

    bg
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:33 pm | #28

    heard of metaphors much??

    Heard of hysterical overstatement much??

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    ConnorNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:45 pm | #34

    Hypogean

    Since I didn’t claim conservatives were being herded into concentration camps, yet, I hardly see how I did a dis-service to anyone.

    My point, and I still believe it is true, that conservative Americans have become a single target and scape goat that progressives use to rally every ethnic and minority group against us.

    The things conservatives are accused of, blamed for, etc are no different than what happened to and how Jews were targeted and used during Hitler’s rise.

    From biased legislation to political “bannishment” to wealth re-distrubution the simularities are there.

    One WayNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:49 pm | #35

    Good article – in 2 parts – by Kyle-Anne Shiver (a Catholic) from last year. “Obama, Black Liberation Theology and Karl Marx.”

    http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/obama_black_liberation_theolog_1.html

    This links to Part II and it has a link to Part I.

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:56 pm | #36

    Connor
    November 12th, 2009 | 8:45 pm | #34

    Since I didn’t claim conservatives were being herded into concentration camps, yet, I hardly see how I did a dis-service to anyone.

    This is what you said:

    We conservatives are the common target. We have become the Jews of Germany pre WWII.

    The question becomes will we get on the trains willingly?

    When the German Jews were put on trains, they ended up in concentration camps or extermination camps. We both know that. I take issue with comparing conservatives in 2009 America to German Jews of the 1930s. It’s a grotesquely overstated comparison.

    ConnorNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:03 pm | #37

    Hypogean

    Whatever the key there is PRE-WWII…

    The simularities are pretty frightening guess we can place you with the ones who don’t see it yet.

    Maybe you will see it when it moves closer to the end result.

    Aitch748No Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:05 pm | #38

    Fine. Once all the Republicans are out of DC, what say we nuke the site from orbit? It’s the only way to be sure.

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:10 pm | #39

    Connor
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:03 pm | #37

    The simularities are pretty frightening guess we can place you with the ones who don’t see it yet.

    You’re right. I don’t see the similarities between the way Jews were treated in Germany prior to World War II and the treatment of conservatives in the U.S. today.

    When the Democrats pass laws preventing liberals from marrying conservatives, then I’ll say that you have a point.

    Mike WNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:14 pm | #40

    Time to insert a link to a pro gun organization that will be heard from if any concentration camps are ever opened in the US.
    http://www.jpfo.org/

    rayNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:14 pm | #41

    The R that occupies the White House in 2013 better freaking do the same.

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:31 pm | #42

    Mike W
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:14 pm | #40

    Time to insert a link to a pro gun organization that will be heard from if any concentration camps are ever opened in the US.

    From your link:

    “Veterans will be court-martialed[sic] for refusing to enforce Nazi-inspired gun control laws.”

    How do you court martial a veteran? By definition a veteran is no longer in the military.

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:31 pm | #43

    ++

    Hypogean @ 8:36 pm #32

    re: [Heard of hysterical overstatement much??]

    no, well, yes, but only when you dictate, uh, decipher, er, declare, uh, deem, er, describe, uh, ANALyze them as being hysterical overstatements.. which
    is about the only thing you do do much..

    ==

    Mike WNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:40 pm | #44

    Hypogean
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:31 pm | #42
    I take it you have never heard of the Oath Keepers and BTW your nit picking. Their are many active duty service members who would never take part in disarming Americans because they would be disarming family members and friends.
    And take the time to watch the video No guns for Negroes. Excellent video.

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:44 pm | #45

    ++

    Connor @ 9:03 pm #37

    re: [Maybe you will see it when it moves closer to the end result.]

    Hypo won’t notice that, and even if Hypo did, Hypo would ignore it in order to make Hypo’s superior “out of context” point (Hypo has comprehension problems)..

    ==

    pjeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:44 pm | #46

    Liberals thought about changing the phrase “of the people, by the people” to “of the Democrats, by the Democrats”. You thought the Republicans were going away, I think it’s the Dems who are going to lose their “party of JFK” if they don’t fight the Progressives.

    VoteThemOutNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:46 pm | #47

    Silence gives consent. The Nobama regime is probably starting out slowly while they see how much the public will tolerate. If they get away with this, they try for much, much more. We can’t afford to let this slide or by 21012, you won’t recognize this country.

    ConnorNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:47 pm | #48

    BG

    I am sure you are right.

    Sadly so many Americans refuse to see what is happening.

    ConnorNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:50 pm | #49

    Votethemout

    I think the democrat progressive liberals did jump the gun a bit. They over estimated their own numbers counting on sleeping Americans and also over estimated the actual numbers they have managed to bring in to date.

    The trouble is that unless it is stopped they will have those numbers soon. Everyday they get more and more.

    The flood gates are wide open.

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:50 pm | #50

    bg
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:31 pm | #43

    ++

    Hypogean @ 8:36 pm #32

    re: [Heard of hysterical overstatement much??]

    no, well, yes, but only when you dictate, uh, decipher, er, declare, uh, deem, er, describe, uh, ANALyze them as being hysterical overstatements.. which is about the only thing you do do much..

    The stupidest waste of time on the planet is a person giving strong opinions while insisting that others’ strong opinions are a form of “dictating.” You and the president have perfected the art of demanding that others follow rules from which you exempt yourself. Utter childishness.

    GBArgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:50 pm | #51

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    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:58 pm | #52

    ++

    Hypogean @ 9:50 pm #50

    coming from an Alinskyite light, or is that Moby?, that’s hysterical!!

    ROTFLMBO!!

