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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho came up with this bit about calling Democratic officials 'czars?'
I'm pretty sure it was someone on Faux News; but I forgot whether it was Bill'o the Clown?
I'm asking because a former 'friend' posted this on my Facebook page, after I posted something about Mitt and the people he would bring into his administration: " I much less worried about who Mitt will bring with him than those Czars and others like Eric Holder that Obama has placed in charge of us now."
This guy was a high school friend, who has, like so many people from my home town become a total wingnut. I'll eventually 'defriend' him; but, I'm waiting for something really egregious before I do that!
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)MadHound
(34,179 posts)First he had a drug czar, then an energy czar. The term has been used by virtually every president since. It is another RW ploy to demonize the ordinary, like damning Obama because he uses a teleprompter.
NashvilleLefty
(811 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,831 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)but I am sure your friend has forgotten that one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_czar
brewens
(13,631 posts)it was a stupid thing to call them. Director of the Drug Enforcement Whatchacallit would be clumsy and harder to remember.
It seems to work as a scary, foreign and sinister thing to frighten the half-wits with, when a Democrat is in office.
emulatorloo
(44,209 posts)Obama was a socialist. Lol.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Some of the other wingnut pundits have jumped on board the nutmobile to one degree or another. They basically think Obama is using them in a power grab to take over all of government and convert everything to socialism or some other nutty bullshit.
RedStateLiberal
(1,374 posts)Sounds paranoid.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Those people are so stupid they can't even make their own bullshit clump together.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Meanwhile, me for bed!
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Sorry, the table's a bit screwy after a copy/paste...
President's name Party In office Number of czar titles Number of appointees Appointees not confirmed by Senate
Franklin Roosevelt D 19331945 11 19 17
Harry Truman D 19451953 6 6 5
Dwight Eisenhower R 19531961 1 1 0
Lyndon Johnson D 19631969 3 3 1
Richard Nixon R 19691974 3 5 5
Gerald Ford R 19741977 2 2 2
Jimmy Carter D 19771981 2 3 2
Ronald Reagan R 19811989 1 1 1
George H. W. Bush R 19891993 2 3 0
Bill Clinton D 19932001 8 11 7
George W. Bush R 20012009 33 49 28
Barack Obama D 2009 38 42 33