Comments on: Only Eight Percent of Obama’s Cabinet Members Have Private Sector Experience http://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/only-eight-percent-of-obamas-cabinet-members-have-private-sector-experience/ Observations from a conservative in a blue state. With a little help from my friends! Sat, 26 May 2012 18:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: scotthttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/only-eight-percent-of-obamas-cabinet-members-have-private-sector-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-88882 scott Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:41:24 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=13304#comment-88882 First original article states: "As it turns out, only 8% of his cabinet officials have private sector experience." Then as the author's claim is one by one proven to be false, the following replies are logged: "Something tells me the investments in affordable housing loans didn’t do so well." "A research lab isn’t exaclty a job creator and the last time I checked people don’t usually cite their spouses’ job experience on their resume." "Did any of those positions involving making payroll? Profit and loss statements? Capital creation? Actually running a business?" --- You're moving the goalposts dumbfuck. You didn't say "8 percent have entrepreneurial experience" or "8 percent have managed a business." In fact in this hack's zeal to bad mouth all things Democrat, he even bagged on the holiest of holies: the much vaunted small businessman. It would appear that the only "private sector experience" that matters to whichever human browneye wrote this is Executive level or higher....and even that is open to debate. Damn man, there are legitimate things to ding Obama on without having to resort to this crap. Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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]]> By: Richardhttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/only-eight-percent-of-obamas-cabinet-members-have-private-sector-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-87581 Richard Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:29:20 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=13304#comment-87581 It wouldn't matter what their backgrounds were if the Federal Government was within it's Constitutional limits and staying out of everyone's business. And having a business background does not mean they are proponents of free enterprise. I think most businessman like to use government to protect themselves from competition and to provide them with nice overpriced contracts. I don't trust business people any more than I do college professors and lawyers.

It wouldn’t matter what their backgrounds were if the Federal Government was within it’s Constitutional limits and staying out of everyone’s business. And having a business background does not mean they are proponents of free enterprise. I think most businessman like to use government to protect themselves from competition and to provide them with nice overpriced contracts. I don’t trust business people any more than I do college professors and lawyers.

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]]> By: backbenchmedia.comhttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/only-eight-percent-of-obamas-cabinet-members-have-private-sector-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-15259 backbenchmedia.com Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:47:21 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=13304#comment-15259 Unfortunately this chart seems to be bogus. I don’t like Obama’s policies so I want to believe this info, but I couldn’t find any source data. I don’t think that JP Morgan Research ever does political research. Even the Forbes article listed in the previous comment doesn’t list the source of its information. This looks like an internet rumor, but I am willing to be corrected if anyone can find the source data. Unfortunately this chart seems to be bogus. I don’t like Obama’s policies so I want to believe this info, but I couldn’t find any source data. I don’t think that JP Morgan Research ever does political research.

Even the Forbes article listed in the previous comment doesn’t list the source of its information.

This looks like an internet rumor, but I am willing to be corrected if anyone can find the source data.

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]]> By: Malcolmhttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/only-eight-percent-of-obamas-cabinet-members-have-private-sector-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-13939 Malcolm Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:31:34 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=13304#comment-13939 I did some research and found the actual article that contained the original chart: http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/24/michael-cembalest-obama-business-beltway-cabinet.html According to the original chart compiled by Michael Cembalest, the percentage of Obama cabinet appointees with private sector experience is just over 20%. As Cembalest admitted to PolitiFact.com, any effort to address the topic of private sector experience is heavily subjective. No matter how one looks at it, I hope we can all agree that whoever started the mass email of the chart changed the data (reducing Obama's percentage of cabinet appointees w/ private sector experience by over 50%). Also, Glenn Beck didn't bother to do any research. If he did, he would have realized this error. I did some research and found the actual article that contained the original chart:

http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/24/michael-cembalest-obama-business-beltway-cabinet.html

According to the original chart compiled by Michael Cembalest, the percentage of Obama cabinet appointees with private sector experience is just over 20%. As Cembalest admitted to PolitiFact.com, any effort to address the topic of private sector experience is heavily subjective.

