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The Trouble with Obama's Energy Czar
http://www.creators.com/opinion/michelle-malkin/the-trouble-with-obama-s-energy-czar.html ^ | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 12/13/2008 8:41:16 AM PST by hamburglar

Yet another Clintonite has been wheeled out of the political morgue to serve in the Obama administration. Carol Browner, a neon-green radical who headed the Environmental Protection Agency from 1993-2000, is widely rumored to be the president-elect's choice for "energy czar." But an ethical cloud still hangs over Browner's EPA legacy. It doesn't take a team of Ivy League lawyers to figure out that this is one more headache the Hope and Change crew doesn't need.

In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, let me dust off the cobwebs and help out all the smarty-pants vetters on the Obama team with a little background on Browner's stained past:

On her last day in office, nearly eight years ago, Browner oversaw the destruction of agency computer files in brazen violation of a federal judge's order requiring the agency to preserve its records. This from a public official who bragged about her tenure: "One of the things I'm the proudest of at EPA is the work we've done to expand the public's right to know."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho2008; bhoepa; carolbrowner; clintonistas; documents; energy; envirowhackos; epa; evidencetampering; greens; malkin; obama; obamatransitionfile; secrecy

1 posted on 12/13/2008 8:41:17 AM PST by hamburglar
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To: hamburglar

It seems odd that liberals are coming out for czarism.


2 posted on 12/13/2008 8:49:37 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill
It seems odd that liberals are coming out for czarism.

Not really. They've always been totalitarians.

3 posted on 12/13/2008 9:18:42 AM PST by sionnsar (Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
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To: sionnsar
Liberals have always believed that socialism (totalitarianism) will work this time if they can just put the right socialist in charge (invariably themselves). The reason socialism didn't work the last time was because they had the wrong guy in charge. By extension, one can say they have to believe that the only thing wrong with Stalinism was Stalin.

I think this is one of the main reasons why liberals have always insisted their candidates were so extraordinarily intelligent and wise and the Republican presidents from Eisenhower through George W. are terminally stupid. If the right liberal can be found and put in charge of everything, they believe, you'll have paradise on earth.


4 posted on 12/13/2008 9:56:57 AM PST by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: hamburglar

bump


5 posted on 12/13/2008 10:02:37 AM PST by gibsosa
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To: Fiji Hill
It seems odd that liberals are coming out for czarism.

We should start using the word commissar instead. I'm predicting that GM and likely Chrysler will be effectively nationalized within 18 months.

6 posted on 12/13/2008 10:28:21 AM PST by c-five
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