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Source: Obama taps Groves for census director
Associated Press ^ | April 2, 2009 | HOPE YEN

Posted on 04/02/2009 12:12:02 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has chosen Robert M. Groves to be the next census director, turning to a professor who has clashed with Republicans over the use of statistical sampling to lead the high-stakes head count.

The White House will announce the selection of Groves on Thursday, a Commerce Department official told The Associated Press. The official demanded anonymity because the individual was not authorized to speak before the announcement.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012redistricting; bho44; bhocommerce; census; makebelievecounting

1 posted on 04/02/2009 12:12:02 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I never thought the Clinton machine could be beat.

I was very wrong.


2 posted on 04/02/2009 12:14:38 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Whats the odds this guy didn’t pay his taxes? They are going after the Census. This country is so screwed.


3 posted on 04/02/2009 12:16:37 PM PDT by ChinaThreat (3)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
More "in your face" to the GOP from the Obama admin. Yep, a truly bipartisan bunch.
4 posted on 04/02/2009 12:18:06 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Two Census Goons are in our neighborhood today....walking door to door, with their little labeled bags.....Can’t wait till I see them, but am wondering if it was the Census people that my husband saw taking a picture of our house (from a car) last night....hhmmmm....


5 posted on 04/02/2009 12:19:16 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Conservative and fighting for freedom and liberty....whether you like it or not.)
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To: goodnesswins

I’ve heard that all you need to tell them is how many in the household and if they vote?
Anyone know where to get verification to print up to hand them.....along with a stfu and get off my property?


6 posted on 04/02/2009 12:25:14 PM PDT by AirForceMom (Locked and loaded, and sharpening wooden stakes.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Show me his tax returns.


7 posted on 04/02/2009 12:27:30 PM PDT by Gator113 (For America to Survive, Obama Must Fail..... Obama=Failure in Chief with the Audacity of Dope.....)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Not even subtle. Groves is entirely into the manipulation of the census to produce the desired results.


8 posted on 04/02/2009 12:32:29 PM PDT by livius
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“Republicans have been crying foul after the White House earlier this year indicated that it would take greater control over the census to address minority group concerns”

That should wake up everybody given obobo’s ACORN decided involvement plus the WH micromanaging. Egads! I’m running for cover.


9 posted on 04/02/2009 12:35:14 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: unkus
I never thought the Clinton machine could be beat.
I was very wrong.

What machine do you think is behind Obama?

There aren't two machines.

10 posted on 04/02/2009 12:42:31 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: Talisker

What machine do you think is behind Obama?

There aren’t two machines.
____________________________________—

You are exactly right. I thought of that after I posted.


11 posted on 04/02/2009 12:46:13 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Just another O Power Grab.

Go O Go. Left O Go. Faster O, Faster. That America repent sooner, Lest it remain ASLEEP.

12 posted on 04/02/2009 12:48:39 PM PDT by sr4402
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To: AirForceMom

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode13/usc_sec_13_00000221——000-.html


13 posted on 04/02/2009 12:51:37 PM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: lilylangtree

I’m just surprised Obama didn’t outsource the whole census operation to ACORN. Then we would have learned that the country is 70% Black and Hispanic.


14 posted on 04/02/2009 12:52:52 PM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: AirForceMom

Water Balloons! They're not just for parties anymore!

15 posted on 04/02/2009 12:58:46 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: AirForceMom

I’ve heard that all you need to tell them is how many in the household and if they vote?”

I think you only have to reveal how many are in the house.

How you vote would be a violation of your privacy.


16 posted on 04/02/2009 1:03:49 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: rbg81

Last month, the census bureau announced sites for job applications and testing. Without warning, they cancelled all the test sessions in the suburbs, leaving sessions only in black and hispanic areas of town.

They aren’t being very subtle about this.


17 posted on 04/02/2009 1:08:00 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: shooter223

A hundred bucks? Worth every penny.


18 posted on 04/02/2009 1:11:10 PM PDT by AirForceMom (Locked and loaded, and sharpening wooden stakes.)
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To: goodnesswins
I would hope that people tell the census takers to take a hike.....

But I remember last time....people said the same....and the "takers" won...in the end.

19 posted on 04/02/2009 1:17:44 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. -Will Rogers)
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To: goodnesswins

Hey I’m unemployed and recently got a job with the census; we’re not all ‘goons’, and I am just as upset at its politization as you are! If anything this is wrong; if we don’t have fair elections then are we even a ‘Republic’?


20 posted on 04/02/2009 1:50:09 PM PDT by JSDude1 (Obama yo 'mama', Uncle Sam yo 'baby daddy'!; (The new cry of the Obama generation)!)
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