Barack Obama wants you (to spill your secrets): Is the new administration being smart -- or scary?

Salon ^ | November 24, 2008 | Michael Martin

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In his first press conference after the election, Barack Obama cracked a joke about Nancy Reagan holding séances in the White House.

This thinly veiled attempt at black humor failed miserably.

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But the imperative to disclose every Internet alias you’ve ever used?

Well I don't recall all those names, senator. My mind is jello...(HRC)

[lentulusgracchus]

Actually, contrary the article, Obama has not "laid all bare". He's covering up more stuff than Liz Taylor's girdle.

[lentulusgracchus]

Or you could try ".....I....forgot!"

</Steve Martin>

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No one was really able to dig up dirt on Obama.

This must be how urban myths are started... well meaning academics avoid the truth in order to sound intelligent....the truth hurts.....

No dirt was allowed to be presented due to the liberal bias of all academia, news media and what have you...

A news blackout was propagated by liberals in order to hoodwink the hoi poloi --don't cha know professor?

[ricks_place]

Who is this masked man and his internet usernames?

He must disclose his relationship to Catherine Zeta-Jones!

[mvpel]

... to list “all aliases or ‘handles’ you have used to communicate on the Internet,” everything they’ve written, “including, but not limited to, any posts or comments on blogs or other websites,”...

If I had to do that, I'd need to reach back to 1984, and the backups of that system are on 8" floppy disks. The final package of posts or comments would probably be six inches thick.

[Still Thinking]

I don't know, if it was me and I was interested in a job and they wanted that level of detail, it wouldn't be worth it to me to pursue it. Besides, this is so you can apply! You may not get the job, and they still have all that crap on you, all neatly collated and handed to them willingly by...you.

[Just another Joe]

Pay me one million dollars a year for four years and I will tell ALL.
Every detail, both sublime and disgusting.

[Still Thinking]

That’s Esteban. He sells guitars on infomercials and HSN. CZJ probably doesn’t want the public to know she bought a guitar from an infomercial, hence the “shhh” fingers.

[monday]

This isn't really a test to see who has misbehaved on line. It is an honesty test. Anyone who answers truthfully will never be hired. Only the liars and cheats will be hired by Obamas administration.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

This might be fallout from John Edwards’ campaign, during which it was discovered that a high-ranking media coordinator or some such had made some really inflammatory anti-Christian posts on lefty blogs.

It’s still artless and scary.

[Major Matt Mason]

I just skipped right over the Palin reference. I think there’s a presstitute guild rule that you have to bash Governor Sarah Palin at least once in an article or your paycheck will be held up.

Palin is the new Bush to the Left. They want to make sure they destroy her before she can do any damage to their beloved President Soetero.