    ==

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:58 pm | #53

    bg
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:44 pm | #45

    Hypo won’t notice that, and even if Hypo did, Hypo would ignore it in order to make Hypo’s superior “out of context” point (Hypo has comprehension problems)..

    The second stupidest waste of time on the planet is expressing strong opinions while insisting that others’ strong opinions are a form of “trying to be superior.”

    Like you, I post my opinions. Unlike you, I don’t take issue with your opinions on a daily basis. For some reason you find it unacceptable that I have strongly held views, just like you do. I attribute it to your innate childishness. Hopefully you’ll outgrow it by the time you hit 80 or 90.

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 10:08 pm | #54

    bg
    November 12th, 2009 | 9:58 pm | #52

    coming from an Alinskyite light, or is that Moby?, that’s hysterical!!

    What’s hysterical is your obsession with me. You’ve replaced Craig as the person who simply must get my attention every day. I ignore your rambling posts unless you directly address me, but you can’t do me the same courtesy. Really weird. What is it about you people that you don’t feel complete without a nod from me?

    Tell you what: I hereby acknowledge your existence, forever. You are alive, and I recognize that fact, forever.

    Now you don’t have to try and get my attention every single day, okay? I hereby bequeath to you a permanent portion of my precious, invaluable, highly sought-after recognition.

    There. Presto. It’s done. You can relax.

    jainphxNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 10:09 pm | #55

    Some just love to argue with everyone, the left, the right, and the center. Some think so much of them selves that no amount of evidence or argument gets through.

    bg you know more than the one who seems to think he does.

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 10:17 pm | #56

    bg you know more than the one who seems to think he does.

    Like I told bg, I’m just posting opinions, like she and you and everyone else here. For some reason you and she read into it that I think I’m superior to you by doing the exact same thing you do.

    Really strange. Says much more about you than it does about me.

    jainphxNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 10:27 pm | #57

    bg- maybe you can handle this I don’t talk to fools and egocentric idiots.

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 10:44 pm | #58

    Yes, posting opinions–just like you, bg, and everyone else here does–makes me a fool and an egocentric idiot. Of course. Makes perfect sense. You are a paragon of rationality.

    The Mahablog » Explain This to Me
    November 12th, 2009 | 10:50 pm | #59

    [...] (via RedState) has got the Wingbots all worked up over a memo that allegedly says the Obama Administration is going to purge [...]

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 10:58 pm | #60

    ++

    Hypogean = this is a recording..

    blah, blah, yada, all about me, me, me,
    yada, blah, blah, all about me me me..

    you know, i am interested in your opinions when they’re your opinions on a topic, not your exaggerated & distorted opinions of others opinions, yawn..

    i’m certain people who post or read here can decipher fact from fiction.. well, evidently not everyone, but those one would expect to anyways..

    ==

    HypogeanNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 11:07 pm | #61

    you know, i am interested in your opinions when they’re your opinions on a topic, not your exaggerated & distorted opinions of others opinions, yawn..

    Total lie. You’re obsessed with my opinions on others’ opinions. You comment on it every single day, when you’re not voicing your own opinions on others opinions. For some reason you think it’s not appropriate for me to do what you do. Truly bizarre.

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 12th, 2009 | 11:10 pm | #62

    ++

    Mike W @ 9:14 pm #40

    thank you..

    i took up your suggested viewing of “No Guns for Negroes”..

    insightful & educational.. (thumbsup)

    thanks again..

    ==

    AdjoranNo Gravatar
    November 13th, 2009 | 2:30 am | #63

    Replacing the old patronage system with the civil service was a critical blunder. No one foresaw how the civil servants would become an interest group of their own, perpetuating the status quo and extending their influence through regulations.

    Sure, patronage was subject to corruption, but the civil service didn’t eliminate corruption – it only franchised it. At least under patronage the corruption could rightly be laid at the feet of the Administration, and that Party could be punished at the polls. Where do we go to vote out the civil service?

    Is Obama’s move a “purge?” Pretty much, except those expelled won’t be sent to the gulag. But it will be one of the shorter and simpler purges in history, because the nomenklatura is already overwhelmingly Democratic.

    ughNo Gravatar
    November 13th, 2009 | 2:40 am | #64

    1) this strikes me as impossible, just due to the civil rights issues alone.

    2) so much for obama’s empty unity message. at least they’re showing some honesty now.

    Andreas K.No Gravatar
    November 13th, 2009 | 5:29 am | #65

    Reminds me of Mao’s purges as well.

    Typical socialists.

    southernsueNo Gravatar
    November 13th, 2009 | 6:04 am | #66

    how do we end this before 2010? will the military go into the white house and take all of this horrible administration out? i believe this action of obama and his ilk is called a coup.

    ChisumNo Gravatar
    November 13th, 2009 | 9:20 am | #67
    ProudConservativeNo Gravatar
    November 13th, 2009 | 10:37 am | #68

    Hypo,

    “How do you court martial a veteran? By definition a veteran is no longer in the military.”

    My understanding was that a veteran was simply someone who had experienced combat and a veteran could still be in the military. (There are plenty of 20 something year old soldiers who have served in war recently that are still in the military, they are veterans as far as I’m concerned). I decided to look it up to double check:
    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veteran

    According to this definition it could be someone who was formerly in the military but it’s not exclusively limited to those.

    JoanneNo Gravatar
    November 13th, 2009 | 2:46 pm | #69

    I never know where my comments end up, but I’ll make it short. Eventually countries taken over by sociaists kill all those who oppose them and even those who support them, but know too much…..just a fact. Comparing what happened to the Jews, to what may happen to conservatives is all very possible.

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