No matter how one looks at it, I hope we can all agree that whoever started the mass email of the chart changed the data (reducing Obama’s percentage of cabinet appointees w/ private sector experience by over 50%). Also, Glenn Beck didn’t bother to do any research. If he did, he would have realized this error.

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]]> By: Jessicahttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/only-eight-percent-of-obamas-cabinet-members-have-private-sector-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-13661 Jessica Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=13304#comment-13661 Dear Borg, Just because there is some website out there that claims it is false, doesn't mean it's 100% false. If you read the entire article you posted, then you probably wouldn't have posted it as your defense. The article you site explains that this study was based on the assessment of whether or not a person had had enough control of payroll, dealing with shareholders, hiring, firing and risk-taking that they'd be in a position to have had a meaningful seat at the table when the issue being discussed is job creation. Every example sited arguing this study STILL proves nothing to counter this. Oh except ONE which the researcher admit to have missing...so not 8%, let's give him 8.5% QOUTE: "Cembalest said that he did discount the corporate experience of the three lawyers we identified — Clinton, Vilsack and Locke — and added that he awarded nothing for Donovan, Chu or Salazar, even though we found they had a fair amount private sector experience. Cembalest acknowledged fault in missing Salazar's business background, saying he would have given him a full point if he had it to do over again. But he added that the kind of private-sector experiences Chu and Donovan had (managing scientific research and handling community development lending, respectively) did not represent the kind of private-sector business experience he was looking for when doing his study." Dear Borg,
Just because there is some website out there that claims it is false, doesn’t mean it’s 100% false. If you read the entire article you posted, then you probably wouldn’t have posted it as your defense.

The article you site explains that this study was based on the assessment of whether or not a person had had enough control of payroll, dealing with shareholders, hiring, firing and risk-taking that they’d be in a position to have had a meaningful seat at the table when the issue being discussed is job creation.

Every example sited arguing this study STILL proves nothing to counter this. Oh except ONE which the researcher admit to have missing…so not 8%, let’s give him 8.5%

QOUTE:
“Cembalest said that he did discount the corporate experience of the three lawyers we identified — Clinton, Vilsack and Locke — and added that he awarded nothing for Donovan, Chu or Salazar, even though we found they had a fair amount private sector experience. Cembalest acknowledged fault in missing Salazar’s business background, saying he would have given him a full point if he had it to do over again. But he added that the kind of private-sector experiences Chu and Donovan had (managing scientific research and handling community development lending, respectively) did not represent the kind of private-sector business experience he was looking for when doing his study.”

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]]> By: Borghttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/only-eight-percent-of-obamas-cabinet-members-have-private-sector-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-13386 Borg Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:22:09 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=13304#comment-13386 lies. please, someone, just once, check a source before posting random stuff. it might, yano, be COMPLETELY WRONG: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/02/beck-wrong-cabinets-private-sector-experience/ Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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]]> By: The Daily Zinghttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/only-eight-percent-of-obamas-cabinet-members-have-private-sector-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-13380 The Daily Zing Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:24:26 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=13304#comment-13380 "Help Wanted: No Experience Needed" You've got to see this zing on the Whitehouse... Hint: Involves Dr. Ray Stanz from Ghostbusters... Click here: http://thedailyzing.com/551/help-wanted-no-experience-needed/ Or, Google: The Daily Zing & check it out! LOL =) “Help Wanted: No Experience Needed” You’ve got to see this zing on the Whitehouse… Hint: Involves Dr. Ray Stanz from Ghostbusters…

Click here: http://thedailyzing.com/551/help-wanted-no-experience-needed/

Or, Google: The Daily Zing & check it out! LOL =)

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]]> By: michiganhttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/11/only-eight-percent-of-obamas-cabinet-members-have-private-sector-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-13334 michigan Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:26:26 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=13304#comment-13334 Interesting; I saw a chart associated with this on another site and the Obama administration is way far below the rest. I was rather amazed at the low average from all the Presidencies though. Interesting; I saw a chart associated with this on another site and the Obama administration is way far below the rest. I was rather amazed at the low average from all the Presidencies though.

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